资源描述：
《新视野大学英语第三版读写教程第一册unit2讲义》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。
1、新视野大学英语读写教程（第三版）讲义BookOneUnitTwo授课班级：＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿授课教师：＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿13I.Warming-upActivities1.PreviewandLead-in(p2)2.BackgroundInformation(教参p2-3)AmericanhighereducationInUSA,studentscanchoosetogotocollegeafterhighschool.(Ortheycanchoosetogostraighttotheworkforceafterhighschool.)Th
2、eyhavetheoptionofattendingatwo-yearcommunitycollegebeforeapplyingtoafour-yearuniversity.Admissiontocommunitycollegeiseasier,tuitionislower,andclasssizesareoftensmallerthanatauniversity.Communitycollegestudentscanearnanassociatedegreeandtransferuptotwoyearsofcoursecreditstoauniv
3、ersity.Collegeanduniversitystudentsneedtopaytuition,butmanyearnscholarshipsorreceiveloans.Althoughadmissionpoliciesvaryfromoneuniversitytoanother,mostdetermineadmissionbasedonseveralcriteria,includingastudent’shighschoolcourseofstudy,highschoolGradePointAverage(GPA),participati
4、oninextracurricularactivities,SATorACTexamscores,awrittenessay,andpossiblyapersonalinterviewwitharepresentativefromtheadmissionoffice.MoststudentsinUSAtaketheSAT(knownasScholasticAptitudeTest)orACT(AmericanCollegeTesting)duringtheirfinalyearofhighschool.Eachuniversitysetsaminim
5、umSATorACTscorethatastudentmustachieveinordertogainadmission.Thesearestandardizedquantitativeexaminations.TheSATtestscriticalreading,mathematics,andwritingskills.TheACTtestsEnglish,mathematics,reading,andsciencereasoning,andincludesanoptimalwritingtest.Extracurricularactivities
6、mayincludescholasticclubs,athleticteams,studentgovernment,andphilanthropicclubs.Voluntaryparticipationinthesekindsofactivitiesisanindicationthatastudenthaslearnedvaluablelifelessons,suchasteamwork,leadership,orcivicresponsibility.Universitystudentspursuingabachelor’sdegreeareca
7、lled“undergraduates”;studentspursuingamaster’sordoctoraldegreearecalled“graduatestudents”.Mostuniversitiesgiveundergraduatestudentsaliberaleducation,whichmeansstudentsarerequiredtotakecoursesacrossseveraldisciplinesbeforetheyspecializeinamajorfieldofstudy.Graduateandprofessiona
8、lprograms,suchasmedicineorlaw,arespecialized.Alldegree
