1、Unit 1 Back to school Reading () Language points What is senior high school life like? The path before you leads to a world full of 1._ (challenge): a new environment, new knowledge and new ways of thinking. 2._, the opportunity lies in each challenge. When you rise to the challenges, you will have
2、the opportunity 3._ (acquire) great knowledge and enjoy personal 4._(grow). Most 5._ (important), your time and effort at senior high school will open the door to your potential. challenges However to acquire growth importantly 6. _(realize) your potential, 7._ is important for you to make the most
3、8._ our school resources. Take advantage of your classes, learn from your teachers and classmates, and make use of our school facilities. Good study habits, useful skills and a positive attitude are 9._(equal) important. As a senior high school student, you must make efforts to improve your communic
4、ation and problem-solving skills. Last but not least, always look on the bright side and never lose hope, even in difficult situations. In time you will find yourself 10._(grow) into a well-rounded individual. To realize it of equally growing adj.中学的；级别中学的；级别(或地位或地位)高的高的; 高级水平的高级水平的;老年的老年的 高中高中 高级军官
5、高级军官/经理经理 比比 年长年长/ 资深资深/ 级别级别（地位地位）高高 比某人大比某人大岁岁 cn.较较年长的人年长的人;级别级别(或地位或地位)较高者较高者;上级上级;上司上司; 高高 水平运动员水平运动员 She is lively and hard-working, and has been praised by her seniors in the company. senior high school a senior officer/manager be senior to be senior to sb by years 1. senior junior（反义词）（反义词）
6、(1) Though he is 3 years younger _ me, he is senior _ me in the company. He is my senior. (2) 我叫李华我叫李华，是一名高中生是一名高中生。 _ (3) The number of high school seniors who go to college is increasing these years. _ than to Im Li Hua, a senior high school student. 这些年来上大学的高中生人数不断增加这些年来上大学的高中生人数不断增加。 adj. 潜在的潜在的
7、;可能的可能的 (1) First we need to identify actual and _. 首先，我们需要弄清实际的问题和潜在的问题。首先，我们需要弄清实际的问题和潜在的问题。 n. 可能性可能性;潜在性潜在性;潜力潜力, 潜质潜质, 潜能潜能 (1) He _ a world-class musician. 他有潜力成为世界级的音乐家。他有潜力成为世界级的音乐家。 (2) All children should be encouraged to _. 应当鼓励所有的儿童充分发挥他们的潜能。应当鼓励所有的儿童充分发挥他们的潜能。 (3) The region has great p
8、otential _ economic development. potential problems has the potential to become 2. potential potentially: adv. 潜在地，可能地潜在地，可能地 realize/achieve/fulfil their full potential for cn. 挑战；怀疑挑战；怀疑 (1) Destruction of the environment is _ we face. 环境的破坏是我们所面临的最严峻的挑战之一。环境的破坏是我们所面临的最严峻的挑战之一。 one of the most ser
9、ious challenges 3. challenge a challenge face accept take on/up meet rise to vt. 向向挑战；对挑战；对质疑质疑 (1) She challenged the newspaper to prove its story. _ (2) Mary challenged me _ (play) another tennis game. 她要求这家报纸证实报道的真实性。她要求这家报纸证实报道的真实性。 to play challenge sb. to do sth 向某人挑战做某事向某人挑战做某事 challenging: a
10、dj. 具有挑战性具有挑战性的的 a challenging task a challenging and rewarding career as a teacher n. 努力努力，费力的事；尽力费力的事；尽力 (1) 该俱乐部正在努力吸引更多的年轻人。该俱乐部正在努力吸引更多的年轻人。 The club is _ attract more young people. (2) 你应该更加努力地学习。你应该更加努力地学习。 You should _ your study. (3) 为了赶上她的同班同学，她学习一直非常努力。为了赶上她的同班同学，她学习一直非常努力。 She has been s
11、tudying very hard _ catch up with her classmates. making efforts to/sparing no effort to 4. effort put more effort into in an effort to make an effort/efforts/every effort to do sth spare no effort to do sth put effort into sth in an effort to do sth 努力做某事努力做某事 不遗余力做某事不遗余力做某事 为了做某事为了做某事 effortless:
12、adj. 容易的，不费力的容易的，不费力的 n. 进步进步，进展；前进进展；前进，行进行进 (1) We had to pay the rent two weeks _ advance. (2) Alber Einsteins ideas were well in advance _ the age in which he lived. (3) There have been rapid _ (advance) in medicine in the last 50 years. advances 5. advance in of in advance 预先，事先，提前预先，事先，提前 in a
13、dvance of 在在.之前，比之前，比.先进先进/超前超前 The soldiers are advancing towards the town. The research has advanced our understanding of language learning. vi. 前进前进，行进行进 vi./vt. 发展发展，进步进步 vt. 促进促进，推动推动 advanced: adj. 先进的，高级的先进的，高级的 adj. 令人惊奇的；惊人的令人惊奇的；惊人的，了不起的了不起的 It was only after we had watched Amazing China t
14、hat we realized what amazing achievements China has made in the past five years. 6. amazing (1) He stared at the parcel in _ (amaze). (2) She said she was _ (amaze) at the number of people attending the lecture. (3) The car is dashing at _ (amaze) speed. (4) The little girl is _ (amaze) clever. (5)
15、To my _ (amaze), I came first. (6) Enjoying the sights of hills, waters and fields outside the city of Suzhou from the bridges always makes people lose themselves in the _ (amaze) beauty. amazement amazed amazing amazingly amazement amazing n. 信心信心，自信心自信心 We are confident that we can solve these pro
16、blems. We are confident about/have confidence in the future and will never lose our confidence in the achievements we will make. 7. confidence have confidence in 对对.有信心有信心 lose confidence in 对对.失去信心失去信心 lack confidence 缺乏信心缺乏信心 confidently: adv. 自信地自信地 be confident about sth 对对.有信心有信心 be confident t
17、hat . confident: adj. 自信的；确信的，有把握的自信的；确信的，有把握的 (1) By giving kids a lot of praise, parents think theyre building their childrens _ (confident), when, in fact, it may be just the opposite. (2) She looked _ (confidence) during the competition, but in reality she was extremely nervous. (3) If we are de
18、termined and have great confidence _ our ability, we can overcome any obstacle to reach our goals. confidence confident in 有影响，有作用，有关系有影响，有作用，有关系 One false step will make a great difference. 失之毫厘，差之千里。失之毫厘，差之千里。 Exercise can make a difference to your state of health. Think twice before you make a de
19、cision on this matter. It will make much difference to your life. make no/some/much/little difference to tell the difference 区分区分/辨别不同辨别不同 I can never _(分清分清) between the twins. 8. make a difference (to) tell the difference 利用利用 Im going to take advantage of this tour to explore the history of the c
20、astle. 9. take advantage of take (full) advantage of make (full) use of make the most of make the best of She had the advantage of a good education. 有某方面的优势有某方面的优势 Rick has the/an advantage over you since he can speak Cerman. 胜过，优于胜过，优于 More practice will be to his advantage. 对某人有利或帮助对某人有利或帮助 You wi
21、ll be at an advantage if you think about the interview questions in advance. 占优势占优势 10. equal One unit of alcohol is equal to half a pint of beer. All people are equal. Im not sure whether he is equal to the job. adj. 相同的，相等的；平等的；相当的，能胜任的相同的，相等的；平等的；相当的，能胜任的 be equal to sth 相当于某事物相当于某事物 be equal to
22、(doing) sth 能胜任能胜任(做做)某事某事 We should all be equals in the eyes of the law. He is a player without equal. n. 同等的人同等的人(物物) 2x plus y equals 7. With his last jump he equalled the world record. vt. 与与.相等；比得上相等；比得上 equal sb./sth. in .在 在.方面比得方面比得 上上. equality: un. 平等平等 equally: adv. 相同地；平均地相同地；平均地 unequa
23、l: adj. 不平等的，不相等的不平等的，不相等的 Exercises: (1) Though he is equal to them in height, no one can equal him _ playing basketball. (2) Anyone, whether he is an official or a bus driver, should be _ (equal) respected. (3) Bill is equal to _(run) the office. in equally running cn. 态度，看法态度，看法 对对.持有持有.态度态度 have
24、 a(n) . attitude to/toward . She _ her work no matter what happens. 不管发生什么，她对待工作的态度都非常积极。不管发生什么，她对待工作的态度都非常积极。 11. attitude has a very positive attitude to She tries to balance home life and career. You have to balance the advantages of living in a big city against the disadvantages. vt. 同等重视；权衡重要性同
25、等重视；权衡重要性 vt./vi. 使保持平衡使保持平衡 balance . with/and . 同等重视同等重视.和和. balance . against . 权衡权衡.与与. 12. balance un. 均衡，平衡；平衡能力均衡，平衡；平衡能力 keep ones balance 保持平衡保持平衡 lose ones balance 失去平衡失去平衡 a balance between . and . .和和.之间的平衡之间的平衡 balanced: adj. 均衡的均衡的 (1) Keeping a _ (balance) diet is important to our hea
26、lth. (2) It is not easy for a woman to balance her career _ family. (3) Since teenagers have difficulty _ (balance) these needs，they often question who they are and how they fit in society. balanced and/with balancing (1) Politeness is traditionally part of the British character. (2) In the story, t
27、he main character has left his girlfriend and baby. (3) The whole character of the school has changed. (4) His foreign friends are interested in our Chinese characters. n. 品质，性格品质，性格; 人物，角色人物，角色 (usually single) 特点，特征特点，特征; 文字文字(cn) 13. character (1) Smoking is responsible for many cases of lung can
28、cer. (2) All pilots should be responsible for their passengers safety. adj. (对事故、错误、罪行等对事故、错误、罪行等)有责任的，负责的；有责任有责任的，负责的；有责任 心的心的 be responsible for 对对.负责负责 irresponsible： adj. 不负责任的不负责任的 responsibly：adv. 认真负责地认真负责地 14. responsible (1) We need to take responsibility for looking after our own health. r
29、esponsibility： n. 责任，职责责任，职责 have/take/shoulder responsibility for (doing) sth 对对(做做)某事负责任某事负责任 a sense of responsibility 责任感责任感 Exercises: (1) Human activity is not responsible _ all water shortages. (2) Who do you think should take _ (responsible) for the car accident? for responsibility adj. 独立的，
30、自主的，自立的独立的，自主的，自立的 (1) Now that you are a college student, you should learn to be independent of your parents. be independent of . 不依赖不依赖/不依靠不依靠.的的 15. independent depend vi. 依靠依靠 depend on/upon independent adj. 独立的独立的 dependence n. 依赖，依靠依赖，依靠 dependent adj. 依赖的依赖的 independence n. 独立独立 (1) It is nec
31、essary _ students to make a plan for their studies before a term starts. (2) It is wise _ (learn) some simple safety tips to protect yourself. (3) Whether you walk, cycle or drive a car, _ is important to follow the rules of the road. 16. It is adj. (for sb.) to do sth (para.4) (of sb.) to do sth for to learn it Homework Thank you!
