Education-and-life-on-campus

Unit3EducationandLifeonCampus1.ThingsIwanttosayfirstaboutUniversity.2.Questionsforgroupdiscussion.3.Usefulwordsandexpressionsoneducation1.UniversityLifeThevalueofuniversitylife.Universitylifecanberichandcolorful.Studentspreparefortheirfuture.2.QuestionsforyoutodiscussDescribeyouruniversity-buildings,characteristics,organizations.Describeatypicaldayinyourlifeasacollegestudent.Whatarethegreatestdifferencesbetweencollegestudyandstudyinthepast?Whichprofessororfrienddoyouthinkhasthemostinfluenceonyou?Explain.Whatchangeswouldyouliketomakeinyouruniversityandwhy?3.Usefulwordsandexpressionsfundmentaleducation基础教育highereducation高等教育life-longeducation终生教育nevertoooldtolearn活到老学到老university大学ChicagoUniversity芝加哥大学college学院Inelementaryschool,thechildrenlearnreadingandwriting.Insecondaryschool,studentsgetmoreadvancedknowledge.在中学里，学生们可以学到更高级的知识。SarahwenttogradeschoolinnewyorkcityandhighschoolinWashingtonD.C.Sarah在纽约上的小学，在华盛顿上的中学。gradeschool小学highschool中学publicschool公立学校privateschool/grammarschool私立学校Inthisuniversity,youngpeoplearetrainedtobecamedoctorsandnurses.在这所大学，学生被培养成为医学和护士。伊顿公学英国私立男校伊顿公学（EtonCollege）坐落在温莎小镇，与女王钟爱的温莎宫隔泰晤士河相望。伊顿以“精英摇篮”、“绅士文化”闻名世界，这里曾造就过20位英国首相，培养出诗人雪莱、经济学家凯恩斯，也是英国王子威廉和哈里的母校。伊顿每年250名左右的毕业生中，70余名进入牛津、剑桥，70%进入世界名校。有“财”，有“才”，才能上伊顿伊顿校服犹如宫廷朝服，等级分明伊顿的校服类似绅士的黑色燕尾服、白色衬衫、圆领扣、黑色的马甲、长裤和皮鞋。这套行头就要700英镑，加上配套的成打衬衫、领带等，装扮一个伊顿人，至少要好几千英镑。normaluniversity师范大学keyuniversity重点大学college学院foreignaffairscollege外交学院institute学院BeijingBroadcastingInstitute北京广播学院MIT=MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology麻省理工大学。Harvarduniversity哈佛大学Yale耶鲁Oxford牛津Cambridge剑桥PKV=PekingUniversity北京大学TsinghuaUniversity清华大学DavidwasadmittedtoHarvarduniversity.David被哈佛大学录取了。beadmittedto被…录取Incollege,Imajoredinscience,whatwasyourmajor?在大学，我主修理科，你主修什么？majorv/n.主修science理科arts文科engineering工科medicine医科agriculture农科Imajorineconomics。我主修经济。Imajorindiplomacy.我主修外交。minor选修，辅修IminoredinFrench.我选修了法语。IminoredinEnglish.我选修了英语。requiredcourse必修课optionalcourse选修课credit学分Duringyourfirstyearofcollege,didyoumakestraightAs.你在大学一年级的成绩是全A吗？What’syourGPAincolllege?你大学期间的平均成绩分数是多少？GPA=generalpointaverage总平均成绩IamagraduateofYaleUniversity,Ihaveabachelorofartsdegree.我是耶鲁大学毕业生，我拥有文学学士学位。BAdegree文学学士学位BSdegree理学学士学位BEdegree工学学士学位master硕士MADegree工科硕士MSDegree理科硕士Ph.D博士MAB=masterofbusinessadministration工商管理硕士MPA=masterofpublicadrministration公共管理硕士ME=masterofeducation教育学硕士Mysisterjustgraduatedfromhighschool.graduationwasheldlastnight.我妹妹中学毕业了，昨晚举行了毕业典礼。graduation毕业典礼graduatefromwhere从…毕业Mybrothergraduatedfromuniversity。我哥哥从大学毕业了。Graduationwasyesterdayevening.毕业典礼在昨晚举行。Graduatestudents/postgraduatestudents研究生Ph.D.candidate博士研究生GRE=graduaterecordexamination美国研究生入学考试internationalstudent留学生Dialogue:Jane:Hi,Mike.Longtimenosee.Howareyou?Mike:Fine,thanks.I’vebeenreallybusythesedays.Besidestherequiredcourses,I’malsotakinganelectivecouresonstatistics.Jane:Doyouknowhowmanycreditsarerequiredtoobtainabachelordegree?Mike:Idon’texactlyknowforyourcourse.Youshouldaskyourcounselor.Jane:Ihopeyoudon’tmindifIask,butdoyouhaveascholarship?Mike:Yes,Ido.Jane:WhatdoIhavetodotoapplyscholarships?Mike:Ofcourse,youhavetobeoneofthetopstudentsinyourclass.Jane:Idon’tthinkIhaveanyproblemthere.Yousee,I’vedonequitewellinthetests.Mike:Besides,researchpapersareanimportantpartofcollegestudy.Ourprofessorattachgreatimportancetopapers.Jane:Infact,doingsomanyresearchpapersreallybothersme.Atthebeginningofeachcourse,weweregivenalistofbooksthatareconsidered“requiredbooks”.IhaveacoupleoftermpapersonthemduebeforeChristmas.Mike:Idon’tthinkwecanreallyproduceaproperlywrittenpaperbeforewehavereallyreadenough.Jane:Oh,Isee.IthinkI’dbettertodomorereadingfromnowanddevelopmyownideasaboutthebookIamreading.Mike:Yeah,Itotallyagree,that’sexactlywhatyoushoulddo.A:John,mybrotherhastakenpartinthenationalcollegeentranceexaminationandnowheneedstofillinaformwiththecollegeshewantstogoto.Doyouhaveanyexperience?B:Idon’tknowmuchaboutit.ChoosingcollegesintheStatesisquitedifferentfrominChina.A:WhatfactorsareusuallytakenintoconsiderationwhenchoosingcollegesintheStates?B:First,IneedtodecidewhetherI’dchooseapubliccollegeoraprivateone.A:Isthereanydifference?B:youbetthereis.Privatecollegesusuallyhavegoodconditionsineveryaspect,butthetuitionisveryhigh.SoIappliedforapubliconewhichofferedmescholarship.ActuallyI’dliketochooseonenearmyhomesothatIcouldgobackhomeeachweekendforachange.Whataboutcollegesinchina?A:itisverydifferent.Thepubliccollegesinchinahavethebestconditionandhighqualiticalteachers.Mostofstudentswanttoenterthose,SuchasTsinghuauniversityandBeijinguniversity.Comparedwiththepublicuniversities,theprivatecollegesarenotverypopularforstudentsinchina.B:Oh,it’sveryintreseting.Andwhichoneyourbrotherwantstogoto?A:Idon’tknow.Maybehelikesanabroadcollege.Yoursuggestionisveryusefultome.Thanksalot.B:Notatall.FurtherPractice.Pairwork:Aviewofcollegelife.FreshmanversusSeniorsFreshman:isneverinbedpastnoon.Senior:isneveroutofbedbeforenoon.Freshman:readsthesyllabustofindoutwhatclassesheneedstoattend.Senior:memorizesthecoursematerialtogetagoodgrade.Freshman:knowsaboo