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College

• pursue your dreampursue your dream

• prepareprepare for future lifefuture life

• A small societysociety

hope is a good thing, maybe the best thing in the world... 

• learn self-disciplineself-discipline

• learning methodslearning methods

• A new beginningnew beginning in our life

What’s the secret of learning English?

The secret ingredient of my secret ingredient soup is...nothing.

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Learning English is by no means easy. It takes great diligence and prolonged effort.

Nevertheless, while you cannot expect to gain a good command of English without sustained hard work, there are various helpful learning strategies you can employ to make the task easier. Here are some of them.

Some Strategies for Learning English

As we are at the start of the course, this seems a good moment to offer some advice on how to make the task of learning English easier.

1. Do not treat all new words in exactly the same way. Have you ever complained about your memory because you find it simply impossible to memorize all the new words you are learning? But, in fact, it is not your memory that is at fault. If you cram your head with too many new words at a time, some of them are bound to be crowded out. What you need to do is to deal withnew words in different ways according to how frequently they occur in everyday use. While active words demand constant practice and useful words must be committed to memory, words that do not often occur in everyday situations require just a nodding acquaintance. You will find concentrating on active and useful words the most effective route to enlarging your vocabulary.

2. Watch out for idiomatic ways of saying things. Have you ever wondered why we say, “I am interested in English”, but “I am good at French”? And have you ever asked yourself why native English speakers say, “learn the news or secret”, but “learn of someone’s success or arrival”? These are all examples of idiomatic usage. In learning English, you must pay attention not only to the meaning of a word, but also to the way native speakers use it in their daily lives.

3. Listen to English every day. Listening to English on a regular basis will not only improve your ear, but will also help you build your speaking skills. In addition to language tapes especially prepared for your course, you can also listen to English radio broadcasts, watch English TV, and see English movies. The first time you listen to a taped conversation or passage in English, you may not be able to catch a great deal. Try to get its general meaning first and listen to it over and over again. You will find that with each repetition you will get something more.

4. Seize opportunities to speak. It is true that there are few situations at school where you have to communicate in English, but you can seek out opportunities to practice speaking the language. Talking with your classmates, for example, can be an easy and enjoyable way to get some practice. Also try to find native speakers on your campus and feel free to talk with them. Perhaps the

easiest way to practice speaking is to rehearse aloud, since this can be done at any time, in any place, and without a partner. For instance, you can look at pictures or objects around you and try to describe them in detail. You can also rehearse everyday situations. After you have made a purchase in a shop or finished a meal in a restaurant and paid the check, pretend that all this happened in an English-speaking country and try to act it out in English.

5. Read widely. It is important to read widely because in our learning environment, reading is the main and most reliable source of language input. When you choose reading materials, look for things that you find interesting, that you can understand without relying too much on a dictionary. A page a day is a good way to start. As you go on, you will find that you can do more pages a day and handle materials at a higher level of difficulty.

6. Write regularly. Writing is a good way to practice what you already know. Apart from compositions assigned by your teacher, you may find your own reasons for writing. A pen pal provides good motivation; you will learn a lot by trying to communicate with someone who shares your interests, but comes from a different culture. Other ways to write regularly include keeping a diary, writing a short story and summarizing the daily news.

Language learning is a process of accumulation. It pays to absorb as much as you can from reading and listening and then try to put what you have learned into practice through speaking and writing.

①Skim the whole text and get the main idea.

Learning English is not easy. It is a process of accumulation. But there are some strategies wecan use.

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How many learning strategies for learning English are mentioned in the text?

What are they?

②Read the text as quickly as you can and answer the following questions.

Six Strategies

• 1. Do not treat all new words in exactly the same way.

• 2.Watch out for idiomatic ways of saying things.

• 3. Listen to English every day.• 4. Seize opportunities to speak.• 5. Read widely.• 6. Write regularly.

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New words and expressions

• 政府的长期经济策略• the government's long-term economic

strategy • strategy for doing sth. a strategy for dealing with crime• strategy to do sth. a strategy to attract younger audiences to

jazz• Outlining is an especially helpful critical

reading strategy for understanding the content and structure of a certain passage.

Strategy

• Here I’m going to talk about some other virtues: diligence, patience, and humility.

• Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, has never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

Diligence

prolonged: adj. continuing for a long period of time

• A prolonged period of low interest rates has discouraged people to save their money into the bank.

Prolong(verb)• 他又问了她一个问题，仅仅是为了延长谈话时间。• He asked her another question just to

prolong the conversation.

Command

• This young girl has a good command of English.

• Many college students today command a lot of skills.

Guess what ：The house commands some splendid

views of Manila Bay.

sustained: adj. continuing for a long time

• The conference discussion focuses on the sustained development( 可持续发展 ) of agriculture.

• 在医院里 , 唯一让我支撑下去的就是再见到她的想法。• The thought of seeing her again was the only

thing that sustained me in the hospital.

take + in= tain- 词根：拿

contain v. 包含，容纳 container n. 容器attain vt. 达到，完成，获得detain v. 耽搁，扣押，拘留entertain v. 招待，款待，使娱乐

（ entertainment ）obtain v. 获得，得到retain v. 保持，保留 (retention n.)protein n. 蛋白质 tainsustain v. 支撑，维护

sustain

1) pay someone to work for you• The factory employs over 2000 people.

2) use a particular object, method, skill, etc. in order to achieve something

• The report examines teaching methods employed in the classroom.

• The equipment employs laser beams to make the computer chips.

employ

• employ 表示支付薪水，较长期、固定地雇用某人。例如： Hotels employ more women than men.

• hire 表示支付一定钱额，雇用某人短期从事某项工作。例如： I hired a bricklayer to build a wall on the balcony.

• engage 表示任命、安排某人从事某项工作。例如： The boss has engaged a new secretary.

1. We’d like to ( ) local people as volunteers.

2. The factory ( ) over 2000 people. 3. The rest of the staff have been ( ) on

short-term contracts. 4. The approaches and methods ( ) in the

study are proved successful.

• memorize 指有意识的下功夫把某事的整个细节都记在脑子里。 Don't write down your PIN number, memorize it.

• remember 表示记得，多指无意识地回忆起往事。 He remembers every detail of that occurrence as though it happened yesterday.

• recall 指想方设法回忆已经遗忘之事。 I seem to recall I've met him before somewhere.

• remind 指经某人或某事的提醒而回忆起某件已遗忘之事。 If I forget, please remind me.

1. He tried to _______ every new word.

2. I suddenly _______ that I'd left the stove on.

3. Both countries ______ their ambassadors

4. Passengers are ______ that no smoking is allowed on this train.

1) force (sth.) into a small space• A lot of information has been crammed

into this book.

2) make (sth.) full• We all crammed in and Peter started the

car.

• 三万六千名观众挤进运动场观看比赛。• 36,000 spectators crammed into the

stadium to see the game.

Cram

1) be bound to = to be very likely to do or feel a particular thing

• Differences of opinion on various issues are bound to exist.

• 你一次处理这么多事务，肯定会出错。• When you are handling so many affairs at

a time, mistakes are bound to happen.

2) be/feel bound to do sth = to feel that you ought to do something, because it is morally right or your duty to do it

• Tom felt bound to tell Joanna the truth.

Bound

3) traveling towards a particular place or in a particular direction

• The plane is bound for Somalia.

4) be bound up with sth. = to be very closely connected with a particular problem or situation

• Mark's problems are all bound up with his mother's death when he was ten.

• The people of Japan began to realize that their future was inseparably bound up with that of China.

布带abandon vt. 离弃，丢弃，抛弃，放弃否定bandage n. 绷带 v. 用绷带包扎ban- 词根：小布条banner n. 旗帜，横幅slogan n. 标语 logo n. 标识

banner slogan

logo

leader 领导house 豪宅saint 圣徒

humor 幽默

band n. 布带 bound v. 绑缚 n. 边界 v. 蹦 ( 蹦跶 ) bond bundle = bunch n. 结合物 , 债券 n. 一束，一捆

bundle

元音改变，本意不变man same graymen similar grey

standastound v. 使震惊astonish v.

astound

band n. 布带 bound v. 捆绑 n. 分界线 boundary n. 分界线abound vi. 大量存在，充满，富于否定aboundant abundant (adj.) abundance

(n.)redundant adj. 冗余的再一次 通过一个通知，通知大家这个通知。

用闩门的门闩闩门。notice n.notify v.

noticeable adj.

1) happening regularly or all the time• There was a constant stream of visitors

to the house.• 她的诊室不断有家长前来求助。• Her clinic has a constant stream of

parents wanting help.

2) staying the same• The truck was travelling at a fairly

constant speed.

3) loyal and faithful• He is a constant friend.

commit

1) do (sth.) wrong or illegal• Women commit fewer crimes than men.

2) say that (sb.) will definitely do (sth.) or must do (sth.)

commit sb. to doing sth.• He has clearly committed his

government to continuing economic reform.

• 这一奖学金要求学生们必须在公立学校授课。• The scholarship commits students to

teaching in public schools.

be acquainted with sb./sth.= know sb./sth. very well

As a new employee, you are expected to get acquainted with the working procedure as soon as possible.

我需要熟练掌握新的规则。 I need to acquaint myself with the new rules/ re

gulations.

have a good command ofhave a good command of

Claire has a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.

He's just a business acquaintance.

我昨天在火车上撞见了我的老同事。 I bumped into an old acquaintance on the tr

ain.

campuscampus

• In Americn universities, classes are often arranged in more flexible paterns and any jobs on campus are reserved for students.

• 在校园里 on the campus? & in the campus?

• circumstance 指某事或动作发生时的情况。

• surroundings 专指自然环境，从周围的食物这一客体着眼。

• environment 可指自然环境，也可指精神环境，均从环境对人的感受，道德级观念的影响着眼。

• The children grew up in beautiful surroundings but not in a happy home environment.

apart from表示“除…外”，它既可以表示 besides 的意思，也可以表示except 或 except for 的意思

1. There are three other presents at the meeting apart from Mr. Jackson.

2. Apart from his uncle, the orphan had no one to take care of him.

• When teachers assign homework, students usually feel an obligation to do it.

• The female reporter was assigned to cover the war in Iraq.

• The US government assigned 20 million dollars to support elections.

motivate v. 作为 ... 的动机，促动激发 ... 的兴趣，激励

• A good teacher has to be able to motivate her students.

• The profit-sharing plan is designed to motivate the staff to work hard.

motivation n.

• A certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and challenge.

• It found that those with the weakest smiles were more than three times as likely to have been through a divorce, according to the journal Motivation and Emotion.

accumulate v. 积累 , 积聚（强调逐步的积累过程）

• By investing wisely, she has accumulated a great fortune.• 脂肪倾向于堆积在臀部和

大腿处。• Fat tends to accumulate aro

und the hips and thighs.

1. 一点也不，绝非2. 长期努力3. 精通英语4. 有过错，有责任5. 被挤出来6. 对待7. 把…记住8. 提防，戒备

by no meansprolonged effortgain a good command ofat fault

be crowded outdeal with

commit…to memorywatch out for

Useful Expressions

9. 经常10. 提高你的听力

on a regular basisimprove your ear

11. 除…之外12. 反复地13.找出14. 随意交谈15. 例如16. 详细地17. 购物18. 表演出来

in addition to/apart fromover and over againseek outfeel free to talkfor instancein detailmake a purchaseact out

19. … 大有收益20. 把…加以运用

It pays to…put…into practice

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Text organization

Part1(1-2) Part 2 (3-8) Part 3 (9)

Divide the text into 3 parts and get the main idea of each one.

Text Analysis

Unit 1 Some Strategies for Learning English

Learning English is by no means easy. It

takes great diligence and prolonged effort.

Para 1

Text Analysis

Para 3. Do not treat all new words in exactly the same way.

Have you ever complained about your memory because you find it simply impossible to memorize all the new words you are learning?

• But, in fact, it is not your memory that is at fault.

• It is …that…• It is John that broke the window.• at fault: guilty of error; deserving blame• Mr. Smith was so pig-headed hat he

could never accept that he had been at fault.

The Emphatic Pattern

• If you your head with too many new words at a time, some of them are bound to be crowded out.

• : force sth. into a small place• Terry crammed the dirty clothes into his

bag.

cram

be certain to

You are bound to succeed if you persistently work hard.

What you need to do is to deal with new words in different ways according to how frequently they occur in everyday

use.

predicative subject

While active words demand constant practiceand

useful words must be ,

words that do not often occur in everyday situations require just a nodding acquaintance.

committed to memory

: memorize

• Ponderous • 笨重的• 胖得要死• Sting • 蛰；叮• 死叮• Frugal • 节俭的• 腐乳就够

Homophonic Memory 谐音记忆

• brief 简洁的• grief 悲伤的• relief 缓解

• 不简洁，哥悲伤，阿姨说谎 ( 为缓解 ) 。• b 简洁， g 悲伤， re lie 为缓解

Formula memory 口诀记忆

Story memory故事记忆

Active words

Active words

Useful words& phrases

Useful words

& phrases

Useful w

ords

& phra

ses

seldom used words

seldom used words

Have you ever wondered why we say, “I am interested in English”, but “I am good at French”? And have you ever asked yourself why native English speakers say, “learn the news or secret”, but “learn of someone’s success or arrival”? These are all examples of idiomatic usage.

Watch out for idiomatic ways of saying things.

Para 4

When pigs fly.

不可能。 It’s impossible.

See the elephant.

见世面。

The Effects of English Culture on Idioms:

• The living circumstance Factor• The Historical Factors • The Religious Factor• The Literary Art Factors

The living circumstance

Factor• Geographica

l environment

• island • Sea• water• sailing• island • fish

Don’t teach fish to swim.不要班门弄斧。

more examples :• as close as an oyster • ( 守口如瓶 ) • at sea • ( 茫然 ) • in full sail • ( 全力以赴 ) • dull fish • ( 枯燥无味的人 )

Climate

• western hemisphere• North Temperate Zone and

marine climate,• ( 北温带海洋气候 ) • "west wind" is the symbol of

spring. • Shirley'' s "Ode to West Wind" is a

praising song of spring.

The Historical Factors

• Appeal to Caesar （诉诸最高权力机关 ( 或上级、长辈 ) ）

• Do in Rome as the Romans do • Rome was not built in a day • All roads lead to Rome

The Religious Factor

• Christian • Jesus• Bible

• as poor as a church mouse 教堂 ( church ) 是教徒们进行宗教活动的地方，教徒们虔诚地

作礼拜，当然没有人在这里吃东西，自然也不会有食品橱，一切都为得庄严肃穆。所以老鼠想在教堂里找吃的东西，根本的枉费心机，教堂里的老鼠 ( a church mouse ) 是非常穷的，所以就有 as poor as a church mouse 的说法，指某人一贫如洗。

The Literary Art Factors

• Idioms from literary works • Shakespeare

• die in harness ( 因公殉职 ) ——Macbeth • to claim one's pound of flesh ( 割某人的

一磅肉 ) • ——The Merchant of Venice

Useful Idiomatic sayings

• dead president

美钞• goose flesh

鸡皮疙瘩• American Beauty

美国产四季开花的蔷薇• Dutch treat

• AA制；各付己账

In learning English, you must pay attention not only to the meaning of a word, but also to the way native speakers use it in their daily lives.

Listening to English on a regular basis will not only improve your ear, but will also help you build your speaking skills.

on a regular basis: often and according to a set frequency

I write to him on a regular basis.送奶员定期给我们送奶。

The milkman sends us milk on a regular basis.Paraphrase the phrase “improve one’s ear”.

“Ear” here means sense of hearing. This phrase may be paraphrased as “develop one’s listening competence”.

Para 5

It pays to absorb as much as you can from reading and listening and then try to put what you have learned into practice through speaking and writing.

pay: v. give money in exchange for goods or services; bear a cost or penalty

Eg. He paid the bill.

Mum paid for my driving lessons.有一天你一定会为你的自私付出代价。

You'll have to pay for your selfishness some day.

Collocation:

it pays to do (sth.)pay attention topay tribute topay a call/vist topay offpay out

做某事是大有益处的注意赞颂拜访付清付出

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put…into practice: carry out or perform

One must have thoroughly mastered a theory before one can put it into practice properly.对任何理论，先要融会贯通，才谈得上运用自如。

A project to modernize the teaching process has recently been put into practice in colleges in China.

Analyze the structure of the sentence

It pays to do sth. It is beneficial to do sth.It pays to read as many classic works as possible..

Translate the sentence into Chinese.

从读和听中尽量多吸收，然后再试着把学到的东西通过说和写加以运用，定会大有收益。

As pointed out in the text, learning English is a process of accumulation. Learning English requires some helpful strategies as well as diligence and effort. It is urgent to remember those strategies and try consciously to develop them for our English study. You also should balance your input and output.

Summary Remarks

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Vocabulary Activities

1.1) e 2) g 3)j 4)a 5)b 6) I 7) c 8) d 9) h 10) f

2. 1)handing 2) summarized 3 ） process 4 ） absorb 5 ） be bound to 6)feel free 7) for instance 8)strategies 9)complained 10)has committed …to memory 11)Nevertheless 12)rely …on 13)Apart from 14) command

3. 1) over and over again 2) at a time 3) put it into practice 4)watching out for 5)by no means 6) concentrate on 7) In addition to 8) in detail

Enriching Your Word Power

①a) additional b) add c) addition d) addition② a) effectively b)effect c) effective d) effect③ a)helpful b) help c)helpless d)help

e)helplessly f)helpfully g) helpful④a)reliant b)reliable c)reliance, reliable

d)relies e)reliably⑤ a) repetition b) repeating c)repeatedly d)

repeated e)repetition

Usage

1)In my opinion 2)According to Mary 3)In our opinion 4)According to today’s papers5)In most doctors’ opinion / According to most doctors

structure1) ① Shakespeare was not only a

dramatist but also an actor.

structure

② Miss Crain not only took me home in her car , but also came the next day to see if I had recovered.

③ Hainan Island attracts tourists not only in winter but also in summer.

④There is always a black market not only in Britain , but also in other European countries

⑤ At the Athens Olympics in 2004, Liu xiang not only won a gold medal in the 110-meter hurdles, but also broke the Olympic record.

structure

2)①It is true that your sentences are all grammatically correct, but they don’t make any sense.

②It is true that they lost that battle, but they still went on fighting.

③It is true that Tom’s very clever and hardworking, but I still don’t think he is the right person for the job.

④It is true that learning English is by no means easy, but we can make the task easier by using some learning strategies.

Cloze

1)①strategies ②frequently ③ over and over again ④commit to memory

⑤acquaintance ⑥ watch out for ⑦communicate ⑧process

⑨opportunities ⑩rely on put into ⑾practice absorbed⑿

2) ①if ②about ③it ④know ⑤up ⑥as ⑦addition ⑧even ⑨ into ⑩other for ⑾ ⑿while

Translation1)Mrs. Smith complained to me that she often

found it simply impossible to communicate with her 16-year old daughter.

2) I firmly believe that reading simplified English novels is an easy and enjoyed way of enlarging our vocabulary.

3)I don’t think we’re doing enough to protect our environment from pollution.

4)In addition to /Apart from writing composition on a weekly basis, our English teacher assigned us eight books to read during the summer vacation.

Translation• 5)We’ve learned from reliable sources that a

native English speaker is going to teach us spoken English next term /semester.

• 6)Seeing English movies on a regular basis will not only improve your ear , but will also help you build your speaking skills.

7)If you have any questions about these learning strategies, please feel free to ask me . And I ‘ll explain them in greater detail.

8)The Canadian girl is good at seizing every opportunity to speak Chinese. That’s why she has gained a good command of spoken Chinese in less than three years.

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Proverbs and Quotations

1. Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.

学习只能循序渐进，而不能跃进。

2. Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.

愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。3. There is no royal road to learning.

书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。4. Time and tide wait for no man.

时不我待。

5. Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. — Francis Bacon, British philosopher

6.

It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees. — George Eliot, English novelist

阅读使人充实，讨论使人机敏，写作使人严谨。— 英国哲学家 F ۰ 培根

天上永远不会掉下玫瑰来，如果想要更多的玫瑰，必须自己种植。 — 英国小说家 G ۰ 艾略特

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