1. 教师：刘卓 janetliuzhuo@yahoo.com.cn
College English
教师：刘卓

2. Listening Lead in Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks.
Key words and expressions: love song, sound, romantic, relationship, honor, view of, expect, in the future, describe, rosy, come true
Answers:
1.sound    　 2.relationships   　3.honor   　
4.expect   　5.describes    come true   

3. Dialogue Sample
Listen to the dialogue 1
Key words and expressions:
sophomore, freshmen, be busy helping, get acquainted with each other, red sweater, broke up, outnumber, approach, come on, traditional

4. Dialogue Sample
Listen to the dialogue 2
Key words and expressions: cousin, wedding, couple, decide to do, get married, at first, marriage, take time, be in love, patient, maybe, deal with, complex, more room, confusing, last, attend, be busy doing

5. Reading A: Warm Up Questions:
1. Why was it hard for the four girls to say goodbye at the end of the freshman year ?
2. How strong are your college friendships likely to remain in your adult life? Are they stronger than your childhood friendships or your relationships with future colleagues?
3. What kinds of friendships do you usually keep the longest?

6. Background information about the text:
Roommates and Majors in American Colleges Freshman roommates are usually assigned randomly, with no attention to their majors, and may have little in common with one another either academically or personally. They may take none of the same classes, and do not have to choose their majors the first year. In future years it’s very easy to change roommates, and in the junior or senior year it’s quite common for students to move to off-campus apartments. So there’s much less likelihood that freshman roommates will become lifelong friends.

7. American and Chinese Friendships
　Americans are very adapt at making new friends, while Chinese people are very skillful at keeping their old friends. The main reason for this is that Americans experience more changes in their personal circumstances, such as changing jobs, moving to another town, or getting divorced. At any given time an American may have only a few close friends but many casual acquaintances. Over the course of a lifetime an American will probably have more friends than a Chinese person has but a Chinese person may have more lifelong friends.

8. Class Reunions In many Western countries it is customary for the people who graduated from a college or school in the same year to gather periodically at the campus or in their hometown for a class reunion. It often includes parties, dinners, dancing, golfing, bowling, and other special events such as visits with former teachers. Reunions usually occur every five years, beginning five years after graduation. Certain reunions such as the 10th, 25th, and 50th are often considered special, and are more elaborate than the others.

9. Reading A: Para 1-3
Para 1
Almost two years ago, I stood on a balcony, joined hands with my three most intimate friends and listened to one of them tell a story about four girls with different backgrounds and talents who left home and went to college at a mythical place called Happy Valley.

10. Reading A: Para 1-3
… joined hands with my three most intimate friends: …held hands with my closest friends. … 与三个最亲密的朋友手拉手…
intimate: 亲密的,密切的;私人的
e.g. People say they are on intimate terms.
人们说他们关系密切.
It is immoral to open others’ intimate letters.
擅拆私人信件是不道德的.

11. Para 2
After we left our friend's apartment that last night of our freshman year, we ended up on the lawn, playing frisbee at 3 a.m. and sitting on the dormitory steps talking for hours.

12. end up: 结束,告终
e.g. The meeting ended up with the singing of The Internationale.
会议以唱国际歌而结束。
Those who start with the aim of doing harm to others will only end up by ruining themselves.
那些以损人为目的的人会以害己告终。

13. Para 3
Alisa, Karen, Gabrielle and I had spent that day together just being freshmen ---- going to the sandwich shop for the last lunch of the semester, trying on each other's clothes, watching movies and acting like we would never see each other again.

14. 2. … spent that day together just being freshmen: … spent that day merely doing typical things that freshmen do. … 就像大学新生一样度过了那一天。

15. Reading A: Para 4-7 Three Months is a Long Time Para 4
For freshmen, and especially for us, saying goodbye at the end of the first year can feel like saying goodbye forever.

16. 3. … saying goodbye at the end of the first year can feel like saying goodbye forever. When you say goodbye at the end of the freshman year it‘s easy to imagine you’ll never see each other again. … 在第一年的年末相互道别仿佛就像要永别似的。
feel like doing sth.: 想要做
She feels like eating chocolate when she is in bad mood.
心情不好的时候她就想吃巧克力。

17. Para 5
Three months can seem like a long time when you are leaving friends and acquaintances whom you have only known for a year. Your freshman year moments are irreplaceable.

18. 4. acquaintance: a person whom one knows, esp
4. acquaintance: a person whom one knows, esp. through work or business, but who is not a close friend 相识的人 Examples: He has a wide circle of acquaintances. 他有许多熟人。 We began the semester as acquaintances and ended it as friends. 开学时，我们还只是相识，期末时我们成了朋友。

19. 5. Your freshman year moments are irreplaceable
5. Your freshman year moments are irreplaceable. You're only a freshman once, so you should cherish this experience. 但大学第一年的时光却是无法代替的。

20. Para 6
My advice to any freshmen reading this is to cherish those moments. You may grow completely apart from the people you spent your first year with, or you may find yourself fortunately comparing them to siblings at the end of your junior year as I did.

21. 6. You may grow completely apart from the people you spent your first year with… You may end your friendship with those people you spent your first year with. 随着你的成长，你也许会完全远离那些与你一起共同度过大学一年级生活的人。

22. 7. compare…to: 1) to examine or judge (one thing) in relation to another thing in order to show the points of similarity or difference把…与…相比 Example: I compared several brands of cars before choosing one. 选车前，我比较了几种品牌。
2) showing that two things are alike 把…比作… Example: When we won the local basketball championship we naturally compared ourselves to the NBA. 当我们在当地夺得篮球比赛冠军时，我们很自然地将自己比作NBA的队员。

23. Para 7
Even if you have almost forgotten your freshman year roommates two years later, and barely recognize them when you encounter them in front of the gymnasium, you can never replace that year and the brand-new feeling that your first year of college brings.

24. 8. barely: almost not; hardly几乎不 Examples: I could barely understand my roommate's jokes but I laughed anyhow. 我几乎不明白我室友开的是什么玩笑，但我还是笑了。 The scar on her cheek is barely noticeable now. 她脸颊上的疤痕现在几乎看不到了。

25. Reading A: Para 8-10
Para 8
A lot will change after your freshman year. You will meet new people and do new things. You will do a lot more growing up.

26. 9. You will do a lot more growing up: You will experience many things before you become more mature. 你会在成长过程中经历更多的事情。

27. Para 9
At the beginning of our senior year, Karen took her hometown boyfriend Kevin on a tour of campus and downtown. "That's where we grew up," she told him, motioning toward Atherton Hall, where the four of us spent our first two years at Penn State.

28. 10. motioning toward Atherton Hall pointing or waving toward Atherton Hall 指向阿瑟顿大厦

29. Para 10: We learned more outside the classroom than we learned inside it. That dorm is where we learned and discussed the lessons of our freshman and sophomore years. I think the principal lesson I learned was the definition of true friendship. And I have never had nor will ever have better teachers than Alisa, Karen and Gabrielle.

30. 11. And I have never had nor will ever have better teachers than Alisa, Karen and Gabrielle. I learned more about friendship from these three friends than from anyone else. 我从未有过比艾莉莎、卡伦、加布里埃尔莉更好的良师益友，以前没有，将来也不会有。

31. Reading A: Para 11-16
Para 11
That lesson can best be summarized by something Alisa and Karen told me when I was upset at the end of last semester and needed a shoulder to cry on. They said no matter how far we drift apart or who else we become friends with after college, we will always incline to recall each other first whenever we think of college.

32. 12. That lesson can best be summarized by something Alisa and Karen told me when I was upset at the end of last semester and needed a shoulder to cry on. The definition of friendship was the lesson that Alisa and Karen made clear to me when I was upset at the end of last semester and they gave me some friendly concern.　　　　 　　　　
那一课可以用艾莉莎和卡伦对我说过的一番话来做一个最好的总结。当时是最后一个学期期末，我灰心沮丧，需要靠在一个人肩上痛哭一场。

33. 13. a shoulder to cry on: someone you can go to, to get sympathy 可以倾诉苦处的人。 Examples: The embarrassed child needed his mother's shoulder to cry on. 那个受了委屈的小孩需要母亲来安抚她。 When the student got the score from the entrance exam she needed a shoulder to cry on. 当那名学生得知入学考试成绩的时候，她需要有人来安慰。

34. 14. no matter how: it makes no difference; however 无论 Examples: Don't believe the rumor, no matter how often you hear it. 不管你听到多少次，决不能相信谣言。 No matter how angry you are you should try to control your temper. 不管你有多生气，你都应该设法控制自己的情绪。

35. Para 12
I couldn’t agree more.
15. couldn't agree more: completely and enthusiastically agree. 完全同意 Examples: I couldn't agree more with the President's speech about the environment. 我举双手赞同总统有关环境的演讲。 I couldn't agree more with your excellent choice of friends. 我完全同赞你择友的高明之处。

36. Para 13
The story Alisa told on that balcony is far from over. I sometimes wonder if the following is how it will end:

37. 16. far from: a long way from being; not at all 远不 Examples: The dispute over the missing money is far from over. 有关丢失钱的争论还远远没完。 On graduation day your education is far from over. (That's why it's sometimes called commencement day.) 毕业日，并非意味着你所受教育的结束。

38. Para 14: “…and those four little girls grew up and realized their dreams. They found themselves all over the country, from farms, to cities, to the suburbs, doing everything they wanted to do – a computer technician, a physician, an attorney, and an architect ---with the companions they wanted in husbands, children and pets.

39. Para 15: And occasionally they would make it back to reunions at that mythical valley and see their old friends, laughing about the good times. They had succeeded in forgetting any of the bad times.
Para 16: And they lived happily ever after.”

40. 17. make it back: return (but perhaps with some difficulty) Examples: I‘ll go shopping, and I’ll try to make it back for dinner. 我要去买东西，会尽量在晚餐前赶回来。 I‘ll make it back to our next college reunion if I can. 　　　　
可能的话，我会尽量参加下次大学同学聚会活动。

41. Exercises: Content Awareness
Part II Choose the best answer to each question based on the information from the passage.
1. In what year of college is the author at the time of the article?   A) Freshman. B) Sophomore. C) Junior. D) Senior.

42. 2. What did the four girls NOT do together the last day of their freshman year?   A) Eat lunch. B) Take a tour around the campus. C) Try on clothing. D) Watch movies.
3. What is the author’s view of college freshmen?   A) They are very mature. B) They are very immature. C) They are very confused. D) They are changing and growing.

43. 4. What kinds of careers did the author hope her classmates would have
4. What kinds of careers did the author hope her classmates would have?  A) Exciting and entertaining careers. B) Careers that can make them rich. C) Careers that require education. D) Careers with spare time for other activities.
5. Which of the following will the girls probably remember best?  A) The bad times. B) The good times. C) The final examinations. D) All the above.

44. Answers:   
1.C,   2.B,   3.D,   4.C,   5.B

45. Part III Answer the following questions.
When and where did Alisa tell her story?
How did the four girls spend the last day of their freshman year?
What was the most important lesson they learned from each other outside the classroom?
Where did Karen say she and her three friends grew up?
What is the author’s advice to freshmen reading the article?

46. Exercises: Language Focus
Part IV Fill in the blanks with the given words.
　 acquaintance 　barely　encounter　incline　recall　upset 　motion　principal　replace　occasionally
1. Friends visit him at the weekends. 
2.She an old friend unexpectedly in the theatre. 
3. ______ to the best students to come forward, the teacher introduced them to the dean. 
4. I to take the opposite point of view. You may disagree if you wish.

47. 5. Our problem was lack of time to review the details of our plan. 
6. I can’t the exact details of the report. It was much too long. 
7. Can anything a mother’s love and care? 
8. The class was not in my major so I had only a few in the room. 
9. He was old enough to drive a car at the time of the accident.  
10. She was most that you couldn’t come to her birthday party. 

48. Answer:   
1.occasionally,   2.encountered,   3.Motioning,   
4.incline,   5.principal,   6.recall,   7.replace,   
8.acquaintances,   9.barely,    10.upset  

49. Part V Complete the following sentences with phrases or expressions from the passage.
1. The first day in the small town was a nightmare, but it was a total disaster.
2. They had been married for a long time but gradually until they separated.
3. The prince and the princess got married and lived happily
4. Before the football game the teammates
to wish each other success..
5. Did he eventually finding a new apartment closer to the campus?

50. Answers:   
1. far from    2. drifted apart   3. ever after   
4. joined hands   5. succeed in   

51. Part VI Spell out the following words with the help of their definitions.
a____ a person who plans new buildings and is responsible for making sure that they are built properly.
g____ a hall with bars, ropes, and other equipment for physical exercise.
i____ having an extremely close relationship.
p____ a doctor, esp. one who treats diseases with medicines.
r____ to know again (someone or something one has seen, heard, or experienced before).

52. Part VII Translate the following sentences into English.
罗伯特·彭斯(Robert Burns) 在诗中把他所钟情的女孩比作玫瑰花。(compare...to)
无论你多忙，你都应该抽时间回学校参加同学聚会。(no matter how)
离婚后她需要一个能给她安慰的人。(a shoulder to cry on)
毕业20年以后，他几乎认不出他以前的同学了。(barely)
什么都无法替代亲密朋友之间的友谊。(replace)

53. Reference Answers:
In his poem, Robert Burns compares the girl he loves to a rose.
No matter how busy you are, you should try to make it back to the class reunion.
After her divorce she needed a shoulder to cry on.
He graduated 20 years ago, so he could barely recognize his former classmates.
Nothing can replace the friendship between intimate friends.

54. Reading B: Warm Up Questions:
1. What kinds of gifts (such as flowers or chocolates or jewelry) symbolize love best?
2. Can love last after death, as in the song from "Titanic"? Can it last forever?
3. Do you believe that each person has one true love which is the only love in their life?

55. Background information about the text:
Flowers in American Culture The giving of flowers on special occasions is very important in American culture. These flowers are usually given by the male to the female, especially to sweethearts, wives, or mothers. The times during the year when it is most appropriate to give flowers are wedding anniversaries, birthdays, Mother's Day, and especially Valentine's Day.

56. Valentine's Day
A holiday occurring on February 14th when flowers, gifts, chocolates, cards, and other symbols of love are often exchanged by affectionate persons.

57. Standing Order Instructions given to a merchant or other person to deliver a product or provide a service at regular intervals or whenever it is needed. For example, some standing orders are carried out weekly, monthly, or annually. Others, such as an order to shovel snow from a sidewalk or driveway, are only carried whenever they are needed. There are three main kinds of standing orders: a purchase order; a delivery order; and a service order.

58. Reading B: Para 1-4
Para 1: Red roses were her favorites, her name was also Rose. And every year, her husband sent them, tied with pretty bows. The year he passed away, the roses were delivered to her door. The enclosed card said, "Be My Valentine," like all the years before.
1. "Be My Valentine,": a slogan often found on Valentine cards, which asks the recipient to be the sender's special sweetheart 献给我心爱的人。

59. Para 2: Each year he sent her roses, the notes would always say, "I love you even more this year than last year on this day." or "My love for you will always grow with each passing year." The year he passed away, she was sure it was the last time that the roses would appear on her front door.
2. "My love for you will always grow with each passing year." Every year my love for you will increase. 我对你的爱将与日俱增。

60. Para 3: She thought he must have ordered the roses in advance before this day. Her loving husband did not know that he would die. He always liked to do things very promptly, long before the deadline. In this way, if he was occupied, everything would still work out appropriately.

61. 3. in advance: ahead of time; beforehand Examples: It's unwise to spend your income in advance. 预支你的收入是不明智的。 We had to pay the rent two weeks in advance. 我们得提前两周支付房租。

62. 4. …everything would still work out appropriately
4. …everything would still work out appropriately. …the whole situation will eventually be OK. …事情也会进展顺利。

63. 5. work out: to have a (usu. satisfactory) result; develop (esp
5. work out: to have a (usu. satisfactory) result; develop (esp. favorably) Examples: I wonder how their ideas worked out in practice？ 我想知道他们的想法怎样在实践中实现？ Despite many problems the road construction project worked out OK 尽管有许多问题，修路工程仍然进展不错。

64. Para 4: She trimmed the stems, and inserted them symbolically in a very special vase. She would sit for hours, in her husband's favorite chair while staring blankly at his photograph and the roses sitting there.

65. 6. insert: to put or place something in (something else) Examples: They want to insert an advertisement in the newspaper. 他们想在报上登一则广告。 If you insert a coin into the slot, the machine will work. 如果你在入口处丢进一枚硬币，机器就会工作。

66. 7. …inserted them symbolically in a very special vase: placed in a vase that had a special meaning (remembering her husband's love)… 把它们郑重地插在一个很特别的花瓶里。

67. Reading B: Para 5-8
Para 5: A year went by and it was difficult to endure without her mate. With loneliness and solitude, that tragedy has become her fate. Then, at that identical hour, as on Valentines Day before, the doorbell rang and there were red roses sitting by her door.
8. With loneliness and solitude, that tragedy has become her fate: It has sadly become her fate to be alone and feel lonely. 孤独、寂寞，她的生活仿佛一场悲剧。

68. Para 6: She brought the roses in and then just looked at them in astonishment. Then, she went to get the telephone and called the florist who had delivered the roses. The owner answered and she asked him if he would explain why someone would unexpectedly do this to her, provoking such intense pain?
9. provoking such intense pain? …causing much pain? ...勾起她无限的忧伤？

69. Para 7: "I know your husband passed away more than a year ago," the owner said. "I knew you'd call and you would want to know," he proceeded. "The flowers you received today were paid for in advance. Your husband always planned ahead, he left nothing to chance."
10. Your husband always planned ahead, he left nothing to chance. He did not permit any uncertainty. 你的丈夫总是预先计划好一切，不会遗漏任何一件事情。

70. Para 8: "There is a standing purchase and delivery order that I have on file down here. And he has paid, well in advance, so you'll get them every year. There is also another thing that I think you should know. He wrote a special little card, which he did several years ago."

71. 11. There is a standing purchase and delivery order that I have on file down here.: In the business records at my present location there is a written instruction to deliver the items mentioned at regular intervals or whenever they are needed, and an explanation of how they will be paid for. 我这儿有一份长期订单，您的丈夫早就把钱付了。

72. Reading B: Para 9-12
Para 9: "Then should ever I find out that he is no longer around, that's the card that should be sent to you the following year." She thanked him and hung up the phone, her tears now flowing hard. Her fingers were shaking, as she haltingly reached to get the card.
12.Then should ever I find out that he is no longer around… If I ever find out he has died… 如果哪一年他不在了…

73. 13. Should I ever…: If I ever … Examples: Should I ever find out you've lied to me, that's the end of our friendship. 如果我知道你向我撒了谎，那就意味着我们俩友谊的终结。 Should I ever disappoint you, I hope you'll tell me immediately. 如果我有令你失望的地方，请立刻告诉我。

74. Para 10: Inside the card, she saw that he had written a note
Para 10: Inside the card, she saw that he had written a note. As she stared in absolute silence, this was what he wrote... 　　"Hello my love, I know it's been a year since I've departed. I loved you more than words can say. You were the perfect wife and the ideal companion. You were my friend and lover. You fulfilled my every need."

75. Para 11: "When you get these roses, think of all the happiness that we had together and how both of us were blessed to have each other. The roses will come every year and they will only stop when your door's not answered, when the florist stops to deliver and knock on the door.
14. both of us were blessed to have each other … It's fortunate that we can both have each other… 我们如此幸运…

76. Para 12: "He will come five times that day, in case you should be out
Para 12: "He will come five times that day, in case you should be out. But after his last visit, he will know without a doubt, to take the roses to the place where I've instructed him, and place the roses where we are, together once again."

77. 15. in case: so as to be safe or prepared if; in the event that Examples: In case you can't come to the meeting, I will call you tomorrow. 如果你不能来开会，我明天会打电话给你。 Take a taxi in case you are late for the meeting. 坐出租车去以免开会迟到。

78. Exercises: Content Awareness
Part 11 Choose the best answer to each question based on the information from the passage.
1. Why was the woman surprised to receive flowers?   A) It was not Valentine’s Day. B) Her husband was dead. C) She didn’t like flowers. D) She didn’t like her husband.

79. 2. How did her husband arrange to send the flowers
2. How did her husband arrange to send the flowers?  A) He wrote a letter to the florist. B) He arranged for it in his will. C) He left a standing order with the florist. D) He arranged for his bank to do it.
3. How did she find out where the flowers came from?  A) She wrote a note to the florist. B) She sent a fax to the florist. C) She went to the flower shop. D) She telephoned the florist.

80. 4. For how long will she receive flowers in the future
4. For how long will she receive flowers in the future?  A) This will be the last time. B) Next year will be the last time. C) The flowers will continue coming until the woman dies. D) There is no way to know how long.

81. 5. Where will the last delivery of flowers probably be taken
5. Where will the last delivery of flowers probably be taken?  A) To the woman even if she’s not at home. B) Back to the flower shop. C) To the place where the woman is buried beside her husband. D) To the church where the woman’s funeral is held.

82. Answers:   
1.B,   2.C,   3.D,   4.C,   5.C

83. Part 12 Answer the following questions.
1.Why did the man give roses to his wife instead of some other kind of flowers?
2. How long had the husband been dead when the flowers arrived?
3. Who paid for the flowers? How and when?
4. What were the woman's feelings as she read her husband's card?
5. What nice things did the man say about his wife in the card?

84. Answers:
Her name was Rose, and roses often symbolize love.
Over a year.
The husband paid the florist before he died.
She was crying and her fingers were shaking.
She was a perfect wife, ideal companion, lover, and friend. He thought they had been very happy together.

85. Exercises: Language Focus
Part 13 Fill in the blanks with the words given below.
favorite　occupy　insert　endure　identical　astonishment　proceed　provoke　enclose　blankly
1. This is the hotel room we stayed in last year.  
2. I like all her books, but this one is my  
3. Please don't any payment with your application for the Job this time.  
4. The students tried to the teacher into losing her temper . 

86. 5. They tremendous hardship on their journey to the South Pole. 
6. He carefully the key in the lock and opened the door. 
7. The students stared at the test questions and wondered what to do.  
8. After the applause died down, the pianist
to play. 
9. He stared in at the divorce papers from his wife’s attorney. 
10. The game will keep the children for most of the evening. 

87. Answers:   
1.identical,   2.favorite,   3.enclose,   4.provoke,   
5.endured,   6.inserted,   7.blankly,    8.proceeded,
9.astonishment,    10.occupied  

88. Part 14 Complete the following sentences with words or expressions.
The situation may seem hopeless, but if we are patient I think things will favorably.
You wouldn’t get a seat in this restaurant unless you book a table
Every one of us at the news that the 2008 Olympic Games will be held in Beijing.
I forget, please remind me of my promise to attend your graduation ceremony.
Many years since we met on the campus.

89. Answers:
  1.work out    2.in advance   3.cheered up   
4.In case   5.have gone by   

90. Part 15 Translate the following sentences into English.
1. 情人节之前，他在花店为自己的心上人提前预定了一束玫瑰花。(in advance) 2. 丈夫去世后，她无法忍受孤独寂寞的日子。(endure) 3. 如果我弄清楚她的地址，我会马上转告你。(Should I ever...) 4. 如果你想让她高兴的话最好带上巧克力。(in case, cheer up) 5. 这是一本非常有趣而浪漫的小说, 它一定能引起你的兴趣。(provoke)

91. Answers:
He ordered his sweetheart a bunch of roses in advance from the florist for Valentine's Day.
She couldn't endure to live in loneliness and solitude after her husband's death.
Should I ever find out her address, I'll forward it to you immediately.
You'd better bring some chocolates with you in case you want to cheer her up.
This is such an amusing romantic novel; it should certainly provoke your interest.