1、Unit 1 Teenage LifePeriod 2 Reading and thinkting Reading and ThinkingStep1 语篇理解和分析（Comprehension and Analysis) Step2 单词构建和积累（Vocabulary Building-up)Step3 词汇操练 （Workbook Exercise)Reading and ThinkingCultural CornerIn the United States (American English)Freshman: a student in his or her first year of
2、 high school or college (美国高中、大学) 一年级学生Sophomore: a student in his or her second year of high school or college (美国高中、大学) 二年级学生Junior: a student in his or her third year of high school or college (美国高中、大学) 三年级学生Senior: a student in his or her fourth year of high school or college (美国高中、大学的) 毕业班学生 Re
3、ading and ThinkingPre-readingWhat do you want to know about school life in other countries?How many courses do they take each school year?Once they have decided on a course, can they make a change if it is not suitable for him/her?Do they have College Entrance Exams like in our country?Do they have
4、a lot of homework every day?How many hours do they spend on each course before graduation?Do they have to choose extra-curricular activities or voluntarily?Reading and ThinkingPre-readingWhat would you tell a teenager from another country about school life in China?Our school life is quiet and safe
5、and gun crimes never happen.自行脑补.School in cities can provide many colorful extr-curricular activities,but in rural areas, such activities are not always available.Like senior high students in other countries we are facing fierce competition in the College Entrance Exam. We have so many things to le
6、arn every day that sometimes we have to stay up.Most of our classmates will stay in the same class for the whole senior high, so we are more likely have our lifelong friends,Reading and ThinkingRead the text quickly and find the main idea of each paragrph.SkilmYou can find main ideas byfirst taking
7、a quick look at thetitle, 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Paragraph 1: _Senior high school is a challenge.Paragraph 2: _Paragraph 3: _Paragraph 4: _I cho
8、se courses I wanted to take.I chose the extra-curricular activities.I was worried, happy and will be prepared for my future. Reading and ThinkingRead the text again and answer the questions.ScanningA technique for quickly looking through reading material to locate a particular piece of information a
9、 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 looking 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。1. What courses did Adam choose? Which one do you think would be his favorite? Why?2. What does make t
10、he team” mean in Paragraph 3 mean?3. What is Adam worried about?4. Is Adam confident that he will get used to senior high school life? How do youu know?He chose maths, English, chemistry, world history, Chinese and advanced literature. English is his favorite.become a member of the teamnot being abl
11、e to keep up with other students academically.Yes, he is. Because he said: “Im happy to be here and I will well prepared for.”Reading and ThinkingComplete the outline.Then discuss the questions below with a partner.ParagraphchallengeHow Adam feelsSolution1Confused2 The school adviser _3 He will find
12、 a way to _4 He will_Going from junior high school to senior high schoolChoosing academic coursesChoosing extra-curricular activitiesNot being able to keep up with othershelped him to choose his courses.improve on his own and make the team neat year.work harder and be well prepared for his future. a
13、 bitnervous unhappy worriedReading and ThinkingStep2 单词构建和积累(Vocabulary Building-up)Reading and ThinkingNew words in this partn.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
14、指外语）流利的，熟练的adv.显然，明显地 challengetitle topic freshman confusing confuse confused fluent graduate recommendadvanced advance literature extra-curricular extra obviously Reading and ThinkingNew words in this partvi.&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
15、报名（参加课程） 凭一己之力对.负责习惯于.参加.课程赶上，追上成为队员为.做准备 quitresponsible responsibility solution schedule editor sigh up for sthbe responsible for take a .course make the team on ones own be/get used to doing/sth keep up with be prepared for Reading and ThinkingSenior high school is a challenge.高中是一个挑战challenge n.
16、 挑战；怀疑 vt. 向挑战；对质疑rise to the challenge 奋起应对挑战take the challenge of doing 接受挑战做某事challenging=challengeable adj. 挑战的；具有挑战性的challenge sb to a game/match/contest 挑战某人进行比赛练一练练一练他的回答是对政府权威性的质疑 我喜欢接受挑战做别人拒绝做的工作。迈克找到了一份富有挑战性的工作当电脑程序师。His answer is a direct challenge to the authority of the government.I lik
17、e to take the challenge of doing jobs that others turn down. Mike found a challenging/challengeable job as a computer programmer.Reading and ThinkingChinese is a very difficult language, but I hope to be fluent when I graduate.中文是一门很难的语言，但我希望毕业后能说一口流利的中文。 fluent adj. 流畅的, 流利的；; 比较级 more fluent 最高级 m
18、ost fluent fluency n.（不可数） 流利fluently adv. 流利地；通畅地他说得很流畅，没有丝毫犹豫。He spoke _and without unnecessary hesitations. 英语口语中的重要次序应为：流利，准确和恰当。The order of importance of oral English should be followed: _, accuracy, and appropriateness. fluently fluencygraduate v.&n.毕业，毕业生 a university graduate 一名大学毕业生graduat
19、e from.从.毕业graduation n.毕业 after graduation 毕业后，graduation design毕业设计，graduation ceremony 毕业典礼Reading and ThinkingMy adviser recommended that I should sign up for advanced leterature because .我的顾问建议我应该报名参加高级文学课程，因为.recommend vt. 推荐，介绍；建议recommend sb to sb 向某人推荐某人be highly recommended 备受推崇recommend t
20、hat sb (should) do sth 建议某人做某事（此处that从句要用虚拟语气，低形式为should+动词原形，should可以省略）recommendatin n. 推荐；建议；推荐信；复数 recommendations letter of recommendation 推荐信through personal recommendation 通过个人推荐internal recommendation内部推荐Reading and ThinkingObviously, I was unhappy, but I wont quit.显然，我不开心，但是我不会放弃。quit vt. 离
21、开；放弃；停止；使解除；vi. 离开；辞职；停止过去式 quit 或 quitted 过去分词 quit 或 quitted 现在分词 quittingquit doing something 停止做某事call it quits叫停quit a place离开一个地方练一练不给我加薪我就辞职。我戒了烟。 别装得像你不知道似的。Quit _ like you didnt know. If I dont get more money Ill quit. Ive quit smoking.actingobvious adj.明显的，显而易见的obvious advantage明显的优势obviou
22、s intention明显的意图obviously adv. 显然，明显地Reading and ThinkingI join a volunteer club instead. 我而是加入了志愿者社团。instead adv. 代替；反而；相反(表示转折关系)instead of 代替，而不是练一练练一练他没有回答，反而转身离开了房间。 现在我可以步行去上班，而不必开车了。Adam没有放弃，而是决定凭一己之力提高自己。He didnt reply. Instead, he turned on his heel and left the room. Now I can walk to work
23、 instead of going by car. Adam didnt quit, instead he decided to improve on his own. Reading and ThinkingEvery Wednesday, we work at a soup kitchen and hand out food to homeless people in the community. 每周三，我们在一个救济厨房工作，给社区里无家可归的人分发食物。hand out 分发come out 出来，出版take out拿出来hang out在外闲逛look ut小心give out
24、分发，发出（光和热等）run out用光，耗尽put out 熄灭stress out紧张，过度劳累work out算出，解决figure out 算出，弄明白help out帮助克服困难out of date/style过时out of question毫无疑问out of place 不合适out of order发生故障out of control不受控制out of stock脱销，缺货out of breath喘不上气来注意完注意完型填空会型填空会进行短语进行短语辨析辨析Reading and ThinkingI know Ill have to study harder as a
25、senior high school student and get used to being responsible for a lot more. .get used to all the homework. 我知道作为一名高中生，我必须更加努力地学习，并习惯于承担更多的责任。.习惯所有的家庭作业。（地球人都知道，高中生作业多）get ued to sometning/doing something习惯于used to do过去常常做某事be ued to do/for doing被用来做某事Do you know why homework is uncountable because
26、you really cant count stars in the sky.嗯嗯，我们嗯嗯，我们会了会了Reading and Thinking Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the new words from the text.1. Im good at maths, so my teacher _ that I should choose advanced maths in my first year.2. Finding time for both studies and extra-curricular activ
27、ities is a big _ , sol need to make a workable schedule.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 change it. recommendedchallengeconfusingsignedReading and Think
28、ing Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the new words from the text.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.7. The school is_
29、for the safety of all the students.8. Whenever Im facing a dificulty, I always tel myself, Dont let anything stop you. Dont ever _. improvegraduate responsible quit Reading and ThinkingStep 3 词汇操练 (Workbook Exercise)Reading and ThinkingLook at the words below. Cross out the one that does not belong
30、to this group and think of more words to add to this group.teenage freshman literature outgoing greenhouse wildlife online cheerleader extra-curricularBecause all the words in this group except “literture” are compund words made up of two or more wordsMore examples are as follows:website, homework,
31、basketball, daughter-in-law, waiting-room, income, afternoon, grown-up, safeguard, downtown, widespread, moreover, anyway, timetable, absent-minded, deadline, blueprint, outlook, outbreak, offspringbreakthrough, breakfast, bottleneck, window-shopping, backgroundReading and ThinkingUse the words belo
32、w to make compound words and then explain their meanings.aircountryhandbedhomeunderlinemansidemaderoomsickairline n.航空公司，航线countryside n.乡下，乡村handmade adj.手工的；手制的bedroom n.卧室homesick adj. 想家的；思乡病的underline vt. 强调；在下面划线countryman n. 乡下人，农村人；home-made adj. 自制的，家里做的；国产的Reading and ThinkingComplete the
33、passage with the correct forms of the words below.onlinesigndebateattractyouthspeechschedulepreferrecommendWhat are teenagers into and what turns them off? A(n) _ questionnaire asked1,000 senior high school students about their likes and dislikes. According to the results, taking exams and speaking
34、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 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 s
35、o many courses and extra-curricular activities. onlineyouths debate speech schedules signed Reading and ThinkingComplete the passage with the correct forms of the words below.onlinesigndebateattractyouthspeechschedulepreferrecommendThe older teenagers say that they _that freshmen wait until the seco
36、nd 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 _reading recommendattractspreferReading and ThinkingSome words can be used as
37、 a verb and as a noun. Find these words in the sentences and explain their meanings.volunteer chalenge focus graduate schedule1. 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 kids. The ki
38、ds 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 a Tsinghua
39、University graduate. After graduating, he now works as a designer. challenge v.向.挑战 challenge n.挑战schedule v.安排schedule n.日程安排 volunteern.志愿者volunteer v.志愿去做graduate n.毕业生graduate v.毕业Reading and ThinkingComplete the sentences with the correct forms of the phrases below.be suitable for be concerned
40、about be responsible for be addicted to be attracted to1. Sheila is the coach of the school badminton team; she_ training the players.2. This course seems dificult and_ freshman students.3. Many teenagers today_ online games, but they should manage their time so that they wont _ those games.4. You d
41、ont have to_ getting low grades at the end of the term if you try your best now.is responsible foris not suitable forare attracted toare addicted tobe concerned aboutReading and ThinkingTranslate the English sentences into Chinese.1. Some behaviours of my generation are considered strange by my pare
42、nts generation.2. We will try our best to give you a detailed schedule soon.3. Recently, there has been a strong movement around the country encouraging people to quit smoking.4. Adventure travel has become more and more popular, not only among the youth but even among the middle-aged.5. Obviously,
43、students are required to ask their parents whether they can go on the school trip, and they are also responsible for giving notice in advance if they cannot.我这一代人的一些行为被我父母那一代人看作是奇怪的。我们会尽力尽快给你一份详细的日程安排。最近，全国掀起了一场鼓励人们戒烟的强大运动。探险旅行变得越来越受欢迎，不仅在年轻人中，甚至在中年人中。显然，学生们被要求问他们的父母是否能去学校旅行，如果不能去，他们也有责任提前通知。Reading
44、 and ThinkingSelf-assessment1. Do you know what is skimming and how it works?2. Do you know what is scanning and how it works?3. Do you konw Adams challenge as a freshman?4. If you were in Adams situation, what would you overcome the challenges?5. Do you konw what are compound words? Can you give us at least 10 examples?6. Do you know how to use the key words in this part, like “confuse, graduate, recommend, obviously, solution, resonsible and schedule?SeeYouNextTime
