大学英语课程要求

Wk 3a Schedule

I.News talking

II.Listening

i)Spot Dictation –Kiss after 60 years

ii)Outlining – Confessions of A Texting Addict

iii)Short answer questions -- Babies of the future

III.NHCE listening & speaking exs. on the net

IV.Assignments: 1-2 min speech

Below are 10 famous quotes from Henry van Dyke which cover important facets of human life. Please make comments on them. ( Agree / Disagree /Interpret / Elaborate). Each one may choose one or two quotes and make a mini speech on them.

i)Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and

to play and to look up at the stars.

ii)Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.

iii)Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.

iv)In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.

v)Faith is an adventure; it is the courage of the soul to face the unknown.

But that courage springs from the hope and confidence of the soul that its adventure will succeed.

vi)Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.

vii)Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.

viii)Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.

ix)There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.

x)There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love this life and live it as bravely and faithfully and cheerfully as we can.