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15. open the door to sth. 打开方便之门
These useful suggestions open the door to better communication with your parents. 这些实用的建议为你更好地与父母交流敞开方便之门。 Step 5: While-reading Activities Language Points:
1. Your achievement is the triumph of years of hard work, both of your own and of your parents and teachers. (Para. 1)
Meaning: Your entering this university is an important success. This success is due to many years of your hard work, and many years of your parents’ and teachers’ hard work.
2. In welcoming you to the university, I am reminded of my own high school graduation and the photograph my mom took of my dad and me. (Para. 2)
Meaning: When I am welcoming you to this university, something I remember is my own high school graduation and the photo my mom took of my dad and me. 3. But know this：The future is built on a strong foundation of the past. ( Para. 3) Meaning: But you should know that your future success can only be attained when it is built on a solid past.
4. For you, these next four years will be a time unlike any other. (Para.4)
Meaning: For you, the next four years in university will be different from any other period of time in your life.
5. You may feel overwhelmed by the wealth of courses available to you. (Para. 5) Meaning: When facing the large number of courses that you can take at college, you may not know how to choose.
6. You will not be able to experience them all, but sample them widely! (Para. 5) Meaning: You will not be able to take all the courses, but try as many different courses as possible to see what they are like.
7. So, with a glow in your eye and a song in your heart, step forward to meet these new experiences! (Para. 6)
Meaning: Therefore, with the excitement and enthusiasm that I know you must have in your heart, I encourage you to go forward from here and face this new part of your life!
8. A wise man said: “Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.” (Para. 7)
Meaning: A wise man said that education is truly the spirit and heart of a society because it passes from generation to generation. 9. Now it is your turn. (Para. 7)
Meaning: Now it is time for you to acquire knowledge and pass it on.
10. We take great pleasure in opening the door to this great step in your journey. We take delight in the many opportunities which you will find, and in the responsibilities that you will carry as citizens of your communities, your country, and the world. (Para.8 )
Meaning: We are very happy to open the door to this next great step in your journey. We are delighted that you will find many different opportunities and many responsibilities, which you will shoulder as citizens of your communities, your country, and the world. Step 6: Typical patterns:
Purpose: Further understand the text （Train further reading ability） to find out some difficult sentences and details of the text.
Method: Read the text together; Use task-based language teaching method, reading approach, communicative approach, grammar-translation approach and total physical response method. Typical patterns：
1 . As president of the university, I am proud to welcome you to this university. 作为校长，我非常自豪地欢迎你们来到这所大学。
As …, sb. is proud /happy/ sorry /sad… to do sth. 用于表达“某人在特定身份下做某事的感受”。
应用：作为一名来自灾区的学生代表，我非常感激社会各界对我们的关爱与帮助！
As a student representative from the disaster-hit area, I’m very grateful to the people of all walks of life for their care and help!
2. In welcoming you to the university, I am reminded of my own high school graduation and the photograph my mom took of my dad and me.
在欢迎你们到来的这一刻，我想起自己高中毕业时的情景，还有妈妈为我和爸爸拍的合影。
In doing sth, sb. is reminded of sth. 用于表达“某事引起的回忆”。
应用：第一次给这么多人做演讲时，我想起我的英语老师给我的鼓励和建议。 In making my speech in front of a large audience, I’m reminded of the encouragement and advice from my English teacher.
3.If I could give you only one piece of advice about selecting courses, it would be this: Challenge yourself!
如果我只能给你们一条选课建议的话，那就是：挑战自己！
If sb. could give sb. else only one piece of advice about…, it would be this: Do sth.! 用于表达“某人认定的最为重要的建议”。
应用：如果让我给你一条如何应对大学挑战的建议，那就是：相信自己！ If I could give you only one piece of advice about how to cope with the college challenges, it would be this: Believe in yourself!
4. A wonderful example of this is the fashion designer, Vera Wang, who originally studied art history.
A wonderful example of this is sb. who…/ sth. that…用于列举“最典型的事例”。
应用：有些人没有大学文凭也获得了成功。一个绝佳的例子就是微软公司创始人比尔?盖茨，他在大三时就从哈佛退学了。
Some people achieved great success even though they did not have college diplomas. A wonderful example of this is the founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, who dropped out of Harvard in his junior year. Step7. Consolidation
Retell the passage according to the topic sentences.
Purpose: To know if the students understand the whole text. At the same time, To show the text structure on the screen, so that they can retell it easily.
Method: Read the text structure together; Use task-based language teaching method, reading approach, communicative approach and total physical response method.
Step 8. Discussion
1. Do you think a university education can change a person’s life? In what way and why?
2. How do you think of those successful people such as Bill Gates who dropped out of university?
3. What are you going to do at university in order to sample widely and
challenge yourself? Step 9. Assignments
Review the key points of Section A; Finish the exercises after class; Finish online homework; Preview Section B.
Writing Topic: Suppose, as an freshman, you are expected to give a speech to your teachers and classmate.
You can follow the outline given below. Part I Opening part of the speech
1.Your gratitude to your teachers and parents; 2.Your feelings and impressions about the university; 3.Your expectation of the future.
Part II Your understanding of the university 1. School motto and your interpretation;
2. Campus facility, e.g. the library, and learning atmosphere; 3. Courses and other social activities; 4. Teachers and classmates. Part III Conclusion
1. Opportunities and challenges;
2. Your plans and determination for the future.