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Unit 3 Section AUnit 3 Section ACollege life in the Internet age

College life in the Internet age

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Contents

Words & phrases for detailed study

Words & phrases for self-study

Assignment

Notes • Sentence 1: The college campus, long a place of

scholarship and frontiers of new technology, is

being transformed into a new age of electronics

by a fleet of laptops, smartphones and

connectivity 24 hours a day. (Para1)

Notes• Sentence 2 : On a typical modern-day campus,

where every building and most outdoor common areas offer wireless Internet access, one student takes her laptop everywhere. (Para2)

• Sentence 3 : With many schools offering wireless Internet access anywhere on campus, colleges as a group have become the most Internet-accessible spots in the world. (Para3)

Notes • Sentence 4: In fact, a recent study in the US

found that information technology accounted for

5% to 8% of college budgets, up from an

estimated 2% to 3% in the mid-1980s. (Para7)

Notes

• Sentence 5: Other

colleges are straining to

stand out from their

peers. (Para10)

Notes • Sentence 6: Colleges around the world have been

replacing their computer systems for the past

decade, in large part to provide students with the

most advanced free system. (Para12)

trans-

acrosschange, from one

to another

translate transplant transcontinental transatlantic

a fleet of

a herd of

 a school of

a flock of  a swarm of

Group work 1

Give more words and phrases to indicate “ a group of”.

• access:

1) He is a man of easy access.

2) Students and faculty in the university have free access to the library.

  使用，接近，获取

• 翻译：

• accessible:

• 翻译：1) 这种信息不是很容易得到的。

易接近的；易得到的；易使用的

2) 一个管理人员应该让职员感到平易近人。

1)He couldn’t account for his absence from school.

2)The flood accounted for the bad crop.

3)It accounts for 15 percent of all air accidents.

4)The president must account for his government’s reform.

Group work 2

Study these sentences and find out different meanings of “account for”.

• strain to:

• 翻译：He spoke so softly that I had to strain to

catch what he was saying.

  使劲干；竭尽全力做（某事）

Group work 3

Please find more meanings of “strain”.

• stand out:

• 翻译：

An ordinary advertisement would not stand out in a competitive advertising industry.

  出色

• stand out:

• 翻译：

Yao Ming’s height makes him stand out in the crowd.

  显眼；突出

• replace…with/by:

• replace A with/by B : 用 B代替 A

• substitute A for B : 用 A代替 B

Group work 4

Please use different ways to translate the following sentence:我用他的画代替她的照片。

Self-study

Words Phrases

response Less than interesting/honest/help

analyze add to sth.

adopt visit with sb.

regulate take the lead

estimate fire off

inferior keep up with

compensate at a disadvantage

focus set up

competitive in large part

1. Finish group work1-4 and prepare to express your ideas in class.2. Learn by heart all the important words and phrases and work in groups to finish the summary of the text.

Assignment

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College l i fe in the Internet ageSection A

主讲人  李艳丽