Unit One Fresh Start

I Pre-reading Qs

II Text Analysis

III After reading

IV Exercises

I Pre-reading

Background Information

be as fresh as a daisy to be full of energy and enthusiasm. It's been a long drive but give me a cup of tea and I'll soon feel fresh as a daisy.

fresh from swh (British, American & Australian)

to have just finished education or training in a particular school or college and not have much experience. Our course is taught by a young professor fresh out of law school.

be fresh out of something (American & Australian)

to have just finished or sold a supply of something, and have no more left.

Sorry, we're fresh out of bread this morning.

a breath of fresh air someone or something that is new and different and makes everything seem more exciting. Angela's like a breath of fresh air when she comes to stay. After all the criticism, his positive comments came as a breath of fresh air.

get fresh to show by your actions or words that you want to have sex with someone. If he tries to get fresh with you, tell him to keep his hands to himself. (usually + with)

get fresh with someone (American & Australian)

to talk to someone in an impolite way or behave in a way which shows you do not respect them. Don't you get fresh with me, young lady!

Discussion Qs:

– I’m starting college at the university of Florida and I’m excited but I find myself unsure of what to expect. I have a boyfriend that will be living 5 hours away. any advice regarding keeping or dropping relationships as a freshman, difficulty of classes, eating habits, homesickness,

dorm issues.

-the best advice for a college freshman

-college survival tips for Freshman?

Enigma

love-devotion

feeling-emotion

don't be afraid to be weak

don't be too proud to be strong

just look into your heart my friend

that will be the return to yourself

the return to innocence

the return to innocence

if you want. the start to laugh

if you must.thenstart to cry

be yourself don't hidejust believe in destiny

don't care what people say

just folllow your own way

don't give up and use the chanceto ruturn to innocence

that's not the beginning of the end

that's the return to yourselfthe return to innocence

Penguins pose

tiptoe

pose

II Text Analysis

Text Structure– Para 1– Introductory paragraph– Para 2-9– The author recalls a few incidents during her fi

rst days of college. – Para 10-14– Concluding part

Structural Analysis: – Unlike an expository writing, which usually

expresses the main idea in a thesis statement, in a narrative writing, the point is shown through dialogues, actions or events. The three incidents that are treated expansively in this essay are related to one another by their implicit messages- the mistakes the author made and her reaction towards the mistakes. It was in this process that the author achieved significant insight into herself.

Rhetoric Features:

Para5: …to assume the scientific pose of a biology major, bending slightly forward, tensing my arms in preparation for furious notetaking, and cursing under my breath…

Para 6:

Offer vivid pictures of what she did or how she looked in some embarrassing situations.

Language Points

distinct: clearly seen, heard, felt, understood, etc.; noticeable

Eg: Now that the boss was no longer present, there was a ~ change in her attitude.

cf.

distinctive:

Anything clearly noticed is distinct; There is a distinct smell of beer in this room.

A thing or quality that is clearly different from others of its kind is distinctive or distinct from.

Beer has a very distinctive smell; it’s quite distinct from the smell of wine.

Clutch: to hold or grasp tightly;

to try to grasp or seize.

Eg: The frightened woman ~ed her bags to her breast.

He ~ed at the rope we had thrown to him but could not reach it.

Reserve: self-restraint in expression; the habit of not showing one’s feelings or thoughts.

Eg: Being a man of ~, Mr. York was never popular with his colleagues.

Judy had tried every means to break through the ~ or her stepson.

Reserved: a.

The English have a reputation for being ~.

Whereabouts: n. approximate location; ad. about where; in , at or near what location

Eg: The orphan’s ~ is /are still unknown.

Whereabouts do you live?

Tip off: to give an advance warning or hint to

Eg: The police was tipped off about the robbery.

Flail: to wave or swing about wildly

Eg: I ~ed her arms to get here attention.

The baby ‘s feet ~ed under the quilt.

Rear end: buttocks

Sb.’s heart goes out to somebody: used to say that someone feels a lot of sympathy towards another person

Junk food

Are you fond of junk food?

       Do you enjoy eating hamburgers, hot dogs, French fries and chips? Are you fond of soft drinks, candy and ice cream? If your answers are “Yes”, you’d better take care. Most of them are junk food!

What should you do?  

 It’s OK to have junk food now and then ( 偶尔 ). How often should you have it? It depends on your weight, age and how active you are.    If you are over-weight and want to lose weight ( 减肥 ), you should eat as little junk food as possible. If you are active and not overweight, you can have some after you’ve had enough dairy products ( 乳制品 ), fruits, vegetables and cereals ( 谷类食物 ).   

Junk food still has some nutrients and is a small part of a balanced ( 均衡的 ) diet ( 饮食 ). So you should eat healthy foods about 95% of the time, and then eat 5% of junk food.

Some kids are spending lots of money on junk food. Spend your money wisely. It is up to you to keep yourself healthy and happy!

Slink: to go or move in a quiet, stealthy way; to move as if one feels guilty or ashamed, or does not want to be seen.

Eg: She tried to ~ out of the office so that nobody would see her.

The cat

slunk through the grass toward its prey.

Malicious: having the nature or wish to hurt others

Eg: a ~ remark/ grasp

malice: a desire to harm or see others suffer; extreme ill will or spite

Eg: He did it through malice. I am quite certain that his wife bears malice to /towards/against me.

Shackle: a metal fastening, usually one of a pair, for encircling and confining the ankle or wrist of a prisoner of captive; a restraint or check to action or progress, often used in the plural forms

Eg: The policeman placed ~s on the suspect’s hands.

It is hard to break through the ~s of habit.

have something on one's conscience, to feel guilty about something, as an act that one considers wrong:

She behaves as if she had something on her conscience.

8.in all conscience, a.in all reason and fairness. b.certainly; assuredly.

III After-reading

Reading materials:

Text II