1、My university life,Unit 4,Reading,Five lessons to college life,How long has Qin Xiaoyong been at university?2. What sport did he play at school?3. What sports did his Canadian friends introduce him to?,More than one year.,Football.,Baseball and canoeing.,Read the article quickly and answer the follo
2、wing questions.,Read the article carefully and then answer the following questions.,1. What is the article about? 2. What was the hardest thing for Qin Xiaoyong when he went to university? 3. What does Qin Xiaoyong learn about in his degree course ? 4. How does Qin Xiaoyong keep in touch with his fa
3、mily?,5. What is Qin Xiaoyongs favourite foreign food? 6. What advice does Qin Xiaoyong give about money? 7. What was Qin Xiaoyongs room like? 8. How do university students spend their free time?,1. What is the article about?,It is mainly about the first year of the writers life at university in Can
4、ada.,2. What was the hardest thing for Qin Xiaoyong when he went to university?,Leaving his family behind was the hardest thing.,3. What does Qin Xiaoyong learn about in his degree course?,He learns about civil engineering, which is the study of how to build things like bridges and roads.,4. How doe
5、s Qin Xiaoyong keep in touch with his family?,He keeps in touch with his family by e-mail.,5. What is Qin Xiaoyongs favourite foreign food?,His favourite foreign food is steak with mustard sauce.,6. What advice does Qin Xiaoyong give about money?,He thinks it is a good idea to squirrel some of your
6、money away each week to make it last.,7. What was Qin Xiaoyongs room like?,It was very small and rectangular with no bathroom.,8. How do university students spend their free time?,University students have a lot of free time for personal study, playing sports or just relaxing during the day.,Careful
7、reading: Fill in the blank,apply,course,permits,jungle,addresses,regularly,prodigal,steak,mustard,vinegar,squirrel,semester,battleground,millimetres,relaxing,bat,introduced,baseball,canoeing,paddle,Summary,This past May I completed my first year at university in Canada, and I have learnt a lot. Prep
8、aring for my university, I needed to do many things. First, I had to choose which university to apply to, what course to study and which permits I needed to study abroad. At last, I decided on the East Canada Technology University.,I have made some big adjustments to my life since I moved to Canada.
9、 I missed my family a lot and I kept in touch with them by e-mail. Besides, I had to be accustomed to the food there. Before moving to Canada, my mother taught me how to look after myself, such as cooking and doing laundry. It has been exciting to move to Canada for higher education, although I have
10、 been very,busy. I live in a small and rectangular room with no bathroom. However, I had a really nice room-mate, who has different classes and a different timetable from mine. We have a lot of free time for personal study. We can play sports or just relax ourselves. To be sure to have an easier tim
11、e in making the transition from home to university, we should prepare and think ahead.,Language points,识破 我们已识破了敌人的种种花招。 浏览 浏览报纸有帮助吗？,look through,We have looked through the enemys tricks.,Is it helpful to look through the newspaper?,目送；寻求；照料 到处寻找；察看；游览 看；检查；着眼于 回顾；追忆 轻视；瞧不起 寻找；期待；指望 朝里面看；调查；研究 留神；提
12、防 尊敬；仰望 向上看；尊敬；仰望；查寻,look after,look round,look at,look back,look down on/upon,look for,look into,look out,look up to,look up,【拓展】,“Goodbye, then”, she said, without even _ from her book. A. looking intoB. looking upC. looking awayD. looking on,典型题例,decide on 决定；选定；确定,我们决定卧室用蓝漆。人们不能断定他们是从哪儿来的。,We de
13、cided on blue paint for the bedroom.,People couldnt decide on where they came from.,Professor James will give us a lecture on the Western culture, but when and where _ yet. (2007浙江)A. hasnt been decidedB. havent decidedC. isnt been decidedD. arent decided,高考链接,believe it or not 信不信由你 = Whether you b
14、elieve it or not,信不信由你，又一个台风来了。信不信由你，这确实是真的。,Believe it or not, another typhoon is coming.,Whether you believe it or not, it is true.,Its nice to hear from her again. _, we last met more than thirty years ago.A. Whats moreB. Believe it or notC. Thats to sayD. In other words,典型题例,squirrel away 贮存, 储存
15、, 储藏 他们已把余粮贮存起来。在孩子还没有出生前，要存点钱备用。,They have squirreled away surplus grain.,Before the child arrives, squirrel away some money.,It is wise to have some money _ for ones old age. A. given awayB. kept upC. laid upD. squirreled away,典型题例,【书面表达】 作为高三学生，你班同学在讨论“毕业班学生可否把课本留给下一届同学循环使用”时提出了不同的看法。请根据下面所给的提示写一
16、篇英语短文，并谈谈你的观点。要求： 1. 词数: 150左右。2. 可适当增加细节,使文章连贯； 3. 参考词汇: 循环使用recycle (vt.); 开支,费用expense (n.) 4. 开头已给出。,One possible version: As high school students, our class have recently had a heated discussion about whether we should recycle the textbooks. 50% of the students agree to this suggestion. They po
17、int out that recycling textbooks can save a lot of natural resources that are used to make textbooks, for example, water, electricity, etc. Whats more, recycling textbooks can save lots of expense as well. It is well-known that recycling textbooks is very common in many western countries.,But other
18、students express their opposite opinions. They emphasize that the contents of the textbooks are often renewed. Whats even worse is that various kinds of notes have been made in their textbooks, which might mislead other students in thinking. In my own idea, I think it necessary to encourage the students to recycle the textbooks, but they should be encouraged not to write on the textbooks if they want to pass their books to others.,Part D on page 52.Part E on page 53.,Homework,Thank you!,