1、Unit 1 Teenage Life -Reading and Thinking Good habits formed at youth make all the difference. -Aristotle waterwater airairfoodfood Warming UpWarming Up Look at the pictures and learn some new words about Aristotle. Aristotle (Aristotle 384 BC 322 BC), an ancient philosopher, ancient Greek, one of t
2、he great philosophers, scientists and educators in the ancient history of the world, can be called the greatest of Greek philosophy.He was Platos pupil and Alexanders teacher. Look at the pictures and learn some new words about food. debate 辩论辩论 prefer vt.更喜欢更喜欢 chanllenge vt.挑战挑战 clean up 打扫干净打扫干净
3、suitable adj.合适的合适的 graduate vt.毕业毕业 The Freshman Challenge Fast Reading: Please find the main idea of each paragraph. match each main idea of each paragraph Senior high school is a challenge.Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Adam had to think very carefully about which courses he wanted to take. Adam had
4、 to choose extra-curricular activities. Adam will have to study harder in the future and get used to being responsible for a lot more. Answer the questions. 1. What courses did Adam choose? Which one do you think would be his favourite? Why? 2. What does “make the team” in Paragraph 3 mean? 3. What
5、is Adam worried about? 4. Is Adam confident that he will get used to senior high school life? How do you know? Answer the questions. 1. What courses did Adam choose? Which one do you think would be his favourite? Why? Adam chose maths, English, chemistry, world history, and Chinese. Advanced literat
6、ure would be his favourite subject because he likes English and he is good at it. Answer the questions. 2. What does “make the team” in Paragraph 3 mean? “Make the team” means to try out and then be allowed to join a sports team. Answer the questions. 3. What is Adam worried about? He is worried abo
7、ut keeping up with the other students in his advanced course and getting used to all the homework. Answer the questions. 4. Is Adam confident that he will get used to senior high school life? How do you know? Adam seems confident because he says that he is happy to be there, and he will be well prep
8、ared for university or whatever else comes in the future. The structure of the text Para.1 Challenge Para.2 How to choose courses Para.3 How to choose extra-curricular activities Para.4 How to study Complete the outline. Para.ChallengeHow Adam feels Solution 1Confused 2Choosing courses The school ad
9、viser . 3He will find a way to . 4He will . Para.ChallengeHow Adam feels Solution 1Confused Complete the outline. Going from junior high school to senior high school Complete the outline. Para.ChallengeHow Adam feels Solution 2Choosing courses The school adviser the suitable Serious/ Careful helped
10、him choose suitable courses Complete the outline. Para.ChallengeHow Adam feels Solution 3He will find a way to Making the school football team Unhappy improve in order to make the team next year. Complete the outline. Para.ChallengeHow Adam feels Solution 4 He will Keeping up with the other students
11、 in his advanced course and getting used to the homework Worried but still happy, confident about his future harder and get used to being responsible for a lot more. New words in the text confuse challenge fluent graduate recommend improve quit responsible Complete the sentences with the correct for
12、ms of the new words from the text. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the new words from the text. Im good at maths, so my teacher _ that I should choose advanced maths in my first year. Finding time for both studies and extra-curricular activities is a big _, so I need to make a worka
13、ble schedule. recommended challenge Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the new words from the text. 3. Its a little_to choose suitable courses. I hope that my adviser can help me make a good decision. 4. We can try a course for two weeks after we _up for it. After that, we cannot chang
14、e it. confusing sign 5. The main purpose of the course is to help_each students reading ability. 6. Some of the students want to become writers or editors after they _ , so the teacher advised them to start a writing club. improve graduate Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the new wor
15、ds from the text. 7. The school is_for the safety of all the students. 8. Whenever Im facing a difficulty, I always tell myself, “Dont let anything stop you. Dont ever _ .” responsible quit Retelling the story My name is Adam and I am a _ at senior high school .The first week was a little _. The sch
16、ool adviser helped me _ the suitable ones .I know that Chinese is a very different language,but I hope to be _when I _. choose fluent graduate freshman confusing I had to _extra-curricular activities,too. I tried_the shool football team,but the coach told me that I didnt play well enough. _,I was happy ,but I wont _. choose Obviously quit to join
