1. The Challenge of College Education
From What Every Freshman Should Know
by Roger W. Holmes
Contemporary College English
Companion Reader 3
现代大学英语 阅读3
外语教学与研究出版社 杨立民 主编
创思英语：
英语阅读课件 英语专业泛读课件

2. Outline Warm-up Questions Text Type Main Ideas Structural Diagram
Text Pattern
Language Points
What Every Freshman Should Know 新生须知

3. 1. Warm-up Questions What do you expect from college?
What can we get from college education?
What do you think of college learning?
What do you think of college teaching?
What do you think of classes?
What do you think of exams?
大学教育 大学学习 大学教学 课堂学习 考试 目标 计划 期望

4. 2. Text Type Narration Description Exposition Argumentation
记叙文 a movie
描述文 a picture
说明文 a lecture
议论文 a debate
Narrative 记叙类 descriptive 描写类 expository 说明类 argumentative 议论类 persuasive writing
What kind of exposition, why, how, or what?
And what is explained?

5. 3. Main Ideas
Summarize the main ideas of paragraphs. If there is a topic sentence, pick it out.
You come to college to get a liberal education.
Elect your courses with care.
Do not select your courses with an eye to …
The first thing you must learn is to stand …
In gaining this perspective, you must come to know 6) the nature, 7) the society, 8) the creative spirit, 9) the tools of language and of thought.
概括段落大意

6. 3. Main Ideas
Summarize the main ideas of paragraphs. If there is a topic sentence, pick it out.
It will give you necessary breadth.
You must also specialize (why and how).
You should devote the other half of your…
You will have intellectual balance and …
概括段落大意

7. 4. Structural Diagram Introduction 1 Why college 2 With care 5 总
3 Not for jobs
Breadth
6 Nature
7 Society
8 Spirit
9 Tools
education
College
4 Own ideas
5-10 Program
文章整体结构示意图
11 Specialize
Specializing
10 总
12 Intensive S
Conclusion
13 Balance &

8. 5. Text Pattern Sequence / time Space Compare-contrast Advantage-dis.
Cause-effect
Problem-solution
Topical （G-S）
顺序、时间 空间
比较-对比 利弊 因果
问题-解决
话题（总分）
文章结构模式 话题模式也称总分模式general-specific

9. 6. Language Points We have some fairly good ideas on the subject.
We do not entirely follow these ideas.
Liberal education, arithmetic, juggle, berth, do justice to, entertain, compel, grip, inflected, conversant, veneer, ally, manipulate, etc.
Your questions?
词汇 单词 生词 句子 句型 短语