Unit One Fresh Unit One Fresh StartStart

Unit One Fresh Unit One Fresh StartStart

Evelyn HeraldEvelyn Herald

Usage of “fresh”What meanings can you think of about

“fresh”?

• use a fresh page• 用新的一页• fresh vegetable/ fish/ bread/ air• 新鲜的蔬菜 / 鱼 / 面包 / 空气• Let me make you a fresh pot of tea.• 我重新再给你沏一壶茶吧。• fresh goods• 新到的货

• The plants look fresh after the rain. • 雨后植物看起来生气盎然。• She's quite fresh to office work.• 她对办公室工作缺乏经验。• She's trying to get fresh with my brother.• 她想对我弟弟无礼

• Fresh: 新新 (( 鲜鲜 ) ) 的；刚到的、刚发生的；年轻的；刚到的、刚发生的；年轻的 、有活力的；无经验的的 、有活力的；无经验的 ;; （对异性）厚颜的，（对异性）厚颜的，无理的无理的

Pre-Reading• 1. Do you remember your first campus

visit, registration or the first day of classes? How did you feel? And why did you get that kind of feeling? The following words might be useful.

• Lost, surprise, homesick, shock, disillusion, disappointed, different, free from constraints, independent, excited, proud, busy, messy

• 2. Please compare the university life in your dream and in your real life. The comparison can range from study, living place, extracurricular, love, relationship with parents, with teachers, students role, etc.

About Text About the text In this autobiographical essay, the writer

recounts her embarrassing moments during her first days of college.

• The text, written by Evelyn Herald (contemporary), appeared in Nutshell magazine in 1989.

• Nutshell magazine• It's a monthly, web-based magazine with an

email newsletter component which contains short, interesting stories .

Reading Narrative• What are the essential elements of a

narrative?

a clear context

well-chosen details

an appropriate and consistent point of view

a logical, often chronological organization

Time;Location;

Characters(major & minor)

Chronological order(time sequence)

Discourse Analysis

Context Context Context Context

First person narrative(“I”)

POVPOVPOVPOV

Organization Organization Organization Organization

Sitting in the wrong class;Falling down in the café;

Witnessing the upper classfootballer having the same

experience

Details Details Details Details

Part Division

Para. 1-2: My first day on college campus1.

Para. 3-5: Sitting in the wrong class2.

Para. 6-7: Falling down in the cafeteria 3.

Para. 8-10: Witnessing the upper class footballer having the same experience4.

Para. 11-14: the insight into myself 5.

Different kinds of colleges and universities

• normal university/teachers’ college • ( 师范大学 /学院 )• polytechnic/institute of technology • ( 理工学院 )• institute/college of finance and economics • ( 财经学院 )• institute of chemical engineering • ( 化工学院 )• medical university • ( 医科大学 )• agricultural university • ( 农业大学 )• university of science and technology • ( 科技大学 )• junior college • ( 专科学校 )

Para. 1-2: My first day on college campus

• How did I feel the first day on campus after my parents had left?

• Please identify words or phrases that can reflect her feeling.

1. drive off (a) (of a driver, car, etc) leave （指驾驶

人 ﹑ 汽车等）开走 , 离开 . (b) (in golf) hit the ball to begin a game

发球 . >drive sb off take sb away in a car,

etc 用汽车等把某人送走 . drive sb/sth off defeat or chase away

(an enemy or an attack) 击败 , 击退（敌人或攻势） .

• 2. square v. make (sth) straight or level 使（某物）变直或变平 : square one's shoulders

• 3. discreet  adj careful or showing good judgment in what one says or does; not too obvious 言谈举止谨慎的 ; 不显眼的 : I should make a few discreet enquiries about the firm before you sign anything.

• > 反： indiscreet • discreetly adv. discretion n.

• 4. reserve n. [U] tendency to avoid showing one's feelings and appear unsociable to other people; restraint 矜持 ; 自制 : For once, she lost/dropped her customary reserve and became quite lively.

• • 5. whereabouts n. the place or area

where someone or something is 下落 : He showed great reluctance to reveal his whereabouts.

Para. 3-5: Sitting in the wrong class

• Why is the word “marched” used in the first sentence of Paragraph 3?

• How many questions are used in Para 3 and 5? Why does the author raise these questions?

• 6. deliberation  n [U, C] careful consideration or discussion 仔细的考虑或商议 : After long deliberation, they decided not to buy.

• >deliberate adj a) done on purpose; intentional 故意的 ; 蓄意的

b) unhurried; careful 不慌不忙的 ; 审慎的 :  

• deliberate v.  ~ (about/on sth) (fml) think or talk carefully 仔细考虑或谈论

• 7. crack v. • a). (cause sth to) make a sharp sound

（使某物）发出爆裂声 ; （使某物）噼啪作响 : crack a whip / one's knuckles

• b). (cause to) develop a crack or cracks （使）开裂 , 爆裂

• 8. anthology  n. collection of poems or pieces of prose on the same subject or by the same writer （同一主题或同一作者的）诗集 , 选集 : an anthology of love poetry

• 9. tense  v [I and T] also tense up to make your muscles tight and stiff, or to become tight and stiff.( 使 ) 拉( 绷 ) 紧 : Relax, and try not to tense up so much.

• 10. tip sb off (infml) give sb an advance warning or hint 事先给某人警告或暗示 : Someone tipped off the police about the robbery.

Para. 6-7: Falling down in the cafeteria

• How did the students react when she slipped and fell down? And how did she feel about it?

• 11. nourishment  n [U] formal a). the food and other substances that people and other living things need to live, grow, and stay healthy 食品 , 养料 : lack of proper nourishmentb). something that helps a feeling, idea, or belief to grow strongeremotional/intellectual/spiritual nourishment>nourishing adj : nourishing food 滋养的食物

nourish vt. 养育，滋养；怀有，增强

• 12. flail v [I, Tn] (cause sth to) wave or swing about wildly （使某物）乱摇或乱摆 : The dying lamb fell, its legs flailing (about) helplessly.

• 13. manoeuvre (US maneuver) n. [C] • a) movement performed with care and

skill 谨慎而熟练的动作 : A rapid manoeuvre by the driver prevented an accident.

• b) (usu fig) (esp deceptively) skilful plan or movement （尤指欺骗的）巧计 , 花招 : This was a crafty manoeuvre to outwit his pursuers.

• > maneuver v. 谨慎地运用技巧 ; 操纵 maneuverable  a. 可移动的，可操纵的

• 14. brigade  n a) army unit, usu of three battalions, forming part of a division 旅（陆军的编制单位） . b) group of people, esp one organized for a particular purpose 队 , 组 : the fire brigade

• 军 corps 师 division 旅 brigade 团regiment 营 battalion 连 company 排 platoon 班 squad

• 15. sneak   v. go quietly and secretly in the direction specified 悄悄地走（向某处） ; 溜 : He stole the money and sneaked out of the house.

• sneak up (on sb/sth) 悄悄接近然後突然出现

• >sneak n 偷偷摸摸的人 sneak adj 出其不意的 sneakers n [pl] (infml ) 胶底运动鞋 .

sneaking adj 私下的 , 暗地的 sneaky adj (infml derog) 鬼鬼祟祟的 ;

偷偷摸摸的

Para. 8-10: Witnessing the upper class footballer having the same experience

• What happened in the cafeteria when she went there on the fourth day?

• 16. composed  adj seeming calm and not upset or angry 沉着的 : He appeared very composed despite the stress he was under.

17. laugh, giggle, chuckle, grin, guffaw, beam, smile

• Laugh 最广泛的使用• Laugh foolishly • 傻笑• Laugh grimly • 狞笑• Laugh hysterically • 歇斯底里地笑• Laugh maliciously • 不怀好意地笑• Laugh lightly • 轻松地笑

• Giggle 音调高或尖声地笑 , 常指儿童或女孩咯咯笑• The girls whispered and giggled together. • Chuckle 轻笑 , 暗笑 , 常用比喻意义 , 指觉得满意• He was chuckling to himself over what he

was reading. • Grin 指露齿而笑• He grinned broadly at me. • Guffaw 放声大笑 , 狂笑• The company guffawed at the silly answer.• Beam 笑逐颜开• Her face beamed with joy. • Smile 微笑 , 反义词 frown• He smiled to see the children play.

• 18. slink  v. (past tense and past participle slunk) to move somewhere quietly and secretly, especially because you are afraid or ashamed= creep 鬼鬼祟祟地移动 ; 溜走 : Edward was hoping to slink past unnoticed.

• 19. malicious  adj very unkind and cruel, and deliberately behaving in a way that is likely to upset or hurt someone 恶毒的 : a spiteful and malicious girlmalicious gossip/rumour>maliciously adv maliciousness n [U]

malice n. 恶意，怨恨

Para. 11-14: the insight into myself

• What, according to the Evelyn, is one of the major differences between college and high school lives?

• 20. preoccupation  n• a) [U] ~ (with sth) state of constantly

thinking or worrying about sth; obsession 全神贯注 ; 苦思苦想 : She found his preoccupation with money irritating.

• b) [C] thing that a person thinks about all the time 心里总想着的事物 ; 耿耿於怀的事物 : His main preoccupation at that time was getting enough to eat.

• 21. shackle  n. a). [C usu pl] either of a pair of metal

rings linked by a chain, used for fastening a prisoner's wrists or ankles together 手铐 ; 脚镣 ; 镣铐 . b). shackles [pl] the ~s of sth (fig) conditions, circumstances, etc that prevent one from acting or speaking freely 束缚 ; 羁绊 : the shackles of convention > shackle v 给（某人）带上手铐或脚镣 ; 束缚（某人）