1. 1 3 UNIT Unit 3 Section A College life in the Internet age

2. 1 3 UNITContents Words & phrases for detailed study Words & phrases for self-study Assignment

3. Notes Sentence 1: The college campus, long a place of scholarship and frontiers of new technology, is being transformed into a new age of electronics by a fleet of laptops, smartphones and connectivity 24 hours a day. (Para1)

4. Notes Sentence 2 : On a typical modern-day campus, where every building and most outdoor common areas offer wireless Internet access, one student takes her laptop everywhere. (Para2) Sentence 3 : With many schools offering wireless Internet access anywhere on campus, colleges as a group have become the most Internet-accessible spots in the world. (Para3)

5. Notes Sentence 4: In fact, a recent study in the US found that information technology accounted for 5% to 8% of college budgets, up from an estimated 2% to 3% in the mid-1980s. (Para7)

6. Notes Sentence 5: Other colleges are straining to stand out from their peers. (Para10)

7. Notes Sentence 6: Colleges around the world have been replacing their computer systems for the past decade, in large part to provide students with the most advanced free system. (Para12)

8. trans- across change, from one to another translatetransplanttranscontinentaltransatlantic

9. a fleet of

10. a herd of a school of

11. a flock of a swarm of Group work 1 Group work 1 Give more words and phrases to indicate “ a group of”.

12. access: 1) He is a man of easy access. 2) Students and faculty in the university have free access to the library. 使用，接近，获取 翻译：

13. accessible: 翻译： 1) 这种信息不是很容易得到的。 易接近的；易得到的；易使用的 2) 一个管理人员应该让职员感到平易近人。

14. 1)He couldn’t account for his absence from school. 2)The flood accounted for the bad crop. 3)It accounts for 15 percent of all air accidents. 4)The president must account for his government’s reform. Group work 2 Group work 2 Study these sentences and find out different meanings of “account for”.

15. strain to: 翻译： He spoke so softly that I had to strain to catch what he was saying. 使劲干；竭尽全力做（某事） Group work 3 Group work 3 Please find more meanings of “strain”.

16. stand out: 翻译： An ordinary advertisement would not stand out in a competitive advertising industry. 出色

17. stand out: 翻译： Yao Ming’s height makes him stand out in the crowd. 显眼；突出

18. replace…with/by:

19. replace A with/by B : 用 B 代替 A substitute A for B : 用 A 代替 B Group work 4 Group work 4 Please use different ways to translate the following sentence: 我用他的画代替她的照片。

20. Self-study Words Phrases Phrases responseLess than interesting/honest/help analyzeadd to sth. adoptvisit with sb. regulatetake the lead estimatefire off inferiorkeep up with compensateat a disadvantage focusset up competitivein large part

21. 1. Finish group work1-4 and prepare to express your ideas in class. 2. Learn by heart all the important words and phrases and work in groups to finish the summary of the text. Assignment

22. The end Section A 主讲人 李艳丽