新世纪高职高专英语综合教程 NEW CENTURY ENGLISH NTEGRATED COURSE 李 霞

UNIT 1 TEXT Why College?

Exercise Education in the USA Language Points Vocabulary File

Why College? “ T he more you learn, the more you earn, ”said the pop singer Cyndi Lauper as she accepted her high school diploma-at the age of 35! Although Cyndi made it without a high school degree, most people don’t. In the U.S.A. today, about 75% of the jobs require some education or technical training beyond high school degrees; college graduates outearn those without a college education; people with master’s degrees outearn those with only a bachelor’s; and the highest incomes of all earned by people with advanced degrees. However, more diplomas don’t always mean more money. Many skilled blue-collar workers, salespeople, business executives, and entrepreneurs outearn college professors and scientific researchers. And great athletes and entertainers outearn everyone else! T he more diplomamade it requirebeyond outearnexecutives

Why College? But a college education is not only preparation for a career; it is also (or should be )preparation for life. In addition to courses in their major field of study, most students have time to take elective courses.They may take classes that help them understand more about human nature, government, the arts, sciences, or whatever else interests them.In addition tomajor

Why College? G oing to college, either full-time or part-time, is naturally becoming the next step after high school. Today, more than half of American high school graduates enroll in college. But recent high school graduates no longer dominate the college campuses. Today, it is quite common for adults of all ages to come back to college either for career advancement or personal growth. By 1992, about half of all American college students will be older than 25, and 20% of them will be over 35. Serving this great variety of people are about 3,400 colleges and universities enrolling more than 12 million students.dominatecampuses

Why College? A merican faith in the value of education is shown by the rising number of Americans who have at least a bachelor’s degree. About 20% of Americans are college graduates. However, among younger adults and working people, the percentage is at least 25%, much higher than in most other major nations. In the U.S.A., a college education is not viewed as a privilege reserved for the wealthy or the academically talented. Almost everyone who wants to attend college can do so. faith viewed as privilege reserved talented

1. The more…the… The more you learn, the more you earn. The more practice you have, the fewer mistakes you will make. We will have to begin our journey early tomorrow: in fact the earlier, the better. The busier he is,the happier he feels. The more I read the poem, the more I understand it.

Eg : she worked hard to earn her music diploma 3.make it : be successful (in one’s career, etc.) He failed to make it as a writer. It is hard to make it to the top in show business. A certificate of graduation from a school or college. 2. diploma

5.beyond:outside the range of The car is beyond repair. Your work is beyond all praise 4.require : need It is required that the instrument should be tested before it is used. They required me to be quiet. What do you require of me ? He ate a car----it is beyond belief

7.executive: Eg: sales executive. 6.outearn:earn more than Tom outearns his father. out-: To a greater extent ; surpassing Eg: outdo, outlive, outnumber

66 in addition to: as well as, besides Eg: In addition to giving a general introduction to computers, the course also provides practical training. 77 major: a. (n) I chose English as my major at university. b. (v) major in : He majored in two subjects. 88 dominate: have power and control over Eg: He completely dominated the group and made all the decisions

11.campus: on campus 12.faith:strong belief in have faith in sb. 13.view…as: consider sb. or sth. in a certain way Eg: I view John as a reliable man. 14.reserve : keep for a special purpose, make a reservation Eg: We will reserve the room for you till noon tomorrow. The first 3 rows of the hall are reserved for special guests. I have reserved a table for two at the restaurant. Sorry, we have not a reserved table. Jane is a shy, reserved girl 15.talent : special natural ability or skill, and talented is adjective Eg: He has talent for drawing. This school helps to develop students’ talents. Tom is a highly talented football player

Bachelor Master Degree doctor

teacher Assistant lecturer professor

earn a fortune one’s praise money one’s living

the mountain one’s reach one’s power the range of 2003 beyond

Sentence Making Earn Beyond The more…the more… In addition to Do some exercises