1、Unit 1 Realizing your potentialPre-readingquick response1.In the principals opinion,what is today?2.The principal cant wait to do what?3.What does the path before you lead to?4.Where does the opportunity lies？5.What are the opportunities you will have when you rise to challenges?6.What will help you
2、 open the door to your potential?7.What is potential?8.How many possibilities do you have?9.What does the principle have confidence in?10.To fully realize your potential,what should you make the most of?11.What are of equal importance for realizing potential?12.What are the suggestions for good stud
3、y habbits?13.What are the suggestions for useful skills?14.What are the suggestions for a positive attitude?15.Who are responsible for realizing your potential?Fast readingFast reading:Read the speech and find the topic sentence for each paragraphPara 1:Para 2:Para 3:Today is the start of a new term
4、,the start of a three-year journey and the start of a promising future.I cant wait to describe to you what senior high school life is like.What is potential?Fast reading:Read the speech and find the topic sentence for each paragraph.Para 4:Para 5:Para 6:To fully realize your potential,it is importan
5、t for you to make the most of our school resources.Of equal importance are good study habits,useful skills and a positive attitude.You need to make a continuous effort to train your mind and develop your character.1.What challenges will students face at senior high school?A new environment,new knowl
6、edge and new ways of thinking.A2,Page 42.What does the principal have confidence in?He has confidence in students ability to make a difference to their family,to their community and to our country.3.What school resources are mentioned in the speech?Classes,teachers and classmates,school facilities a
7、nd activities.A2,Page 44.What positive attitude should students develop?Always look on the bright side and never lose hope,even in difficult situations.Para.1 Welcome to senior high school!Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 Para.6 I cant wait to describe to you what senior high school life is like.Put simp
8、ly,potential is your natural ability that can be developed when you try hard enough.To fully realize your potential,it is important for you to make the most of our school resources.Of equal importance are good study habits,useful skills and a positive attitude.Be confident,do your best and make us p
9、roud.Opening/IntroductionDefinition(定义)of _ to realize potential Challenges and _ways to realize potentialConclusionThe outline（大纲）（大纲）of the speech opportunitiespotentialWaysIntensive readingIntensive reading:Read and answer questionsPara 1:Welcome to senior high school!Today is the start of _,the
10、start of _,the start of _,and the start of _.a new term a three-year journey a promising future Parallel structures use the same pattern of words or sentences.They can add balance to sentences and make the language more powerful and effective.lies in each challenge to help you _ _.Intensive reading:
11、Read and answer questionsPara 2:I cant wait to describe to you _.what senior high school life is likeinclude_ _.will be realized with_.a new environment new knowledge andnew ways of thinkingacquire great knowledge and enjoy personal growthyour time and effortIntensive reading:Read and answer questio
12、nsPara 3-4:What is potential and _.how to realize your potential What is potential in your opinion?What subject or field do you find your potential in?How will you fully realize your potential in school?What is potential in your opinion?Put simply,potential is your natural ability that can be develo
13、ped when you try hard enough.Please translate：Who knows what beautiful works of art you will create,what you will make or what you will develop!Why does the principal ask and answer a question in Para 3?To attract the readers attention and arouse their interest by asking and answering a question in
14、such a way.Rhetorical devices修辞手法修辞手法What is potential in your opinion?What subject or field do you find your potential in?Over the next three years,you will find the _ are endless,and you are sure to have _ in your ability to make a _ to your family,to your community and to our country.While you de
15、velop as a student and a person,you will _ your potential at last.possibilitiesconfidencedifferencediscover How will you fully realize your potential in school?To fully realize your potential,you should make the _ of school resources,take _ of your classes,learn from others,make _ of school faciliti
16、es,_ a club and _ different sports.mostadvantageusejointake an active part in What are school resources?What school resources are mentioned in this part?Besides these,what resources can you think of?Intensive reading:Para 3-4Intensive reading:Read and answer questionsPara 5:Besides intelligence,how
17、to develop our character?_ your study,_ clear goals and _ schoolwork with other activities._ the necessary communication and problem-solving skills._ the bright side and never _ hope in hard situations.PlansetbalanceImproveLook onloseIntensive reading:Read and answer questionsPara 6:Send a good bles
18、sing!As Lao-Tzu said,“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”Facing the three-year journey,what other useful characters or skills do you think you can develop?modestoutgoingpatientdeterminedresponsibleoptimisticcourageouspassionatedelightedconfidentintelligentdiligentcompetentChara
19、cters All of you need to never stop,make a _ effort to _ your mind and develop your good characters.With the help of senior high school,please remember that you _ are _ for realizing your great potential and wonderful dream.Try to be _ of yourself,do your best and make us _ of what you will achieve
20、in the long rough journey.continuoustrainaloneresponsibleconfidentproudUnderstanding the language style of the speechPara.1:Today is the start of a new term,the start of a three-year journey and the start of a promising future.Para.6.As Lao-Tzu wisely said,“A journey of a thousand miles begins with
21、a single step.”Para.2:Most importantly,your time and effort at senior high school will open the door to your potential.Para.3:“What is potential?”you may ask.parallelismmetaphorAsking questionsquotationA3 What techniques does the principal use?Understanding the purpose of the speech To inspire To en
22、courage To guide To motivatePost-readingPost-reading:Practice and consolidation On the first day of senior high school,our respectable principal gave us a thrilling speech.Fill the blanks according to what you have learnt.Hello,everyone!Welcome to senior high school!Today is the start of a new term,
23、the start of a three-year_ and the start of a _ future.I cant wait to _ senior high school life to you.Senior high school is a time of _,learning and hard work.Confucius says,“Study without thinking leads to _;thinking without study ends in _.”journeypromisingdescribediscoveryconfusionpuzzlementFill
24、 the blanks according to what you have learnt.So,the path before you _ to a world filled with _:a new _,new knowledge and new ways of _.However,with a _ mind,_ lies in each challenges.When you _ to the challenges,you will have the _ to _ great knowledge and enjoy personal _.Most importantly,your tim
25、e and effort at senior high school will _ to your potential.leadschallengesenvironmentthinkingpositiveopportunityrise opportunityacquiregrowthopen the doorFill the blanks according to what you have learnt.What is potential?_,potential is your _ ability that can be developed when you try hard _.With
26、potential,you will _ beautiful works of art,make medical _ and develop those _ technologies in this world.With potential,you will see that the _ are endless.I _ in your ability and potential to _ to your family,to your _ and to our country.Put simplynaturalenoughcreateadvancesamazingpossibilitieshav
27、e confidence inmake a differencecommunityFill the blanks according to what you have learnt.To fully realize your potential,it is important for you to _ school _,_ your classes,learn from others,_ a club,and _ sports activities.Of _ importance _ good study habits,useful skills and a positive _.Carefu
28、lly _ your study,set _ goals and _ your schoolwork _ other activities.Whats more,you must _ to improve the _ and problem-solving skills.make the most ofresourcestake advantage ofjointake an active part inequalare attitudeplanclearbalancewithmake effortscommunicationFill the blanks according to what
29、you have learnt.Last but not least,always look on the_ side and never _ in difficult situations._,you will find yourself _ into a well-rounded _.As Lao-Tzu wisely said,“_.”You need to make a _ effort to _ your mind and develop your _.Senior high school will help you learn and grow,yet you _ should be _ for realizing your great potential.Be _ of yourself,do your best and make us _ of what you will do in the future.brightlose hopeIn timegrowingindividualA journey of a thousand milesbegins with a single stepcontinuoustraincharacteraloneresponsibleconfidentproudV Homework1.完成教材57页的练习2.中文写作：如何发挥潜力
