Practical EnglishBook OneTeaching Plan for Unit 1by 赵应吉 I Content of teaching1 Comprehensive English 2 Extensive English 3 Fast Reading 4 Listening PracticeII Time of Teaching 1 Self-introduction (1学时) 2 Text A adapt to The body quickly adjusts (itself) to changes in temperature. 你应该尽力适应新的大学生活。 You should try your best to adjust (yourself) to the new life at the college.Similarly adapt (oneself) to: to become adjusted to new conditions, etc. She adapted (herself) quickly to the new climate. Our eyes slowly adapted to the dark.accustom oneself to: to make oneself used to sth He quickly accustomed himself to this new way of life.be/get/become/grow accustomed to: to be/get used to sth I soon got accustomed to his strange ways.be/get used to sth/doing sth: having learned to accept sth; be/get accustomed to sth After three weeks she had got used to the extreme heat.2 on ones own: alone; independent He cant be left to work on his own. We are expected to solve the problem on our own.3 have (some time) off: to have a rest for a period of time; be away from work or duty Youd better have a few days off. 经理放员工两天假。 The manager had the staff two days off.4 account 账目，账户 open an account 开账户 a checking account 支票存款账 户/活期存款账户 a deposit account 定期存款账 户 a savings account 储蓄存款账 户5 Before that I looked in the phone book since I had no clue about any bank around here or where they were located. “That” here refers to “going out and looking for a bank where she could open an account”.事前，我查找了电话簿，因为我 对这儿附近的银行和它们的地点 都 一无所知。6 now that: as a consequence of the fact that Now that you have grown up, you must stop this childish behavior.7 be supposed to: should, must, be expected to You are supposed to report the matter to the police as soon as possible. 我不应该对你讲这件事。 Im not supposed to talk to you about this.8 add to: to put (one thing together with another); continue to say sth The Chaotianmen Square has added greatly to the beauty of Chongqing. I have nothing to add to my earlier statement. 对我先前说的话, 我没有什么补 充的。9 cope with: to manage successfully; be able to deal with sth difficult There was too much work for our computer to cope with. Its hard for a child to cope with such problems.10 I decided to sleep in, something I couldnt do in high school. In high school it was impossible for me to sleep late in the morning.11 sleep in: to sleep late in the morning I get a chance to sleep in at the weekend.III Summary of the Text The author regards_as a new and different experience and gives _ reasons to explain this. First, she thinks college life makes her feel_ for herself and_ because she has to make decisions on everything she does.Then she writes about the_ _she can get help from and talk with. Lastly, she mentions the possibility of_ _. In short, she enjoys this new life in spite of the fact that she is far from her hometown.III Summary of the Text The author regards college life as a new and different experience and gives three reasons to explain this. First, she thinks college life makes her feel responsible for herself and independent because she has to make decisions on everything she does. Then she writes about the friendly people she can get help from and talk with. Lastly, she mentions the possibility of having Fridays off. In short, she enjoys this new life in spite of the fact that she is far from her hometown.Step 4 Some ExercisesStep 5 Text B & Extensive ReadingStep 6 Fast ReadingStep 7 Skills Development & Practice