【正文】 years, we start to be independent, make crucial decisions and are responsible for them. ? Supporting evidence: ? A. We learn to budget our time and money. ? B. We are tolerant enough to survive in a crowded triple room. ? C. We meet people from different parts of the world. ? 4) Ida argues against the socalled students39。 belief that failure leaves no record. (para. 4) ? Her counterexamples: ? A. If you fail a test or a course, the teacher won39。t erase the grade. ? B. If you drop a class, you39。ll have to take more courses next semester. ? C. Low grades or low GPA means no fine graduate school, no degree. ? D. Everyone has to take midterms and finals. ? E. No teachers have pretended not to care when deadlines are not kept. ? 5) Ida39。s conclusion: (para. 5) ? College is not “easy, free, fiving. attentive fortable interesting unchallenging fun” to her. ? 2. Understanding Specific Information（ P265） ? 1) B 2) A 3) B 4) A 5) B 6) A 7) A 8) B ? 3. Being Ida Timothee（ P266） ? Sample ?Facts students may list to argue against the professor: ?Most teachers/professors are strict and responsible。 ?glass attendance is required, otherwise points will be deducted。 ?fur schedule is so tight that we have little time for sports and other activities。 ?We are required to take too many quizzes, exams, etc.。 ?High marks are very hard to get。 ?Our dormitories are crowded and our cafeteria is not spacious enough。 ?We have to learn to take care of ourselves. Key to Vocabulary(P266) 1. beliefdoubt deepshallow learnunlearn shamepride politerude inadequateadequate successfailure boringinteresting dependentindependent mediocreexcellent uselessuseful wellinformedillinformed smartdull painfulpainless imaginative—unimaginative boring insteresting 2.(P266) 1) deprived of 2) for the sake of 3) get away with 4) dropped out 5) by no means 6) got down to 7) distinguish... from 8) look back on 9) gone through 10) after all 11) be rid of 12) on my own 3. （ P 267） 1) choice 2) secure 3) hear 4) who 5) keep 6) while/when 7) now 8) This 9) pressure 10) expecting 11) tests 12) within 13) bad 14) catch 15) marks 16) parents 17) obtain/get 18) teachers 19) relax 20) shape PART THRESS ? ENRICHING YOUR WORDPOWER(p288) ? ? Translation Practice (P296) ? 1)理解、應(yīng)用概念和記住那些考試一結(jié)束就會(huì)忘得一干二凈的事實(shí)，這兩者之間有著明確的區(qū)別。 ? 2)尤其在技術(shù)領(lǐng)域，變化如此迅速，以致于我們從本科教育中所能期望的最大收益是 學(xué)習(xí)能力的培養(yǎng)。因此記住事實(shí)不如獲取應(yīng)用的能力。 ? 3)對(duì)教授們來說，考試是評(píng)估學(xué)生掌握了多少知識(shí)的最為簡(jiǎn)易的方法，至少在比較大的班級(jí)是如此。 ? 4)現(xiàn)實(shí)生活遠(yuǎn)非一場(chǎng)開卷考，它是一場(chǎng)你永遠(yuǎn)都無法完全準(zhǔn)備好的考試，而且你根本無法補(bǔ)考。 ? 5)在現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中，我們無法預(yù)測(cè)明天會(huì)發(fā)生什么，也不知道該準(zhǔn)備些什么。 ? 6)成功失敗，起起落落，這些都是現(xiàn)實(shí)生活的特征，它并非如人們所猜想的那么容易。 ? 1. Question Do finals make you crazy? ? 2. Problemsolving You saw somebody in trouble. Although you want to help him but you are rushing to an exam. How should students be tested?（ P290） ? step one: Work in groups and discuss possible alternatives for evaluating students’performance other than finals. ? Step two: A representative from each group present the alternatives to the class. ? Step three: Choose the type of evaluation method you prefer and give the reasons. Enjoy Campus Comedies ? Step 1. Finish reading 5 campus edies on page 292293 and answer the questions. ? Step 2. work in groups to think of or make up some funny stories happened in your school. ? Step 3. Role play the funny stories