1、Unit4 Never too old to learnExtended Reading My university life2.What is your target university?Please describe it from the following aspects.1.How do you feel about graduating from high school and entering into university?Are you more excited or anxious?Why?Lead in 1.How do you feel about graduatin
2、g from high school and entering into university?Are you more excited or anxious?Why?I feel both excited and anxious about graduating from high school and entering into university later.On the one hand,I expect new and interesting things to happen in adulthood.On the other hand,being an adult means I
3、 have to take more responsibility for myself and be ready to face all kinds of challenges in my studies and in life.However,Ill cross that bridge when I come to it.2.What is your target university?Please describe it from the following aspects.AspectsDetailsBasic information(name and location)Typical
4、 attractions(facilities,famous alumni,distinguished majors)Read the journal entry and fill in the mind map.Read for structureMy university lifePart1(Para.1)The(1)_Part2(Paras.25)(2)_(Para.2)(3)_(Para.3)(4)_(Para.4)(5)_(Para.5)(6)_Part3(Para.6)ThepreparationforthefuturegraduationUniversity lifeThe fi
5、rst day on campusThe first assignmentGroup projectsMy favourite professor Read for detailsRead the first two paragraphs and then answer the following questions What was the authors feeling upon arriving at university on the very first day?First,the author was worried and stressed,because she could f
6、eel her hands sweating slightly and she had to hold on tight to her suitcase.She was not sure whether she was able to be fit in with the university.Then,the author felt relieved because of the lively scene laying before her.She took up her courage to get her university life started.Read for deatails
7、 Read Paragraphs 35 in detail to find out the authors changes and complete the following table.AspectsBeforeAfterAssignments was not sure how to begin the first paragraph(1)_ left it to the last minute did not make a good essay headed straight for the library created an online followed by a draft(2)
8、_ made a much better essayProjectsmade a(3)_ effortmuch more(4)_ and productivekept putting it offdid careful editing and polishingsolostimulating What writing technique does the author use in giving the topic sentences in Paragraphs 25?Intheseparagraphs,theauthorusesthewritingtechniquecalledparalle
9、lism.Aparallelismisafigureofspeechthatusessimilarstructuresinseparatesentencestoexpressrelatedideas.Inthisway,thesentencesareemphasizedandforceful.Inparallelstructure,itisnecessarytobalancewordforword,phraseforphrase,clauseforclauseandsentenceforsentence.Inotherwords,thegeneralrhetoricalprincipleofp
10、arallelismis:similarideasareexpressedbysimilargrammaticalforms.AppreciationLanguage points1.Four years had disappeared in a flash 四年时间一晃而过。in/like a flash:very quickly and suddenly 一会儿，马上 e.g.Just wait here.Ill be back in a flash.The idea came to me in a flash.搭配：flash of inspiration/brilliance/insi
11、ght/anger灵感/才华/直觉/怒气等的闪现a flash in the pan 昙花一现e.g.His new novel proves he isnt just a flash in the pan.他的新小说证明他并不是个昙花一现的作家。2.I took a few seconds to compose myself and to take in the scene that was laid out before me.我花了几秒钟时间让自己镇定下来，观察这眼前的景象。compose yourself:to try hard to become calm after feeling
12、 very angry,upset,or excited(生气、烦躁或激动后)极力使自己平静下来e.g.Ten men compose the committee.Mozart composed his last opera shortly before he died.Im composing a formal reply to the letter.【归纳】compose v.1)to combine together to form a whole 组成2)to write music 作曲3)to write a letter,poem etc,thinking very carefu
13、lly about it as you write it (郑重地)写(信、诗作等)composer n.作曲家composition n.作品；作文；成分【语境应用】根据括号内的汉语提示补全下面句子。1)She began to _(创作歌曲)at an early age.2)The audience who _(主要由年轻人组成)crowded the concert hall.3)_(给当地政府写封信)stating your views on an issue of your choice.4)Please _(镇静);theres no need to get excited!co
14、mpose songs was composed mostly of young people Compose a letter to your local government compose yourself3.Little did I know that I was about to experience the best four years of my life.否定副词位于句首，句子使用部分倒装e.g.Seldom has there been such a happy meeting.Scarcely had he gone out when it began to rain.Hardly had she arrived when it began to snow.Rarely do local matches live up to expectations.
