1、Unit 1 Life Choices Topic Talk Warming-up Are you ready for your new school life? What did you do before entering this new school? What is your dream high school? What do you plan to learn? What kind of teachers do you wish to meet? What learning atmosphere do you expect? Warming-up Your New School
2、Life What is it like? How do you feel about it and why? What is your plan for your new school life? Is it different from your previous school life? In what ways is it different? What is the biggest challenge? Talk about your new school life. Warming-up What expressions can be used to describe person
3、al feelings? excited / exciting delighted / delightful interested / interesting stressed / stressful bored / boring challenged / challenging Warming-up What expressions can we use to describe the new school? differs in many ways from my previous one is much bigger and more dynamic than I expected ha
4、s a beautiful campus / a big playground has a friendly head teacher / a big library has an excellent student centre Warming-up What expressions can be used to describe forms of learning? (can / cant) have different class schedules / choices for different clubs (do not) have fixed classrooms do group
5、 projects have group discussions share ideas or check work together Warming-up What expressions can be used to describe expectations? learn many new things develop confidence in speaking English / competence in a variety of new skills have a happier, more fruitful and satisfying life Listening 1.1 L
6、isten and complete the following sentences. Im a new senior secondary school student. My new school life is very _. I feel excited because this school _ _. What is also very different is that students in the same class _. In the next three years, I hope I will _ _ _. exciting differs in many ways fr
7、om my previous one have different class schedules develop confidence in speaking English and develop competence in a variety of new skills learn many new things, Listening List the differences between her new school and the previous one. Dont have fixed classrooms. Sit around in groups. Have group d
8、iscussions. Share ideas or check their work together. Have different class schedules. Listening How should we arrange all the ideas when we talk about our new school life? Personal Feelings Reasons Forms of learning Expectations Listening Im a new senior secondary school student. My new school life
9、is very exciting. I feel excited because this school differs in many ways from my previous one. What is also very different is that students in the same class can have different class schedules. In the next three years, I hope I will develop confidence in speaking English and develop competence in a
10、 variety of new skills. All in all, I hope to have a happier, more fruitful and satisfying life in my new school. How does the student introduce his new school life? 1 identity/who 2 personal feelings 3 reasons 4 forms of learning 5 expectations 6 conclusion Speaking Use the Text Builder to talk abo
11、ut your new school life in pairs. Use as many newly-learnt expressions from the text as possible. Add more good expressions if necessary. Example: do assignments on your own, look forward to, get used to, lockers, restrictions, freedom, feel like a little fish in a big sea Listening Listen to the di
12、alog. Three people are interviewed about their lives. Complete the notes below. 1.2 Bob Fred Ms Johnson Job Work schedule Positives about the job Negatives about the job Bob Fred Ms Johnson Job Work schedule Positives about the job Negatives about the job doctor quite stressful, lots of pressure, li
13、ttle time for leisure 6.30 am, by 7, 12-hour shifts help recover from illnesses and injuries football player 10 months a year, five hours a day get injured travel a lot, cheer you on business manager 8 am until late in the evening enjoy making important decisions stressful, challenges arise, not see
14、 family enough 12小时轮班小时轮班 Listening Listening Find out the similarities in their lives. They are busy. They lead stressful lives. Their work has positives and negatives. They dont complain about the negatives. Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one. Hans Selye
15、Discussion How do you understand the following quotes? There is no substitute for hard work. Thomas A. Edison To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield. Alfred Tennyson Discussion How do you understand the following quotes? The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of other
16、s. Mahatma Gandhi Quietude promotes learning, frugality cultivates virtue. One cant show high ideals without simple living; one cant have lofty aspirations without a peaceful state of mind. Zhuge Liang Assignment 1. Use the language you have learnt to write a short paragraph about your new school li
17、fe. Organize your ideas in a logical way. Then share it in groups. 2. Organize your group discussion of quotes into a short passage, and share it online. Notes 1. It is the start of a new chapter in my life. （人生或历史的）时期，时代，篇章 骑马出了一次严重的事故后， 我生命中的那一篇章就结束了。 That chapter of my life closed when I had a se
18、rious riding accident. Notes 2. Previously, we had fixed classrooms where students all sat in rows. 以前；先前；在以前 她以前受聘当导游。 She was previously employed as a tour guide. Notes 3. Unfortunately, the job can also be stressful, especially when challenges arise and I work so much that I feel I dont see my family enough. arise arose arisen vi. 出现；发生；产生；起身 The birds attack crops when the opportunity arises. 一有机会鸟儿们就会破坏庄稼。 Goodbye!
