现代大学英语精读三Unit 1 教案

endeavoring to find out who they are and what their strengths and weaknesses are.

本句为复合句。句中，who和what均引导宾语从句，做find out的宾语。 Go through sth. 经历，遭受；仔细检查，仔细查看；详细研究，仔细琢磨 (4) While students are going through an identity crisis, they are becoming independent from their parents yet are probably still very dependent on them. Be dependent from 独立于，不依赖于

(5) College students need to stand back and see where they are in the independence struggle.

本句为复合句。句中，where引导宾语从句，做see的宾语。

(6) In the late sixties, a young woman from a background that was extremely prejudiced against people from other races came to college convinced that her race was superior.

句中，介词短语from a background that…为后置定语，修饰woman；其中that 引导定语从句，修饰background；过去分词短语convinced that her race was superior作伴随状语，其中that引导定语从句，作convinced的宾语。 Be prejudiced against 对…有偏见 (7) 平行结构

在英语中，并列连词and, but, as well as, both…and, neither…nor, either…or, not only…but also, rather than, as…as 等可连接两个对等的词或对等的结构，我们称之为平行结构(parallel structure) 。平行结构的要求主要有以下几个方面。 A. 所连接的谓语形式必须一致。

eg. He went downtown, brought some books and visited his daughter. (went, bought 和visited 都是用的过去时) B. 所连接的词或短语形式必须一致。

eg. She has good looks, quick wits, and a good character. (looks, wits 和character都是名词)

C. 所连接的非谓语动词的形式必须一致。

eg. Some find swimming more enjoyable than sitting at home. (swimming和

sitting都是动名词 ) D.所连接的句子结构必须一致。

eg. Restrict your passage to one or two pages, and list the references on a separate sheet. (and连接的两个句子都是祈使句) 4. Structure

Part 1 Introduce that college students will go through many key changes during their college years.

Part 2 Explain the key changes students will experience in detail.

Part3 Conclude that college is a time of personal growth and expansion. 4．Style

(1) Genre : expository essay

(2) Diction: formal and technical words, eg. adulthood, adolescence (3) Syntax: long and involved sentences (4) Techniques

1. quotation eg. '' in... source, according to ... '' 2. parallelism

eg. words : ''strengthens and weaknesses''

phrases : ''determined by genetic endowment; shaped

by environment; influenced by chance events''

(Justification: Improve students' skills of reading details and help them to master new words and grammar.) Step4: Post-reading

Read the article again and ask students to work in groups and have a competition to answer the following question:

1. Do you agree that young adults such as college students are bound to go through an identity crisis Have you had any identity crisis yourself so far

2. Do you consider yourself reasonably independent from your parents Why it is so important to gain this independence

3. What other things should students do at university What does the author mean

by ＂internalizing＂religious faith, values, and morals (Justification: Make students use initiatives.)

VI. Homework

1. Retell the text.

2. Write an essay by using writing techniques in this essay. 3. Discussion

(1) Is it true that our struggles for independence and our desire to establish our identity start at college when we reach early adulthood

(2) Have you gained much freedom now that you are a college student If the answer is yes, how are you enjoying your newly acquired freedom (Justification: Improve students' oral competence and writing skills.)