1、Language points Welcome to senior high school. What is senior high school life like? What is potential? Make the most of the school resources. Develop good study habits, useful skills and a positive attitude Be confident, do your best and make us proud! How to fully realize your potential? What is s
2、enior high school life like? Full of challenges: opportunity lies in each challenge What is potential? Potential is your natural ability that can be developed when you try hard enough. school resources classes teachers and classmates school facilities school activities Develop good study habits, use
3、ful skills and a positive attitude carefully plan your study set clear goals balance your schoolwork with other activities improve communication and problem-solving skills never lose hope. Realizing your potential Learning aims In this period, 1. we will learn the meanings and usages of some new wor
4、ds and phrases: advance;amazing;responsible;lie in;make a differene; look forward to. 2. we will use the new words and phrases to finish the exercises. 1. 发挥潜能发挥潜能 2. 光明的前途光明的前途 3. 迫不及待做迫不及待做. 4. lead to 5. lie in 6. 能够处理能够处理 7. 最重要的是最重要的是 8. 简言之简言之 9. 对对.有信心有信心 10.make a difference 11. 充分利用充分利用 12.
5、 take advantage of 13. 积极参加积极参加 14. 努力做努力做 15. 最后但同样重要最后但同样重要 16. look on the bright side 17. a well-rounded individual 18. 对对.负责负责 1. 发挥发挥潜能潜能 2. 光明的前途光明的前途 3. 迫不及待做迫不及待做. 4. lead to 5. lie in 6. 能够能够处理处理 7. 最重要的是最重要的是 8. 简言之简言之 9. 对对.有信心有信心 10.make a difference realize ones potential achieve a pro
6、mising future 有希望的有希望的;有前途的有前途的;有出息的有出息的 cant wait to do sth cant help doing sth 情不自禁做某事情不自禁做某事 引领，带领引领，带领; 促成，导致促成，导致 在于在于 rise to handle/deal with most importantly put simply in a word have confidence in be confident about 起作用，起作用，有影响有影响 have an influence/effect on. 有很大影响有很大影响 没有影响？没有影响？ 11. 充分充分利
7、用利用 12. take advantage of 13. 积极积极参加参加 14. 努力做努力做 15. 最后但同样重要最后但同样重要 16. look on the bright side 17. a well-rounded individual 18. 对对.负责负责 make the most of make use of strengths/ weaknesses; disadvantage take an active part in take part in/ participate in/attend make efforts to do sth spare no effor
8、t to do last but not least 持乐观态度持乐观态度 be positive about 全面发展的人全面发展的人 be responsible for Yesterday, we enjoyed a speech given by our headmaster. I _ to share what he have said with you. The following are part of his speech. Senior high school is a period full of challenges. What we shall do is to_(动词
9、) the opportunity, _ the challenges and _ to achieve our goals. In addition, he mentioned what was potential and expressed that he _ our ability to _ to our country. make a difference 能够处理 cant wait to do 尽全力 have confidence in cant wait seize/grasp rise to make an effort had confidence in make a di
10、fference take part in (充分)利用 look on the bright side be responsible 实现潜能 To fully _, he advised that we shall _ the school resources, _ classes, teachers and classmates, and _ school facilities. Whats more, _ different sports was also helpful. _ , he urged us to _ especially in difficult situation.
11、As Lao-Tzu once said, “_.” We, ourselves, _ achieving our full potential. realize our potential make the best of make use of take advantage of Taking part in Last but not least look on the bright side are responsible for 1.最重要的是最重要的是，要实现潜能实现潜能，我们应努力努力做好每一件事情，从而最后 能成为一个全面发展的全面发展的人。 2. 作为一名高中生，我迫不及待的迫
12、不及待的希望参加参加各种学校活动，我有信心有信心 能够处理能够处理好所有的挑战。 3. 简言之简言之，只要我们有了坚强的意志，我们一定能有所作为有所作为。 4. 成功的关键在于在于坚持；换言之，坚持必能带来带来成功。 Most importantly, to realize our potential, we shall make an effort to do everything well so as to develop into a well-rounded individual. As a senior high school student, I cant wait to take
13、 part in various school activities, and I have confidence in rising to all the challenges. Put simply, as long as we have the determined will, we are bound to make a difference The key of success lies in persistence. In other words, persistence is bound to lead to success. bring about/result in The
14、path before you leads to a world full of challenges: a new environment, new knowledge and new ways of thinking. When you rise to the challenges, you will have the opportunity to acquire great knowledge and enjoy personal growth. Who knows what beautiful works of art you will create, what medical adv
15、ances you will make or what amazing technologies you will develop. Senior high school will help you learn and grow, yet you alone are responsible for realizing your great potential. The path before you leads to a world full of challenges: a new environment, new knowledge and new ways of thinking. n.
16、 A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination. a challenge (to sb) represent pose present Martin now _(动词) the biggest challenge of his career. Mike challenged me to a game of chess. vt. If you challenge someone, you invite them to fight or compete with yo
17、u in some way. Professor McGonagall challenged Voldemort to a fight. Children challenged their parents authority(权威) far more nowadays than they did in the past. She challenged the newspaper to prove its story. question the truth When you rise to the challenges, you will have the opportunity to acqu
18、ire great knowledge and enjoy personal growth. 1. to obtain sth by buying or being given it 2. (of skills or habits) to learn it or develop it through your daily life or experience The company has just acquired lots of new equipment. How long will it take to acquire the necessary skills? Examples 1.
19、 to obtain sth by buying or being given it 2. (of skills or habits) to learn it or develop it through your daily life or experience to successfully complete something or get a good result, especially by working hard a taste for wine knowledge a reputation a goal success ones ambition peace of mind I
20、 like your earringsare they a recent _ (acquire)? acquisition? Who knows what beautiful works of art you will create, what medical advances you will make or what amazing technologies you will develop. a change, discovery or invention that brings progress advances technological scientific medical e.g
21、. We live in an age of rapid technological advance. They offered an advance of $500 after signing the agreement. prepayment n. 预付款 1. Scientists have advanced a new theory to explain this phenomenon. 2. The bank advanced me 2000 yuan. 3. Our troops have advanced two miles. 4. Has civilization advanc
22、ed during this century? 5. The date of the meeting was advanced from 10 to 3 June. 6. They worked together to advance the cause(事业) of education. come up with/ represent prepay to move forward make progress bring (an event) to an early date promote (a person, plan etc.) 1. (改错)With the development o
23、f science and technology, the country has made great advance in intelligent robots. 2. (改错+填空)We had to pay the rent two weeks _ advance of. 3. (改错+填空) In a search for greater efficiency, the company decides to bring in _ (advance) technology and equipments from others. 4. (改错+填空)Studying for new sk
24、ills are one way of _(advance) your career. in advanced advancing is Senior high school will help you learn and grow, yet you alone are responsible for realizing your great potential. 1. if you do sth that you are responsible for, you may be blamed if you do it wrongly. 2. being the cause of sth Mik
25、e is responsible for designing the whole project. Laziness is responsible for my falling behind other students. Harry Potter has a mature and responsible attitude to work. reliable; sb/sth you can trust and depend on It is our _ (responsible) to work hard in school! responsibility responsibility (to
26、 do) take take on assume By the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most support parents, the best schools in the world but none of it will make a difference, none of it will matter unless all of you fulfil your responsibilities, unless you show up to those schools, unless y
27、ou pay attention to those teachers, unless you listen to your parents and grandparents and other adults and put in hard work it takes to succeed. 1. Who do you think should take _ (responsible) for the car accident? 2. The man responsible _ the job is a newcomer. 3. It is a big challenge to balance
28、the advance and the protection of cultural sites. We all need to take responsibility _ it. 4. She likes her job to be _ challenge. 5. Narrowing the gap between the poor and the rich is one of the _ (challenge) the government faces. 6. Try tennis, badminton or boxing. In short, try anything _ (challe
29、nge). responsibility for for a challenges challenging 1. 令我吃惊的是，他取得了巨大成就，这对他的人生有很大影响。 2. 这位有责任心的妈妈期望能在工作和家庭之间保持平衡. 3. 我们高中生应该接受挑战，拥有积极态度，并设立明确目标。 To my amazement, he made such great advances that it made a great difference to his life. This responsible mother expected to keep a balance between work and family. We senior high students are supposed to accept/take up the challenges, keep positive attitude and set clear goals.
