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UnitOneFreshStartEvelynHeraldCollegelifeCollegelifeclassroomBasketballmatchStarplayerIPre-readingQuestions•Doyourememberyourfirstdaysatcollege?Didanythingspecialhappenthen?•Areyouafraidofmakingmistakesthatcauseembarrassment?•Isenteringaneliteuniversitytheonlywaytosuccess?•Howdoyoudefine“defeat”and“victory”?Whatmightensureyoursuccess?MorediscussionQs•Compareyoursophomorefeelingswithyourfreshmanones.•Embarrassingincidents•Howshouldyoutakeyourcollegelife?•Apersonshouldtakehis/hercollegelifeforanexperiment.He/sheshouldnotbeafraidofmakingmistakesbecauseitisonlythroughtrialanderrorthatonecanfindhis/herrealselfandfindinghis/herrealselfistheultimatepurposeofcollegeeducation.Collegeallowsonetomakemassivemistakes.DiscussionQs:FreshmanManual–I’mstartingcollegeattheuniversityofFloridaandI’mexcitedbutIfindmyselfunsureofwhattoexpect.Ihaveaboyfriendthatwillbeliving5hoursaway.anyadviceregardingkeepingordroppingrelationshipsasafreshman,difficultyofclasses,eatinghabits,homesickness,dormissues.•-thebestadviceforacollegefreshman•-collegesurvivaltipsforFreshman?•Enigma•love-devotionfeeling-emotiondon'tbeafraidtobeweakdon'tbetooproudtobestrongjustlookintoyourheartmyfriendthatwillbethereturntoyourselfthereturntoinnocence•thereturntoinnocence•ifyouwant,thenstarttolaugh•ifyoumust,thenstarttocry•beyourselfdon'thide•justbelieveindestiny•don'tcarewhatpeoplesay•justfollowyourownway•don'tgiveupandusethechance•toreturntoinnocenceBackgroundinformation(1)•Aboutthetextandtheauthor•Thetext,writtenbyEvelynHerald(contemporary),appearedinNutshellmagazinein1989.Backgroundinformation(2)•Nutshellmagazine•Nutshellisaproject,abrainchild,arepositoryofimponderables.Infact,asawisemansaid,it'sAnAnthologyofMiscellany.It'saspecialconnectionbetweentheinternetandthefeverishimaginationsthatactasamediumbetweenthiswakingworldandthelandwherelittlecreaturesrunaboutwaitingtobecaughtandlabeled'CreativeIdeas'.•Well,actually,it'samonthly,web-basedmagazinewithanemailnewslettercomponent.Interestedpeoplesignupforthenewsletterandthustheygetadigestofthecurrentmonth'scontentmailedtothem.Thenewslettercontainsshort,interestingstorieswhilethewebsitecontainsgreaterdetailforyoutodiveinto.Backgroundinformation(3)•1.Let'sstartfromverybeginningagain.•我们再从头开始吧。•2.Let'sgobacktosquareone.•我们重新开始吧。•3.Let'sgobacktothedrawingboard.•我们重新开始吧。•4.Let'sstartfromscratchagain.•我们重新开始吧。•5.Let'sdoitalloveragain.•我们重新来过吧。•6.Let'smakeafreshstart.•我们重新开始吧。•7.Let'sstartfromzeroagain.•我们再从零开始吧。•8.Let'sgetbacktothestartingpoint.•我们回到起点吧。•9.I'mafraidwe'llhavetoscraptheplanandredoitcompletely.•我们恐怕得放弃这个计划然后全部重来。•10.Let'srollitbacktothebeginning.•我们回到起点吧。•beasfreshasadaisytobefullofenergyandenthusiasm.It'sbeenalongdrivebutgivemeacupofteaandI'llsoonfeelfreshasadaisy.•freshfromsomewhere(British,American&Australian)•tohavejustfinishededucationortraininginaparticularschoolorcollegeandnothavemuchexperience.Ourcourseistaughtbyayoungprofessorfreshoutoflawschool.Fresh•befreshoutofsomething(American&Australian)•tohavejustfinishedorsoldasupplyofsomething,andhavenomoreleft.•Sorry,we'refreshoutofbreadthismorning.•abreathoffreshair•someoneorsomethingthatisnewanddifferentandmakeseverythingseemmoreexciting.Angela'slikeabreathoffreshairwhenshecomestostay.Afterallthecriticism,hispositivecommentscameasabreathoffreshair.•getfreshwithsomeone(American&Australian)•totalktosomeoneinanimpolitewayorbehaveinawaywhichshowsyoudonotrespectthem.Don'tyougetfreshwithme,younglady!IITextAnalysis•Inthisautobiographicalessay,EvelynHeraldrecountsherembarrassingmomentsduringherfirstdaysofcollege.Withachronologicallybalancedpatternofnarration,theauthorfocusesonthreeincidents–sittinginthewrongclass,fallingdowninthecafeteriaandwitnessingtheupper-classfootballplayerhavingthesameexperience.Couplingnarrationwithdescription,shegivesusadetailedaccountoftheprocess,theafter-effectandthesignificantinsightintoherself.Structureofthetext(1)TextStructure–Para1–Introductoryparagraph–Para2-9–Theauthorrecallsafewincidentsduringherfirstdaysofcollege.–Para10-14–ConcludingpartStructureofthetext(2)–Unlikeanexpositorywriting,whichusuallyexpressesthemainideainathesisstatement,inanarrativewriting,thepointisshownthroughdialogues,actionsorevents.Thethreeincidentsthataretreatedexpansivelyinthisessayarerelatedtooneanotherbytheirimplicitmessages-themistakestheauthormadeandherreactiontowardsthemistakes.Itwasinthisprocessthattheauthorachievedsignificantinsightintoherself.ComprehensionofthetextPart1•Whatdoes“first-gradish”mean?•Whydidtheauthorhavetheimpressionthat“everyoneoncampuswaswatchingme”?•Whatwasherplan?•Q1:ItimplicitlymeansFoolish,childish•First-gradish:havingthequalitiesandcharacteristicsofafirst-gradestudent.Thefirst-gradishfeelingisapparentlyamixtureofhelpless,disorientation,self-consciousness,andalackofconfidence.Thesuffix“–ish”:•1.Of,relatingto,orbeing(thepeopleorlanguageofaparticularcountryorplace):Swedish,English•2.Characteristicof;typicaloforlikeaparticulartypeofperson:girlish.•3.Havingtheusuallyundesirablequalitiesof(usu.disapproving):childish,snobbish,foo