21世纪大学英语读写教程第一册 Unit1-21世纪大学英语读写教程

Unit 1

Text A

Listening

First Listening
Before listening to the tape, have a quick look at the following words.
grade
分数

concentrate
全神贯注

schedule
时间表

pressure
压力

selectively
有选择地

relevant
有关的

skip over
跳过;略过

approach
方法

Second Listening
Listen to the tape again. Then, choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
1. The purpose of this listening passage is ____.
A) to describe college life
B) to give advice for college success
C) to warn against being lazy at college
D) to increase college enrollment（入学人数）
2. According to the listening passage, the most important key to getting good grades at college is _____.
A) asking questions in class
B) doing assignments ahead of time
C) working as hard as you can
D) learning how to study effectively
3. Which of the following does the listening NOT say you should do?
A) Organize your time and materials.
B) Write down every word the professor says in class.
C) Treat studying like business.
D) Study together.

Pre-reading Questions

1. Based on the title, guess what the text is about.
2. Look at the subheadings, 1-8, in the text. Which of these activities do you already do? In which areas do you feel you need improvement?
3. Are there any "secrets" to your own success as a student? In other words, do you have any special study techniques which have been very successful for you?

Secrets of A Students

Edwin Kiester & Sally Valentine Kiester

Alex, now a first-year student in natural sciences at Cambridge, played football for his school in Manchester and directed the school production of a play — but he left school with five A's. Amanda, studying English at Bristol University, acted in plays at her school and played tennis regularly. Yet she still managed to get four A's.
How do A students like these do it? Brains aren't the only answer. The most gifted students do not necessarily perform best in exams. Knowing how to make the most of one's abilities counts for much more.
Hard work isn't the whole story either. Some of these high-achieving students actually put in fewer hours than their lower-scoring classmates. The students at the top of the class get there by mastering a few basic techniques that others can easily learn. Here, according to education experts and students themselves, are the secrets of A students.
1. Concentrate! Top students allow no interruptions of their study time. Once the books are open, phone calls go unanswered, TV unwatched and newspapers unread. "This doesn't mean ignoring important things in your life," Amanda explains. "It means planning your study time so that you can concentrate. If I'm worried about a sick friend, I call her before I start my homework. Then when I sit down to study, I can really focus."
2. Study anywhere — or everywhere. A university professor in Arizona assigned to tutor underachieving college athletes, recalls a runner who exercised daily. He persuaded him to use the time to memorise biology terms. Another student stuck a vocabulary list on his bathroom wall and learned a new word every day while brushing his teeth.