1、大学体验英语综合教程大学生体验英语综合教程1第三版Unit1课后答案Unit 1 College Life 一Listen and TalkPage 4:1.explore 2.experience 3.various 4.develop 5.scholars 6.layPage 7: Task1A:Hello. My name is Tom Wilson. Nice to meet you.B: Hello. Im David Chen. Nice to meet you, too.A: Where are you from?B: Im from Beijing. How about you
2、?A: Australia. Someday Id like to visit Beijing.B: Great! Im a history major. And you?A: My major is biology.B: Well, Tom, Im very glad to meet you. I hope well meet again soon. So long.A: Bye.Task 2A: Whats your favorite subject?B: Modern Chinese Literature, I think.A: Tell me why?B: From this cour
3、se, I can learn a lot about Chinese people and their culture. Some of the Chinese customs seem very fascinating, especially for guys like me from another country. So, actually I am learning the Chinese language and the culture at the same time.A: I like Chinese Geography most. Someday, I want to tra
4、vel around the whole country and explore its natural beauty. This course will help me a lot to get to know my country better.B: By the way, what are the subjects that you dont like?A: Economics, I would say. I hate Economics. It always involves a lot of figures. It is really boring.B: I dont like Ec
5、onomics, either. For me, it is not because of the figures. Many terms and ideas in it are really abstract. Theyre very difficult to understand.New Words campus v. the grounds and buildings of a university, college or school 校园 optional n. a course that you can choose to study because you are interes
6、ted in it, while you are studying for a degree in a different subject 选修课 participate v. to take part or have a share in an activity or event 参加，参与 refund n. a sum of money that is given back 退款 registration n. the act of recording names and details on an oficial list 登记，注册 sample n. a small part or
7、 amount of sth. that is examined in order to find out sth. about the whole 样品，标本，试样 semester n. either of the two periods into which a year at universities esp. in the US is divided （尤指美国大学的）一学期，半学年 withdraw v. to take money out of a bank account 提取（银行存款) Phrases and Expressions look forward to to t
8、hink of (a future event) with pleasure, eager anticipation 期望，盼望 martial arts a sport such as JUDO or KARATE, in which you fight with your hand and feet, and which was developed in Eastern coun-tries （东方国家的）武术（如柔道，空手道等）二Read and ExplorePassage APage 8: 1.The answer may vary. The most important thing
9、 a freshman can learn is to learn how to learn.2.The student thought that her first week at Harvard was very impressive, because the new college life would be a once-in-a-life journey for her, at a world-famous university in particular.Summary: The first day is gorgeous for a freshman at Harvard. Th
10、e author lived with four girls, who helped her through the difficult adjustment process. Freshmen at Harvard can sample classes during “Shopping Week”. Eating is one of the most important and enjoyable highlights for students at Harvard. The best assets for Harvard students according to the author i
11、s to have met so many gifted people.Culture Notes 1. Harvard Harvard University, which was established in 1636, is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United Sates. Most of Harvard Universitys campuses are located in Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts, on the eastern coast of the Unite
12、d States of America.It has about 2 100 faculty members and more than 10 000 academic appointments in affiliated teaching hospitals. Harvard University is made up of 11 principal academic units ten faculties and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. The ten faculties oversee schools and divisio
13、ns that offer courses and award academic degrees. There are about 21 000 students about 6 700 undergraduates and 14 500 graduate and professional students. Seven presidents of the United States John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Theodore and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Rutherford B. Hayes, John Fitzgeral
14、d Kennedy and George W. Bush were graduates of Harvard. It has produced more than 40 Nobel laureates.2. Shopping Week Shopping Week is a special time for freshmen at college to sample classes, which could help them decide which courses they are going to take in the beginning of a school year. Langua
15、ge Points 1. The day a freshman moves into Harvard Yard is said to always be a gorgeous one and this was certainly true of my first day at Harvard: It is always said that the day a freshman starts college life in Harvard is very exciting and pleasant and the author thought this was also true of her
16、own first day at Harvard. move into: to start living in Examples: She decided not to move into the new apartment until she had finished decorating.Were excited to move into a new home.Harvard Yard: the main campus of Harvard Universitygorgeous: extremely pleasant or enjoyableExamples: John said that
17、 he met a gorgeous girl at the party last night.Do you want to sample some of the jam? It is gorgeous. 2.historic: famous or important in historyExamples:Today is a historic occasion for our country.It was difficult for the enterprise to expand during a time of historic change. cf. historical: conne
18、cted with the past, or connected with the study of the pastExamples:Can you tell me something about the historical background to the Civil War?They went to Yuelu Academy to do some historical research.Notes: Historic is usually used to describe something so important that is likely to be remembered,
19、while historical usually describes something that is connected with the past or with the study of history, or something that really happened in the past. 3.I gazed out the window at this captivating scene and thought to myself “No freshman should be so lucky!”: The author looked out through the wind
20、ow of the car at this fascinating scene and had a thought in her mind: “I should be the luckiest freshman!” think (sth) to oneself: to have a thought in ones mind, but not tell it to anyoneExamples:After listening to the professors suggestion, Jane thought to herself,“Im sure I will make it.”He gaze
21、d out the window at this boundless grassland and thought to himself, “What a beautiful scenery it is!” 4. Im sharing a suite with four other girls that has four single bedrooms and a large common room: The author is living in a suite with other four girls, and the suite consists of four single bedro
22、oms and a large common room.share with: to use, participate in, enjoy, receive, etc., jointlyExamples: The two chemists shared the Nobel prizeKate is a very generous girl, for she always shares what she has with others 5. Were all completely different in terms of background, ethnicity, religion, and
23、 interests we reflect the diversity that Harvard is so proud of: The author and the other four girls are quite different in terms of background, ethnicity, religion, and interest, which is refl ection of the variety that Harvard is proud of.in terms of: with regard to the particular aspect or subjec
24、t specifiedExamples:Hes quite rich in terms of money, but not in terms of happiness.It is difficult to express it in terms of science. diversity: a range of different people or things; varietyExamples:Diversity is conducive to the learning environmentWe should get a thorough understanding about the
25、cultural diversity of the United States. 6. During this first week, its a relief to have four girls I can call friends and that can help me through this adjustment process which is quite difficult at times: In the first week, I am lucky to have the four girls that I can call friends. It is them who
26、helped me through this adjustment process, which is rather hard sometimes.it is a relief to (do sth): to have a feeling of comfort when something frightening, worrying or painful has ended or has not happenedExamples:I hate to say it, but it was a relief to have him out of the house.It is a relief t
27、o see you get through those terrible days.7. Thankfully, Harvard allows freshmen to sample classes during “Shopping Week”.sample: to try an activity, go to a place etc. to see what it is likeExamples:We sampled the stuff and found it satisfactory.I sampled several classes and decided to choose four
28、of them this semester.8. Which to get involved in?get involved in: to take part in an activity or eventExamples:I got involved in a quarrel about the priceHe regretted that he got involved in that matter.9. . but its where we eat thats truly remarkable.remarkable: unusual or surprising and therefore
29、 deserving attention or praiseExamples:She is remarkable for her sweet temperWhen we went swimming last summer, we saw the most remarkable sunset at the beach.10. Our dining hall is more like a church or a museum than a cafeteria: The dining hall is like a church or a museum rather than a cafeteria.
30、 11. . and is filled with statues and portraits of famous figures from Harvards past. be filled with: to become completely fullExamples:After reading his poems, I was filled with admiration.I didnt go last time because my hands were filled with the paper work.12. All of these first-week experiences
31、will make great life-time memories but the best assets Harvard has offered me thus far have been the other students Ive met: The first week experiences will make a life-time impression on me, but the most valuable thing Harvard University has offered me so far has been the students I have met on cam
32、pus.13. Im blown away!be blown away: to be extremely impressedExamples:Students were blown away by his inspiring speech.Everyone I told that story to, I mean everyone, is just blown away.14. One week down, four more years to go I cant wait: One week had passed, and the author was looking forward to the coming four years. New Words asset n. the things that a company owns, that can be sold t
