时间:2018-12-04 作者:英语课 分类:新编大学英语教程


英语课


Unit 3

DIALOGUE I

A New Life on the University Campus

Lu Hua goes back to her secondary school to visit Wang Laoshi, her former English teacher. Wang Laoshi asks her about her life and study in the English Department at Pujiang University.

A: Hello, Lu Hua. Nice to have you back. How are things at the university?
B: Everything's fine, Wang Laoshi. Life at the university is so exciting and challenging.
A: Do you live on campus?
B: Not the whole time... I mean not on weekends. A university rule says that no freshmen 1 should live off campus during the weekdays, unless the university authorities give permission.
A: It's a good rule for new students. But you don't have to eat in school cafeterias, do you?
B: No, we don't. But we prefer to eat there because there's a wide variety of foods on the menu, which changes every day. Besides, the food service is much better than that of most secondary schools. For one thing, our campus cafeterias are under the management of a professional food service company with an annually-renewable contract.
A: I suppose you buy meal plans, then.
B: Most of us do. We have IC cards for meals and pay on a monthly basis.
A: That's very convenient. Well, how do you like your campus environment in general?
B: The university has two campuses, one for freshmen and sophomores 2, and the other for juniors, seniors and graduate students. My campus is located on the outskirts 3 of the city. It's a new campus, very peaceful, and free from the hustle 4 and bustle 5 of a metropolis 6.
A: And free from all sorts of distractions 7 and diversions that most city dwellers 8 find it hard to escape or ignore.
B: Yes, it's another plus when you live away from urban attractions.
A: Did you have any orientation 9 programme about campus life for entering students?
B: Yes. It was a three-day orientation, including a campus tour. We tried to learn as much as possible about the university. We visited libraries, classroom buildings, language labs, the multimedia 10 resource centre, computer support services, the student club, and the sports stadium.
A: Do you freshmen have access to all these resources and technical facilities on a regular basis?
B: Absolutely. They are open to all students. As a matter of fact, we're encouraged to make the most of the libraries and technical support services on the campus.
A: Being an English major, do you have to speak English with your fellow students and English teachers most of the time?
B: Yeah. We're expected to speak English with all our English teachers, whatever courses they teach. We're also encouraged to speak English in the dorm area as much as possible. We're not quite used to this "English only" environment, though. Anyway, we're all trying very hard.
A: Good for you. It always takes time to adjust to a new environment. I suppose there are English lectures and talks available to you.
B: Yes. They are given to us English majors periodically, and they cover a variety of topics. Not only that, we are encouraged to attend the free discussion session following each lecture or presentation. Most of the lectures are given by native-speakers, and unfortunately, I have a difficult time figuring out much of what they say.
A: It takes time to understand lectures by native speakers. But they are very good for students majoring in English.
B: Yes, indeed. There's no reason whatsoever 11 for me to skip any of them.
A: Well, your life at the university sounds very good. It's such a delight to know that one of my students is doing fine at the university. Come and see me again when you have a chance.
B: I certainly will.


DIALOGUE II

Dialogue:
A: When did you last go to London?
B: Oh, I don't know really. I suppose it was about thirty, or, maybe even forty years ago.
A: As long as that? You wouldn't recognize it now.
B: Has it changed very much?
A: Oh, yes! It's changed beyond belief. It's a lot bigger of course and it's been cleaned up quite a lot.
B: What about the fog?
A: Oh, London doesn't have fog any more. That's all disappeared and the air has been cleaned considerably 12 over the last thirty years or so.
B: Do you think I'd still recognize it?
A: Of course you would. Parts of London haven't changed very much at all, but in other areas the change is incredible.
B: Is that cinema still open, the one at the corner of the street where I used to live? You remember it, the "Rex", I think.
A: No, that was knocked down about ten years ago. It's been replaced by a large supermarket. The small park has been destroyed, too, and the road has been widened. I think a new block of flats will be built there in a few years' time.
B: What a pity! That park used to be very beautiful, and peaceful, too, in the summer.
A: Even the old grocery shop isn't there any more. It's been turned into a small restaurant.
B: Is the man still there who used to deliver coal?
A: No, unfortunately, he died five years ago, but his son still runs the business. He hasn't got a horse and carriage any more. The coal is delivered by lorry. He's doing very with the business, too; next year they'll have two lorries.
B: Well, that's progress! You know, I don't think I'd like to go back to London somehow.
A: I go to London more often now than I used to, so I don't notice the changes now.
B: I think it's been changed too much. I want to remember it as it was.


READING I

The Press

More newspapers per person are sold in Britain than in any other country. Some believe that this proves that the British are more civilised and more interested in current affairs than other people; cynics look for other explanations.
Certainly the geography of the country helps. Because Britain is such a relatively 13 small country, it is possible to buy national newspapers published in London anywhere in the country on the same day. In most parts of the country, papers are actually delivered to houses by the local newsagent before breakfast.
Daily papers are printed every morning in London and important provincial 14 centres. National papers, available everywhere in the country, cover a wide range of political views and journalistic styles. Quality papers include The Guardian 15, The Daily Telegraph and The Times, while more popular papers include The Daily Mirror, The Daily Express, The Sun and The Daily Mail. On the whole, papers in Britain are perhaps less extreme than in some countries; they are less obviously committed politically and less dramatic and sensational 16 in content.
As well as national daily papers, there are Sunday papers, again divided between the serious (e.g., The Sunday Times, The Sunday Telegraph and The Observer) and the more popular (e.g., The Sunday Mirror, The Sunday People, News of the World).
Some large towns also evening papers containing local as well as national and international news, and nearly everywhere in the country is served by a local weekly paper. This is devoted 17 exclusively to local news and events, and is a very good source of information about what is happening in a particular town or village.
Of course the press means more than newspapers. A vast range of magazines are published, aimed at readers interested in all sorts of subjects. If you go into a newsagent's shop in a large town you will find weekly and monthly magazines produced for people with interests from angling to zoos. However, if you judge from this evidence, most British women are interested mainly in knitting and cooking and most British men are interested mainly in cars and football. Can this be true?



1 freshmen
n.(中学或大学的)一年级学生( freshman的名词复数 )
  • We are freshmen and they are sophomores. 我们是一年级学生,他们是二年级学生。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • University freshmen get lots of razzing, but they like the initiation. 大一新生受各种嘲弄,但是他们对这种入门经验甘之如饴。 来自辞典例句
2 sophomores
n.(中等、专科学校或大学的)二年级学生( sophomore的名词复数 )
  • We are freshmen and they are sophomores. 我们是一年级学生,他们是二年级学生。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Over half the students in the course are sophomores. 听这门课的一大半是二年级学生。 来自辞典例句
3 outskirts
n.郊外,郊区
  • Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
  • They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。
4 hustle
v.推搡;竭力兜售或获取;催促;n.奔忙(碌)
  • It seems that he enjoys the hustle and bustle of life in the big city.看起来他似乎很喜欢大城市的热闹繁忙的生活。
  • I had to hustle through the crowded street.我不得不挤过拥挤的街道。
5 bustle
v.喧扰地忙乱,匆忙,奔忙;n.忙碌;喧闹
  • The bustle and din gradually faded to silence as night advanced.随着夜越来越深,喧闹声逐渐沉寂。
  • There is a lot of hustle and bustle in the railway station.火车站里非常拥挤。
6 metropolis
n.首府;大城市
  • Shanghai is a metropolis in China.上海是中国的大都市。
  • He was dazzled by the gaiety and splendour of the metropolis.大都市的花花世界使他感到眼花缭乱。
7 distractions
n.使人分心的事[人]( distraction的名词复数 );娱乐,消遣;心烦意乱;精神错乱
  • I find it hard to work at home because there are too many distractions. 我发觉在家里工作很难,因为使人分心的事太多。
  • There are too many distractions here to work properly. 这里叫人分心的事太多,使人无法好好工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 dwellers
n.居民,居住者( dweller的名词复数 )
  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes. 城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • They have transformed themselves into permanent city dwellers. 他们已成为永久的城市居民。 来自《简明英汉词典》
9 orientation
n.方向,目标;熟悉,适应,情况介绍
  • Children need some orientation when they go to school.小孩子上学时需要适应。
  • The traveller found his orientation with the aid of a good map.旅行者借助一幅好地图得知自己的方向。
10 multimedia
adj.多种手段的,多媒体的;n.多媒体
  • Multimedia is the combination of computer and video technology.多媒体是计算机和视频技术的结合。
  • Adam raised the issue of multimedia applications and much useful discussion ensued.亚当提出了多媒体应用的问题,从而引发了许多有益的讨论。
11 whatsoever
adv.(用于否定句中以加强语气)任何;pron.无论什么
  • There's no reason whatsoever to turn down this suggestion.没有任何理由拒绝这个建议。
  • All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,do ye even so to them.你想别人对你怎样,你就怎样对人。
12 considerably
adv.极大地;相当大地;在很大程度上
  • The economic situation has changed considerably.经济形势已发生了相当大的变化。
  • The gap has narrowed considerably.分歧大大缩小了。
13 relatively
adv.比较...地,相对地
  • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
  • The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
14 provincial
adj.省的,地方的;n.外省人,乡下人
  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
  • Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
15 guardian
n.监护人;守卫者,保护者
  • The form must be signed by the child's parents or guardian. 这张表格须由孩子的家长或监护人签字。
  • The press is a guardian of the public weal. 报刊是公共福利的卫护者。
16 sensational
adj.使人感动的,非常好的,轰动的,耸人听闻的
  • Papers of this kind are full of sensational news reports.这类报纸满是耸人听闻的新闻报道。
  • Their performance was sensational.他们的演出妙极了。
17 devoted
adj.忠诚的,忠实的,热心的,献身于...的
  • He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
  • We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
学英语单词
abacinating
accuracy control
angiotensins
apical placentations
batidaceaes
Baygora
bell-curve
bellite
birdlore
blood tankage
butterbird
cable strand
caravanseraiss
card No. of the user
casenote
child record
clothes don't make the man
CMHCsA
compound mode of sprinkler arrangement
Coryphaenidae
course of fermentation
crispening current
cryptocercids
cuvier c.
Czaplinek
deaken
deformation limit
desordre
determination test
diffusion stasis
disaster-preparedness
double word boundary
earp
eczema stasis
effective lens aperture
enter the scene
equivalent input offset voltage
Ershui Township
establishing-clause
federative database
figure-8 configuration
fire-gilding
foreign body in nose
fresh surface
fucosan
G-tolerance
gets going
gosh darn
heartbond
heterotypical
hierarchical menus
high-strength wire
higher cognitive process
Hluhluwe
hydraw
initial photo interpretation report
interhuman
intradural abscess
Karlsena, Mys
Karman constant
link, digital microwave
lot-tree
luneburg
Mad as a badger
Marquis de Lafayette
molecular tie
momentum principle
mureinlipoprotein
nineteenth century
no better than
non-belief
not do things by halves
Parabrachylaema
penninoes
pirouette
plain stem
play a lone hand
preprint
puccinia caricis-baccantis
pyth
radio-noise burst
rag-roll
rapid access storage
re-sized
saint-cloud
schottky source/drain
schusky
Stroh violin
suppressing agent
swell-shrink characteristics
treasurer's department
turning rule
Uber Micro
unfaiths
unwound core
Vaas
vaginal process of peritoneum
village fair trade
writing pencil
yellow fat cell
Yondon
zaleski