1、Comprehensive Reading I,研究生创新教育系列教材,XIAN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY PRESS,西安交通大学出版社,Text A University Days,Unit 1,Lead-in,Language points,Structure,Exercises,Lead-in,Background Information,Warm-up,Background Information,Warm-up,Do you have any anecdotes about your university life? Are you satisfied with yo
2、ur university life, including the campus, teaching facilities, cafeterias, library, classmates, professors, extracurricular activities, etc.? What suggestions would you put forward for the improvement of your university?,Structure,(Para. 1 Para. 4）the authors frustration in the botany class (Para. 5
3、 Para. 12) Boleneciecwczs anecdote about economics class (Para. 13 Para. 15) the authors comic story in military drill,I cannot see any beauty of the flower any more.,It takes away from the beauty of flowers anyway.,Language points,As God is my witness, Ill arrange this glass so that you see cells t
4、hrough it or Ill give up teaching.,I swear to God if you dont see anything through the microscope, I will give up my teaching.,His scenes with me had taken a great deal out of him.,I did not see anything through the microscope, which makes the professor very angry.,With only one of them did I see an
5、ything but blackness or the familiar lacteal opacity and that time I saw, to my pleasure and amazement, a variegated constellation of flecks, specks, and dots.,Among many failures, just only one time, I saw various stars of flecks, specks and dots instead of blackness and substance like milk, which
6、made me pleased and amazed.,The instructor, noting my activity, came back fro an adjoining desk, a smile on his lips and his eyebrows high in hope.,When the instructor saw that I was busy drawing something on the paper, he came to me from the next desk with a smile on his lips and eyebrows high in h
7、ope.,Youve fixed the lens so that it reflects!,The lens were fixed so that your eye was reflected on the lens.,But not as mixed up as another student in my economics class who came there direct from a physics laboratory.,There was another student from a physics laboratory who mixed up more seriously
8、 than me.,None gave him more hints in answering question or asked him simpler ones than the economics professors, a thin, timid man named Bassum.,A thin, timid professor named Bassum was one who gave the hints most among the professors when Bolenciecwcz answered the questions.,No light came into the
9、 big tackles eyes.,It seemed that Bolenciecwcz did not have the right answer.,Bolenciecwczs expression showed that he was being led into a trap.,Bolenciecwcz had the look of a man who is being led into a trap.,Mr. Bassum himself rounded off the little show, “Ding, dong, ding, dong,” hopefully.,round
10、 off: end up e.g. round off the lecture with a humor story. round off the performance with one-act play.,At 11 oclock each morning thousands of freshmen and sophomores used to deploy over the campus, moodily creeping up on the old chemistry building.,It is usual at 11 oclock each morning that thousa
11、nds of students were arranged on the campus, advancing stealthily on the old chemistry building.,Most of cadets were glumly indifferent soldiers, but I was not good at all.,Most of military trainees did not care to be good soldiers, but the situation was totally different for me. I had no any abilit
12、y for that.,Even so, I had become by sheer practice little short of wonderful at squad maneuvers.,short of: not quite reaching; up to but not including 尚未达到 e.g. Wed tried everything to get our money short of actually suing him.,One day General Littlefield picked our company out of the whole regimen
13、t and tried to get it mixed up by putting it through one movement after another as fast as we could execute them.,One day General Littlefield chose our squad from the whole regiment and trained our movement and quick response by ordering.,Exercises,Vocabulary,Cloze,Translation,Speaking,Vocabulary,Fi
14、ll in the blanks with the correct form of the words you have learned in the text without referring to the original. The first letter for each word is given.,1. What I fancy I said to Melbury must have been enough to e_ any man.,nrage,Vocabulary,2. The president was vague, general, n_. He didnt want
15、to talk, and apparently nothing could persuade him to talk. The interview was brief and barren.,3. She learnt that he had actually written home tod_ his return.,ebulous,efer,Vocabulary,4. T_ were becoming rather frayed, so the chairman brought the meeting to an end.,5. His eyes were bright blue, cri
16、nkled up into a permanent s_ like a sailors from gazing into the far distance.,empers,quint,Vocabulary,6. Flowers cry when cut, cucumbers s_ and even healthy fruit gurgles according to new acoustic research on the stressful life of plants.,7. Imposing a l_ sentence for such a serious crime sets a da
17、ngerous precedent.,queal,enient,Vocabulary,8. A method of moving the arms and legs to push against the water p_ the swimmer forward.,9. It was bad enough being an aviation c_ without having to act like a soldier in the blistering heat every Sunday afternoon.,ropelled,adet,Vocabulary,10. In particula
18、r, the “s_ leaders“ and “deputy s_ leaders“ present here today should take the lead in restoring the old traditions.,quad,quad,Choose an appropriate word from the following list to fill in each of following blanks. Each word can be used only ONCE. Change the form where necessary.,Cloze,In “Universit
19、y Days” the American humorist James Thurber (1)_ described his own (2)_ in Ohio State University. Thurber (3)_ and amuses while (4)_ his sense of frustration and (5)_ at what he experienced and observed there. Thurber arranges the excerpt from his autobiology, My Life and Hard Times, as a series of
20、linked stories. In an (6)_ about his botany class, he had poor (7)_.,comically,experience,entertains,conveying,bemusement,anecdote,eyesight,But the botany (8)_ knew nothing about this and thought that either Thurber pretended he could not see, or he had not (9)_ the microscope properly. Finally, Thu
21、rber failed to (10)_the course in botany. Another course that the author didnt like was (11)_. In the economics class, there was a student who was a good (12)_ on the university (13)_ team but he had great difficulty in his (14)_.,professor,adjusted,pass,economics,tackle,football,studies,As he was o
22、ne of the (15)_ football stars, most of his professors helped him (16) up in his studies. The economics professor often asked him the (17)_ questions and gave him many (18)_ in answering these questions. With the help of the teacher and other students, the big tackle finally gave the (19)_answer. At
23、 the end of the text, the author creates a comic (20)_ that is both blind and insightful.,outstanding,keep,simplest,hints,right,person,A. Translate the following paragraphs into Chinese.,B. Translate the following sentences into English.,Translation,A. Translate the following paragraphs into Chinese
24、.,Just as Adam was cast out of Eden, I was kicked out of university; but while his transgression was eating the fruit from the tree of knowledge, my sin was ignoring the tree. After my dismal performance in my first year of university, I contemplated the reasons for my failure. Now, I understand the
25、 two factors that contributed to my downfall: the lack of a career goal and premature independence.,正如亚当被逐出伊甸园，我被撵出了大学校门；亚当违反的戒律是偷吃了善恶之树的禁果，我的罪恶就是无视知识之树。在我大学第一年差劲表现之后，我仔细考虑了自己被逐出大学的原因。现在我意识造成我被逐出大学的两个因素：缺乏职业目标和过早的独立。,Graduate English for the 21st Century,A. Translate the following paragraphs into Ch
26、inese.,Without a career goal, I lacked direction and motivation. About halfway through my final year of high school, I was hounded by my parents to enroll in university, but until that time had not given any thought to what career I wanted to pursue. To silence their nagging, I told them I wanted to
27、 be an engineer. Though I got high marks in math, physics, and chemistry, I was bored with them, and my dislike of the science became apparent in the first four months of university. I failed all my science courses.,没有职业目标，我缺乏方向和动机。大约在中学最后一年过了一半时，我被父母追逼着到大学注册。 但直到那时侯我还未考虑我想追求什么职业。为了让他们不再说我，我告诉他们我想当一
28、名工程师。虽然我在数学，物理和化学上得了高分，但是我对这些课感到厌倦，接着在大学的最初四个月里我不喜欢这些理科课程就变得很明显了。所有的理科课程都不及格。,Graduate English for the 21st Century,B. Translate the following sentences into English.,1、当他向朋友借钱时，又一次遭到拒绝，顿时勃然大怒。(fury),When he went to borrow money from his friend and was refused again, he flew into fury.,B. Translate
29、the following sentences into English.,2、在这次战役中，除了偶尔的无线电联络之外，麦克同部队之间的其它联系都被切断了。(cut off),Mike was cut off from all but occasional radio communications with his armies in the campaign.,B. Translate the following sentences into English.,3、我们正在向前走着，看到一只兔子突然从洞里跳出来，穿过田野。(pop up),As we walked along, we saw
30、 a rabbit pop up from its burrow and scurry across the field.,B. Translate the following sentences into English.,4、有人认为对加拿大整个地区的独家经销商来说，三百架钢琴的年销售量未免太保守了。(sole),Someone thinks the annual sale of 300 pianos for a sole distributorship in Canada is rather conservative.,B. Translate the following sentenc
31、es into English.,5、有人认为，要结婚就应结为终身伴侣；法律对离婚者太宽大了。(lenient),Some people think if people marry, it ought to be for life; the laws are altogether too lenient with divorcees.,B. Translate the following sentences into English.,6、在头四圈里，本杰明一直与那名德国赛车手并驾齐驱。(stay abreast of),Over the first four laps, Benjamin s
32、tayed abreast of the German driver.,B. Translate the following sentences into English.,7、速度、耐力和战术是选手在比赛中夺冠的重要因素。(tactics),Speed, endurance and tactics are important factors in gaining the victory.,B. Translate the following sentences into English.,8、一支球队能够在常年锦标赛中不断的蝉联冠军，关键是临场状态奇佳、合作无间、斗志高昂。(morale),
33、A soccer team that retains championship year after year must have kept up its extraordinary performance with close coordination among its high-morale members.,Speaking,Section I Discussion questions based on details,Work in groups and discuss possible alternatives for evaluating students performance
34、 other than finals.Choose the type of evaluation method you prefer and try you best to list the advantages and disadvantages of your choice. Now that you are a postgraduate student in the university/college, some would say it is a waste of time. Do you agree? The class will be divided into two groups to debate the issue.,Directions: Work in groups to classify teachers according to their teaching styles, concern for the students and so on. Illustrate your classification with descriptions for each category.,Section II Describe and classify your teachers,Speaking,Thank you!,
