1、UNIT 1 TEENAGE LIFE Assessing your progress Circle the correct word(s) in each sentence. 1.Todays teenagers seem to prefer/like the Internet more than W. 2.Martin did not enjoy pop music until he became a generation/teenager. 3.Which course did your teacher recommend to/with you? 4.Dont quit trying/
2、to try if there is still hope. 5.I think he is addicted/attracted to smoking. He just cant seem to quit. 6.The library project has already fallen behind schedule/plan. 7.The research has focused on/for the relationship between a teenagers sleep and health. 8.The instructions on the box made him conf
3、using/confused, and he did not know what to do. Find the noun/adjective/adverb phrases in the passage and state their functions. If you have learnt some maths at school, you can quite quickly work out that one eleventh is about 9 percent. But did you know that 9 percent is also the number of childre
4、n who are not at school? Thats right一one in 11 children is not studying and probably even can not do the simple maths you just did so very easily. They drop out of school because their families are too poor and they have to work like adults. In 2013, millions of children and teenagers were out of sc
5、hool. NPAdvP NPNP NP NPAdvP NPAdvP NP AdjP NP Most live in poor countries, but there are also some boys and girls who cannot go to school in rich countries. If you are one of the lucky ones who can go to a senior high school, you should be grateful for the opportunity. So the next time you feel like
6、 you do not want to do boring, difficult homework or go to class, think about the children who dont have the chance to get a good education. Make the most of your education and make the world a better place. NP NP NP NPNP NP NP NP NP NP 1.Look at the words below. Cross out the one that does not belo
7、ng to this group and think of more words to add to this group. teenagefreshmanliterature outgoinggreenhousewildlife online cheerleader extra-curricular WORKBOOK:Using Words and Expressions air line country man hand side bed made home room under sick airline,airman,airsick countryside,countryman hand
8、some bedside,bedroom homemade,homeroom,homesick underline,underside What are teenagers into and what turns them off? A(n) questionnaire asked 1,000 senior high school students about their likes and dislikes. According to the results ； taking exams and speaking in front of others are among the least
9、popular activities for todays . Many students like to interesting topics with their classmates but feel awkward or uncomfortable when they have to give a(n) in class. Nearly half of the teenagers think that their are too busy They wish they had not up for so many courses and extra-curricular activit
10、ies. The older teenagers say that they that freshmen wait until the second term before they join a team or club. What todays teenagers the most? Not surprisingly, listening to music and playing computer games are common favourites. Watching videos is popular, too, and 21 percent say that they readin
11、g. 2.Online,sign,debate,attract,youth,speech,schedule,prefer,recommend online youth debate speech schedule signed recommend attracts prefer 1.Oscar challenged me to a game of chess and I accepted the challenge. 2.Some experts worry that parents schedule too many extra-curricular activities for their
12、 kids. The kids have a busy schedule every day and do not get enough sleep. 3.OK； listen up please! We need a volunteer to help organise the school dance on Saturday Who wants to volunteer? 4.The focus of todays meeting is how to stay safe at school. Please focus on this problem. 5.My cousin Jim is
13、a Isinghua University graduate. After graduating； he now works as a designer. 3.Volunteer, challenge, focus, graduate, schedule verbnoun verb noun noun verb noun verb nounverb Can you find other similar words from the unit? 1.Sheila is the coach of the school badminton team； she _ training the playe
14、rs. 2.This course seems difficult and _ (not) freshman students. 3.Many teenagers today _ online games； but they should manage their time so that they wont _ those games. 4.You dont have to _ getting low grades at the end of the term if you try your best now 4.be suitable for, be concerned about, be
15、 responsible for, be addicted to, be attracted to is responsible for is not suitable for be addicted to are attracted to be concerned about 1.父母辈的人觉得我们这一代人的有些行为很奇怪。 5.Translate the English sentences into Chinese. 2.我们会尽最大努力很快给您一个详细的日程安排。 3.最近，全国开展了一场声势浩大的活动，鼓励人们戒烟。 4.探险旅游不仅在年轻人当中，甚至在中年人当中也越来越受欢迎。 5.
16、显然，（学校）要求学生询问父母是否可以参加学校郊游，如果不能， 他们有责任提前告知。 1.The students will do group discussions, timed writing； and research in the advanced literature course. 2.Its raining quite heavily He wont be back very soon. 3.What you learn at school plays a very important part in shaping your behaviour in society 4.Jus
17、t sign up for one activity for the joy of trying something new 5.Strangely enough, she didnt seem to like ballet very much. 1.Decide whether the underlined parts are noun/adjective/adverb phrases and state their functions. WORKBOOK:Using Structures NP,O NP,O AdvP,A AdvP,A AdjP,Attr. NP,O NP,O AdvP,A
18、 AdvP,A Nothing so rare As a day in June, The air so fine And the blossoms all blue. The weather just perfect, The skies never gray The bugs always buzzing And the trees seem to sway 2.The Read the poem aloud and see how the underlined parts work in the poem. Adj,P The sun beats so warmly On the ten
19、derness of my skin, And the birds. they fly Far away in the wind. June is the month That carries a tune. Its beautiful melody Floats like a balloon. N,P Adj,P Adj,P Adv,P N,P N,P 1.What a beautiful old French painting! 2.We can find a public reading quiet room. 3.They plan to build a new volunteer c
20、entre in town. 4.She owns a white small cute cat. 5.Don t worry. He will do the job enough well. 3.The words in some of the sentences are not in the correct order. Put them in the correct order. . 5.Don t worry. He will do the job well enough. 2.We can find a quiet public reading room. 4.She owns a
21、cute white small cat. A: Oh! What a day! B: Why? What happened? A: We had an impossible quiz in chemistry class. I thought Id prepared very well but couldnt answer a single question. I felt like a fool! B: Sorry to hear that. But its just a quiz. Im sure you got a few questions right. Its not the en
22、d of the world. A: Oh； its terrible! My mum will be cross. Shes told me a thousand times I need to become a better student. B: She wont. She knows you tried your best. Dont worry Its nothing! A: Yeah, I guess youre right. I just wish Id done better. B: Why dont we study together next time? A: That w
23、ould be wonderful! Youre the best! 4.Choose the phrases below to replace the underlined parts . a very difficult test well enough quite silly some of the very bad too many not such a big deal really greatvery kind really angry Move over； mochaccinoChinese tea culture is coming! If _ （一群来自杭州的高中生）get
24、their way, the world will _ （很快）be drinking Chinese tea instead of coffee. The students created a project to make Chinese tea and tea culture more popular at home and abroad. They gave speeches on the history and traditions of Chinese tea and organised _（很多令人激 动 的活动）.In_（其中 一些活动中）,people could taste
25、 _（各种不同类 型 的茶）and even try picking tea leaves. The students also used the Internet to make teenagers _（更加感兴 趣）in tea culture. 5.Complete the passage by translating the Chinese in brackets into English. What do you think of Chinese tea culture? . a group of senior high school students from Hangzhou quite soon a lot of exciting activities some of the vactivities different kinds of tea more interested The project was so successful that the students won second prize in _(一次大型的国 际性的）competition. Best of all； they learnt to work as a team and use their creativity a big international
