现代大学英语3课件

Lesson One Your College Years

I. Teaching Objectives:

After learning this unit, students are supposed to:

1)get familiar with some grammatical points;

2)get to know what college is designed to be

3)get a list of the new words and expressions and be able to use them freely in writing and daily conversation;

4) have a thorough understanding of the whole text:Your College Years

5) retell the text as a whole

II.Listening and speaking activities

1.Listen to the recording of the text and fill in the blanks about the main ideas of the article.

2.Talk about the purpose of your college years.

III. Reading Comprehension and Language Activities

1. Pre-reading discussions:

1)Being a college student for more than one year, have you realized your changes?

What are they?

2)What’s your opinion about the purpose of a college?

•Identity Crisis (认同危机)

•A) A psychosocial state or condition of disorientation and role confusion occurring especially in adolescents as a result of conflicting internal and external experiences ,pressures, and expectations and often producing acute anxiety .

•B) An analogous state of confusion occurring in a social structure , such as an institution or a corporation.

•Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

•Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, located in Fort Worth , Texas ,is a

private ,non-profit institution of higher learning associated with Southern Baptist convention whose stated mission is

“to provide theological education for individuals engaging in Christian ministry .”

It is one of the largest seminaries in the world and is credited by the Associations of Theological schools and also by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools toward diploma, masters and doctoral degrees. The school uses the Baptist and Message as its confession of faith .

3. About the text:

It’s about the author’s idea towards the college years. It can be divided into six parts:

Part 1 (para.1) Introduction: College students will go through key changes in their college years.

Part 2 (Para. 2-6) Establishment of college students’personal sexual and social identity in the college.

Part3 (para.7) Affirmation of personal values such as religious faith, their values, and their morals.

Part 4 (para.8 ) Development of new ways to organize and use knowledge.

Part 5(para.9) Expansion of their world knowledge.

Part 6 (para.10) Summary: College students are growing in their understanding of themselves, others and the world in which they live.

4. Language points

1) Words and expressions

to handle

(1)to turn, to lift or turn with the hands

This box contains delicate china .Please handle with care .

(2)to operate with hands

This computer is easy to handle .

(3)to manage control or cope with

Thank you . But I can handle it myself .

handle n. 把，柄

This knife has a carved handle.

to apply

(1)to make a formal and usually written request for a job , position , permission etc

She is applying for a scholarship