全新版大学进阶英语第二册-Unit-4-Study-Abroad

Q1:Ifyouhaveachancetostudyabroad,whichcountrydoyouwanttogomost?Why?JapanFrance

GermanyCanadaItalyKoreaAustraliaAmericaSwitzerlandSingaporeRussiaBritainQ2:Canyoulistanytop

universitiesallroundtheworld？Top5KeyUniversitiesWorldwideUniversityofCambridge

OxfordUniversity

HarvardUniversityThegate

ofHarvardUniversity

UniversityofCalifornia-BerkeleyMassachusettsInstituteTechnologyMITMediaLab(麻省理工媒体实验室)StudyabroadAhottopicinsocietyConclusion:studentsplanningtogoabroadaccountforalargeproportionCurrentsituationofStudyingabroad

Chinesestudents:1.27million.Destinations:103countries.

annualgrowth:35%ormore,andhasnotbeenreduced.CrazeofstudyingabroadamongcollegestudentsThedifferencesinexaminationsChinaForeignCountriesDifficultEasyLowacceptancerateHighacceptancerateOnlyonetimeSeveraltimesThedifferencesinuniversitiesChinaForeignCountriesscoresscoresandactivitiesbetterfacilitiesmorefamousprofessorsVideoClipOnMyWayThereallifeofanoverseasstudentstudyingintheUSQ:

WhatM-termcoursedidEricchoose?Sinceresuggestions!Donotgoblindly!Considerclearly!Preparewellbeforeyoumakedecisions.Makeyourownfutureplans!YiluZhao(赵轶璐)CFOChiefFinancialOfficer(首席财务官)AShanghainativeB.A.(文学学士学位)fromYaleUniversityJ.D.(法学博士学位)fromHarvardLawSchoolMadonna(麦当娜)Americansingersongwriterproducer麦当劳TheOdysseyAnepicstorywrittenbyHomerthathasbeenasignificantpieceofliterature.Outline:WanderingontheseaReturnandreunionALatinepicpoem,tellsthelegendarystoryofAeneas,aTrojanwhotravelledtoItaly,wherehebecametheancestoroftheRomans.Thefirstsixofthepoem'stwelvebookstellthestoryofAeneas'swanderingsfromTroytoItaly,thesecondhalftellsoftheTrojans'ultimatelyvictoriouswarupontheLatins,underwhosenameAeneasandhisTrojanfollowersaredestinedtobesubsumed.TextorgnizationtwoancientclassicstwotensionsYiluZhaoexperiencedduringherfirstyearatYaleUniversityTextorgnizationTheclassicsthemeparagraphsGoinghome(P1,line3)1-6Beingtornbetweenthepastandthefuture(P7)7-938Relatedeventsinherlife1.ShehadlefthomebecauseshewantedtounderstandbetterWesterncivilizationand

Americancivilization.2.ShemissedhomebecausestudyinghumanitiesatYalewasDifferentfromthatinChina,e.g.nocorrectanswerstomemorize,originalityneededinclassandforhomework;Difficultforaforeignstudent,e.g.reading,listeningandnote-taking.3921totakescienceHermotherwantedherShewantedtoStudyhumanitiesandwritebetterEnglish.2023/11/8CanyoufindsomeadjectivesthatcoulddescribeYiluZhao’sfeelingasanewstudentatYale?(P1-5)LanguageFocusWords&Expression

stretchout伸直（肢体）

e.g.I’mnotfeelingwell.CouldIstretch

outonthesetwoemptyseats?我觉得不太舒服。我可以在这两个空座位上躺下来吗？

e.g.TheseastretchedoutasfarasIcouldsee.大海一直延伸到我目所能及之处。

grab:vt.getholdof抓住，攫取

e.g.Grabhim!Hesnatchedmycellphone!抓住他！他抢了我的手机！他抓住我的领子把我拉到他面前。

e.g.Hegrabbedmycollarandpulledmetowardshim.seizevt.抓住seizetheopportunity

e.g.Seizetheopportunity,or

you’llregretit!抓住这个机会，否则你会后悔的。

befloodedwith:befilledwith被…充满

e.g.Shepulledupthecurtain.Theroomwasimmediatelyfloodedwithsunlight.她拉开窗帘，房间里顿时洒满阳光。

e.g.Theofficewasfloodedwithdocuments.办公室收到如洪水般涌至的文件。

suicide:n.

自杀；自杀者，自取灭亡的行为

e.g.Foronereasonoranother,she

committedsuicide.不知什么原因，她自杀了。

murder谋杀

adj.

自杀的

e.g.Shepretendednottohaveknownthesuicidebomber.她假装不认识那名自杀式炸弹袭击者。

filter:vi.passthrough渗透；传开；过滤

e.g.Youneedtofilterthedrinkingwater.你需要把饮用水过滤。战败的消息开始传出来。

e.g.Thenewsofthedefeatstartedtofilterthrough.

yearn:vi.desirestrongly渴望；向往

e.g.IyearnforachancetoseeMary.我渴望有机会见玛丽一面。他渴望回到故乡。

e.g.Heyearnedtoreturntohisnativeland.

yearnforsth.

yearntodosth.

comprehend:vt.

理解

e.g.Mandoesnotyetcomprehendtheuniverse.人类没有完全了解宇宙。我可以充分了解老师的授课。

e.g.Icanfullycomprehendtheteacher’slecture.

interpretation:n.解释；阐释；口译

e.g.Thiswriter’sworkdemandsinterpretation.

That’swhyadiscussioninclasswouldbehelpful.这位作家的作品不容易懂。所以课堂讨论会有帮助。

辨析

interpretationVS.translationinterpretation一般指口译或解读Translation指笔译或翻译的泛称

e.g.Let’scomparethetranslationwiththeoriginal.让我们把译文和原文比较一下。

makeupfor:

弥补；补偿

e.g.Hetriedhardtomakeupforthelosetime.他竭力试图弥补损失的时间。什么也不能补偿他们所受的痛苦。

e.g.Nothingcanmakeupforwhattheyhavesuffered.

hesitate:v.犹豫；踌躇

e.g.Whenyouareinneed,don’thesitate

toaskmeforhelp.需要时，请不必客气，尽管来找我帮忙。

instinct:n.

本能；直觉

e.g.Apersoncameoverandstoodbehindme.ByinstinctIknewitwasawoman.有人过来站在我身后。凭直觉我知道那是一个女人。

animalinstinct

动物的本能

naturalinstinct

天性

by/outofinstinct

出于本能

e.g.Instinctisnotalwaysagoodguide.凭本能行事不一定都对。

stickto.keepto坚持

e.g.Wemuststicktoourtasktillitisfinished.我们必须继续工作，直到做好为止。

sticktoone’sgun坚守阵地

sticktoones’colors坚守自己的观点

feelobligatedto(dosth.):

feelitamustto(dosth.)觉得必须（做某事）

e.g.Asahistorian,Ifeelobligated

torecordthefactsandonlyfacts.作为历史学家，我理当记录史实，除了史实还是史实。

obligatev.强制；预留

adj.有义务的；必要的

pleadwithsb.(todosth.)恳求某人（做某事）孩子恳求母亲让她就一天不去上学。

e.g.Thekidpleadedwithhermothertoletherstayoutofschoolforjustoneday.adj.+todo1.描述人类感受的形容词，如afraid，content，disappointed，eager，glad，happy，reluctant，sad，sorry，surprised，willing+todo2.一些形容词如dangerous，difficult，easy，funny，fit，good，hard，impossible，nice，simple+todo句子的主语实际上是动词不定式的宾语注意：如果adj.后面的动词不定式中的动词是不及物动词，必须添加一个合适的介词进来。SentencepatternYes,…but…虽然，但是e.g.Yes,themethodseemsgood,butitneeds

tobetriedout.这个方法似乎不错，但需要试验一下。e.g.Yes,Itried,butfailed.Theywouldn’teven

listentome.

我试过了，但是失败了。他们甚至不听我讲。SentencepatternWhatbetterwaytodo…thantodo…/

thandoing…?做某事最好的方法难道不是……吗？/

还有什么比……更好呢？/……是最好的。e.g.Whatbett