全新版大學進階英語第二冊-Unit-4-Study-Abroad

Q1:Ifyouhaveachancetostudyabroad,whichcountrydoyouwanttogomost?Why?JapanFrance

GermanyCanadaItalyKoreaAustraliaAmericaSwitzerlandSingaporeRussiaBritainQ2:Canyoulistanytop

universitiesallroundtheworld？Top5KeyUniversitiesWorldwideUniversityofCambridge

OxfordUniversity

HarvardUniversityThegate

ofHarvardUniversity

UniversityofCalifornia-BerkeleyMassachusettsInstituteTechnologyMITMediaLab(麻省理工媒體實驗室)StudyabroadAhottopicinsocietyConclusion:studentsplanningtogoabroadaccountforalargeproportionCurrentsituationofStudyingabroad

Chinesestudents:1.27million.Destinations:103countries.

annualgrowth:35%ormore,andhasnotbeenreduced.CrazeofstudyingabroadamongcollegestudentsThedifferencesinexaminationsChinaForeignCountriesDifficultEasyLowacceptancerateHighacceptancerateOnlyonetimeSeveraltimesThedifferencesinuniversitiesChinaForeignCountriesscoresscoresandactivitiesbetterfacilitiesmorefamousprofessorsVideoClipOnMyWayThereallifeofanoverseasstudentstudyingintheUSQ:

WhatM-termcoursedidEricchoose?Sinceresuggestions!Donotgoblindly!Considerclearly!Preparewellbeforeyoumakedecisions.Makeyourownfutureplans!YiluZhao(趙軼璐)CFOChiefFinancialOfficer(首席財務官)AShanghainativeB.A.(文學學士學位)fromYaleUniversityJ.D.(法學博士學位)fromHarvardLawSchoolMadonna(麥當娜)Americansingersongwriterproducer麥當勞TheOdysseyAnepicstorywrittenbyHomerthathasbeenasignificantpieceofliterature.Outline:WanderingontheseaReturnandreunionALatinepicpoem,tellsthelegendarystoryofAeneas,aTrojanwhotravelledtoItaly,wherehebecametheancestoroftheRomans.Thefirstsixofthepoem'stwelvebookstellthestoryofAeneas'swanderingsfromTroytoItaly,thesecondhalftellsoftheTrojans'ultimatelyvictoriouswarupontheLatins,underwhosenameAeneasandhisTrojanfollowersaredestinedtobesubsumed.TextorgnizationtwoancientclassicstwotensionsYiluZhaoexperiencedduringherfirstyearatYaleUniversityTextorgnizationTheclassicsthemeparagraphsGoinghome(P1,line3)1-6Beingtornbetweenthepastandthefuture(P7)7-938Relatedeventsinherlife1.ShehadlefthomebecauseshewantedtounderstandbetterWesterncivilizationand

Americancivilization.2.ShemissedhomebecausestudyinghumanitiesatYalewasDifferentfromthatinChina,e.g.nocorrectanswerstomemorize,originalityneededinclassandforhomework;Difficultforaforeignstudent,e.g.reading,listeningandnote-taking.3921totakescienceHermotherwantedherShewantedtoStudyhumanitiesandwritebetterEnglish.2023/11/8CanyoufindsomeadjectivesthatcoulddescribeYiluZhao’sfeelingasanewstudentatYale?(P1-5)LanguageFocusWords&Expression

stretchout伸直（肢體）

e.g.I’mnotfeelingwell.CouldIstretch

outonthesetwoemptyseats?我覺得不太舒服。我可以在這兩個空座位上躺下來嗎？

e.g.TheseastretchedoutasfarasIcouldsee.大海一直延伸到我目所能及之處。

grab:vt.getholdof抓住，攫取

e.g.Grabhim!Hesnatchedmycellphone!抓住他！他搶了我的手機！他抓住我的領子把我拉到他面前。

e.g.Hegrabbedmycollarandpulledmetowardshim.seizevt.抓住seizetheopportunity

e.g.Seizetheopportunity,or

you’llregretit!抓住這個機會，否則你會后悔的。

befloodedwith:befilledwith被…充滿

e.g.Shepulledupthecurtain.Theroomwasimmediatelyfloodedwithsunlight.她拉開窗簾，房間里頓時灑滿陽光。

e.g.Theofficewasfloodedwithdocuments.辦公室收到如洪水般涌至的文件。

suicide:n.

自殺；自殺者，自取滅亡的行為

e.g.Foronereasonoranother,she

committedsuicide.不知什么原因，她自殺了。

murder謀殺

adj.

自殺的

e.g.Shepretendednottohaveknownthesuicidebomber.她假裝不認識那名自殺式炸彈襲擊者。

filter:vi.passthrough滲透；傳開；過濾

e.g.Youneedtofilterthedrinkingwater.你需要把飲用水過濾。戰(zhàn)敗的消息開始傳出來。

e.g.Thenewsofthedefeatstartedtofilterthrough.

yearn:vi.desirestrongly渴望；向往

e.g.IyearnforachancetoseeMary.我渴望有機會見瑪麗一面。他渴望回到故鄉(xiāng)。

e.g.Heyearnedtoreturntohisnativeland.

yearnforsth.

yearntodosth.

comprehend:vt.

理解

e.g.Mandoesnotyetcomprehendtheuniverse.人類沒有完全了解宇宙。我可以充分了解老師的授課。

e.g.Icanfullycomprehendtheteacher’slecture.

interpretation:n.解釋；闡釋；口譯

e.g.Thiswriter’sworkdemandsinterpretation.

That’swhyadiscussioninclasswouldbehelpful.這位作家的作品不容易懂。所以課堂討論會有幫助。

辨析

interpretationVS.translationinterpretation一般指口譯或解讀Translation指筆譯或翻譯的泛稱

e.g.Let’scomparethetranslationwiththeoriginal.讓我們把譯文和原文比較一下。

makeupfor:

彌補；補償

e.g.Hetriedhardtomakeupforthelosetime.他竭力試圖彌補損失的時間。什么也不能補償他們所受的痛苦。

e.g.Nothingcanmakeupforwhattheyhavesuffered.

hesitate:v.猶豫；躊躇

e.g.Whenyouareinneed,don’thesitate

toaskmeforhelp.需要時，請不必客氣，盡管來找我?guī)兔Α?/p>

instinct:n.

本能；直覺

e.g.Apersoncameoverandstoodbehindme.ByinstinctIknewitwasawoman.有人過來站在我身后。憑直覺我知道那是一個女人。

animalinstinct

動物的本能

naturalinstinct

天性

by/outofinstinct

出于本能

e.g.Instinctisnotalwaysagoodguide.憑本能行事不一定都對。

stickto.keepto堅持

e.g.Wemuststicktoourtasktillitisfinished.我們必須繼續(xù)工作，直到做好為止。

sticktoone’sgun堅守陣地

sticktoones’colors堅守自己的觀點

feelobligatedto(dosth.):

feelitamustto(dosth.)覺得必須（做某事）

e.g.Asahistorian,Ifeelobligated

torecordthefactsandonlyfacts.作為歷史學家，我理當記錄史實，除了史實還是史實。

obligatev.強制；預留

adj.有義務的；必要的

pleadwithsb.(todosth.)懇求某人（做某事）孩子懇求母親讓她就一天不去上學。

e.g.Thekidpleadedwithhermothertoletherstayoutofschoolforjustoneday.adj.+todo1.描述人類感受的形容詞，如afraid，content，disappointed，eager，glad，happy，reluctant，sad，sorry，surprised，willing+todo2.一些形容詞如dangerous，difficult，easy，funny，fit，good，hard，impossible，nice，simple+todo句子的主語實際上是動詞不定式的賓語注意：如果adj.后面的動詞不定式中的動詞是不及物動詞，必須添加一個合適的介詞進來。SentencepatternYes,…but…雖然，但是e.g.Yes,themethodseemsgood,butitneeds

tobetriedout.這個方法似乎不錯，但需要試驗一下。e.g.Yes,Itried,butfailed.Theywouldn’teven

listentome.

我試過了，但是失敗了。他們甚至不聽我講。SentencepatternWhatbetterwaytodo…thantodo…/

thandoing…?做某事最好的方法難道不是……嗎？/

還有什么比……更好呢？/……是最好的。e.g.Whatbett