Reading 1 Text exploration Background information Oliver Burkeman(1975-),the author of the passage,is a British journalist for the newspaper The Guardian.He is a winner of the Foreign Press Association's Young Journalist of the Year award,and has been shortlisted for the Orwell Prize in 2006.He writes a popular weekly column on psychology,"This Column Will Change Your Life,"and has reported from London, Washington,and New York. 新编大学英语（第四版）综合教程Unit2
新编大学英语（第四版） 综合教程 Unit 2 Oliver Burkeman (1975- ), the author of the passage, is a British journalist for the newspaper The Guardian. He is a winner of the Foreign Press Association’s Young Journalist of the Year award, and has been shortlisted for the Orwell Prize in 2006. He writes a popular weekly column on psychology, “This Column Will Change Your Life,” and has reported from London, Washington, and New York. Reading 1 Background information
Reading 1 Background information Pre-reading questions Text Structure exploration Text reading Vocabulary Culture notes 新编大学英语（第四版）综合教程Unit2
新编大学英语（第四版） 综合教程 Unit 2 Reading 1 Text exploration Pre-reading questions Vocabulary Structure Text reading Background information Culture notes
Reading 1 Text exploration Pre-reading questions 1.Do you feel busy in your college life?What are you busy for? 2.How will you deal with busyness? 新编大学英语（第四版）综合教程Unit2
新编大学英语（第四版） 综合教程 Unit 2 1. Do you feel busy in your college life? What are you busy for? 2. How will you deal with busyness? Reading 1 Pre-reading questions
Reading 1 Text exploration Sample answer 1.Yes,I do.College life involves not only study tasks but also various activities.Sometimes I feel it's difficult for me to strike a balance between them.From Monday to Friday,I need to finish courses.On the weekend,when I think I finally have time to do my homework,I find I have to attend group activities.Sometimes I can handle all of these,but sometimes I can't.I feel busy and exhausted. 新编大学英语（第四版）综合教程Unit2
新编大学英语（第四版） 综合教程 Unit 2 Sample answer 1. Yes, I do. College life involves not only study tasks but also various activities. Sometimes I feel it’s difficult for me to strike a balance between them. From Monday to Friday, I need to finish courses. On the weekend, when I think I finally have time to do my homework, I find I have to attend group activities. Sometimes I can handle all of these, but sometimes I can’t. I feel busy and exhausted. Reading 1
Reading 1 Text exploration 2.In that case,I would firstly think about whether it is necessary for me to be that busy,and what kind of lifestyle I want to have.Take my college life as an example,my busyness is mainly due to the imbalance between study and activities.Honestly,I want to be a great student,but I do not want to give up the chance to do what I am interested in.My problem now is that I joined too many clubs but I got only one weekend every week,and thus I could not do my best in every club.So I decide to choose the one which I really want to stay in, and quit the others.Less is more. 新编大学英语（第四版）综合教程Unit2
新编大学英语（第四版） 综合教程 Unit 2 2. In that case, I would firstly think about whether it is necessary for me to be that busy, and what kind of lifestyle I want to have. Take my college life as an example, my busyness is mainly due to the imbalance between study and activities. Honestly, I want to be a great student, but I do not want to give up the chance to do what I am interested in. My problem now is that I joined too many clubs but I got only one weekend every week, and thus I could not do my best in every club. So I decide to choose the one which I really want to stay in, and quit the others. Less is more. Reading 1