UNIT 1

The Education I Received

Integrated Skills Development

Dialogues
A. I Went to Yale University

Dick Dylon is a new foreign teacher of English. Liu Lin, one of his Chinese students, is interested to know about the education he received.
Liu: Could you tell me what university you went to, Mr. Dylon?
Dylon: I went to Yale University.
Liu: Did you? What courses did you take there?
Dylon: I did an M.A. in philosophy.
Liu: How long did you study there?
Dylon: Four years.
Liu: When did you graduate?
Dylon: I graduated in 1995.
Liu: What did you do after that?
Dylon: I went to Germany.
Liu: Germany? What did you do there?
Dylon: taught English to a group of German college students.
Liu: How long did you stay there?
Dylon: Only one year.

B. I Enjoyed My Time in North University

Now Liu Lin is telling Dick Dylon about the education he received.
Dylon: Would you like to tell me what university you graduated from, Liu Lin?
Liu: I graduated from North University in 1997.
Dylon: How old is the university?
Liu: It was founded in 1947.
Dylon: How many students were there in the university?
Liu: There were over 9 000 students.
Dylon: Did you have any foreign students?
Liu: Yes. Some came to do their first degree and we had a lot of graduate students too.
Dylon: Did most of the students live in the university?
Liu: Yes, we had dormitories for all our students. The college provided meals.
Dylon: Did you enjoy your time in the university?
Liu: Yes, I did.

Passage Caroline as a Teacher

Caroline's favorite subject at school was math. She enjoyed solving problems, and was interested in the teaching methods. But most of her friends tended to find math very difficult, and because they thought it was a useless subject, they saw no point in working at it. Math was, in fact, the least popular subject in Caroline's class.
During Caroline's last year at school, the teachers went on strike for two months to protest against the size of their classes (30 — 35 was typical). Each morning, Caroline gave private math lessons to three of her friends, so that they would have a chance of passing their examination. She's patient, and good at explaining things to people, and the lessons went well. Caroline and her three friends all passed. They offered to pay her for the lessons, but she refused. She felt sympathy for the teachers' strike, and did not think it would be fair if she took money for doing their job.

New Words and Expressions

college
n. 学院

course
n. 课程

dormitory
n. 宿舍

education
n. 教育

examination
n. 考试

fair
a. 公平的，合理的

favorite
a. 特别喜爱的

graduate
v. 毕业

math
n. 数学

method
n. 方法，办法

patient
a. 有耐心的

philosophy
n. 哲学

popular
a. 受欢迎的，喜爱的

private
a. 私人的，个人的

protest
v. 抗议，反对

refuse
v. 拒绝

solve
v. 解决，解答

strike
n. 罢工

sympathy
n. 同情

university
n. 大学

useless
a. 无用的，无价值的

take courses
学习课程

enjoy one's time
过得愉快

graduate from
从…毕业

no point in doing sth.
没有意义做某事

go on strike
举行罢工

protest against
抗议

have a chance
有机会

pass one's examination
考试及格

feel sympathy for
对…表示同情

Merry Learning

Two Proverbs

A good medicine tastes bitter.（良药苦口利于病。）
All things are difficult before they are easy.（万事开头难。）

Phonetics

ou 在单词中的读音：
loud about house found mouth
young double cousin country trouble
route group through
could would

Pronunciation and Intonation

A: I'm cold. I thought it was supposed to get warmer today.
B: Yeah, I thought so, too. That's what the weatherman said.
A: It must be the wind that makes it so cold. I'm freezing!
B: Me, too. Let's go inside.
A: O.K.