Welcome to my class!

Welcome to my class!

SOME INTRODUCTION

1. Personal information • CHINESE NAME: Wang Fei (王飞) • ENGLISH NAME: Wayne W. Wang • PEN NAME: 冀翼(Wings of Wishes) • A Northerner, Zhangjiakou, Hebei • MA Degree from HNNU, Changsha • Second Foreign L: Le Français • Phone: 150 8483 6044 (M) 8868 6033(H) • QQ: 4429 79 069 • Email: wangfeichangsha@yahoo.com.cn • Blog: http://blog.sina.com.cn/wangfeichangsha

2. Course Book Information • An Integrated English Course, Book 3 • Second Year English Majors • Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press • Totally 14 Units, Only Half to Be Covered • Every Unit Two Texts, Text I to Be Analyzed, Text II to Be Self-studied • Public Email: internetreading@126.com Code: 123456

3. Requirements • Don’t be late for class • Good Habit: 1) Reading aloud in the morning 2) reading extensively out of class 3) note-taking while reading 4)listenning to news and watching movies 5) writing diaries in English • Presentation: Opportunities for Everyone • Speak complete sentence • Participate activities • Be serious

4. Assessment • Attendance: 10% • Participation: 10% • Presentation: 10% • Work-assignment: 10% (out-of-class reading, reading report, notes-taking, essay writing, movie watching) • Final-test: 60%

Unit 1 Text 1 Fresh Start

LEARNING OBJECTIVES By the end of this unit, you are supposed to • the author’s purpose of writing • the structure of the whole passage • comprehend the topic sentences • paraphrase • get a list of new words and structures • be aware of the cross-cultural differences

Text 1. Fresh Start • Do you remember your first days at college? Did anything special happen then? • Are you afraid of making mistakes that cause embarrassment?

Structure Dividing • Part 1 (para.1) : Introduction, My feelings and plans on the first day of college. • Part 2 (para.2-9): Description of a few incidents during my first days if college. • Part 3 (para.10-14): Conclusion, I’ve learnt something from this experience.

The passage can be divided into three parts. Part One: (Paragraph 1) this is the introductory paragraph. • What does “first-gradish” mean? 2. Why did the author have the impression that “everyone on campus was watching me”? (Having the qualities and characteristics of a first-grade student) • (being too sensitive, was uneasy with her identity as a freshman. She thought a new student would attract others’ attention, as what she did or said was liable to be too naive to be right.)

LANGUAGE WORK • Distinct: clearly seen, heard, felt, understood, etc.; noticeable E.g.

Part Two: (Paragraphs 2-9) • Writer recalls a few incidents during her first days of college. 1.Why did author exclaim “what confidence, what reserve, what muscles!” when saw the football player? (college life is new to her, it shows her excitement about the new college life.) 2.Why did a cold sweat break out on the back of her neck? (she found she was in a wrong class.)

Part Two: (Paragraphs 2-9) 3.Why did she remain in the wrong room? 4. How did the students react when she slipped and fell down? 5. Why did she dine on junk food for the next three days? (She didn't’t want others to notice her ignorance.) (They cheered and clapped. She felt embarrassed and humiliated.) (She thought she had become the laughing-stock on campus. She couldn't’t stand by being laughed at by the students in cafeteria.)

Clutch: vt. to hold or grasp tightly; • vi. to try to grasp or seize E.g.

Reserve: self-restraint in expression; the habit of not showing one’s feelings or thoughts E.g.

Whereabouts: n. approximate location; ad. about where; in, at or near what location E.g.

Tip off: to give an advance warning or hint to E.g.

Flail: to (cause something to) wave or swing about wildly E.g.

Rear end: buttocks 臀部 • Rear-view mirror 后视镜 • rearguard 后卫部队 • V. bring up and educate children

Somebody’s heart goes out to somebody: used to say that someone feels a lot of sympathy towards another person E.g.

Slink: to go or move in a quiet, stealthy way; to move as if one feels guilty or ashamed, or does not want to be seen E.g.

Part Three: (Paragraph 10-14): This is the concluding part. 1. What was the key lesson Evelyn Herald learned during her first few weeks in college? 2. What lessons have you learned from Evelyn Herald’s experiences after reading the article “Fresh Start”? (The key lesson was that since people grow by trial and error, one should relax and be oneself.)

Malicious: having the nature or wish to hurt others E.g.

Shackle: a metal fastening, usually one of a pair, for encircling and confining the ankle or wrist of a prisoner or captive; a restraint or check to action or progress, often used in the plural form E.g.

Text ComprehensionP. 5 • QUESTIONS • What is the text concerned with? • What is the message of the text?

Structural Analysis of the Text • Why are the three bitter/interesting incidents treated expansively in the essay?

Rhetorical Features of the text • You are required to find one or two similar examples to show how the author tries to dramatize some incidents for the sake of humor.

英语学习日常规划细则 • 词汇 • 听力 • 背诵 • 朗读 • 阅读 • 写作

英语学习规划细则 • 词汇： • 刘毅，《词汇5000》，海南出版社、三环出版社 • 共22课，每课约50个主干单词 • 一周一课

听力： • “在线英语听力室” http://www.tingroom.com/ • VOA, BBC, CNN • 每天一次，半小时

背诵： • 何其莘、亚历山大，《新概念英语3》，北京外研社 • 一周两课

朗读： • 每天两次，一小时 • 阅读： • 约60篇阅读理解，每周三篇

写作： • 一周一篇专四标准作文 • 一周三篇英语日记

Welcome to my class!