大学英语

第一篇：大学英语

I.Lesson 3

Background information

A.About the author

Richard MoranMore Crime and Less Punishment

Richard Moran is a criminologist and a leading expert on the insanity defense,capital punishment, and the history of the electric chair.The author of numerous

articles and reviews, Moran has also written articles for the Washington Post,Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, and Newsweek.The Executioner's Current

It is the story of how the electric chair developed out of an effort by one nineteenth-century

electric company to discredit the other.EdisonEdison, Thomas Alva(1847-1931)a US inventor who made over 1300 electrical inventions, including the , the record player, and equipment for the cinema.He is most famous for inventing the(=a glass container with a thin wire inside, which produces light by using electricity).When Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse(1846-1914, 美国发明家)were building the first power plants in the country, electric light was a bizarre new technology that few people understood and many people feared.Adding to the confusion were the two competitors' attempts to promote their own systems and discredit the other.When New York State began considering electrocution as a method of capital punishment, Edison recommended Westinghouse's alternating current for the unseemly task.Westinghouse, not wanting the negative stigma associated with his system, fought back, and a truly well intentioned government effort to find a more humane method of execution became a courtroom battle for commercial supremacy between two competing pioneers.Moran's account is broad, covering the electric power struggle between Edison and Westinghouse, the trial and execution of the first man to die in the electric chair, and the history of the capital punishment debate in the U.S.Edison's popularity as a cultural hero lends appeal to the entertaining drama of the power companies' competition, and the surprisingly colorful history of the electric chair makes for fascinating reading.

第二篇：英语大学

国家定向培养计划少数民族高层次骨干人才攻读

硕士学位研究生(应届考生)定向协议书

甲方(培养单位)： 北京外国语大学

乙方(定向省、自治区、直辖市教育行政部门)：丙方(定向生本人)：

根据2008年《少数民族高层次骨干人才计划》招生管理办法，就丙方攻读硕士学位研究生事宜，甲、乙、丙三方经协商达成如下协议：

一、甲方为乙方录取丙方为2007年专业攻读硕士学位研究生。

二、甲方根据《普通高等学校学生管理规定》对丙方进行管理，按培养方案对丙方进行培养。甲方向丙方发放硕士研究生普通奖学金。丙方学习期满、符合硕士研究生毕业条件，甲方准予毕业，符合硕士学位授予条件，甲方授予硕士学位。丙方学习结束离校后，甲方可将丙方的毕业证书、硕士期间档案等一并直接寄送乙方。

三、丙方党、团组织关系转入基础培训学校，基础培训结业考核合格后转入甲方，丙方在甲方的学习结束后，丙方必须回到乙方所在省、自治区、直辖市就业。且服务年限不得少于5年。乙方负责指导丙方就业。

四、丙方必须遵守学籍管理规定等各项规章制度，按时完成学业。丙方在校期间若受警告、记过、留校察看等处分，由甲方通知乙方。丙方中途退学、受开除学籍处分，或因其他原因不宜继续学习，由甲方依据有关规定处理。丙方在学期间欲变动学籍（休学、延期毕业等），须提供乙方的同意证明，否则不予办理。

五、丙方第一学年须到教育部指定的基础强化培训基地进行培训，考核合格后方可进入甲方继续硕士学位培养阶段学习。

六、本协议一式三份，经甲、乙、丙三方签字并盖公章后，自丙方取得正式学籍（到民族硕士基础强化培训基地报到）之日起生效。甲、乙、丙三方各持有一份，按本协议执行全部条款。

七、违约情形及处理

丙方有以下情况，乙方有权追究其相应的违约责任：

毕业后未按本协议去定向省、自治区、直辖市工作的，应在违约处理决定公布后1个月内，一次性向乙方退还所享受的免费教育经费、普通奖学金，并缴纳该费用50％的违约金。

八、未尽事宜，由甲、乙、丙三方分别签订补充协议。

甲方单位公章：乙方单位公章：丙方签字： 甲方负责人签字：乙方负责人签字：

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第三篇：大学英语推荐

亲们，高考英语成绩有点拉分有木有？开学英语有个入学等级考试，有点担心有木有？不小心被分到一级倍受打击有木有？

英语，从进入大学之后，几乎变成了自学。我们学校不似有些学校，在大一上半学期的冬天就能考四级，而是2,3级的在大一下夏天才有第一次机会，而1级的同学只有等到大二上学期才能有机会。你一定要坚信，在大学的英语课堂上学到的东西很少，而仅仅保持你高考的英语水平都得你在课外付出很多努力。

去年我定了21世纪英语周报，觉得还不错，今年我果断做了报纸的代理。

报纸每周一期，彩印加黑白印，不仅有实事，有娱乐资讯，有四六级的真题和模拟预测题。同时订报纸附赠英语专区教育卡，四六级词典。

为英语……奋斗吧，孩纸们！

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第四篇：大学英语

大学英语

08/09学年教学与管理安排

按照外语学院大学英语教研室期中教学、教务会议精神，和近期各学院及师生对教学反映。我们对大学英语08/09学年教学与管理作如下安排：

1、06级“英语视听说”教材使用《新世纪大学英语视听说》（上海外语教育出版社）第3、4册。上课地点：各语言实验室。

2、在07级“综合英语”和“口语”课程中增加授课内容：“翻译和写作”；翻译教材使用毛荣贵教授编写的《新世纪大学英汉翻译教程》（上海交通大学出版社）。每周课型设计：“综合英语”2节+“口语+翻译和写作”2节。

3、08年级普通本科（除音乐、体育、美术类本科外）教学环节细述如下：

1）、普通本科继续实施网络教学。对新生入学时进行分班教学，分A、B、C三种类型。分班原则：浙江省考生按照高考分数分班，外省新生按照A班占1/4，B班占1/2，C班占1/4的比例，将学生划入各模块教学班。所用教材与07级相同。不过教学计划应重新编写，选择合适的章节授课。期末统一出卷。

2）、在“口语”课中增加与专业和时事相关的口语练习内容，任课教师协作编写口语练习教材，教学过程应体现地方性综合大学的特点。同时落实课内“快速阅读”练习。

3）、音乐、体育、美术类本科学生按照传统行政班级教学，每周4节课。教材使用上海外语教育出版社全新版大学英语预备级（底起点+高起点）和综合教程第一、二册全套（综合英语、阅读、视听说、快速阅读）。期末统一出卷。

4）、08专生本的班级按照教学行政班级，不参加网络模块教学班。教材使用大学英语全新版第3、4册的“综合英语”、“阅读”、“视听说”、“快速阅读”。每周4节课。时间1学年，期末单独出卷。

5）08学前专科、08体育高职按照教学行政班级教学教材使用大学英语全新版预备级（底起点+高起点）“综合英语”、“阅读”、“视听说”、“快速阅读”。每周4节课。时间1学年，期末单独出卷。

4、认真总结一年来网络教学改革，努力撰写教学科研论文。教研室将对诸如论文版面费给以适度补贴。

外语学院

08年6月

请求增加口语教室数量的要求

根据一年来大学英语口语教学的现状。为确保08年级网络教学改革，经核实应增加多媒体大学英语口语教室如下：

学院路：1个（原1个）

茶山南校区：1个（原3个）

请教务处、现代教育技术中心与外语学院合作讨论有关事项。

外语学院

08年6月

第五篇：大学英语

1：The old lady felt ___________ after her husband died

1.degraded

2.depressed

3.reduced

4.lessened

2：We dare not play jokes on her ___________ she should become

angry.1.lest

2.unless

3.for fear of

4.so that

3：Louis was asked to _____ the man who stole her purse.1.confirm

2.recognize

3.claim

4.identify

4：Over a third of the population was estimated to have no

___________ to the health service.1.assessment

2.assignment

3.exception4.access

5：This story __________ the real experience of a sportsman

1.bases on2.is based on3.basing on4.based on

6：I don’t think I’m ______ of your success at your present

job.1.envious2.obvious3.happy4.awful

7：They were arguing but broke ______ when someone came into

the room.1.out2.off3.down4.up

8：A well-written composition _______ good choice of words

and clear organization among other things.1.calls on2.calls for3.calls up4.calls off

9：The old lady had a firm ______________ that her husband

would come back someday.1.conviction2.statement3.punishment4.imagination

10：A well-written article ______________ good choice of words

and clear organization among other things.1.calls on2.calls for3.calls up4.calls off

11：The enemies fought hard, but finally they had to give

______, because their food supply was cut off.1.in

3.out4.away

12：Job suitability may also need to be regularly monitored

in order to _____ worker health and ability.1.assure2.sure3.reassure4.insure

13：The students were asked to give a ______ on communication

through body language.1.preparation2.perspective3.presentation4.protection

14：We all _____________laughter when we heard his humorous

story

1.burst through2.burst into3.burst out

15：She left ______ great haste in order to catch the train.1.to2.on3.in4.for

16：Good students take a right ___________ towards exams.1.attitude2.altitude3.latitude4.aptitude

17：Scientists have recently turned their attention to natural

______ of energy: the sun, the sea, the wind and hot springs.1.image2.appearance3.sources4.cause

18：Psychologists find that one’s attention ___________ has

a limit.So a break between classes is necessary.1.space

3.time4.period

19：Mary was _____________ with her boy friend because he was

late for the date.1.bothered2.annoyed3.interfered4.interrupted

20：It is our ______ policy that we will achieve unity through

peaceful means.1.consistent2.continuous3.considerate4.continual