《综合英语课件》lesson1-text appreciation

1、Lesson 1 Your College Years Part ThreeText AppreciationENTERText AppreciationText Analysis 1. Theme2. Structure3. Further discussionWriting DevicesAntithesis Developing paragraphs by examples Sentence ParaphraseContentsLesson 1 Your College Years Text AnalysisCollege is designed to be a time of chan

2、ges for students. Threatening the changes may be, they contribute to young adults growth and maturity. College students are experiencing a lot. Not only are they being introduced to new people and new knowledge, but they are also acquiring new ways of assembling and processing information. They are

3、also proudly growing in their understanding of themselves, others and the world. Theme of the textThe end of Theme. Lesson 1 Your College Years Part 1 (para. 1):Part 2 (paras. ):Part 3 (para. ):Text AnalysisStructure of the text2910Many key changes happen to college students during their college yea

4、rs.The key changes involve the following: identity crisis, the independence/dependence struggle, establishment of sexual identity, affection giving and receiving, internalization of religious faith, values and morals, development of new ways to organize and use knowledge, a new understanding of the

5、world and himself/herself.Conclusion.The end of Structure. Lesson 1 Your College Years Text AnalysisMentioned in Para. 2To be continued on the next page. Question: How do college students go through an identity crisis at college? What factors may influence identity?Students endeavor to find out who

6、they are and what their strengths and weaknesses are. They want to know how other people perceive themselves as well.Identity may be influenced by genes, environment and opportunities.Lesson 1 Your College Years In fact, it may be heightened by their choice to pursue a college education.Text Analysi

7、sTo be continued on the next page. Question: What does “it” refer to here? In Para. 3For ReferenceLesson 1 Your College Years Text AnalysisTo be continued on the next page. For reference: “it” refers to the independence/dependence struggle. Into the later adolescence stage, young adults tend to beco

8、me less dependent on, even independent from their parents. For those who choose to enter the work world, they may become financially independent from their parents, while for others entering into college, the struggle seems stronger for they still need their parents support, say for money. Lesson 1

9、Your College Years Text AnalysisQuestion: According to Jeffery A. Hoffmans observation, there are four distinct aspects to psychological separation from ones parents. What are they? How do you understand them?1. Functional independence.2. Attitudinal independence.3. Emotional independence.4. Freedom

10、 from “excessive guilt, anxiety, mistrust, responsibility, inhibition, resentment, and anger in relation to the mother and father.”To be continued on the next page.In Para. 4Lesson 1 Your College Years Text AnalysisQuestion: What may be one of the most stressful matters college students experience a

11、ccording to the author? How do you understand it?Establishing their sexual identity. It includes relating to the opposite sex and projecting their future roles as men or women.To be continued on the next page.In Para. 5Lesson 1 Your College Years Question: What are the differences between the ways “

12、I” related to “my” father in the past and at present? What type of change does the example reflect?Text AnalysisIn the past “I” was encouraged by “my” father; now “I” was encouraging him.The example reflects the change that college students are learning how to give and receive affection in the adult

13、 world.To be continued on the next page.I was relating to my father in a different way.In Para. 6Lesson 1 Your College Years Text AnalysisQuestion: What makes it possible for these values to last a lifetime?During college years, the young adults have the opportunity to decide for themselves what bel

14、iefs, values, and morals they are going to accept. These values are inclined to be internalized.To be continued on the next page.These religious, moral, and ethical values that are set during the college years often last a lifetime.In Para. 7Lesson 1 Your College Years Text Analysis Question: What i

15、s the significance of the college academic life according to paragraph 8? College academic life is a challenge. All students should be aware of how they react to new knowledge and new ways of learning, how they process the knowledge presented to them, and how they organize this knowledge.To be conti

16、nued on the next page.Lesson 1 Your College Years Text AnalysisQuestion: How do college students become world citizens?At college, the young adults have good chances to meet people from different cultures. By interacting with them, they are introduced to new ways of life. They begin to understand li

17、fe in different ways. By doing these, they experience a new understanding of the world and themselves.To be continued on the next page.in Para. 9Lesson 1 Your College Years What does the author mean by developmental changes?Have you had any identity crisis yourself?What does the author mean by indep

18、endence/ dependence struggle?How can college students establish their sexual identity?What does the author mean by “internalizing” religious faith, values, and morals?What does the author mean when he talks about “gathering, processing, assembling, applying, and evaluating” information? Why is this

19、point so important?Text AnalysisFurther discussion about the articleThe end of Further discussion. Lesson 1 Your College Years These are exciting times yet frustrating times. (5)Writing DevicesThe author uses antithesis to give a focus to how college students are stressful in establishing their sexu

20、al identity. AntithesisTo be continued on the next page.Find more examples in paragraph 5.More examplesLesson 1 Your College Years Writing DevicesProbably nothing can make students feel lower or higher emotionally than the way they are relating to whomever they are having a romantic relationship wit

21、h. (5) he bounced into my office once with a smile on his face and excitement in his voice. That same young man came into my office less than a week later, dragging his feet with a dismayed, dejected look on his face. sighed deeply (5)“Ive just had the best day of my life!” “Ive just had the worst d

22、ay of my life!”Antithesis: more examplesThe end of Antithesis. Lesson 1 Your College Years Writing DevicesA statement which is very general is seldom impressive or convincing. It is usually necessary to give examples to prove, illustrate, or clarify a general statement. We may be too used to saying

23、“for instance” or “for example” to realize that we are using a certain method for developing a topic. Developing paragraphs by examplesTo be continued on the next page.Find examples in the text!For ReferenceLesson 1 Your College Years Writing DevicesTo be continued on the next page.What statements d

24、o the examples respectively support?Developing paragraphs by examplesParagraph 6Paragraph 7Paragraph 8Paragraph 9 Do you know other ways of developing paragraphs? For ReferenceLesson 1 Your College Years Writing DevicesDeveloping by timeDeveloping by processDeveloping by spaceDeveloping by detailDev

25、eloping by generalizationDeveloping by comparison and contrastDeveloping by cause and effectDeveloping by classificationDeveloping by definitionThe end of Writing Devices.Developing paragraphs by examplesLesson 1 Your College Years Sentence Paraphrase 1 Has it ever dawned on you that certain develop

26、mental changes will occur in your life as you move from adolescence to young adulthood? (1)“it” as the anticipatorygo to 2subjectpsychological term which refers to the physiological and behavioral changes throughout the lifespanMore examplesLesson 1 Your College Years To be continued on the next pag

27、e.Sentence Paraphrase1. It was clear enough what she meant.2. It is said that he is doing fine at school.3. He was an old man, and it did not matter much where he lived.back to 1Lesson 1 Your College Years Sentence Paraphrase 2During this time, students are going through an identity crisis and are e

28、ndeavoring to find out who they are and what their strengths and weaknesses are. (2)It refers to the difficulties, confusions and anxieties that you go through during adolescence when you are not sure who you really are and what your purpose in life is.experiencing; undergoing; sufferinggo to 3Lesso

29、n 1 Your College Years Sentence Paraphrase 3 identity is determined by genetic endowment (what is inherited from parents), shaped by environment, and influenced by chance events. (2)Who we are is determined by three things: first, our genes, or what our parents have given us, our legacy; second, env

30、ironment; third, luck or opportunities.accidentalgo to 4Lesson 1 Your College Years Sentence Paraphrase 4It may be heightened by their choice to pursue a college education. (3)independence/dependence strugglebecome stronger or intensifiedIf they choose to continue their education, they will face an

31、even more serious struggle between the desire to be independent and the need to depend on the financial support of their parents.go to 5Lesson 1 Your College Years Sentence Paraphrase 5First, there is functional independence, which involves the capability of individuals to take care of practical and

32、 personal affairs, such as handling finances, choosing their own wardrobes, and determining their daily agenda. (4)choosing their own clothesdetermining what they are going to do every day independence in handling everyday life situations; the ability to solve practical problemsgo to 6Lesson 1 Your

33、College Years Sentence Paraphrase 6Hoffman defines this process as “freedom from an excessive need for approval, closeness, togetherness, and emotional support in relation to the mother and father.” (4)Children need their parents to tell them what to do or not to do. They also need to be close to th

34、eir parents and receive encouragement, love, all kinds of emotional support which give them strength. But when they grow up, they no longer have the same needs like babies.no longer having something you do not wantgo to 7Lesson 1 Your College Years Sentence Paraphrase 7Probably one of the most stres

35、sful matters for young college students is establishing their sexual identity, which includes relating to the opposite sex and projecting their future roles as men or women. (5)planning, designing, outlining, devising gerund as predicative go to 8More examplesLesson 1 Your College Years To be contin

36、ued on the next page.Sentence ParaphraseThe main thing is getting there in time.What he likes is playing chess after supper.Reading is learning, but applying is also learning and the more important kind of learning at that.back to 7Lesson 1 Your College Years Sentence Paraphrase 8Probably nothing ca

37、n make students feel lower or higher emotionally than the way they are relating to whomever they are having a romantic relationship with. (5)When students are in a romantic relationship with the opposite sex, they are most likely to feel unhappy or happy emotionally.go to 9Comparative degree is used

38、 to express superlative meaning.objective clause More examplesLesson 1 Your College Years To be continued on the next page.Sentence Paraphrase1. I cannot agree with you more.2. There is nothing cheaper.3. No leader of a party has kept himself in greater detachment from the sentiment of his than has

39、the late Prime Minister.back to 8Lesson 1 Your College Years Sentence Paraphrase 9During the course I had come to realize that while my world was expanding and new options were opening for me, my father, who was in his sixties, was seeing his world shrink and his options narrow. (6)was beginning to

40、realize that his world was getting smaller and his choices fewergo to 10Lesson 1 Your College Years Sentence Paraphrase 10In the late sixties, a young woman from a background that was extremely prejudiced against people from other races came to college convinced that her race was superior. (7)object

41、ive clausepast participle as adverbialgo to 11More examplesLesson 1 Your College Years To be continued on the next page.Sentence Paraphrase1. Trains in this country spend too much time stopped, waiting for other trains.2. He went back to his home village frustrated.3. Born and bred in the countryside, he was bewildered by the big city.back to 10Lesson 1 Your College Years Sentence Paraphrase 11These religious, moral, and ethical values that are set during the college y