Related Information

Fun Time

Check Yourself

Practical Writing

BOOK2Unit4

1. If you were the president of a prominent university, what kind of students would you accept?

I. Related Information

BOOK2Unit4

BOOK2Unit4

2. Yale (for dictation )2. Yale (for dictation )

• Yale university, ______ ___________________ __________, is situated in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in _____, it is the third oldest private university in the United States and is a member of the Ivy League.

the nation’s great seatsone of

of learning

1701

BOOK2Unit4

II. Practical Writing—— Letters of Application for Studying Abroad

When you apply for school admission, you’ll

have to introduce yourself in writing.The purpose is to give others informationabout yourself so that others may knowabout you.

Samples

BOOK2Unit4 Sample

1Admission OfficeAdmission OfficeGraduate Admissions and Enrollment ServicesGraduate Admissions and Enrollment ServicesGraduate School of New York UniversityGraduate School of New York UniversityNew York, NY 10003New York, NY 10003

Dear Sirs,Dear Sirs, I’m graduating from Guangxi University next year. II’m graduating from Guangxi University next year. Iwish to pursue a master’s degree in your Electricwish to pursue a master’s degree in your ElectricEngineering. Please send me your catalog and applicationEngineering. Please send me your catalog and applicationforms for admission and financial aid.forms for admission and financial aid.Thank you.Thank you.

Yours sincerely, Yours sincerely, (signature) (signature)

BOOK2Unit4

Dear Sir: I am going to graduate from Department of Mathematics in

Nanjing University in June next year. I am very eager to enter the Graduate School of your University next fall to study applied mathematics for Ph. D. degree.

I would appreciate it very much if you would send me a graduate catalog of your university and any other necessary information, and also a set of application forms

for admission. Thank you for your kind assistance.

Sincerely yours,Zhou Hua

Sample 2

BOOK2Unit4

III. Check YourselfChoose the best one:

1. I have not heard anything from him since his ______.

A. departure B. fault

C. foundation D. acceptance

2. As a chairman for nearly ten years, Professor Smith

has never _______ to anything.

A. beard B. attached C. granted D. kept

C

A

C

BOOK2Unit4

3. These programs are designed for those young people who want to _______ higher education but do not have enough time to go to university. A. insure B .purse C. purchase D. pursue

4. Since he often travels on business, he can _______ himself to sleeping in any place he can find. A. make B. accustom C. force D. let

C

D

B

BOOK2Unit4

5. Much of the news provided by this newspaper is _______, not foreign. A. domestic B. strain C. purchase D. murder

6. Even though he has lived in China for many years, Mark still can not _______ himself to the Chinese customs. A. adopt B. advertise C. adapt D. accept

C

A

C

BOOK2Unit4

7. During these ten years, many new methods have been _______ in the field of foreign language teaching. A. adopted B. adapted C. alarmed D. aided

8. The _______ is nearly dead , so I can not start the car again. A. bean B. beam C. bake D. battery

C

A

D

BOOK2Unit4

9. Alan is a good football player and never breaks _______. A. legal B. regulations C. limitation D. agreement

10. The dog _______ the rabbit but could not catch it. 　 A. ceased B. chained C. checked D. chased

C

B

D

BOOK2Unit4

A Song——

500 Miles

Smart Riddles

BOOK2Unit4

the train I'm onthe train I'm on If you miss _____________If you miss _____________You will know ____________ You will know ____________ You can hear the whistle blowYou can hear the whistle blowA hundred milesA hundred milesA hundred miles a hundred milesA hundred miles a hundred milesA hundred miles a hundred milesA hundred miles a hundred milesYou can hear the whistle blowYou can hear the whistle blowA hundred milesA hundred miles

that I am gonethat I am gone

BOOK2Unit4

Lord I'm one, lord, I'm twoLord I'm one, lord, I'm twoLord I'm three, lord I'm fourLord I'm three, lord I'm fourLord I'm five hundred milesLord I'm five hundred miles

from my homefrom my home Five hundred milesFive hundred miles Five hundred milesFive hundred miles Five hundred miles, five hundred Five hundred miles, five hundred

milesmilesLord, I'm five hundred milesLord, I'm five hundred milesfrom my homefrom my home

BOOK2Unit4

Not a _______________ Not a _______________ Not a ________________ Not a ________________ Lord I can't go back homeLord I can't go back home

This awayThis awayThis away this awayThis away this awayThis away this awayThis away this awayLord, I can't go back home Lord, I can't go back home this awaythis away

shirt on my backshirt on my backpenny to my penny to my namename

BOOK2Unit4

If you miss the train I'm onIf you miss the train I'm onYou will know that I am goneYou will know that I am goneYou can hear the whistle blowYou can hear the whistle blowA hundred miles …A hundred miles …

The End

BOOK2Unit4

II. Smart RiddlesII. Smart Riddles 1. How many great people have been

born in America? 2. Where can you always find money? 3. When is a chain-smoker most painful? 4. Punctuate ( 加标点符号 ): It was and I

said not but. 5. Where were you when the power was

cut off?keys

BOOK2Unit4

2. In the dictionary.

3. When he has a packet of cigarettes

but no light.4. “It was ‘and’,” I said, “not ‘but’”.

5. In the darkness.

1. None . Only babies are born there.

Keys