大学体验英语第一册)教案

教案
2014～2015学年度第一学期
本课程教学总体安排
课程名称：大学英语
课程性质与类型：公共必修课
总学时、学分：56学时，4学分
教学目的与要求：
在遵循现代外语教学理念、严格遵照教学大纲和教学要求、充分运用先进信息技术的基础上，注重为学生创造自主学习环境，强调个性化学习，努力培养学
生对基本写作理论的准确理解能力和灵活应用能力，使他们在高年级课程及深造中能用英语有效地进行口头和书面的信息交流，增强其自主学习能力，提高综合文化素养及素质。

同时，课程还要求对学生进行学习方法指导，使学生具有阅读和翻译与本专业有关的英文资料的能力，并为进一步学习英语打下一定的基础。

根据教育部大学英语有关大纲的要求，使学生学习英语的基本知识，培养学生应用英语的基本能力，并掌握一定的英语学习能力。

教材及参考书目：
教材：《大学体验英语综合教程1（第三版）》主编：宁春岩出版社：高等教育出版社；2012年3月第3版
《大学体验英语听说教程1（第三版）》主编：李霄翔出版社：高等教育出版社；2013年1月第1版
参考书目：《大学体验英语综合教程1（第三版）》（教师参考书）主编：宁春岩出版社：高等教育出版社；2012年3月第3版
考核方式及成绩计算方法：
总成绩＝期末成绩（70％）＋平时成绩（30％）
课程教学日历
课程名称：大学英语授课学期：2014－2015学年第一学期
第一章教学安排的说明
章节题目：Unit 1 College Life 学时分配：8
本章教学目的与要求：
Students should be able to
1. get familiar with college life: what they can learn; what activities they can participate in, etc.
2. use the key words and expressions in this unit;
3. form compound and complex sentences;
4. adopt the reading skill of skimming or scanning while reading;
5. fill in registration forms and design name cards;
6. make greetings and comment their college life.
课堂教学方案
课题名称：Unit 1 College Life 授课时数：6学时
授课类型：理论课
教学方法与手段：讲授、讨论、指导、练习、问答、多媒体
教学目的要求：
了解美国的大学生活特征、掌握本单元词汇及语法结构和英语复杂句的构成；学习阅读中略读的阅读技巧；
教学重点、难点：
Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text;
Compound and complex sentences;
Reading skill: Skimming or Scanning.
教学内容及组织安排：
1. Listen and Talk (Lead in, Dialogue Samples, Communicative Tasks)
2. Detailed Study of Passage A (Read and Explore)
3. Introduce vocabulary items in the text and assign vocabulary exercises as a follow-up. (Language Points)
4. Offer a summary of the passage. (Summary)
5. Do exercises after the passage and check the answers.
Section I Listen and Talk
Step 1 Lead in
1) Warm-up questions:
What are your main activities in college life? Can you describe them?
2) Listening: (Listen to the passage and fill the missing words in the blanks. Listen th ree times)
3) Talk about pictures or say something about college life (Pair-work)
Step 2 Dialogues
1. Listen to the two sample dialogues and try to answer some questions Dialogue 1. Meeting on Campus
Dialogue 2. At the Registration Office
2. Practice: Read the two dialogues in pairs (pair work)
3. Learn some useful phrases and expressions:
Step 3: Communicative tasks
Work in pairs and act the dialogues to the whole class.
Task 1: Meeting with a foreign student and talking about studies T
Task 2: Helping a foreign friend select his course at the registration office Tips:
Step 4 Assignments
1. Read the dialogues and practice communicative tasks
2. Preview new words in Passage A.
Section II Read and Explore Passage A: My First Week at Harvard
Step 1. Pre-reading Tasks
1. Lead-in questions:
What do you expect to learn as a freshman?
How do you guess the author of the passage would feel about her first week at Harvar d, a world-famous university?
2. Introduction of College Life
1) Course: required (compulsory) course and elective (optional) course. Required course, studying for a degree or diploma; Elective course, not studying for a degree or diploma.
2) Students’ name: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior
3) College students’ psychological changing
Freshman: Don’t know you don’t know yourself.
Sophomore: Don’t know you know yourself.
Junior: Know you don’t know yourself.
Senior: Know you know yourself.
4) Education:
Junior college student; Undergraduate student; Postgraduate (master student and doctor student)
5) Degree:Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree, Doctor’s degree
6) T eacher’s professional title: Instructor or lecturer; Associate professor; Professor
7) Some other aspects of college life: Extracurriculum Activities; Leisure Time;
8) Culture notes:
1) Harvard Universit y
2) Shopping Week
Shopping Week is a special time for freshmen at college to sample classes, which could help them decide which courses they are going to take in the beginning of a sch ool year.
Step 2. While-reading Tasks
1. Read the passage as quickly as possible and try to find the answer to the following questions:
1) What did the author think of being a freshman at Harvard?
Answer: She thought it was very pleasant and lucky to be a freshman at Harvard.
2) How did the author get along with her roommates?
Answer: She got along with them very well and they had helped her a lot.
3) What difficult decisions did the girl have to make in the “Shopping Week”? Answer: She had to decide what classes to take.
4) What did the author think of eating on campus for a freshman at Harvard? Answer: Eating is one of the highlights for freshmen at Harvard.
5) How did the author appreciate meeting the other students at Harvard?
Answer: Appreciating and being surrounded by so many gifted people was what had made her first week at Harvard a truly priceless experience.
2. Language Points
1. The day a freshman moves into Harvard Yard is said to always be a gorgeous o ne and this was certainly true of my first day at Harvard: It is always said that the day a freshman starts college life in Harvard is very exciting and pleasant and the
author thought this was also true of her own day at Harvard.
move into: to start living in
Examples:
She decided not to move into the new apartment until she had finished decorating .
We’re excited to move into a new home.
Harvard Yard: the main campus of Harvard University
gorgeous: extremely pleasant or enjoyable.
Examples:
John said that he met a gorgeous girl at the party last night.
Do you want to sample some of the jam? It is gorgeous.
2.historic: famous or important in history
Examples:
Today is a historic occasion for our country.
It was difficult for the enterprise to expand during a time of historic change. cf. historical: connected with the past, or connected with the study of the past. Examp les:
Can you tell me something about the historical background to the Civil War?
They went to Yuelu Academy to do some historical research.
Notes:
Historic is usually used to describe something so important that is likely to be remembered, while historical usually describes something that is connected with the past or with the study of history, or something that really happened in the past.
3. I gazed out the window at the capivating scene and thought to myself “No freshman should be so lucky!”:
The author looked out through the window of the car at this fascinating scene and had a thought in her mind: “ I should be the luckiest freshman!”
think (sth) to oneself: to have a thought in one’s mind, but not tell it to anyone. Exa mples:
After listening to the professor’s suggestion, Jane thought to herself,“I’m sure I wil l make it.”
He gazed out the window at this boundless grassland and thought to himself, “Wha t a beautiful scenery it is!”
4. I’m sharing a suite with four other girls that has four single bedrooms and a large common room: The author is living in a suite with other four girls, and the suite consists of four single bedrooms and a large common room.
share with: to use, participate in, enjoy, receive, etc., jointly. Examples: The two chemists shared the Nobel Prize.
Kate is a very gorgeous girl, for she always shares what she has with others.
5.We’re all completely different in terms of background, ethnicity, religion, and interests—we refect the diversity that Harvard is so proud of: The author and the other four girls are quite different in terms of background, ethnicity, religion, and interest, which is reflection of the variety that Harvard is proud of.
in terms of: with regard to the particular aspect or subject specified. Examples:
He is quite rich in terms of money, but not in terms of happiness.
It is difficult to express it in terms of science.
diversity: a range of different people or things; variety. Examples:
Diversity is conducive to the learning environment.
We should get through understanding about the cultural diversity of the United States.
6.During this first week, it’s a relief to have four girls I can call friends and that can help me through this adjustment process which is quite difficult at time: In the first week, I am lucky to have the four girls that I can call friends. It is them who helped me through this adjustment process, which is rather hard sometimes.
it is a relief to (do sth.): to have a feeling of comfort when something frightening, worrying or painful has ended or has not happened. Examples:
I hate to say it, but it was a relief to have him out of the house.
It is a relief to see you get through those terrible days.
7. Thankfully, Harvard allows freshmen to sample classes during “Shopping Week”.
sample: to try an activity, go to a place etc. to see what it is like. Examples: We sampled the stuff and found it satisfatory.
I sampled several classes and decided to choose four of them this semester.
8. Which to get involved in?
get involved in: to take part in an activity or event. Examples:
I got involved in a quarrel about the price.
He regretted that he got involved in that matter.
9. …but it’s where we eat that’s truly remarkable
remarkable: unusual or surprising and therefore deserving attention or praise. Examples:
She is remarkable for her sweet temper.
When we went swimming last summer, we saw the most remarkable sunset at the beach.
10. Our dining hall is more like a church or a museum than a cafeteria: The dining hall is like a church or a museum rather than a cafeteria.
11. … and is filled with status and protraits of famous figures from Harvard’s past.
be filled with: to become completely full. Examples:
After reading his poems, I was filled with admiration.
I didn’t go last time because my hands were filled with the paper work.
12. All of these first-week experiences will makegreat life-time memories but thebest assets Harvard has offered me thus far have been the other students I’ve met: The first week experiences will make a life-time impression on me, but the most valuable thing Harvard University has offered me so far has been the students I have met on campus.
13. I’m blown away.
be blown away: to be extremely impressed. Examples:
Students were blown away by his speech.
Everyone I told that story to, I mean everyone, is just blown away.
14. One week down, four more years to go—I can’t wait: One week haad passed, and the author was looking forword to the coming four years.
Section IV Summary of the Passage:
The first day is gorgeous for a freshman at Harvard. The author lived with four girls, who helped her through the difficult adjustment process. Freshmen at Harvard can sample classes during “Shopping Week”. Eating is one of the most important and enkoyable highlights for students at Harvard. The best assets for harvard students according to the author is to have met so many gifted people.
Section V Post-reading Tasks
Check the answers of Content Awareness
Step 4 Assignments
1.Review the language points;
2. Memorize the new words and expressions and prepare for dictation;
3. Finish Language Focus;
4. Read Passage B after class
课堂教学方案
课题名称Unit 1 Greetings “How’s it going?”
授课时数：2学时
授课类型：理论课
教学方法与手段：指导、练习、问答、多媒体
教学目的要求：
学习英语问候的口语表达及相关听说操练；
升调、降调、音节重音、连读。

教学重点、难点：
学习英语问候的口语表达及相关听说操练；
升调、降调、音节重音、连读。

教学内容及组织安排：
1. Warm Up
2. Listening Task
3. Real World Listening
4. Interactive Practice
5. Assignments:
(1) Finish“Interaction Link”Part after class;
(2) Review words and expressions learned in this unit;
(3) Preview Unit 2.
第二章教学安排的说明
章节题目：Song of the Soul 学时分配：8
本章教学目的与要求：
Students should be able to
1. get some idea of life dream
2. talk about the two passages about dreams
3. learn to use the key words and expressions in this unit
4. learn to write about the power of your childhood dream
5. learn to adopt the reading skill of prediction while reading
课堂教学方案
课题名称、授课时数：6 学时
授课类型：理论课
教学方法与手段：讲授、讨论、指导、练习、问答、多媒体
教学目的要求：
Students should be able to
1. get some idea of life dream
2. talk about the two passages about dreams
3. learn to use the key words and expressions in this unit
4. learn to write about the power of your childhood dream
5. learn to adopt the reading skill Prediction while reading
教学重点、难点：
Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text
教学内容及组织安排：
Suggested Steps for Teaching
2. Listen and Talk (Lead in、Dialogue Samples、Communicative Tasks)
2. Detailed Study of Passage A (Read and Explore)
3. Introduce vocabulary items in the text and assign vocabulary exercises as a follow-up. (Language Points.)
4. Offer a summary of the text. (See Summary.)
5. Do exercises after the text and check the answers.
SectionⅠ Listen and Talk:
Step 1 Lead in
Talk sth about “All great journeys start with a dream.”
What is your childhood dream and your recent dream? Please describe.
2) Listening: (Listen to the passage and fill the missing words in the blanks)
Key: exist, turning point, go on to live, danger, spring forth, make it real
Step 2 Dialogues (30 Mins)
1.Listen to the two sample dialogues and learn some useful phrases and expressions Dialogue 1 Talking About a Future Plan
Dialogue 2 Discussing a Future Career
2. Post- listening questions
Do you agree with that focus and hard work is the best path to success in your endeavors?
Do you like your major? And do you have an idea to change your career?
Step 3 Communicative Tasks (40 Mins)
Work in pairs and act the dialogues to the whole class.
Task 1: Tips:
How are things going? They couldn’t be better! I’m on top of the world
… have now accomplished my dream of … On top of that,…
I’ve put years of work into two goals … First, …, and second,…
I can notch one of them off the list! I’m not sure about…, but perhaps I should con sider…
Task 2: Tips:
I’ve noticed …
It’s exciting to …
It’s a surprising coincidence …
With … encouragement and a lot of hard work, I’m now …
An accomplishment worth fighting for. I’m hoping to help … by doing …That’s great!
I’ve been planning on …
Step 4 Assignments
1. Read the dialogues and practice communicative tasks
2. Preview new words of Passage A
Section II Read and Explore (4 periods)
Passage A All Great Journeys Start with a Dream
Step 1 Pre-reading Tasks
1. Greetings and a brief revision
Ask one or two pairs (groups) to act out their own dialogues
2. Lead-in questions:
1) What do you dream of becoming?
2) What did you do when you had problem in realizing your dream?
3. Culture notes
1) Rock music 2) Neil Peart
Step 2 While-reading Tasks
Read the text as quickly as possible and try to find the answer to the following questions
1. How would you interpret this sentence “Our dream is the song of our soul”?
Answer:There is a sound that your soul sings inside you all the time. The sound of your soul is a frequency that connects you to your dream. Most of us forgot how to listen to the sound of our soul. The song of your soul is a beautiful song that is created through the energy of love. The song is around you and in you –it is a part of you.
2.How would you compare Neil Peart and Richard M. DeV os’s philosophy of the flame? What else can you provide in describing the role of a dream in one’s life? Answer:Neil Peart describes the need of a flame to ignite a dream. Richard M. DeV os expresses how just nursing a flickering flame never allows it to actually burst into flame. No real fire no real dream. A flame signifies heat and without heat there is no warmth.
3. But the trouble is most of us have the on / off switch of our dream set to OFF.” Do you agree or disagree with the author?
Answer:I agree that it is important to be proactive and making a plan helps to jump start a dream. A positive connection to a dream will help succeed in fulfilling that dream.
4. According to the author, what is the law of life? What is your opinion about this law?
Answer: As the proverb says, where ther is a will, there is a way. If you are goaldriven, any obstacles can be surmounted in making your dreams come true.
5. “Our dreams don’t have to be grand to be great.” What is your understanding of this statement?
Answer: I don’t have to save the world but I can help those close to me, such as my classmates or even family members. I might not be the leader of our country but I could be a leader in my peer group at school. I can’t change everyone’s attitude about being environmentally friendly but I can start by being an example. Unrealistic grand dreams are more harmful than helpful. When we determine our dreams and set our goals, we must think carefully about our real desires and the real possibilities.
2. Skim the passage and try to find the main idea:
Main idea: We all have dreams. Our dream, or aspiration, or vision, is the song of our soul. It is our dream that fills our life with meaning and purpose. Many a successful person compared dream to the flame of hope toward victory. We all have problems in realizing dreams. But once we believe we can do it, we will find solutions to the problems we stumbled on. If you believe in your dream, the next step is to make a commitment, great power will be released and seemingly insurmountable hurdles will be reduced to insignificant obstacles. Our dreams don’t have to be grand to be great. We all have the power to follow a dream that will make a difference to us and those we meet. As we dream, so shall we become. Our vision is the promise of what we shall be in the future.
SectionⅢLanguage points
1. Such dreams could be more hurtful than helpful. more … than:
1) to a larger or extra number or amount (of)
Eg. Their beliefs are more Christian than Buddhist.
We spent more time on the last job than usual.
2) when “more” is used before a noun, it is used to mean that it is more like the first t hing rather than the second.
Eg. He’s more like a movie star than a lifeguard, really.
Sue screamed, not loudly, more in surprise than terror.
2. I’m thinking about one’s vision, aspiration or fervent hope for the future. vision:
1)the ability to see
eg. He has very little vision in her left eye.
Since the accident, he has suffered from memory loss and impaired vision.
2) an imagined mental image of sth
Eg. That’s my vision of how the world could be.
I have a vision of a society that is free of exploitation and injustice. aspiration: desire or hope to achieve sth
eg. Jane’s aspirations to help others come from her own misfortune as a child.
His early death caused many of his political aspirations to remain unfulfilled. aspire: v. to have a strong desire or hope to do or have something
eg. Few people who aspire to/ after fame ever achieve it.
3. Life without one is reduced to a hollow existence.
reduce:
1) make less in size, amount, degree, importance, etc.
Eg. I reduced my weight by going on a diet.
The workforce has been reduced by half.
2) to bring into a different, usually worse, state
Eg. Allied bombing reduced the city to ruins.
I was reduced to tears seeing the mess they had made.
3.Besides being the drummer and chief lyricist for the rock band “Rush”, Neil Peart
is also an author and philosopher.
besides: in addition to; also Examples:
Do you play any other sports besides ice-skating and swimming?
I think she has many good qualities besides being very beautiful.
5. No life is more tragic than that of the individul who nurses a dream, an ambition, always wishing and hoping ... nurse:
1) to take care of someone / an animal while he or it is ill
He gave up his job so that he could nurse his mother at home in her last months. They found an injured cat and carefully nursed it back to health.
2) to spend a lot of time taking care of something
These young trees were carefully nursed by the head gardener.
The project will have to be nursed through its few months.
3) to feel a desire or an emotion for a long time
She has long nursed a passion for Japanese art.
Jane still nurses the pain of rejection.
6. “... but never lets it break out into flame.”
break out into sth: begin suddenly to do something
I break out into a cold sweat merely thinking about snakes.
We seem to break out into an argument about absolutely nothing, and this unpleas ant state of things usually occurs at mealtimes.
7. ... I will seek solutions for every problem I stumble on.
seek: 1) to search for, look for or try or obtain (esp. sth which is not a physical object ) : Watson said yesterday that he would not seek re-election next year.
After the meeting he sought out the person who had spoken about the plans.
2) seek to do sth: try or attempt to do sth
Mr. Taylor is seeking to recover money that he is owed by the insurance company. The plane encountered icing and the pilot sought to climb to a higher altitude shortly before it crashed.
8. Any worthy dream is a dream worthy of accomplishing.
worthy: (formal) deserving respect, admiration, or support
eg. We need to translate these worthy principles into workable rules.
Every year he makes a large donation to a worthy cause.
accomplish: to finish sth successfully or to achieve sth
eg. The students accomplished the task in less than 10 minutes.
I feel as if I’ve accomplished nothing since I left my job.
9. Once I realize I can do it, the next step is to make commitment.
commit: to promise or give (your loyalty or money) to a particular principle, person, or plan of action Examples:
I think I can come tonight but I won’t commit myself till I know for sure.
The government claimed to commit itself to improving health care. commitment: a promise to do sth or to behave in a particular way Examples:
She is known chiefly for her commitment to nuclear disarmament.
I’d like to thank the staff for having shown such commitment.
committed: willing to work hard and give your time and energy to sth
Examples:
The party are committed to helping those who are not able to help themselves.
We are committed to withdraw our troops by the end of the year.
10. As soon as we make a commitment, great power is released.
release:
1) to give freedom or free movement to sb or sth Examples:
He was released from prison after serving two years of a five-year sentence.
The medicine released him from years of pain.
2) to let sth to be shown in public or available for use Examples:
The police have released a picture of the man they wanted to question.
The minister has released a statement explaining the reasons for his resignation. 11. Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become.
(just) as … so …: used to compare two people or things, when they are the same — t he general
idea is that “just as X is true / is so, Y is true / is so.” Examples:
As you sow, so shall you reap.
As soul is to a body, so is love to a home.
Section IV Summary
Section V Post-reading Tasks
1. Check the answers of Ex.4, 5 and 6
Step 4 Assignments
1.Review the language points
2. Memorize the new words and expressions and prepare for dictation
Step IV. Listening Practice. Unit 2 Home “It’s a great place”
第三章教学安排的说明
章节题目：Leisure Activities
学时分配：8
本章教学目的与要求：
Students should be able to
1. get some idea of leisure activities on campus
2. talk about the the some clubs and societies on campus and Ss‘ own experiences in
a clu
b or society in a club or society on campus
3. learn to use the key words and expressions in this unit
4. learn to use correct verb tenses in making sentences
5. learn to adopt the reading skill Improving Concentration while reading
课堂教学方案
课题名称、授课时数：1-6 学时
授课类型：理论课
教学方法与手段：讲授、讨论、指导、练习、问答、多媒体
教学目的要求：
Students should be able to
1. get some idea of leisure activities on campus
2. talk about the the some clubs and societies on campus and Ss‘ own experiences in a club or society in a club or society on campus
3. learn to use the key words and expressions in this unit
4. learn to use correct verb tenses in making sentences
5. learn to adopt the reading skill Improving Concentration while reading
教学重点、难点：
Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text
Learn to correct verb tenses in making sentences;
Reading skill: Improving Concentration while reading
教学内容及组织安排：
Suggested Steps for Teaching
1. Listen and Talk (Lead in、Dialogue Samples、Communicative Tasks)
2. Detailed Study of Passage A (Read and Explore)
3. Introduce vocabulary items in the text and assign vocabulary exercises as a follow-up. (Language Points.)
4. Offer a summary of the text. (See Summary.)
5. Do exercises after the text and check the answers.
SectionⅠListen and Talk (1 period)
Step 1 Lead in
1) Warm-up questions:
Can you name some leisure activities you usually take part in?
Camping, outing, traveling, fishing, taking a walk, Yoga, dancing drawing, calligraphy, skating, bowling, picnic, Kara OK, barbecue, playing music, etc.
2) Listening: (Listen to the passage and fill the missing words in the blanks)
Key: spare, clubs, societies, music, party, meet, make, hang out, bored
Step 2 Dialogues
1. Listening to the two sample dialogues and learning some useful phrases and expressions Dialogue 1 At a Party Dialogue 2 At a Concert
2. Post-listening questions What do they do at a party? Who will Zhang introduce to Connie? What kind of music band does Mei like? Why?
Step 3 Communicative Tasks
Work in pairs and act the dialogues to the whole class.
Task 1: Talking about the differences between party etiquette in China and the USA Tips: drinks, meet a lot of people, formal/ informal, be crazy about, dream of
What is the difference between…
Did you find any difference between…
We have more…
Task 2: Talking about pop music in China and the USA
Tips: Enjoy/ prefer, pop/ classical, favorite, charming/ wonderful/ popular, tune/ song What about…? My favorite is… I know about…
Do you know anything about…?
Step 4 Assignments
1.Read the dialogues and practice communicative tasks
2. Preview new words in Passage A
Section II Read and Explore (3 periods)
Passage A Clubs and Societies
Step 1 Pre-reading Tasks (10 mins)
1. Greetings and a brief revision
Ask one or two pairs (groups) to act out their own dialogues
2. Lead-in questions:
1) What do you usually do in your leisure time on campus?
2) How do the students at Oxford spend their spare time?
3. Culture notes
1) OUSU2) Freshers' Fair 3) The Oxford Union
Step 2 While-reading Tasks (75 mins)
1. Read the text as quickly as possible and try to find the answer to the following questions: 1) How can you find out about the activities that take place in a university like Oxford?
2) How can you find out what clubs and societies are on offer at Oxford?
3) Do people get involved in societies to the same degree?
4) What kind of people do some high status clubs such as the Oxford Union or the Guild Society tend to attract? Why?
5) Does the author generally encourage students to join clubs and societies? Why?
2. Skim the passage and try to find the main idea:
Main idea: Colleges have clubs and societies for many purposes. There‘s a group for almost any interest or spare time activity a student may have. It‘s a good way to learn, relax, and make new friends. Joining group s can also help build a student‘s resume for future employment.
SectionⅢLanguage points(1 period)
1. put one’s finger on: to find or show exactly (the cause of trouble) e.g. Something is wrong with this room, but I can‘t put my finger on what it is. I co uld not quite put my finger on what was differentabout him.
2. throw oneself into: to do or take part in actively and energetically e.g. Since her husband died, she has thrown herself into her work. The National Day is coming; they have thrown themselves into the organization of Celebration Activities.
3. get one’s hands on: catch, or obtain
e.g. They all want to get their hands on the old man‘s money.
I‘d like to get my hands on a nice pair of cowboy boots.
4. browse through: look through
e.g. I was browsing through the newspaper when I spotted your name.。