Hello, everyone!
Welcome to our class.
Today we'll come to Unit One
Your College Years.
Before we go to this article,
I want to know your understanding
of your college life.
Do you think
that college life is an exciting
yet frustrating experience?
What does college life mean to you?
Does it mean that
we have to go to a new place
far away from home and live among strangers?
Does it mean that
we are on our own, independent?
Does it mean that
instead of being taken care of,
we now have to take care of ourselves
and even learn to take care of others?
Does it mean that
from now on
we have to handle our own finances,
choose our own wardrobes
and determine our own agenda?
Ok. In brief, my question is:
what does college life really mean
to college students?
Let's watch a video
to see what college life is really like.
First of all,
we'll see how sophomores
look at their college life.
In their eyes,
the general impression of college
is mainly like this:
and so on.
In brief,
Ok. This is what college life is.
Another question
that is closely related to college students
is their purpose of receiving
such a higher education.
It seems that college education means
and so on.
It seems that it is
Ok. The third question I want to ask is:
Have college students
had any psychological problems
ever since they entered college?
After they stay in university a year or two,
psychological problems
will certainly cross their mind.
Since they entered university,
they have such psychological problems
csuch as
and so on.
It seems
that they are always feeling pressure
Actually college life is much more colorful.
As part of one's life,
college life is full of changes
and challenges.
College students have to make many
important adjustments and decisions
that will concern their education and career,
values and social responsibilities.
All the questions I asked above
are closely related to Text One
Your College Years.
In this article,
the author Bob Harter
talks quite a bit about the key changes
happening to college students.
Now let's analyze
what the author mainly tells us
in this article.
That is,
we'll discuss the theme of the article.
In this article,
it is known that
Next let's analyze the organization
of this article,
that is, the structure of this article.
This article is a very typical example
of argumentation.
The organization of this article is clear-cut.
The article begins
with three questions,
which are
By asking questions,
the author naturally put forward the thesis,
which is
Then the author goes on
explaining the key changes
happening to college students
which include
All the changes are analyzed through
supportive ideas by
and so on.
In the conclusion,
the author restates the thesis,
emphasizing that college
is designed to be a time of personal growth
and expansion.
From the analysis of the organization
of this article, we can see that
this is a good piece of argumentation
including the clear-cut introduction
which states the thesis:
that is key changes will probably happen
to college students,
body part which is about the key changes
and the conclusion which states the thesis.
Now, after we have a general
impression of the article,
let us analyze the writing device
that the author uses to make it
so persuasive and powerful.
In this article,
the author uses antithesis
to make college life exciting yet frustrating.
The two words "liberty" and "death"
are in antithesis,
which makes the statement very impressive.
In para. 5,
Besides antithesis,
the author relies too much on examples
to give a vivid description
of the key changes occurring in college.
Paragraphs 6,7,8,9
are developed by examples.
Giving example is a powerful way
to develop a paragraph.
Ok.
The above is a general analysis
of the article.
Through general analysis,
I hope we will have a general understanding
of the article.
Thank you for your attention.
You can refer to the attached materials
for reference.
See you the time.