新标准大学英语第一册1单元A篇教案

Unit 1 Starting Out

Active Reading (1) Diary of a fresher

Ⅰ. Warm-up Activities:

Describe your university with the help of the following words (You can choose

Ⅱ. Further Discussion:

Work in pairs. Look at the list of education objectives and number them in order of importance to you.

☐finding a girlfriend / boyfriend

☐studying hard and learning a lot

☐meeting people and making friends

☐getting a good job when you graduate

☐having fun

☐growing up and becoming independent

☐going to parties

☐doing lots of sport

☐reading widely

☐learning new skills and having new experiences

Ⅲ. How to write a diary in English

1. Format:

a. Write down the date, the day and the weather on the first line. The date and

the day are on the left, while the weather is on the right.

b. Write the body part. Write this part on the second line.

2. Person:

Write the diary in the first person.

3. Tense:

a. Past tense;

b. Present tense;

c. Future tense.

4. Order:

Write the diary in chronological order.

5. Style:

Casual and informal: express a personal viewpoint with reactions,

reflections and feelings.

Ⅳ. Background Information & Culture Notes:

1. A hall of residence(AmE dormitory): is a place where students live, often a

large building, or a series of buildings with accommodation and some social facilities.

2. A coffee morning: refers to an informational gathering with coffee, where

people with a common interest meet for an hour or so and get to know each other better.

3. A gap year: is a year usually between finishing school and starting university or

college when you travel or work.

4. A fresher’s fair: is an event when all the university clubs and societies try to

attract new members.

5.Ballroom dancing: is a type of dancing done by a man and a woman together,

often in a room where formal balls, or dances, take place. Ballroom dances include:

6.Artificial intelligence(人工智能): is the ability of a machine to perform those

activities that are normally thought to require intelligence.

Artificial intelligence Society:is a club for members who share the same interest in artificial intelligence.

7.Bell ringing: is a musical activity which involves a group of six to ten people.

Each person has two bells, one in each hand and take turns to ring them. Each

bell has a different musical mote, so the whole group can make musical

melodies and harmonies.

8.Extreme sports:(also known as "lifestyle sports" or "action sport") are a

general term for sports featuring speed, height, danger or spectacular stunts. The

sports have rooted in 1960s and have been growing since the late 1980s.

bungee jumping rock climbing bull fighting free diving

9.Choir is an organized company of singers, especially one performing church

music or singing in a church.

Mozart Choir is a club for singer s to perform Mozart’s music.

Ⅴ. Words & Expressions:

1.gap: n.

①a period of time between two events间隔，间断

a gap in the conversation 谈话的间隙

他们阔别20年后又见面了。They met again after a gap of 20 years.

Adjectives which can go before Gap in this meaning include:

awkward long short time

❝I was wondering how to fill the awkward gap in the conversation.

②space between things空隙，缺口

❝ a gap in a hedge/fence/wall 树篱、篱笆、墙壁的豁口

❝leave a gap between your car and the next. 在车与车之间留条道。

Adjectives which can go before Gap in this meaning include:

big huge large / small wide / narrow awkward

V erbs which can go before Gap in this meaning include:

fill seal

③difference差距

The gap between the rich and the poor 贫富之间的差距

❝The gap between theory and practice 理论与实践之间的脱节

❝贫富之间差距的加大导致了本地区犯罪率的增加。

❝The widening gap between the rich and the poor resulted in the increasing rate of crime in this neighborhood.

Adjectives which can go before Gap in this meaning include:

big huge large wide growing widening narrow unbridgeable