Unit1EducationIsaKeyEducationIsakey•PartIWarmingup•PartIIEducationalsystems•PartIIIUniversitylife•PartVIUniversitycampusPartIWarmingupAVocabularyOxford:commonqualitycommitmententhusiasmmotivationacademicrecord牛津共有的特性,质量承诺热情,狂热动力,动机学术记录AVocabularycontinueCambridgeUnitedKingdomreputationoutstandachievementundertakeSydneyestablish剑桥(大不列颠)联合王国名气,名声,名誉卓越,杰出成就保证,担任,从事,负责悉尼建立AVocabularycontinueinnovationexceldebatedramaexcellenceVictoriaserveapproximately改革优于,擅长于辩论戏剧文学,戏剧卓越,杰出维多利亚为……服务大约,近似AVocabularycontinuefavorCanadaspectacularwestcoastBritishColumbiaNewZealandAuckland喜爱加拿大壮观的,雄伟的西海岸英国的,大不列颠的哥伦比亚新西兰(太平洋南部岛国)奥克兰(新西兰一港市)AVocabularycontinuesituatecosmopolitanstimulateHarvardacreurbanBostonenrollment使位于……的地位世界性的刺激,激励哈佛英亩(1英亩=4046.856平方米)城市的,市区的波士顿登记,注册,招收AVocabularycontinuecomprisefacultycoeducationalawarddoctoralmasteradvanceddegreeCharlesRiver包括,由……组成能力,系,全体教职员男女合校的授予,颁发博士硕士高等学位查理河Aanswers1.Oxford/commitment/academicrecord2.oldest/largest/reputation/research/science3.first/Australia/150years/excels4.excellence/17,000/location5.largest/1883/situated/26,0006.1636/enrollment/18,500/schools7.awards/degrees/20,0008.located/135/thirdBVocabularystatementdialectregionalvarietyconductforeigndictionarySomalia陈述方言地区的,区域的品种,种类经营,管理,控制外国的字典索马里(Somali索马里语)BVocabularycontinueAfricanentirecontinentspaceshipVoyageSecretaryGeneralTheUnitedNations非洲的全部的洲,大陆宇宙飞船,太空船这里指太空船的名字航天号秘书长联合国Banswers1.2,700languages/7,000dialects/regional/pronunciation2.official/language3.Onebillion/20percent4.Fourhundredmillion/first/600million/second/foreign5.500,000words/Eightypercent/other6.Eightypercent/computers7.Africancountry/same8.1,000/Africa9.spaceship/1977/55/message/theUnitedNationsCVocabularycommunicativelearnerauthority-orientedlearnerconcretelearnerexclusivelymixture交际学习者权威型学习者实体学习者专门的,专有的混合CAllright,class.Todaywe’regoingtobelookingatdifferentlanguagelearningstyles.Youmaybesurprisedtofindthattherearedifferentwaysofgoingaboutlearninglanguages,noneofwhichisnecessarilybetterthantheothers.Researchershaveidentifiedfourbasiclearner“types”–thecommunicativelearner,theanalyticallearner,theauthority-orientedlearnerandtheconcretelearner.Communicativelearnersliketolearnbywatchingandlisteningtonativespeakers.Athome,theyliketolearnbywatchingTVandvideos.Theyliketolearnnewwordsbyhearingthem.Inclass,theyliketolearnbyhavingconversations.Now,concretelearnersliketolearnbyplayinggames,bylookingatpicturesandvideosinclass,bytalkinginpairs,andbylisteningtocassettesathomeandschool.Now,authority-orientedlearners,ontheotherhand,liketheteachertoexplaineverything.Theyliketowriteeverythingdownintheirnotebook,andtheyliketohaveatextbook.Theyliketolearnnewwordsbyseeingthem.Andfinally,wehaveanalyticallearners.Theselearnersliketolearnbystudyinggrammar.Athome,theyliketolearnbystudyingEnglishbooks,andtheyliketostudybythemselves.Theyliketofindtheirownmistakes.Now,ofcourse,it’sunusualforapersontobeexclusivelyone“type”ratherthananother.Mostofusaremixturesofstyles.Whattypeoflearnerdoyouthinkyouare?Canswers1–(a)2–(c)3–(d)4–(b)PartIIEducationalsystemsAVocabularyBritainprimaryschoolcomprehensivevocationalcoursesAlevelselementaryschoolkindergartenjuniorhighschool英国,大不列颠小学综合的职业课高中小学幼儿园,学前班初中AVocabularycontinueseniorhighschoolfreshmansophomorejuniorseniorjuniorcollegebrieftime高中一年级学生,新生二年级学生三年级学生毕业班学生大专短时间,短期AVocabularycontinueintermediateschoolqualificationentreeprovinciallocalschoolboardcommunitydiplomalabtechnician中学资质入场权省的,地方的地方学校董事会社区,社会,团体毕业文凭,学位证书实验技师AVocabularycontinuechild-caredegreebachelordoctoratemasterpostgraduate儿童保健学位学士学位博士学位硕士研究生GeneralCertificateofSecondaryEducation普通中等教育证书AWell,inBritain,fromtheagesoffivetoaboutelevenyoustartoffataprimaryschool,andthenfromeleventosixteenyougoontoasecondaryschooloracomprehensiveschoolandatsixteenyoutakeGCSEexaminations.Afterthis,somechildrentakevocationalcoursesorevenstartwork.OthersstayonatschoolforanothertwoyearstotakeAlevels.Andattheageofeighteen,afterAlevels,theymightfinishtheireducationorgoontoacourseofhighereducationatacollegeoruniversity,andthat’susuallyforthreeyears.AWell,itdependsonwhatstateyou’reinbutmostkidsintheUnitedStatesstartschoolataboutsixwhentheygotoelementaryschoolandthatgoesfromthefirstgradeuptothesixthgrade.Somekidsgotoakindergartentheyearbeforethat.Thentheygoontojuniorhighschool,that’sabouteleven,andthat’stheseventh,eighthandninthgrades.Andthentheygoontoseniorhighschoolaroundagefourteenstartinginthetenthgradeandfinishinginthetwelfthgradeusually.Somestudentswillleaveschoolatsixteenandthey’llstartwork,butmostofthemstayontograduatefromhighschoolatageeighteen.Inthefirstyearathighschoolorcollegestudentsarecalled“freshmen”,inthesecondthey’recalled“sophomores”,inthethirdyearwecallthem“juniors”andinthefourthyearthey’recalled“seniors”.Nowalotofhighschoolgraduatesthengotocollegeoruniversityandtheydoafour-yearfirstdegreecourse.Someofthemmightgotojuniorcollegewhichisatwo-yearcourse.AWell,inAustralia,wellmoststatesanyway,childrenstarttheirprimaryeducationatfiveafterperhapsabrieftimeinkindergarten.Theywillstayatprimaryschooluntilt