全新版大学英语第一册 Unit1课件.pptVIP

Unit 1 Growing up ;Cultural Notes; Cultural Notes 1. Grade schools in the U.S.: It is necessary to have some knowledge of grade schools in the U.S. because Ss have to realize that the third year in high school (Para. 1) equals the eleventh grade (Para. 9). U.S. students generally go through elementary schools (kindergarten to 5th or 6th grade), middle schools (grades 6-8) or junior high schools (grades 7-9), and high schools (grades 9-12 or 10-12). 2. What American teachers wear in school: Nowadays, people in the U.S. love to dress casually. Even among those companies with a rigid dress code some now allow employees not to wear suits on Fridays. U.S. teachers wear fairly formal clothes to school, but not necessarily suits and ties. Bow ties are considered even more old-fashioned than ties. 3. Spaghetti and the proper way of eating it: Spaghetti is the Italian-style thin noodle, cooked by boiling and served with sauce. Usually you would put a fork into a plate of spaghetti, turn the fork several times so that spaghetti will wind around the fork, then place the fork into your mouth. Its impolite to suck.;Spaghetti;Listen and Practice;The Right Way of Eating Spaghetti;The U.S. Grade School System; Part Division of the Text;Read Text A and find out the answers to the following questions.;Language Study 1. The idea of becoming a writer had come to me off and on since my childhood in Belleville, but it wasnt until my third year in high school that the possibility took hold.: Ever since I was a child in Belleville, I had thought of becoming a writer from time to time, but I didnt make up my mind until I was in my third year in high school. off and on (or on and off): from time to time, now and again, irregularly Examples: 1) It has been raining on and off for a week. Thats why the clothes feel damp. 2) As her patient slept soundly during the night, Nurse Betty was able to doze off and on in a bedside chair. ;1. possibility: state of being possible; (degree o