I. Detailed study of Text A

Sentences:

1.        How to Be Cool at College

(p)How to make yourself very good and impressive to others at college 

cool: a. very good; impressive; fashionable; trendy (spoken) 绝妙的

You look really ~ in that new dress. 你穿那件衣服很帅。

If you say that someone is ~, you mean that he is fashionable, attractive, and trendy. 如果你说某人很酷 ，你是指他很时尚、很有吸引力。

cool down (off)变冷静     be cool to sb.对…冷淡

2.        Going to college? Lucky you! You’ll have a great time and a lot of fun on the way.

 (p)Are you going to college? How lucky you are! 

Please notice that they are elliptical sentence.

3. … but you will often have to take the first step in whatever you choose to do.

(p)it is true that there will be many people who are ready to help you, but you will often have to take the first step in anything at all that you choose to do.

 Notice that “ready to help you” modifies “many people’.

 Many people help you – many people who are ready to help you.

 Also notice the difference between “must” and “have to”: “have to” can have the future tense

Words and Phrases:

1.Please, don’t let them down!

(p)Please, don’t disappoint them!

let sb down: to fail to help or support sb as they hoped or expected 不能帮助；使失望

This machine won’t let you down.

He trudged home feeling lonely and let down. 他步履艰难地往家走，感到孤独沮丧。

She let down the curtain.放下窗帘。

The plane let down.飞机减速下降。

2. Why? Well, firstly, you may not get a job even if you do a course that is likely to get you one.

(p) you may not get a job even though you take a course which may help you get a job. Here “one” stands for “a job”.

be likely to do:  It’s likely to rain.

It’s no likely that the boss will agree.

3. Secondly, you are cheating yourself.

(p) you are not honest to yourself.

He was caught cheating on the exam.

I hate cheats. (n.)

Cheat sb. into doing 诱骗某人做…

He cheated me into stealing.

You can’t cheat in/on any exams.

Cheat sb. out of sth .骗取某人某物

The man cheated the girl out of 100 dollars.(R)

The man cheated the girl’s 100 dollars.(W)

4. You know it will be very difficult for you to respect yourself unless you are proud of your work.

(p)You know you will hardly respect yourself if you are not proud of your work.

  I respect him for his honesty. (v.)

  They stood in silence for one minute to show their respect for the dead. (n.)

  In respect of 关于，就…而言

 respective a. 各自的  They went their ~ ways.他们各走各的路。Respectively ad. Mary and her sister were ~ 12 and 16 years old.

5.This is true of a worker, doctor, teacher, or whatever.

be true of: valid or relevant for someone 对也有效/也一样

Surely, this is true of you. 当然这对你也一样。

true to life: (of a book, film/ movie, etc. 书、电影等) 真实的；惟妙惟肖；活灵活现

I don’t think the characters are very true to life. 我觉得这些人物不真实。

6.So, as you begin your college career, make up your mind to learn as much as possible.

 (p) So while you begin your college life, you should decide to learn as much as possible.

make up one’s mind to do …: be determined to do sth

as … as: used with “much” or “many” for comparing people or things

She earns twice as much as her husband.  她挣的钱是她丈夫的两倍。

I haven’t got as many books as you have. 我的书没你的那么多。

7. far too many/much 太多  far too+ adj. 过于…far +比较级  太…

   He felt far too nervous at the meeting.

   Sometimes a crisis draws the attention far better than if you’re doing well.有时一次危机吸引人的注意远胜过一切顺利。

III. Conclusion and Practice

Exercise: using the right words

Homework: Page.  Working with expression_rs

After-reading Activities: Please read Text B after class.