1、Unit 1 Teenage Life Period 2 Reading and thinking What would you tell a teenager from another country about school life in China? We have raising-flag ceremony on Mondays. We have at least 8 classes a day. Each class is about 40 minutes. We usually have classes in the same classroom. 13 courses: Chi
2、nese, maths, English, politics, history, geography, physics, biology, chemistry, music, art, PE, and IT. Do homework after school. School life in China : What do you want to know about school life in other countries? Reading methods: Skim You can find main ideas by first taking a quick look at the t
3、itle, piture(s), key words and phrases, and topic senteces. Skimming(略读)是指快速阅读以获取 大意 其目的是 understand the gist，the general idea of the text 手段是通过对于文章标题、小标题、 图片、关键词、关键句及各段主题句 的关注来快速获取文章大意或者段落 大意。 Hi! My name is Adam and Im a freshman at senior high school. Going from junior high school to senior high
4、school is a really big challenge. The first week was a little confusing. First, I had to think very carefully about which courses I wanted to take. The school adviser helped me choose the suitable ones: maths, English, chemistry, world history, and Chinese. I know that Chinese is a very difficult la
5、nguage, but I hope to be fluent when I graduate. My adviser recommended that I should sign up for advanced literature because I like English and Im good at it. I had to choose extra-curricular activities, too. I tried to join the school football team, but the coach told me that I didnt play well eno
6、ugh. Obviously, I was unhappy, but I wont quit. Ill find a way to improve on my own so that I can make the team next year. I joined a volunteer club instead. Every Wednesday, we work at a soup kitchen and hand out food to homeless people in the community. I know Ill have to study harder as a senior
7、high school student and get used to being responsible for a lot more. Im a bit worried about keeping up with the other students in my advanced course, and itll be quite difficult to get used to all the homework. Still, Im happy to be here. Studying hard isnt always fun, but Ill be well prepared for
8、university or whatever else comes in the future. Paragraph 1: Paragraph 2: Paragraph 3: Paragraph 4: Read the text quickly to find the main idea of each paragraph. Senior high school is a challenge. Adam had to think very carefully about which courses he wanted to take. Adam had to choose extra-curr
9、icular activities. Adam will have to study harder in the future and get used to being responsible for a lot more. Scanning A technique for quickly looking through reading material to locate a particular piece of information a fact , a name, a date, a statistic,etc. Scanning(扫读)，扫读是定位细节信息的 过程 其目的是 lo
10、oking for a specific piece of information or specific words。Scanning 一定要找到定位词，定位词最好是形式 固定且比较容易被“扫”到，有：人名、 地名、机构名称、数词、特殊印刷字体 的词等。 Reading methods: Hi! My name is Adam and Im a freshman at senior high school. Going from junior high school to senior high school is a really big challenge. The first week
11、 was a little confusing. First, I had to think very carefully about which courses I wanted to take. The school adviser helped me choose the suitable ones: maths, English, chemistry, world history, and Chinese. I know that Chinese is a very difficult language, but I hope to be fluent when I graduate.
12、 My adviser recommended that I should sign up for advanced literature because I like English and Im good at it. Topic sentence solution I had to choose extra-curricular activities, too. I tried to join the school football team, but the coach told me that I didnt play well enough. Obviously, I was un
13、happy, but I wont quit. Ill find a way to improve on my own so that I can make the team next year. I joined a volunteer club instead. Every Wednesday, we work at a soup kitchen and hand out food to homeless people in the community. Topic sentence solution I know Ill have to study harder as a senior
14、high school student and get used to being responsible for a lot more. Im a bit worried about keeping up with the other students in my advanced course, and itll be quite difficult to get used to all the homework. Still, Im happy to be here. Studying hard isnt always fun, but Ill be well prepared for
15、university or whatever else comes in the future. Topic sentence solution 1. What courses did Adam choose? Which one do you think would be his favorite? Why? Read the text and find out the answer to the question in the title. Adam chose math, English, chemistry, world history, and Chinese. Advanced l
16、iterature would be his favorite subject because he likes English and he is good at it. 2. What does make the team in Paragraph 3 mean? 3. What is Adam worried about? “Make the team” means to try out and then be allowed to join a sports team. He is worried about keeping up with the other students in
17、his advanced course and getting used to all the homework. 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 prepared for university or whatever else comes in the future. Parag
18、raphChallenge How Adam feels Solution 1Confused 2 Choosing _ course The school adviser _ _. Going from junior high school to senior high school Complete the outline. Then discuss the questions below with a partner. the suitable Serious/ Careful helped him choose suitable courses ParagraphChallenge H
19、ow Adam feels Solution 3 He will find a way to _ _ _. 4 He will _ _ _ _. Making the school football team Keeping up with the other students in his advanced course and getting used to all the homework Unhappy improve in order to make the team next year Worried but still happy, confident about his fut
20、ure try to study harder and get used to being responsible for a lot more Which paragraph is the main part? Which paragraphs are the supporting parts? The structure of the article Para. Para. Para. Para. Challenge How to choose courses How to choose extra-curricular activities How to study The main p
21、art The supporting parts Going from junior high school to senior high school is a really big challenge. 主语 当动词或动词短语用作主语时， 可以使用动词-ing形式 Difficult Sentences (1) Difficult Sentences (2) My adviser recommended that I should sign up for advanced literature because I like English and Im good at it. recomm
22、end:建议；推荐，其后常用that从句表示所推荐 或建议的内容，从句谓语常用“(should)+动词原形” add your name to a list for something because you want to take part in it 尤其指报名参加课程学习 Difficult Sentences (3) Every Wednesday, we work at a soup kitchen and hand out food to homeless people in the community. soup kitchen是为救济贫民、灾民而设的食品施舍场所，这里通常有志
23、愿者团体承 办的、向救济对象免费发放或低于市价出售食品的活动。 英语中，与soup kitchen具有类似功能的场所，还有meal center、food kitchen等。 New words in this part n.挑战 vt.怀疑，向.挑战vi.&vt.毕业, n.毕业生 n.名称，标题，职称，头衔vt.建议，推荐，介绍 n.话题，标题adj.高级的，先进的 n.（高中/大学）一年级学生vi.&vt.&n.前进，发展，促进 adj.难以理解的，不清楚的n.文学，文学作品 vt.使糊涂，使迷惑adj.课外的 asj.糊涂的，困惑的adj. 额外的，附加的 adj.（尤指外语）流利的，
24、熟练的adv.显然，明显地 challenge title topic freshman confusing confuse confused fluent graduate recommend advanced advance literature extra-curricular extra obviously New words in this part vi.&vt.停止，戒掉，离开n.解决办法，答案 adj.负责任的，有责任的n.日程安排 vt.安排，预定 n.责任，义务n.主编，编辑，编者 New Phrases in this part 报名（参加课程） 凭一己之力 对.负责习惯
25、于. 参加.课程赶上，追上 成为队员为.做准备 quit responsible responsibility solution schedule editor sigh up for sth be responsible for take a .course make the team on ones own be/get used to doing/sth keep up with be prepared for What are teenagers into and what turns them off? A(n) _ questionnaire asked 1,000 senior
26、high school students about their likes and dislikes. According to the results, taking exams and speaking in front of others are among the least popular activities for todays _. Many students like to _ interesting topics with their classmates but feel awkward or uncomfortable online onlinesigndebatea
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28、 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 favorites. Watching videos is popular, too, and 21 percent say that they _ reading. speech onlinesigndebateattractyouth speechschedulepreferrecommend schedules signed recommend attracts prefer
