1、知行英语知行英语1知行英语2FirstSightBetterAcquaintanceFurtherDevelopmentCross-culturalCommunicationRealTime知行英语3FirstsightTask1Fillinthefollowingblankswiththewordsgivenbelow.Changetheformifnecessary.1Whenwefinishhighschool,mostofusgoto_togethighereducation.2Insomecountrie
2、sliketheUS,youneedtosendyour_totheschoolbeforeyouareaccepted.3Iminterestedincomputer,soIchoosetostudyintheComputer_ofmyschool.Wehavethreedininghallson_.5Howmany_doyoutakeforthissemesterapplicationapplicationcampuscampuscollegecollegecoursecour
3、secreditcreditcommencement(commencement(毕业典礼毕业典礼))degreedegreedepartmentdepartmentgraduationgraduationtransfertransfercollegeapplicationDepartmentcampuscauses知行英语46ForthefourhoursofEnglishclassesItakeeachweekthissemester,Iwillgetfour_.7Noteverystudentcangeta(n)
4、_aftertheyreceiveseveralyearsofhighereducation.Theyneedtomeetthebasicrequirements.8Manystudentswilltakeajobafter_.9Somestudentswill_toanotherschooltofurthertheireducation.10Collegeoruniversitiesusuallyholda(n)_forstudentsupontheirgraduation.applicationa
5、pplicationcampuscampuscollegecollegecoursecoursecreditcreditcommencement(commencement(毕业典礼毕业典礼))degreedegreedepartmentdepartmentgraduationgraduationtransfertransferTask1creditsdegreegraduationtransfercommencement知行英语5Task2Fillintheblankswith“highschool”or“college”accord
6、ingtoyourunderstanding.Thendiscusswithyourpartneronthedifferencesbetweenthem.1In_,youdohomework.In_,youstudy.2In_,someprofessorsteachwithoutlookingattheteachingnotes.3In_,youretoldwhatclassestotake.In_,youcanchooseclassesbyyourself.4In_,whenyo
7、umissaclass,youdontneedanotefromyourparentssayingyouaresickthatday.5In_,youarenotresponsibleforknowingwhatittakestograduate.6In_,someclassesmayhave100studentsormore.highschoolcollegehighschoolcollegecollegehighschoolcollegecollegecollegecollege知行英语62There
8、wasatimeinmylifewhenthegraduationseasondidntmakemehappyatall.Idgotocommencementceremoniesandfeelsad,longingforadegreeofmyown.Butitalwaysfeltfaroutofmyreach.ThatsbecauseIhavealearningdisabilitythatmakesmathseemlikeGreektome.Dontaskmetodolin
9、earalgebra.Icant.ButinCaliforniawhereIlive,youneedtopassalgebratogotoastatecollege.Youalsoneedanextrascienceclasslikeastronomy.TotakeAstronomyyouguessedityouneedtobeabletodoalgebra.ReadingItGraduationSeasonBasedonastorybyJenniferGibbons*WordsBetter
10、acquaintance1Ilovethistimeofyear.Theflowersareinbloom,andeverythingisgreen.Summeriscoming.Andstudentseverywherearegraduating.Newbeginnings.*bloomn.花；开花（期）*commencementn.毕业典礼；学位授予典礼ceremonyn.典礼；仪式degreen.学位disabilityn.无能力*Greekn.希腊文*lineara.线状的；线性的*algebran.
11、代数(学)extraa.额外的*astronomyn.天文学1我特别喜爱每年的这个时节。鲜花盛开，万物披绿。夏天将至。各地的学生们即将毕业。全新的开始。2我生命中曾经有过那么一段时期，毕业的季节让我完全无法开心。每每参加完别人的毕业典礼，总是伤心而归，期盼着有一天自己也能拿到学位。可学位对于我，总是遥不可及。这是因为我有学习障碍，让我学数学如同看天书。你可别让我做什么线性代数，我不会。但我住在加利福尼亚，这的人必须通过代数考试才能上州立大学。而且还要学一门像天文学这样的科学课程。而要学天文学你猜对了就必须会代数。知行英语73Itriedtakingbasicmathcl
12、assesatthelocalcommunitycollege,butIalwaysgotlostevenwhenIaskedforhelpandworkedhard.Igaveupafterawhileanddrifted.Icouldntunderstandwhyitwassodifficult.Iwasbitter.4Ihadbeenunemployedforawholeyear.Isentoutrsumseveryday,butnothingwasworking.Iwas
13、stuck.Somethinghadtochange.5ImadealistofthingsIwasgoodat.Oneofthemwasworkingwithsmallchildren.MaybeIcouldlandapositionatapreschool.Imarchedbacktomycommunitycollegeandsignedupfor15unitsofclasses.Iwasnervous,butIknewIhadtodosomethingdrastic.
14、locala.地方性的；当地的；本地的communityn.社区*driftv.漂泊；游荡；漂流bittera.痛苦的；有苦味的unemployeda.未被雇用的；失业的rsumn.简历*stucka.无法摆脱困境的landv.得到；捞到positionn.位置*preschooln.幼儿园signv.签（名）；署名nervousa.神经紧张的；情绪不安的*drastica.激烈的；迅猛的4我一整年都找不到工作。虽然每天都往外发简历，但一事无成。我陷入困境。必须要做些改变了。5我把自己擅长的事一个个列了出来。其中有一条是擅长跟小孩子打交
16、mazing.Istudied,andImadefriends.Iwashappy.7Imetwithacounselorandaskedhimabouttransferring.HedidthesamesonganddanceaboutmathIdheardmanytimesbefore.8“Youknow,somepeoplearentmeanttotransfertofour-yearcolleges,”hetoldme.9Inthepast,whenIdgottenthis
17、speech,Idneversaidanything.ThistimeIspokeup.10“Iknowthat,butIwanttotransferandgetadegree,”Ireplied.“Pleasedontdefermefrommydream.”12IlookedintoMillsCollege.IlearnedtheyhadagreatEnglishDepartmentanddidnthaveamathrequirement.Itwasmeanttobe.amazi
18、nga.令人吃惊的；极好的*counselorn.（学生的）辅导员；顾问transferv.转学；调动；移动*deferv.推迟；拖延*utterv.发出（声音）；说requirementn.要求；必要条件6结果学校的生活非常好。我在那儿上课、交友，过得很开心。7我找到学校的一位辅导员，向他咨询转学的事。他又说了一套关于数学的老话这番话我以前不知道听过多少遍了。8“你知道吗，有些人并不适合转到四年制的大学，”他跟我说。9过去听到这种话的时候，我会默不做声。这次，我却反驳起来。10“我知道，但我真的很想转学，想拿个学位，”我回答说。“请别阻止我追求自己的梦想。”1
19、1话音刚落，我就四下看看，有那么一瞬间，我有些恍惚，不确定这番话是谁说出来的。不会是我吧。但的的确确是我。12我查了米尔斯大学的资料，了解到那里有一个很不错的英语系而且对数学不作要求。天助我也。知行英语913SoIsentinmyapplicationandprayedthatitwouldallbeOK.Ifpushcametoshove,IthoughtIcouldeventryalgebraagain.Amonthlater,Igotthebigenvelopeinthemailthegoodkindo
20、freplythatmostpeoplelookedforwardto.AndInearlyfelldownwhenIsawit.14Itookmydadtothecampusthatwasnowmine.“Thiscollegeisperfectforyou,”hesaid.IpointedtoToyonMeadow,wherecommencementswereheld.“SomedayImgoingtobesittinghereinmycapandgown,”Itoldhi
21、m.15Twoyearslater,Iwas.Isatwithmyfriends,listeningtoSenatorBarbaraBoxergiveherkeynotespeech.Dadsatupfront,beaming.Idneverseenhimlookhappier.16Whentheyannouncedmyname,Istartedtoweep.Iheardshoutingandsawmymother,mycousinandmyfriendswavingandcheer
22、ing.Iwavedback.applicationn.申请；申请表；申请书prayv.祈祷*shoven.猛推v.用力推；挤envelopen.信封perfecta.完美的；完满的*meadown.草地*gownn.长袍*senatorn.参议员*keynoten.（大会等的）主旨；基调*beamv.面露喜色announcev.宣布*weepv.（为）哭泣；流（泪）cousinn.堂（或表）兄弟；堂（或表）姐妹13于是我向学校递交了申请，然后祈祷一切顺利。事情真到了不得已的时候，我想我甚至可以再去尝试着啃代数。一个月后，我收到了学
23、校邮来的大信封那种所有人都期盼的好消息。看到它的时候，我几乎踉跄。14我带父亲来到这个现在属于我的校园。“这个学校非常适合你，”他说。我指着每年举办毕业典礼的柳叶楠草坪对他说：“总有一天我会穿着毕业礼服坐在这里。”15两年后，我真的坐到了这里，和朋友们一起，聆听芭芭拉鲍克瑟尔参议员的毕业典礼主旨演说。父亲坐在最前面，面带笑容。我从未见他如此高兴过。16叫到我的名字时，我的眼泪流了下来。我听到叫喊声，看见母亲、表亲和朋友在挥手欢呼。我也向他们挥手示意。知行英语1017“Welldone,”theprovostsaid.18Afterwards,Ihadapartya
24、tmyhouse,andpeoplefromalldifferentpartsofmylifewerethere.Thisisit,Ithought.Thisismymagictime.Thisiseverything.19Now,asIapproachmyfifth-yearreunion,Istillkeepmydegreeonabookshelf,alongwithagraduationcardsomeonegaveme.Forthelongesttime,anappointm
25、entreminderabouttransferringcollegeswastuckednexttoit.ItwasagoodtokenofthevaluablelessonIlearned.Thefirststeptowardchangingyourlifeisnevereasy.Butboy,itisworthit.*provostn.教务长magica.有魔力的approachv.靠近；接近*reunionn.重聚；团聚；联谊活动bookshelfn.书架appointmentn.约会；约定
26、*remindern.提示；使人回忆起某事的事物*tuckv.把夹入；把藏入*tokenn.信物；标志；纪念品worthprep.值得的17“非常好！”校长说。18后来，我在家办了个晚会，所有和我生活有关联的人都到场了。就是这样了，我当时想。这是我的神奇时刻。这就是一切。19现在，已经快到第五年校友聚会了，我的学位证书仍保存在书架上，连同一张别人赠送的毕业贺卡。旁边塞着转学的约见提醒单。这是一张发挥作用最长久的提醒单，它告示着我学到的非常有价值的一课。迈出改变人生的第一步从来就不容易，但是，迈这一步绝对值。知行英语11UnderstandingItTask1Rea
27、dthetextanddecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrue(T)orfalse(F).1Thewriterhadbeenoutofjobforalongtimebeforeshewentbacktocommunitycollegeagain.2Thewriterwasgoodatgettingalongwithlittlechildren.3Thecounselordiscouragedthewriterfromtransferringto
28、afour-yearcollege.4Thewriterstudiededucationincollegeinorderthatshecouldbecomeateacheraftergraduation.5Bothofthewritersparentscametothecommencementceremony.TTTFT知行英语12Task2Readthetextagainandorderthefollowingeventsaccordingtothetimetheyoccurred.1Sendi
29、ngoutrsumstolookforajob.2VisitingMillscampuswithDad.3FindingwhatIwasgoodat.4Wearingthecapandgownformycommencement.5Tryingsomebasicmathclassesandgettinglost.6Meetingwithacounselortotalkabouttransferring.7Makingtheapplicationtoafour-yearcollege.8Signin
30、gupfor15unitsofclasses.________51386724知行英语13Task3Readthetextcarefullyandanswerthefollowingquestions.1WhydoesthewriterlovethistimeofyearDidsheloveitbeforeWhyorwhynot2Whatkindofclassesdoyouthinkthewritersignedupforaftershemadealistofwha
31、tshewasgoodatWhywasshenervous3Whatdidthecounselorsayaboutthewritersideaoftransferring4Whatdoesthephrase“ifpushcametoshove”inParagraph13meanaccordingtothecontext5InParagraph19,youread“Forthelongesttime,anappointmentreminderabouttransferringcolle
32、geswastuckednexttoit.”Whatdoes“thelongesttime”mean知行英语14Task3Readthetextcarefullyandanswerthefollowingquestions.1WhydoesthewriterlovethistimeofyearDidsheloveitbeforeWhyorwhynot2Whatkindofclassesdoyouthinkthewritersignedupforaftershemadeali
33、stofwhatshewasgoodatWhywasshenervous3Whatdidthecounselorsayaboutthewritersideaoftransferring4Whatdoesthephrase“ifpushcametoshove”inParagraph13meanaccordingtothecontext5InParagraph19,youread“Forthelongesttime,anappointmentreminderabouttransferr
34、ingcollegeswastuckednexttoit.”Whatdoes“thelongesttime”mean1Thisisthetimeoftheyearwhencollegestudentsgraduateandenteranewstageoflife.Sheusedtofeelsadinthisgraduationseasonwhenacollegedegreeseemedoutofherreach.知行英语15Task3Readthetextcarefullyanda
35、nswerthefollowingquestions.1WhydoesthewriterlovethistimeofyearDidsheloveitbeforeWhyorwhynot2WhatkindofclassesdoyouthinkthewritersignedupforaftershemadealistofwhatshewasgoodatWhywasshenervous3Whatdidthecounselorsayaboutthewritersideaoftr
36、ansferring4Whatdoesthephrase“ifpushcametoshove”inParagraph13meanaccordingtothecontext5InParagraph19,youread“Forthelongesttime,anappointmentreminderabouttransferringcollegeswastuckednexttoit.”Whatdoes“thelongesttime”mean2Thecoursesshesignedupshoul
37、dberelatedtoteachingsmallchildren.Asshehadfailedonceinherattempttogetacollegedegree,shefeelsnervouswithhernewmovetowardherdream.知行英语16Task3Readthetextcarefullyandanswerthefollowingquestions.1WhydoesthewriterlovethistimeofyearDidsheloveitbeforeW
38、hyorwhynot2WhatkindofclassesdoyouthinkthewritersignedupforaftershemadealistofwhatshewasgoodatWhywasshenervous3Whatdidthecounselorsayaboutthewritersideaoftransferring4Whatdoesthephrase“ifpushcametoshove”inParagraph13meanaccordingtothecont
39、ext5InParagraph19,youread“Forthelongesttime,anappointmentreminderabouttransferringcollegeswastuckednexttoit.”Whatdoes“thelongesttime”mean3Thecounselordidnotthinkthewritershouldapplyforatransferasshewasweakinmath.知行英语17Task3Readthetextcarefullyand
40、answerthefollowingquestions.1WhydoesthewriterlovethistimeofyearDidsheloveitbeforeWhyorwhynot2WhatkindofclassesdoyouthinkthewritersignedupforaftershemadealistofwhatshewasgoodatWhywasshenervous3Whatdidthecounselorsayaboutthewritersideaoft
41、ransferring4Whatdoesthephrase“ifpushcametoshove”inParagraph13meanaccordingtothecontext5InParagraph19,youread“Forthelongesttime,anappointmentreminderabouttransferringcollegeswastuckednexttoit.”Whatdoes“thelongesttime”mean4Whenonemustcommitoneselft
42、oanactionordecision./Ifitbecomesabsolutelynecessary.知行英语18Task3Readthetextcarefullyandanswerthefollowingquestions.1WhydoesthewriterlovethistimeofyearDidsheloveitbeforeWhyorwhynot2Whatkindofclassesdoyouthinkthewritersignedupforaftershemadealist
43、ofwhatshewasgoodatWhywasshenervous3Whatdidthecounselorsayaboutthewritersideaoftransferring4Whatdoesthephrase“ifpushcametoshove”inParagraph13meanaccordingtothecontext5InParagraph19,youread“Forthelongesttime,anappointmentreminderabouttransferring
44、collegeswastuckednexttoit.”Whatdoes“thelongesttime”mean5Thereminderlaterbecameasymboloftheturningpointinherlife.So,asareminderofdifferentthings,thatappointmentreminderhasfunctionedfor“thelongesttime”.知行英语19LanguagePointstomove,change,ordosomethingwi
45、thoutanyplanorpurpose（毫无计划或漫无目的地）漂泊e.g.Smokedriftedacrosstheroom.withoutajob未被雇佣的，失业的e.g.Howlonghaveyoubeenunemployede.g.Therearenowoverfourmillionunemployedworkersinthiscountry.driftunemployedWords(由动词stick的过去分词转化而来的形容词)卡住的；困住的；unabletoescapefromabadorbori
46、ngsituation无法摆脱困境的e.g.Thebusgotstuckinthesnowandwehadtowalktherestoftheway.e.g.Canyouhelpmewithmyhomework,DadImstuck.(AmericanEnglish)aschoolforchildrenbetweentwoandfiveyearsofage=kindergartenBritishEnglish(2到5岁孩子的)幼儿园=英式英语中的kindergartenstuckpre-schoo
47、l知行英语20counselorLanguagePointsWordssomeonewhosejobistohelpandsupportpeoplewithproblems顾问；（学生）辅导员e.g.Agoodschoolcounseloroftencommunicateswiththestudents.tomoveorarrangeforsomeonetomovefromoneplaceorjobtoanother,especiallywithinthesameorganization转移(地方)；转学e
48、.g.HetransferredtoUCLAafterhisfreshmanyear.(由动词mean的过去分词转化而来，常用结构为bemeanttodosth或bemeantforsth)havingsomethingasapurposeorintention注定的，指定要的e.g.Youknow,somepeoplearentmeanttotransfertofour-yearcolleges.e.g.Theteacherscriticismismeantforallofus.transferm
49、eant知行英语21LanguagePointsWordstokenapproachtocomeneartosomeoneorsomethingindistanceortime靠近，接近，临近e.g.Ourvacationisapproachingandwestillcantdecidewheretogo.(formal)somethingthatrepresentsafeeling,fact,eventetc.(正式)象征，标志e.g.Pleaseacceptthisgiftasasmalltoken
50、ofourappreciation.e.g.Allthefamilyworeblackasatokenoftheirgrief.Phrases&Expressionsgraduationseason毕业季节outofmyreach超出伸手可及的距离；超出权力或影想能及的范围。也作：beyondonesreach反之可说：withinonesreach（在）触手可及（的范围以内)youguessedit(informal)youfoundtherightanswer你猜对了，你说中了知行英语22sendoutLa
51、nguagePointstosendsomethingtoalotofdifferentpeopleorplaces发出某物e.g.Shehadsentoutwelloverfourhundredinvitationsthatafternoon.经报名参加（课程学习）e.g.Hehassignedupfortwoeveningclasses.signupforPhrases&Expressionstohappeninaparticularway,ortohaveaparticular
52、result,especiallyonethatyoudidnotexpect最后结果是，证明是e.g.Thejobturnedouttobeharderthanwethought.e.g.Hisstatementturnedouttobefalse.turnout(tobe)不停的抱怨，小题大做;诸多解释借口e.g.Suzywasthere,makingasonganddanceaboutherachingfeet.e.g.Shegaveusalongsonganddanceaboutw
53、hyshewaslate.songanddance(about)知行英语23LanguagePointsPhrases&Expressionssendsomethingbymailtoaplacewhereitwillbedealtwith寄出e.g.Applicantsareaskedtosendinarsum.sentinlookforwardtoasplitsecond一刹那longfor渴望speakup大胆（或公开）地说出；响亮（或）清楚地说tobeexcitedandpleas
54、edaboutsomethingthatisgoingtohappen(喜滋滋地)期待，盼望这个结构最后的to是介词而非动词不定式to，因此它后面跟sth或doingsthe.g.Imreallylookingforwardtoourvacation.e.g.Imlookingforwardtoseeingyousoon.知行英语24listentosbdosth的结构常见于口语，表示听某人说话或报告等；表示“看见(see)某人做某事”的常用结构有两种：seesbdosth或seesbdoingsth；其中后者强调看见时动
55、作正在发生。listeningtoSenatorBarbaraBoxergiveherkeynotespeech.Isawmymother,mycousinandmyfriendwavingandcheering.LanguagePointsPhrases&Expressions(用作句子状语)无论如何e.g.Illcallyoutonightnomatterwhat.nomatterwhat到了迫不得已的时候e.g.Whenpushcomestoshove,weshallhavetouseou
56、rsavings.when/ifpushcametoshoveTwoyearslater,Iwas.两年后，我真的做到了。这是一个省略句。句子补充完整应为：Twoyearslater,Iwassittinghere(ontheToyonmeadow)inmycapandgown.两年后，我真的穿着毕业礼服坐到了这里（柳叶石楠草坪上）。Dadsatupfront,beaming.“微笑(beam)”的动作和“坐直(situp)”的动作一起发生，可将其中一个动词转化为现在分词结构来表达这种动作的同时性。知行英语25Backgro
57、undinformationcommencementceremony毕业典礼。每年的五、六月份都有学生毕业，很多大学（也有部分中学）都在这时举办毕业典礼，活动地点通常在户外，毕业生们身穿学位服。有时，学校还邀请毕业生家长及其亲朋好友来参加。这个短语中的commencement由动词commence（开始）派生而来，有着“毕业生完成学业、人生舞台拉开序幕”的寓意。知行英语26Backgroundinformationcapandgown顶帽和长袍。毕业生穿的学位服一般都由顶帽和长袍两个部分组成，长袍后面还带有兜帽(hood)。知行英语27Backgroundinformatio
58、ncommunitycollege社区学院。美国的社区学院通常为两年制的公立高等教育机构，毕业生只能获得副学士学位(associatesdegree)和毕业证(diploma)。有志继续深造的学生在社区学院毕业后可以转学(transfer)进入四年制学院或综合性大学(university)，通常两年或三年后可获得学士学位(bachelorsdegree)。转学一般首先由学生本人向有意向的学校提出申请(application)，校方决定录取与否。知行英语28Backgroundinformationkeynotespeeches大学的毕业典礼素有邀请知名人士作“主旨发言主旨发言(
59、Keynotespeeches)”的传统，如苹果前CEO乔布斯2005年在斯坦福大学(Stanford)的毕业典礼上的演说。演讲者身份各异，风格不一，演讲的时代背景在变化，因此主旨发言人的演讲内容也各有特点。知行英语29Backgroundinformationagraduationcardandgraduationparty有亲朋好友即将从学校毕业，人们常给他们寄上一张毕业贺卡(graduationcard)，送上一份温馨的祝福和深切的关心。毕业典礼之后，毕业生们常常在家里举办晚会(agraduationparty)，邀请亲朋来一同庆祝。知行英语30Backgrou
60、ndinformation加利福尼亚州(StateofCalifornia)，通常简称为加州,是美国西部太平洋岸边的一个州，面积全美第三，人口全美第一。首府萨克拉门托。California知行英语31Backgroundinformation位于加利福尼亚州奥克兰的米尔斯学院是一个文科私立女校，始建于1852年，作为女校，它的学士学位授予对象仅为女生，但申请研究生学位和证书的男女生都有。MillsCollege知行英语32Backgroundinformation作为加利福尼亚州有影响力的家庭、儿童、消费者、环境的拥护者，芭芭拉鲍克斯尔(BarbaraBoxer)在美国众议院干了十年之后于1993年