Preparing-for-CollegePPT优秀课件

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A University of Califonia at Berkeley-a leading U.S.university offering programmes in the arts and sciences,agriculture,engineering, architecture,business,administration,education,etc.Berkeley is a city in western Califonia. 2Language PointsLanguage Pointsput sth off-delay doing stheg:Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.2.to be put off for a year-to be delayed for a year3.Im not of them-I was not like them; I was not of their kind3Language PointsLanguage Points6.so far as I could make out-so far as I could understand5.driving motive- the incentive / encouragement that urges them on;4.the elect-those persons especially chosen,or considered to be the best4Language PointsLanguage Points7.They look dazed or indifferent-They look confused/bewilded or uninterested/ unconcerned.eg:That problem is just beyond me; I cant make it out.He muttered a complaint thatnobody could make out.5Language PointsLanguage Points eg:His answer to the question left us all dazed.Daze is often used in the passive. To be dazed is to be made unable to think or feel clearly. 6Language PointsLanguage Pointstitleeg:We should not be indifferent to the low achievers in schoolindifferent - not interested in, not caring about. 7Language PointsLanguage Pointstitle8.foreign to me-unfamilar and strange to me;unknown to me;not within my experienceeg:His concept of education is entirely foreign to us.Deception was foreign to his nature8Language PointsLanguage Pointstitle10.for keeps - This phrase is used informally,meaningforever,permanently. eg:Can I have one of those cute mementos?Sure. This one is yours, for keeps.9. bear on - have some connection with; relate to. eg:Did what he said bear on your problem?9Language PointsLanguage Pointstitle11.My parents did not bring me up.-Bring up means care for and educate (a child) in the family until he is fully grown.What the author means here is that his parents did not look after him in every way in the family;rather,they sent him to school.10Language PointsLanguage Points.12.they offered me every opportunity in their reach-they gave me every favourable chance they can afford to give.13.reveal to-to make sth known to sbeg:Details of the murder were revealed by the local paper.11Language PointsLanguage Points.14.appeal to - attract, interest. eg:His plan of spending our winter vacation in an orphanage to coach the children there in English appealed to all of us. Appeal has different meanings in different contexts. eg:The Municipal Government appealed to (requested) the residents to save water last summer.12Language PointsLanguage Points.15.by dent of-this is a variant of by dint of,meaning bymeans ofeg:The load was lifted by means of a crane.make a dent in sth-to reduce the amount of sth,especially moneyeg:The layers fees will make a dent in our finances.13Language PointsLanguage Points18.metaphysics-the branch of philosophy that deals with abstract concepts,etc17.lines-areas of study,activity,interest,or work16.the rudiments-the basics,the fundamentals14Language PointsLanguage Points19.I was not in the least curious about Greek -I was not eager to learn Greek at all. not in the least - not at all.eg:Lots of people love to read science fiction. but Im not in the least interested.15Language PointsLanguage Points20.When I knocked at the college gates,only more and ever more questions.When I got ready to enter college,I was expecting a college education in some definite fields,I was very eager to know the answers to some questions difficult16Language PointsLanguage Points to understand and that had made me work and improve myself,especially in areas of study,where there were no prompt answers,but there were endless questions.17Language PointsLanguage Pointstitle2.The elect were for the most part,boys whohad been brought up to do their duty.the electreference,refers to those persons,especially chosen,or considerer to be the best(P2)1.Often I have envied them;more often I have been glad that I was not of them.themreference,refers to the boys whom the world are made for.(P1)18Language PointsLanguage Points.3.He had, but the right school for me and my kind did not exist.(P1)He hadellipsis,it should be He had chosen the wrong school for me.4. No one tried to interest me in them.themreference,refers to these other subjects which seems to me irrelevant to my life19Language PointsLanguage Pointstitle4.School subjects which happened to bear on my outside interests I studied in school and out.in school and outellipsis,it should be in school and out of school(P4)20Language PointsLanguage Pointstitle5.On the other hand I can remember few of my teachers and little of the subjects which seemed to me irrelevant to my life.on the other handIt links the previous sentences and the following sentences together.(P3)21Language PointsLanguage Points.6.These other subjects are interesting,and they might have been made interesting to me.these other subjectsIt links paragraph 3 and 4 closely.