Unit 21
Starting University
海外生活/日常溝通
Oversea life/Daily Communication
BRAIN STORM
Share your ideas with your teacher and try to make sentences.
What was your memorable experience during your University years?
VOCABULARY
Repeat these sentences after your teacher.
1. freshman (n.) 新生
Are you a freshman at a University?
你是大學新生嗎？
2. undecided (adj.) 没决定
My major is still undecided.
我的專業還不確定。
3. psychology (n.) 心理學
Psychology is an interesting major.
心理學是一門有趣的專業。
4. major (adj.)主修
What is your major in college?
你大學的專業是什麼？
5. minor (v.) 輔修
One of my friends has three minor subjects.
我的一位朋友有3個副修科目。
6. amazing (adj.) 太好了
You are an amazing singer!
你是一位了不起的歌手！
Dialogue
Read the dialogue aloud with your teacher.
Hey Nick, I heard that you’re going to university soon.
嗨Nick，我聽說你很快就要去上大學了。
I am! I heard the same thing about you.
是的！我聽說你也是。
Yeah, I’m excited to be a freshman next year. I finally get to live on my own.
是的，明年我就是新生了，真激動。我總算能自己住了。
Me too! It’ll be great to meet new people and try new things. Where are you going to school?
我也是！見到新朋友，嘗試新事物，真好。你去哪上學？
I’m going to Columbia in New York, where are you going to be?
我去紐約的哥倫比亞大學。你呢？
I’m going to be in California at Stanford. It’s pretty far from New York, but
maybe I can visit you during the break if I have time.
我要去加州的斯坦福大學。離紐約很遠，但我要是有時間，放假就可以去找你。
That would be great. Do you know what you are majoring in yet?
那太好了。你知道你主修什麼嗎？
I’m still undecided, but I think I want to study psychology. What about you?
我還沒決定呢，但我想學心理學。你呢？
I’m going to major in business and minor in finance.
我主修工商學，輔修金融。
That’s amazing
那太好了。
Let's Practice
Make it right.
A : ______.
B : I heard the same thing about you.
1.I heard that you’re going to university soon.
2.Do you know what you are majoring in yet?
A :Where are you going to school?
B : ________.
1. I’m going to Columbia in New York.
2.That’s amazing.
I _________ the same thing about you.
1.hard
2.heard
I’m going to major in __________and minor in finance.
1.business
2.business
What is a textbook?
A.a book prepared for use in schools or colleges.
B.the introduction of a book.
C.a book prepared for tests.
D.the written version of a speech.
We can’t say for certain because there are issues that remain ___.
A.doubt
B.behind
C.undecided
D.up
I could not wait to grow up and be off ___ my own.
A.on
B.of
C.by
D.for
I don’t know if I will ___ in another subject.
A.cancel
B.minor
C.interested
D.decide
DISCUSSION
Make a conversation with your teacher.
1.How did you feel on your first day of class?
2.How did you make friends?
