[外语学习]Book3Unit1IFreshStart.ppt

Unit 1 Text 1 Fresh Start Objectives Objective 1 To introduce to you major features of descriptive and narrative writings Objective 2 To introduce to you rhetorical features in the text: foreshadowing, echoing, metaphor, humor… Objective 3 To help you to grasp key words and phrases: distinct/distinctive, reserve, tip…off, flail, slink, whereabouts, malicious, shackle Pre-reading questions please describle your college life with only one word. Do you remember your first days at college? Did anything special happen then? Have you ever made mistakes that cause embarrassment? How do you react to them? Cultural Notes (I) College football player College football is American football played by teams of students fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies. It was the venue through which American football first gained popularity in the United States. College football remains extremely popular today among students, alumni, and other fans of the sport. cheer leaders Textual Analysis Structural Analysis The story can be divided into three parts. Part I (Para. 1) background information…… and the conflict……(The narrator tried to hide her identity as a freshman and wanted to do everything perfect). Mood- pitiful, distress Part II (Para. 2-9) recallinga few incidents during her first days of college. Well calculated, pretending confidence Feeling bewildered(?),embarrassed humiliated Part III (Para. 10-14) conflict resolved as the narrator realized that she only needed to live up to her own expectations and she could do her own thing at college. Getting into her stride, much relaxed, Part I Paragraph 1 Comprehension questions 1. What did the narrator feel standing in the parking lot on her first day of college? 2. What did she resolve to do? Comprehension questions A1: She was at a loss and not confident in herself. A2: She planned to act her way through college and hoped not to make mistakes . Words and Expressions …leaving me standing pit