Unit 1 FRESH START(改编)

Unit Unit 1 1 Fresh Start

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Watch the video clip and answer the following questions.

1. Why doesn’t the mother want her daughter to be a professional athlete? Because the shelf life of a professional athlete is short. 2. Why does Casey insist on becoming an ice-skater? Because she loves it.

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Casey: Mom, I just want to compete at regionals. Mother: Why? What do you have to gain by this? Casey: I’m good. Mother: So, what are you saying? You wanna just blow off our whole plan for you, chuck the scholarship and become a professional athlete? Case, what was the shelf life on an ice-skater? Eight years? And then a few years touring with Has-Beens on Ice. And that’s it? That’s the end of your life? Casey: I love it, Mom. Mother: Case, there’s no shelf life on your mind. If I’d learned how to use mine a little sooner, if I’d gone to college when I was your age, maybe we wouldn’t be living like this. Casey: There’s nothing wrong with the way we live.

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Mother: I’ve not been able to give you a quarter of the things that I wanted to. Casey: You’ve given me everything. Mother: Then you need to give me something now.

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1. About the text and the author

The text, written by Evelyn Herald (contemporary), appeared in Nutshell magazine in 1989. Nutshell magazine is a monthly, web-based magazine. Interested people sign up for the newsletter (简 报 ) and thus they get a digest ( 摘 要 )of the current month's content mailed to them.

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2. American football and soccerAmerican football (referred to as football in the United States and Canada, also known as gridiron/ rugby elsewhere) is a sport played by two teams of eleven players. It allows carrying the ball. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is played by 250 million players in over 150 countries, making it the world's most popular sport

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3. The importance of “face”―Face‖ is a sense of worth that comes from knowing one’s status and reflects concern with the congruency between one’s performance or appearance and one’s real worth. ―Face‖ stands for a very important sociological concept in Chinese culture. The concept of ―face‖ roughly translates as honour, good reputation or respect. The essence of ―face‖ lies in the drive for acceptance and approval of other people other than one’s real worth.

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4. Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde Being yourself is celebrating you, as an individual — learning to express yourself and be happy with who you

are. For some people, it’s learning to love yourself. For others, it’s not hiding who you are.

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5. Steps to be yourself ● define yourself ● stop worrying about how people perceive you ● be honest and open ● relax ● develop and express your individuality ● believe in who you are ● follow your own style

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1. Do you remember your first days at college? Did anything special happen then?

2. What would you do if you should bump into an embarrassment?

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This text is a piece of narrative writing, in which the author tells about her experience during the first year at university, which at first seems to be very awkward but turns out to be on the right track at last. What are the essential elements of a good narrative writing?

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What are the essential elements of a good narrative writing? a clear context

well-chosen details

a logical, often chronological organization

an appropriate and consistent point of view

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Time: the beginning of college life Location: college campus Characters: I, schoolmatesContext Point of View First person narrative (“I”)

Chronological order (time sequence)

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The textDetails

Three Incidents

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Structure of the TextIntroducing some______________________: background information (who; what; when; where.) The narrator tried to_____ hide her identity as____________and do everything perfect. a freshman

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embarrassing incidents during Recalling three ___________________ her first days of college. Realizing that she only needed to live up to her own expectations ___________________and she could do her own thing at college.

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In the part 2 of the text, three incidents are narrated by the author. What are they? The first is about her going into the wrong classroom;the second is about her falling down in the cafeteria; the last is about her witnessing the same embarrassing fall happening to someone admired by her. Despite the differences between these three incidents, they actually revolve around one theme. What is it? The growth of the author, who is able to draw lessons from the mistakes she has made and finally succeeds in adjusting herself to the college life.