Unit One Fresh Start

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Unit One Fresh Start

• Evelyn Herald

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College life
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College life
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classroom
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Basketball match
Star player
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I Pre-reading Questions

• Do you remember your first days at college? Did
  anything special happen then?
• Are you afraid of making mistakes that cause
  embarrassment?
• Is entering an elite university the only way to
  success?
• How do you define defeat and victory? What
  might ensure your success?

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• How should you take your college life?
• A person should take his/her college life for an
  experiment. He/she should not be afraid of making
  mistakes bcs it is onlu through trial and error
  that one can find his/her real self and finding
  his/her real self is the ultimate purpose of
  college education. College allows one to make
  massive mistakes.

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• Discussion Qs( writing assignment)
• Freshman Manual
• Im starting college at the university of Florida
  and Im excited but I find myself
• unsure of what to expect. I have a boyfriend
  that will be living 5 hours away. any advice
  regarding keeping or dropping relationships as a
  freshman, difficulty of classes, eating habits,
  homesickness, dorm issues.

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• -the best advice for a college freshman
• -college survival tips for Freshman?
• Enigma
• love-devotionfeeling-emotiondon't be afraid to
  be weakdon't be too proud to be strongjust look
  into your heart my friendthat will be the return
  to yourselfthe return to innocence

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• the return to innocence
• if you want, then start to laugh
• if you must, then start to cry
• be yourself don't hide
• just believe in destiny
• don't care what people say
• just follow your own way
• don't give up and use the chance
• to return to innocence

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Background information (1)

• About the text and the author
• The text, written by Evelyn Herald
  (contemporary), appeared in Nutshell magazine in
  1989.

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Background information (2)

• Nutshell magazine
• Nutshell is a project, a brainchild, a repository
  of imponderables. In fact, as a wise man said,
  it's "An Anthology of Miscellany". It's a special
  connection between the internet and the feverish
  imaginations that act as a medium between this
  waking world and the land where little creatures
  run about waiting to be caught and labeled
  'Creative Ideas'.

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• Well, "actually", it's a monthly, web-based
  magazine with an email newsletter component.
  Interested people sign up for the newsletter and
  thus they get a digest of the current month's
  content mailed to them. The newsletter contains
  short, interesting stories while the website
  contains greater detail for you to dive into.

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Background information( 3)

• 1. Let's start from very beginning again.
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• 2. Let's go back to square one.
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• 3. Let's go back to the drawing board.
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• 4. Let's start from scratch again.
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• 5. Let's do it all over again.
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• 6. Let's make a fresh start.
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• 7. Let's start from zero again.
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• 8. Let's get back to the starting point.
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• 9. I'm afraid we'll have to scrap the plan and
  redo it completely.
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• 10.Let's roll it back to the beginning.
• ????????

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Fresh

• be as fresh as a daisy to be full of energy and
  enthusiasm. It's been a long drive but give me a
  cup of tea and I'll soon feel fresh as a daisy.
• fresh from somewhere (British, American
  Australian)
• to have just finished education or training in a
  particular school or college and not have much
  experience. Our course is taught by a young
  professor fresh out of law school.

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• be fresh out of something (American Australian)
  
• to have just finished or sold a supply of
  something, and have no more left.
• Sorry, we're fresh out of bread this morning.
• a breath of fresh air
• someone or something that is new and different
  and makes everything seem more exciting. Angela's
  like a breath of fresh air when she comes to
  stay. After all the criticism, his positive
  comments came as a breath of fresh air.

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• get fresh
• to show by your actions or words that you want to
  have sex with someone. If he tries to get fresh
  with you, tell him to keep his hands to himself.
  (usually with)
• get fresh with someone (American Australian)
• to talk to someone in an impolite way or behave
  in a way which shows you do not respect them.
  Don't you get fresh with me, young lady!

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II Text Analysis

• In this autobiographical essay, Evelyn Herald
  recounts her embarrassing moments during her
  first days of college. With a chronologically
  balanced pattern of narration, the author focuses
  on three incidents sitting in the wrong class,
  falling down in the cafeteria and witnessing the
  upper-class football player having the same
  experience. Coupling narration with description,
  she gives us a detailed account of the process,
  the after-effect and the significant insight into
  herself.

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Structure of the text (1)

• Text Structure
• Para 1
• Introductory paragraph
• Para 2-9
• The author recalls a few incidents during her
  first days of college.
• Para 10-14
• Concluding part

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• Structure of the text (2)
• Unlike an expository writing, which usually
  expresses the main idea in a thesis statement, in
  a narrative writing, the point is shown through
  dialogues, actions or events. The three incidents
  that are treated expansively in this essay are
  related to one another by their implicit
  messages- the mistakes the author made and her
  reaction towards the mistakes. It was in this
  process that the author achieved significant
  insight into herself.

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Comprehension of the textPart 1

• What does first-gradish mean?
• Why did the author have the impression that
  everyone on campus was watching me?
• What was her plan?

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• Q1 Foolish, childish
• First-gradish having the qualities and
  characteristics of a first-grade student. The
  first-gradish feeling is a mixture of helpless,
  disorientation, self-consciousness, and a lack of
  confidence.

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• Q2The author, being over-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 naïve
  to be right

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• Q3
• She planned to act her way through college and
  hoped not to make mistakes.

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Language Points in paragraph 1

• distinct clearly seen, heard, felt,
  understood, etc. noticeable
• Eg Now that the boss was no longer present,
  there was a change in her attitude.
• There is a distinct possibility that she won't
  come.
• The children have distinct memories of their
  grandfather in his last days.

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• cf.
• distinctive
• Anything clearly noticed is distinct There is a
  distinct smell of beer in this room.
• A thing or quality that is clearly different from
  others of its kind is distinctive or distinct
  from.
• Beer has a very distinctive smell its quite
  distinct from the smell of wine.

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Part 2

• Pa2-5 Qs
• Q1Why did the author exclaim what confidence,
  what reserve, what muscles! when she saw the
  football player?

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• A1 College life was a new experience to the
  author. Her marvel at the real football player
  showed her excitement about her new life. Also,
  this foreshadows the later development of the
  essay.

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• Q2 Why is the word marched used in the first
  sentence of pa 3?
• The author did not want others to notice that she
  was a freshman. With enough preparation the
  previous day, she was sure she could find the
  right room without asking the way or checking the
  map. The word march is used to show her
  pretence of confidence.

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• Q3Why did a cold sweat break out on the back of
  her neck?
• She found she was in the wrong class. She was
  supposed to attend the course of American
  literature, but she was sitting in the biology
  class by mistake.

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• Q4 Why did she remain in the wrong room?
• She didnt want others to notice her ignorance.
• Q5 How many questions are used in pa3 and pa5?
  What does the author raised these questions?

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• A5 Four questions ate used here. Being a
  freshman, she was not familiar with life in
  college. She was at a loss as to what to do when
  something unexpected happened, These questions
  are used to show her bewilderment.

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• language points in pa3-5
• Clutch to hold or grasp tightly
• to try to grasp or seize.
• Eg The frightened woman ed her bags to her
  breast.
• He ed at the rope we had thrown to him
  but could not reach it.

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Clutch bags
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• Reserve self-restraint in expression the habit
  of not showing ones feelings or thoughts.
• Eg Being a man of , Mr. York was never popular
  with his colleagues.
• Judy had tried every means to break through
  the or her stepson.
• Reserved a.
• The English have a reputation for being .

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• Whereabouts n. approximate location ad. about
  where in , at or near what location
• Eg The orphans is /are still unknown.
• Whereabouts do you live?
• She wont tell me whereabouts she put it.
• Whereabouts and Directions ?????

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• demeanor the way you behave, which gives people
  an impression of your character and feelings
• They dislike Mr. Smiths arrogant demeanor.
• The girl has a quiet, modest demeanor.???????????
  ???He spoke in his usual calm demeanor.?????????
  ???????

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• Tip off to give an advance warning or hint to
• Eg The police was tipped off about the robbery.
• Dont look suspicious! That will tip off the
  police!???????,???????????
• Acting on a tip off, the police arrested the drug
  smugglers.

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Pa 6-7
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slipping
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• How did the students react when she slipped and
  fell down? And how did the author feel about it?
• They cheered and clapped. And she felt
  embarrassed and humiliated.

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• Flail to wave or swing about wildly
• Eg I ed her arms to get here attention.
• The baby s feet ed under the quilt.
• flail one's arms/ hands above one's head
• Rear end buttocks

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maneuver

• a skilful or careful movement that you make, for
  example in order to avoid something or go through
  a narrow space
• room for manoeuvre/freedom of manoeuvre the
  possibility of changing your plans or decisions
  in order to achieve what you want

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Kick off

• if a meeting, event, or a football game kicks
  off, it starts.
• The series kicked off with an interview with
  Brando.
• if you kick off a discussion, meeting, event etc,
  you start it

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• topple unsteady or unstable and fall over
• The pile of books toppled over onto the floor.
• He just released his hold and toppled slowly
  backwards
• Wind and rains toppled trees and electricity
  lines.

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Pa 8-9

• Why did she dine on junk food for the next three
  days?
• She thought she had become the laughing-stock on
  campus. She couldnt stand by being laughed at by
  all the students when she turned up in the
  cafeteria.

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• What happened in the cafeteria when she went
  there on the fourth day?
• The upper class football player , the very person
  she had admired, has the same experience as she
  did. But instead of escaping in humiliation, the
  football player calmly and good-humoredly took
  all this and went on with his meal.

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• What was the footballers response to the
  students cheers and claps when he fell on the
  cafeteria floor? And why?

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• He did not take the accident seriously. On the
  contrary, he took it light-hearted and just
  laughed it off. It shows that accidents like that
  are quite common on campus and one should learn
  to take them easy.

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Junk food

• Are you fond of junk food?
• Do you enjoy eating hamburgers, hot dogs, French
  fries and chips? Are you fond of soft drinks,
  candy and ice cream? If your answers are Yes,
  youd better take care. Most of them are junk
  food!

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• What should you do?  
•  Its OK to have junk food now and then (??).
  How often should you have it? It depends on your
  weight, age and how active you are.    If you
  are over-weight and want to lose weight (??), you
  should eat as little junk food as possible. If
  you are active and not overweight, you can have
  some after youve had enough dairy products
  (???), fruits, vegetables and cereals (????).   

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• Junk food still has some nutrients and is a small
  part of a balanced (???) diet (??). So you should
  eat healthy foods about 95 of the time, and then
  eat 5 of junk food.
• Some kids are spending lots of money on junk
  food. Spend your money wisely. It is up to you to
  keep yourself healthy and happy!

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• assortment a group of similar things that are of
  different size or colors or have different
  qualities
• a wide assortment of gifts to choose from
• wearing an odd assortment of clothes

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• composed calm and able to control their feelings
• It wasnt the peaceful, composed experience I had
  expected.
• a composed person, manner, look

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• Sb.s heart goes out to somebody used to say
  that someone feels a lot of sympathy towards
  another person
• His heart went out to Mrs. Bradshaw and her
  fatherless child.

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• 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.
• Eg She tried to out of the office so that
  nobody would see her.
• The cat slunk (sneaked)through the grass
  toward its prey.

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Part 3

• What was the key lesson Evelyn Herald learned
  during her first few weeks in college?
• Since people grow by trial and error, one should
  relax and be oneself.

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• What according to Evelyn, is one of the major
  differences between college and high school
  lives?
• One of the major differences between college and
  high school lives is that in high school one
  strives for popularity and has to avoid at any
  cost making himself/herself a laughing stock
  among his/her peers. When a person is in college,
  he /she should be his/her own person and do
  his/her own thing and avoid taking others
  opinion too much to heart.

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• How should a person take his/her college life
  according to Evelyn? Do you agree?
• A person, according to Evelyn, should take
  his/her college life for an experiment. He/ she
  should not be afraid of making mistakes because
  it is only through trial and error that one can
  find his/her real self and finding his/her real
  self is the ultimate purpose of college
  education. College allows one to make massive
  mistakes.

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• Malicious having the nature or wish to hurt
  others a remark
• He apologized her for his malicious remark.
• malicious gossip
• malice a desire to harm or see others suffer
  extreme ill will or spite
• Eg He did it through malice.
• I am quite certain that his wife bears
  malice to /towards/against me.

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• running with the crowd was no longer a law of
  survival ????
• going with the tide of the majority was no
  longer crucial to your success in college

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• Shackle a metal fastening, usually one of a
  pair, for encircling and confining the ankle or
  wrist of a prisoner of captive a restraint or
  check to action or progress, often used in the
  plural forms
• Eg The policeman placed s on the suspects
  hands.
• It is hard to break through the s of
  habit.

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• have something on one's conscience, to feel
  guilty about something, as an act that one
  considers wrong
• She behaves as if she had something on her
  conscience.
• in all conscience, a. in all reason and fairness.
  b. certainly assuredly.

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• Rhetoric Features
• Para5 to assume the scientific pose of a
  biology major, bending slightly forward, tensing
  my arms in preparation for furious notetaking,
  and cursing under my breath
• Para 6
• Offer vivid pictures of what she did or how she
  looked in some embarrassing situations.

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• Penguins pose

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• tiptoe

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• pose

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Translation exercises

• ??????????,???????(distress)
• It distressed me a great deal to hear the news
  that he had suffered repeated failures.
• ???????????,?????????????(assume)
• He assumed an air of cheerfulness, even though he
  lost favor with his boss.

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• ??????????,?????????????(assortment)
• Gulliver met with extraordinary adventures and
  saw a strange assortment of people.
• ??????????,??????????(furious)
• He will be furious with you if you repeat the
  same mistake.

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• ????????????????????????????(draw)
• We were all greatly drawn by his frank views,
  humorous words and genial manner.
• ????????????,?????????????(die down)
• After the thunderous applause died down, the
  Nobel Prize winner began his speech.

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Oral activities

• Organize yourselves into groups of five or
  six and discuss the following issue.
• If I were a fresh man again.

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Oral activities

• Organize yourselves into groups of five or six
  and discuss the following issue
• What should a college student do in China?
  Should he/she do as Evelyn suggests, that is,
  allow him/herself to make mistakes in college?
  Compare college life in America and China.

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Writing practice (2)

• Write a composition of about 200 words on the
  following topic
• My First Year at College
• .

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Writing practice (2)

• MY FIRST YEAR AT COLLEGE
• Sample writing
• My first year at college opened a new
  chapter in my life. It was a year of great
  changes. At the beginning I found it difficult
  to adapt to things which were strange to me. From
  the very first day, I had to take care of my
  self. I must not leave my things about as I had
  done at home. Fortunately, soon I found a place
  for everything and a time for every task. I wrote
  to tell my parents that they did not have to
  worry themselves to death.

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• Classes were conducted quite differently from
  those at high school. There were plenty of
  discussions. The lectures were designed mainly to
  usher us to new worlds of knowledge. I worked
  very hard after class so as to catch up with
  reading and writing assignments. Later as I
  learned to plan my time, I did even better.
• I think my most important attainment during the
  first year was that I discovered new worlds of
  wonders and developed a passion for learning,
  learning for a rich, useful life both for me and
  for society.