unit1：How-to-Be-Cool-at-College

NewHorizonEnglishCourseSectionAHowtoBeCoolatCollegeUnitOneWarmingupTextAReadingthroughExerciseMainIdea&StructureWords&ExpressionsUnitOneSpotDictationActivityIActivityIIWatchandDiscussWarmingupUnitOneDirections:ThefollowingparagraphistakenfromTextA.Listencarefullyandfillintheblankswithoutreferringtotheoriginaltext.True,therewillbemanypeople______tohelpyou,butyouwilloftenhavetotakethefirststepin________youchoosetodo.Mostofyouhave_________acareer.Even_______someofyoumaychangeyourmindslater,youwillhaveto________andworkhardforthem___________untilyougraduate.readywhateverdecidedonsetgoalsstepbystepthoughSpotDictationUnitOneWhatdoyouthink?ThefilmbelowisanadvideoofEvergreenValleyCollege,Canada.Ithelpsuscatchaglimpseofthecampuslifeinaforeignculture.Asanewcollegestudent,whatdoyouthinkaboutthethemestalkedaboutinthisfilm?Watch&DiscussionUnitOneReferenceItisaboutyou.Itisaboutconnecting.Itisaboutskills.Itisaboutachievements.Itisaboutthefuture.BrainstormingDiscussion:AfterseeingtheadvideoofthecampuslifeinEvergreenValleyCollege,whatisyourgeneralimpressionofthecollegelife?Andwhatdoyouthinkaboutthefivethemesmentionedinthisfilm?UnitOneTheshortvideopresentsbeforeusaveryexciting,colorfulandyetchallengingcollegelife.Itisexcitingbecausethecollegeoruniversityistheplacewherewecangrowup,andwherewecanchangefromaninnocentboyorgirltosomeonewhoknowsexactlywhattodo.Wecannotonlyacquirealotofbooklearningintheclassroomlectures,wecanalsomakegooduseofthelibrarytoexploretheknowledgebyourselves.Asthefilmsays,thecollegelifeisaboutourselves.Duringafewyearsofstudy,wearegoingtomakeagreatimprovement.Itiscolorfulbecausealltypesofextracurricularactivitiessuchassportsmeets,speechcontests,anddifferentsocialgatheringsanddancingpartiesprovideopportunitiestomakenewfriends.CampusLifeintheUniversityUnitOneMostprobably,ournewfriendscomefromdifferentcultures,speakdifferentdialectsorlanguagesandhavedifferentviewsoftheworld.Thecollegeoruniversityisjustanewstageoflifeforustoplayourownrolescolorfully.However,collegelifeisalsoverychallenging.Itisactuallyeveryone’sstoryabouthowtodevelopskillsincommunicating,learningandresearching,abouthowtomakeachievementsinpreparingforabrightfutureandagainaboutourselves.CampusLifeintheUniversityUnitOneReadingThroughUnitOneChineseGoingtocollege?Luckyyou!You'llhaveagreattimeandalotoffunontheway.Yetyoureducationisalsoveryseriousbusiness.Toalargeextent,youwillbeonyourown.True,therewillbemanypeoplereadytohelpyou,butyouwilloftenhavetotakethefirststepinwhateveryouchoosetodo.Mostofyouhavedecidedonacareer.Eventhoughsomeofyoumaychangeyourmindslater,youwillhavetosetgoalsandworkhardforthemstepbystepuntilyougraduate.TextAPara.1HowtoBeCoolatCollegeTextAUnitOneAsateacher,Ialwaystellmystudentstoworkhardandkeepupfromdayone.Youshouldalsothinkabouttakingothersubjects.Forarichfulllifeofcollege,youshouldmakethemostoftheopportunitiesathand.ChineseTextAPara.2UnitOneIhopeyouhaveunderstoodthisbynow:goingtocollegemeansalotmorethangettingagrade.Youknowyouhaveadebttomanypeople.Theyhaveworkedhardtomaketheseopportunitiesopenforyou.Please,don'tletthemdown!Studyhardandlearnmore.ChineseTextAPara.3UnitOneYoushouldalsoconsiderthis:Areyougoingtotakeacoursetoreallylearnsomethingorareyougoingtotakeitonlytohaveitonyourrecord?Ihaveheardfartoomanystudentstellmethattheyaredoingacoursetogetacertificateforabetterchanceofgettingajob.Sadly,thisisnotagoodreasontolearnanything.Why?Well,firstly,youmaynotgetajobevenifyoudoacoursethatislikelytogetyouone.ChineseTextAPara.4(1)UnitOneSecondly,youarecheatingyourself.Ifyoudon’thavearealunderstandingandlikingofyourcourse,youmaybegintofeelveryunhappy.Youknowitwillbeverydifficultforyoutorespectyourselfunlessyouareproudofyourwork.Thetrulyhappypersonisonewhoisproudofhisworkandhonestwithhimself.Thisistrueofaworker,doctor,teacher,orwhatever.So,asyoubeginyourcollegecareer,makeupyourmindtolearnasmuchaspossible.ChineseTextAPara.4(2)&Para.5UnitOneMeaning:You’llhaveawonderfultimeandlotsoffunatcollege.1You'llhaveagreattimeandalotoffunontheway.MeaningoftheSentencesUnitOneMeaningoftheSentencesTrue,therewillbemanypeoplereadytohelpyou,butyouwilloftenhavetotakethefirststepinwhateveryouchoosetodo.Meaning:Itistruethattherewillbemanypeoplewhoarereadytohelpyou,butyouwilloftenhavetotakethefirststepinanythingorallthatyouchoosetodo.2UnitOneMeaning:Eventhoughsomeofyoumaychangeyourdecisionsonacareer,youwillhavetodecidewhatyouaregoingtohaveintheendandworkhardforthegoalsgraduallyuntilyoucompleteyourstudiesatcollege.Eventhoughsomeofyoumaychangeyourmindslater,youwillhavetosetgoalsandworkhardforthemstepbystepuntilyougraduate.3MeaningoftheSentencesUnitOneMeaningoftheSentences4Asateacher,Ialwaystellmystudentstoworkhardandkeepupfromdayone.Meaning:Asateacher,Ialwaystellmystudentstoworkhardandtrytobethebestfromthefirstday.UnitOneMeaning:Ifyouwanttohavearichfulllifeofcollege,youshouldgetsasmuchasyoucanfromtheopportunitiesthatwillbeofferedtoyou.Forarichfulllifeofcollege,youshouldmakethemostoftheopportunitiesathand.5MeaningoftheSentencesUnitOneYouknowyouhaveadebttomanype