21世纪大学英语教程第一册01---网络英语教材

21世纪大学英语教程第一册01---网络英语教材LTUnit1TextAListeningFirstListeningBeforelisteningtothetape,haveaquicklookatthefollowingwords.grade分数concentrate全神贯注schedule时间pressure压力selectively有选择地relevant有关的skipover跳过;略过approach方法SecondListeningListentothetapeagain.Then,choosethebestanswertoeachofthefollowingquestions.1.Thepurposeofthislisteningpassageis____.A)todescribecollegelifeB)togiveadviceforcollegesuccessC)towarnagainstbeinglazyatcollegeD)toincreasecollegeenrollment（入学人数）2.Accordingtothelisteningpassage,themostimportantkeytogettinggoodgradesatcollegeis_____.A)askingquestionsinclassB)doingassignmentsaheadoftimeC)workingashardasyoucanD)learninghowtostudyeffectively3.WhichofthefollowingdoesthelisteningNOTsayyoushoulddo?A)Organizeyourtimeandmaterials.B)Writedowneverywordtheprofessorsaysinclass.C)Treatstudyinglikebusiness.D)Studytogether.Pre-readingQuestions1.Basedonthetitle,guesswhatthetextisabout.2.Lookatthesubheadings,1-8,inthetext.Whichoftheseactivitiesdoyoualreadydo?Inwhichareasdoyoufeelyouneedimprovement?3.Arethereany"secrets"toyourownsuccessasastudent?Inotherwords,doyouhaveanyspecialstudytechniqueswhichhavebeenverysuccessfulforyou?SecretsofAStudentsEdwinKiester&SallyValentineKiesterAlex,nowafirst-yearstudentinnaturalsciencesatCambridge,playedfootballforhisschoolinManchesteranddirectedtheschoolproductionofaplay—butheleftschoolwithfiveA's.Amanda,studyingEnglishatBristolUniversity,actedinplaysatherschoolandplayedtennisregularly.YetshestillmanagedtogetfourA's.HowdoAstudentslikethesedoit?Brainsaren'ttheonlyanswer.Themostgiftedstudentsdonotnecessarilyperformbestinexams.Knowinghowtomakethemostofone'sabilitiescountsformuchmore.Hardworkisn'tthewholestoryeither.Someofthesehigh-achievingstudentsactuallyputinfewerhoursthantheirlower-scoringclassmates.Thestudentsatthetopoftheclassgettherebymasteringafewbasictechniquesthatotherscaneasilylearn.Here,accordingtoeducationexpertsandstudentsthemselves,arethesecretsofAstudents.1.Concentrate!Topstudentsallownointerruptionsoftheirstudytime.Oncethebooksareopen,phonecallsgounanswered,TVunwatchedandnewspapersunread."Thisdoesn'tmeanignoringimportantthingsinyourlife,"Amandaexplains."Itmeansplanningyourstudytimesothatyoucanconcentrate.IfI'mworriedaboutasickfriend,IcallherbeforeIstartmyhomework.ThenwhenIsitdowntostudy,Icanreallyfocus."2.Studyanywhere—oreverywhere.AuniversityprofessorinArizonaassignedtotutorunderachievingcollegeathletes,recallsarunnerwhoexerciseddaily.Hepersuadedhimtousethetimetomemorisebiologyterms.Anotherstudentstuckavocabularylistonhisbathroomwallandlearnedanewwordeverydaywhilebrushinghisteeth.3.Organizeyourmaterials.Atschool,Tomplayedbasketball."Iwastoobusytowastetimelookingforapenciloramissingnotebook.IkepteverythingjustwhereIcouldgetmyhandsonit,"hesays.Paul,astudentinNewMexico,keepstwofoldersforeachsubject—onefortheday'sassignments,theotherforhomeworkcompletedandreadytohandin.Adrawerkeepsessentialstogetherandcutsdownontime-wastingsearches.4.Organizeyourtime.Whenateachersetalongessay,Alexwouldspendacoupleofdaysreadingroundthesubjectandmakingnotes,thenhe'ddoaroughdraftandwriteuptheessay.Hewouldaimtofinishacoupleofdaysbeforetheassignmentwasduesothatifittooklongerthanexpected,he'dstillmeetthedeadline.Amandastucktoastudyschedulethatincludedbreakseverytwohours."Tryingtostudywhenyou'reovertiredisn'tsmart,"sheadvises."Evenashortbreaktostretchorgetsomefreshaircanworkwonders."5.Learnhowtoread."Iusedtospendhoursgoingthroughirrelevantmaterial,"Amandaremembers."ButthenIgotusedtoreadingquickly;ifthefirstsentenceofaparagraphwasn'trelevant,I'dmoveontothenextparagraph.""ThebestcourseIevertook,"saysanOklahomastudent,"wasspeed-reading.Inotonlyincreasedmywordsperminutebutalsolearnedtolookatabook'stableofcontentsandpicturesfirst.Then,whenIbegantoread,IhadasenseofthematerialandIretainedalotmore."Tosuchstudents,thesecretofgoodreadingistobeanactivereader—onewhokeepsaskingquestionsthatleadtoafullunderstandingofthematerialbeingread.6.Takegoodnotes."Beforewritinganything,Idividemypageintotwoparts,"saysAmanda,"theleftpartisaboutathirdofthepagewide;theright,two-thirds.Iwritemynotesinthewiderpart,andputdownthemainideasontheleft.Duringrevision,thisisveryusefulbecauseyoucanseeimmediatelywhythematerialisrelevant,ratherthanbeingworriedbyagreatmassofinformation."Justbeforetheendoflessonbellrings,moststudentsclosetheirbooks,putawaypapers,talktofriendsandgetreadytoleave.Butasmartstudentusesthosefewminutestowritetwoorthreesentencesaboutthelesson'smainpoints,whichhescansbeforethenextclass.7.Askquestions."Ifyouaskquestions,youknowatoncewhetheryouhavegotthepointornot,"saysAlex.Classparticipationisamatterofshowingintellectualcuriosity.Inalectureoneconomics,forexample,curiousstudentswouldaskhowtheChineseeconomycouldbebothsocialistandmarket-driven,thusinterestingthemselvesnotonlyinwhats,butalsoinwhysandhows.8.Studytogether.ThevalueofworkingtogetherwasshowninanexperimentattheUniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley.Agraduatestudenttherewhoobservedafirst-yearcalculuscoursefoundthatAsian-Americanstudentsdiscussedhomework,trieddifferentapproachesandexplainedtheirsolutionstooneanotherwhiletheothersstudiedalone,spentmostoftheirtimereadingandrereadingthetext,andtriedthesameapproachtimeaftertimeevenifitwasunsuccessful.Afterall,thesecretsofAstudentsarenotsosecret.YoucanlearnandmasterthemandbecomeanAstudent,too.(795words)NewWordsperformvt.执行,完成;演出,表演vi.演出,表演;工作,表现;执行,完成high-achievinga.得高分的lower-scoringa.得分较低的concentratevi.directallone'sattention,etc.towardssth.全神贯注；集中思想；专注；专心interruptionn.打扰；干扰；中止；阻碍ignorevt.takenonoticeof;refusetopayattentionto!!不理；忽视focusv.directattention,etc.onsth.集中注意力于某事情assignvt.appointtoajoborduty委派；指派underachievinga.doinglesswellthanwasexpected,esp.inschoolwork未能充分发挥学习潜力的；学习成绩不良的athleten.apersonwhoisgoodatorwhooftendoesspors运动员recallvt.bringbacktothemind;remember回想（起）；记得memorise,-rizevt.learnandremember记住；熟记missinga.缺失的，找不到的；失踪的，下落不明的notebookn.smallbookforwritingnotesin笔记本；记事本foldern.文件夹assignmentn.adutyorpieceofworkthatisgiventosomeone（指定的）作业；（分派的）任务drawern.抽屉essentialn.(usu.pl.)sth.thatisnecessaryorveryimportant[常用复数]必需品a.(to,for)necessary;central绝对必要的；非常重要的essayn.ashortpieceofwritinggivingsb.'sideasaboutpolitics,society,etc.论说文；散文draftn.thefirstroughwrittenformofanythingoraroughplan草稿；草案vt.makeadraftof起草；草拟duea.expectedorsupposed(tohappen,arrive,etc.)到期的；预定应到的*deadlinen.adateortimebeforewhichsth.mushbedoneorcompleted最后期限schedulen.atimetableforthingstobedone时间表；日程安排表overtireda.过度疲劳的stretchvi.舒展身体，伸懒腰irrelevanta.(to)nothavinganyrealconnectionwithorrelationtosth.else不相关的；不相干的relevanta.directlyconnectedwiththesubjectorproblembeingdiscussedorconsidered相关的；相干的speed-readingn.快速阅读perprep.foreach每；每一contentn.1.(pl.)alistinabooksayingwhatthebookcontains[复数]目录2.thesubjectmatter,esp.theideas,ofabook,speech,etc.retainvt.keep(possessionof);avoidlosing保持；保留revisionn.复习；修改scanvt.lookatquicklywithoutcarefulreading浏览，扫视participationn.参与；参加participatevi.(in)totakepartorhaveashareinanactivityorevent参与；参加intellectuala.ofintellect知识的；智力的n.知识分子curiosityn.thedesiretoknoworlearn好奇（心）；求知欲economicsn.thescientificstudyofthewayinwhichwealthisproducedandused经济学economyn.thesystembywhichacountry'swealthisproducedandused经济（）market-drivena.市场驱动的graduatea.研究生的vi.毕业n.有学位者，大学毕业生graduatestudent研究生calculusn.微积分approachn.amannerormethodofdoingsth.ordealingwithaproblem方式；方法v.comenearornearertosb.orsth.靠近；接近solutionn.anactorwayoffindingananswertoadifficultyorproblem解决（）PhrasesandExpressionsmakethemostofgetthebestuseorgreatestgainfrom充分利用countformuch/littlebeofmuch/littleworthorimportance很有/没有多少价值或重要性notthewholestory/onlypartofthestory不是全部情况/只是部分情况putinspend(timeormoney)花费（时间或金钱）get(orlay)one'shandsonfind;obtain把…弄到手handingive(sth.)tosb.inchargebyhand;sendin交上；提交keep...togethercausetoremaintogether把…聚在一起cutdownonreduce减少sticktokeepto;notabandonorchange坚持；不放弃，不改变workwondersdothingsthatpeopledidnotthinkpossible创奇迹；产生奇妙作用gothrough布里斯托尔（英格兰西南部港市）Arizona亚利桑那州（美国州名）NewMexico新墨西哥州（美国州名）Oklahoma俄克拉荷马州（美国州名）California加利福尼亚州（美国州名）Berkeley伯克利（美国加利福尼亚州西部城市）