1、Unit 1 A new startDeveloping ideasWarming-upWhat goals do you want to achieve at high school?Warming-upn Read as many books as possible n Learn a new skill n Win an award for an English competition n Get high scores n Join a school club n Be elected to the Students Union n Take a trip with your clas
2、smatesn Get to know the schoolmatesn Perform on stageWarming-upp to lay a foundation for further study p to develop interpersonal skills p to make some new friends p to build confidencep to have rich knowledgep to be independentp to enrich your life and improve yourself p to have the opportunity to
3、go to an ideal university Why do you want to achieve these goals?Predicting What is talked about in the interview?Reading Lisas suggestions for high school students.What does the passage mainly talk about?Reading1.What did Lisa find most helpful when she started high school?2.How did she deal with n
4、ew challenges?3.How did she handle disappointments?4.What is the most important advice that Lisa would like to share with students?When scanning a text,you read it very quickly to find a specific piece of information.You should pay attention to the key words.Read the passage quickly and answer the q
5、uestions.Reading High school hints1.Starting senior high Make use of 1._ to get to know the new school and the other students.2.Dealing with new challengesFace them bravely and 2._ to see the final result.Dont be frightened of 3._.3.Handling disappointmentsKeep _and be part of something you love.4.T
6、he most important adviceGive your friends a 5._ when they need it.Orientation Day go all outfailurehandworking hardDiscussion u Finding the subjects are too difficult.u Not knowing what club to join.u Feeling lonely and missing family.u Finding it hard to get along with classmates.u Not getting used
7、 to the learning schedule of senior high.What are the problems you may face during the first week at senior high?1.What else would you like to ask Lisa about starting senior high?2.What do you think Lisa means by“If you fail,no problem next time you can fail better”?3.Think about the words from Maya
8、 Angelou:“Be a rainbow in somebody elses cloud.”Do you know of any similar sayings?DiscussionShe means that it is ok to fail,as long as you learn something from it to help you succeed next time.l Roses given,fragrance left.l God helps those who help others.l If you light a lamp for somebody,it will
9、also brighten your path.l If you want happiness for an hour,take a nap.If you want happiness for a day,go fishing.If you want happiness for a year,inherit a fortune.If you want happiness for a lifetime,help somebody.DiscussionSome similar sayings:Talking Work in groups.Give a speech to the new stude
10、nts on their first day at high school.l Start by welcoming the new students.l Talk about the problems and give your advice.l End by summarizing the main points of your speech.Talking l Start by welcoming the new students.Welcome to our high school!As senior high students,we are likely to meet with m
11、any problems.Talking l Talk about the problems and give your advice.Firstly,Secondly,Thirdly,/Another problem is that Another good way to solve the problem is to Talking lEnd by summarizing the main points of your speech.In a word,In short,To sum up,we may meet with different problems,but we can sol
12、ve them.Reading for writingActivity 5 Read the journal entry and answer the questions.1.Whats the passage about?2.What happened in her physics class?3.What did she do after class?Reading for writing1.Whats the passage about?2.What happened in her physics class?Its about the authors experiences durin
13、g the first week at senior high.She couldnt take notes of everything the physics teacher said,but the teacher told her to stop taking notes and just listen.He said that thinking was more important than note-taking and memorising.Reading for writing3.What did she do after class?She hurried to the sch
14、ool skateboarding club,and bumped into a girl on the way.Then she tried skateboarding at the club and made friends with the girl she bumped into earlier.WritingActivity 6Think of your own experiences of the first week at senior high and share with your partners.My impression of the first weekAn enjo
15、yable classAfter-school activitiesHow I made a new friendFirst-week experience at senior highThings are going well;.was a little confusing;feel happy/curious/anxious.I am going to/will/plan to/am about to/intend to.;I am looking forward to.WritingNow write your journal entry about your first-week ex
16、periences at senior high.Use the expressions in the box to help you.Language focusl 从毕业l 即将去上大学l 一个绝好的机会l 保持开放的心态l 合理的建议l 看见试卷l 全力以赴l 回顾我的高中生活l 向某人伸出援助之手graduate from.be about to go to collegea fantastic opportunitykeep an open mind sound advice at the sight of the test papergo all out to do look ba
17、ck on my high school life give somebody a helping hand 1.Lisa graduated from our school last June and is about to go to college in New York.u be about to:be going to do something very soone.g.我刚要离开房间，电话就响了。I was about to leave the room when the telephone rang.Notes2.I was frightened at the sight of
18、the test paper.But then I figured Id better just go all out and see what happens.u at the sight of:一看到e.g.她一看见血就晕了。She fainted at the sight of blood.u go all out:do something with as much effort as possible 全力以赴e.g.明天我们会为了赢得比赛全力以赴。We will go all out to win the game tomorrow.Notes3.You must have had
19、some moments when you were disappointed.u must have done:对过去表示肯定的推测“肯定已经”；e.g.杰克不舒服。他昨天晚上肯定喝多了。Jack is feeling sick.He must have drunk too much last night.u when引导定语从句，修饰先行词moments。e.g.这是我做出决定的时刻。This was the moment when I made my decision.Notes4.Is there anything else in particular that youd like to share with us?u in particular 尤其；特别e.g.我们最后看的那套公寓你特别喜欢它哪一点？What in particular did you like about the last apartment we saw?u be particular about/over 对挑剔，讲究e.g.她对吃的非常挑剔。Shes very particular about what she eats.NotesGoodbye!
