Part 1、Text难句

1.My heart went out to him. (Para. 1)

2.How humiliating to be in a university registrar’s office with your father taking charge. (Para. 1)

3. I am as old as, if not older than, most faculty members. (Para. 3)

4. I thought about those small bits of self-confidence that were so painstakingly built in boyhood, and how they were being crushed at the counter. (Para. 6)

5. grow up (Para. 7): 

6.Rather (Para. 10)

7. So whatever are you doing in line with them at the registrar's office? (Para. 10)

8. I learned to find my way through the perils and pleasures of university life. (Para. 12)

9. Naturally, I made mistakes, but then I still do. (Para. 12)

10. … everything I did was a direct reflection on them. (Para. 13)

11. They never set foot in a university. (Para. 14)

Part 2:  Understanding difficult sentences

Homework（学习通提交）

1.  Usage and Sentence Patterns(p42-43)

2. Comprehensive Practice(p44)
   

Directions: For this part, you are required to translate a passage from Chinese into English.

这世界历来都有很多紧迫的挑战。人类将繁荣昌盛还是被饥饿、疾病或气候变化压倒？大学生应该如何为未来的道路做准备？将时间花在书本和实验室当然非常重要。事实上，只有在拥有敏锐的探究精神、良好的国际视野、和对社会具有发自内心的责任感以及乐于助人的前提下，读书和做实验的益处才能最大化。