Unit 1

1. Unit 1 University life

2. Assignment -checking & Analysis • P2 Questions • 1. Where have Tom and Jenny lived? • 2. What do Tom and Jenny do now? • Jenny: Argentina, the United States, Chile • Tom: California, Korea, Germany, and Okinawa, Japan • Tom: A student majoring in psychology at Purdue University • Jenny: Working as a sales representative for Vega Computers downtown

3. P3Questions • 1. Why does Ann want to look for a new place to live in? • 2. What kind of place is Ann looking for? And what’s the rent that she can afford? • It’s a little far from campus, and the commute is just killing her. • She would like to share a furnished apartment with one or two roommates within walking distance to school. The rent is under $200 a month, including utilities.

4. Listening skills: Number identification • 1. 数字的读法 • 1)英文数字中的每一个逗点的读法也要牢记:一个逗号读“thousand”，两个逗号读“million”，三个逗号读 “billion”。 • 1,234：onethousand,twohundredandthirty-four • 4,567,809：fourmillion,fivehundredandsixty-seventhousand,eighthundredandnine • 5,678,120,000:fivebillion,sixhundredandseventy-eightmillion,onehundredandtwentythousand

5. 2) “-teen和“-ty”的区别含有“-teen ”的词有两个重音，即“-teen”要重读，且“-teen”中的元音为长元音[ti:n]，发音长而清晰；而含有 “-ty”的词只有一个重音，即“-ty”不重读，且“-ty ”中的元 音为短元音[ti]，发音短而急促。 Examples：Fifteen[’fif’ti:n]fifty[’fifti] nineteen[’nai’ti:n]ninety[’naiti]

6. 2.年号的读法： • 1) 用基数词，一般有两种读法:Examples：541B.C.读作：fivefouroneB.C或fivehundredforty-oneB.C1800：eighteenhundred1701：seventeenohone或seventeenhundredandone 1979 : nineteen seventy-nine or nineteen hundred (and) seventy-nine;

7. 2) 年代指十年（decade），采用“基数词加上十位数复数”的形式来表示，前面与介词“in”和 定冠词“the”搭配。Examples：inthe1840’s：intheeighteenforties（十九世纪四十年代）inthe1950’s：inthenineteenfifties（二十世纪五十年代）inthe ’60’s：inthesixties（本世纪六十年代）如要表示一个年代的初期、中期、末期，可在年代前分别加“early，mid，late”。如： intheearly1770’s；inthelate1590’s。

8. 3.电话号码、货币的读法： • 1023: one o two three; • 1227: one double two(or two two)seven; • 4.25: four dollars(and)twenty-five(cents);

9. 4.算术式的读法： • 2+3=5: Two plus/add three is (equals, is equal to, makes) five. • 5-3=2: Five minus/subtract three is equal to two. • 3×2=6: Three times two is six. or Three multiply by two are six. • 9÷3=3: Nine divided by three makes three.

10. 5. 分数、小数、百分数的读法1) 分数是由基数词和序数词合成的，分子用基数词表示，分母用序数词表示，除了分子是“1”的情况外，序数词都要用复数形式。Examples：1/3：one-third7/12：seven-twelfths1/2：a（one）half3/4：threequarters 20/87：twentyovereighty-seven33/90：thirty-threeoverninety

11. 2) 表示分数时，分子要用基数词，分母用序数词。如果分子大于1，分母必须用复数形式： 1／3→a（one）third 2／3→two thirds 1／4→a（one）quarter（或fourth） 3／7→three sevenths 1／2→应读作a（one）half ＊比较复杂的分数如：24／789，多读作 twenty four over seven hundred and eighty nine。

12. 3) 表示小数时，小数点前面的基数词和前面讲的基数词的读法相同；小数点后的数字则必 须一一读出：0．0089→（zero ／naught）point zero zero eight nine 1．36→one point three six 百分数由percent表示，百分号％读作 percent，应用时常与by连用。 0．68％→zero point six eight percent 6％→six percent 369％→three hundred and sixty nine percent

13. 4)不满“1”的小数的读法 • 数点读做point/ decimal,小数点左边的零读做naught(英)或zero（美），也可不读。小数点右边的小数部分按个位基数词依次读出。在小数点后遇到零时，多读做字母O的音，例如： a)0.3: naught/zero point three; point three b)0.125: naught/zero point one two five; point one two five c)0.008%: naught/zero point O O eight percent

14. 5)整数带小数的读法 • 小数点左边的整数部分按整数读法或按个位基数词依次读出。小数点右边的小数部分按个位基数词依次读出。在小数点后遇到零时，可读做naught/zero,也可以读做字母O的音，例如： a)5.02: five point naught/zero two; five point O two b)8.004: eight point naught naught/zero zero four; eight point O O four c)17.69%: seventeen point six nine percent d)33.33:thirty-three point three recurring e) 13.91:thirteen decimal(point)nine one • 0.23:nought demical two three

15. Practice: Big Numbers • While-listening Activities:Write down the numbers as rapidly as you can.

16. Text Learning • Unit 1 • Task 2 • Task 3

17. Assignment • Numbers 1&2 • Work out the exercises, and pay special attention to the numbers. • Finding friends on the Internet • Identify the main idea and specific details of the passage.