大学英语综合教程课文及翻译.doc

COLLEGE ENGLISH My Oath Today I truly believe — This unique journey will completely change my life! Today I truly believe — That all my efforts will produce generous returns! Today I truly believe — English will be a powerful weapon in my life! Today I truly believe — My dream of speaking beautifulEnglish will come alive! Therefore, I must devote all my energy and time to learningEnglish with courage, passion, enthusiasm, and vigor! I must enjoy losing face!I must pour all my efforts into learning English!I must be absolutely responsible for myself! I must be 100 percent dedicated to my goal! I must be totally crazy about speaking English! I must not waste one minute, or even one second! I must challenge my limits and then surpass them! I must conquer English and charge toward success! I will speak good English! I will because I think I will! Right here! Right now! Action! SHANGHAI FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION PRESS (Mar.17,2009) 全新版大学英语综合教程第一册Unit 1 Growing Up The following words in the recording may be new to you: monster n. 怪物 prayer n. 祈祷 Part II Text A When we are writing we are often told to keep our readers in mind, to shape what we say to fit their tastes and interests. But there is one reader in particular who should not be forgotten. Can you guess who? Russell Baker surprised himself and everyone else when he discovered the answer.  WRITING FOR MYSELF  Russell Baker  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. Until then Id been bored by everything associated with English courses. I found English grammar dull and difficult. I hated the assignments to turn out long, lifeless paragraphs that were agony for teachers to read and for me to write. When our class was assigned to Mr. Fleagle for third-year English I anticipated another cheerless year in that most tedious of s