1、Unit 1 Back to schoolReading阅读部分How do you feel on the first day of your high school?Why?Feelings:anxious,happy,excitede.g.I felt anxious on the first day of my high school,because I am worried that I cannot make any friends.Do you have any expectations for your high school?Expectations:beautiful sc
2、hool campus with modern school facilities;selective courses;various activities;less regulations;higher requirement of ability;being at ease with teacherse.g.One expectation is that I hope students will have more chances to connect with the society and the world.For example,students will be able to a
3、pply for exchanging to other schools.High school brings a lot of new experiences to everyone.The speech below was given to new high school students by the principal of a Chinese school on the first day of term.a formal talk that a person gives to an audienceThe head of a school,college or other educ
4、ational institutionHow do you think high school will be different from middle school?High school is different from middle school in several aspects:Curriculum Activities Stress What do you think the principal will talk about in his speech?Expectations for students.Introductions about high school.Rea
5、d the speech and find the topic sentence for each paragraph.Para.1:Welcome to senior high school!Para.2:_Para.3:_Para.4:_Para.5:_Para.6:_ A1How to read for topic sentences：Definition：A topic sentence tells the main idea of a paragraph.Locations:I t i s us ua l l y a t t h e beginning of a paragraph,
6、but it may also be in the middle or at the end of a paragraph.Read the speech and find the topic sentence for each paragraph.Para.1:Welcome to high school!Para.2:_Para.3:_Para.4:_Para.5:_Para.6:_ I cant wait to describe to you what senior high school like is like.Put simply,potential is your natural
7、 ability that can be developed when you try hard enoughTo 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.You alone are responsible for realizing your great potentialA1I cant
8、 wait to describe to you what high school life is like.(page 2,line 4-5)我迫不及待地要向你们描述一下高中生活是什么样子的。句中cant wait to do意为“迫不及待地要去做某事”，强调心情非常兴奋和急切。类似地表达还有can hardly wait to do sth,如：Jamie could hardly wait to get started.杰米迫不及待地像开始。Put simply,potential is your natural ability that can be developed when yo
9、u try hard enough.(page 3,line 14-15)简而言之，潜能是你与生俱来的能力，足够努力，就能开发。句中put意为“表达，叙述，说明”，put simply表示“简单地说，简而言之”。类似地表达还有to put it simply。如：To put it simply,the meeting is a waste of time.简而言之，这次会议就是浪费时间。Of equal importance are good study habits,useful skills and a positive attitude.(page 3,line 26)同样重要的还有良
10、好的学习习惯、使用技能和积极的态度。本句为倒装句，主语为good study habits,useful skills and a positive attitude，因主语较长，使用倒装语序可以使句子更为平衡。如：In the classroom are forty Chinese students,twenty American students and two teachers.教室里有四十名中国学生、二十名美国学生和两位老师。Read the speech again carefully and answer the following questions.1.What challen
11、ges will students face at high school?_2.What does the principal have confidence in?_3.What school resources are mentioned in the speech?_4.What positive attitude should students develop?_Remember to locate the key information according to key words in the questions such as challenges/principal/reso
12、urces/attitude.A21.What challenges will students face at high school?_2.What does the principal have confidence in?_3.What school resources are mentioned in the speech?_4.What positive attitude should students develop?_R e m e m b e r t o l o c a te t h e ke y i n f o r m a t i o n according to key
13、w o r d s i n t h e questions such as challenges/principal/resources/attitude.kinds of challengesconfident aspects?specific things?academic resources?people?facilities?positive adj.or noun.1.What challenges will students face at high school?A new environment,new knowledge and new ways of thinking.2.
14、What does the principal have 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 and activities.4.What positive attitude should students develop
15、?Always look on the bright side and never lose hope,even in difficult situations.In time you will find yourself growing into a well-rounded individual.(page 3,line 31)最后，你们会发现自己逐渐全面成长。（1）句中 in time意为“终于，最后”。如：I am sure in time you will understand why she made that choice.我相信最终你会理解她为何会做那个选择。（2）句中well
16、-rounded为复合形容词，意为“全面的”。复合形容词通常由两个或两个以上的单词构成，词与词之间常加连字符“-”。副词过去分词是构成复合形容词的方式之一。如：well-known 著名的 highly-developed 高度发达的In pairs,discuss the following questions.1.How does the principal try to keep his audience interested?What rhetorical devices does he use?Find examples from the speech.The principal u
17、sed the word“start”three times in the beginning.It is parallelism.It can make the language powerful and produce significant effects on the reader.A31.How does the principal try to keep his audience interested?What rhetorical devices does he use?Find examples from the speech.Keep interested asks ques
18、tions;answers them himself;repetition;parallelism;quotation from Lao-TzuTry to think:what is a speech?A speech is a formal talk that a person gives to an audience.A good speech keeps the audience interested all the time.To achieve this,this speaker may tell interesting stories or ask questions.A goo
19、d speech also uses quotations and such rhetorical devices as metaphor,repetition and parallelism.A3Know more about rhetorical devices.Rhetorical devices can achieve an effect beyond the range of ordinary language,such as metaphor,repetition and parallelism.metaphorrepetitionMy love is a red red rose
20、.He has a heart of stone.Measure for measure.Little things amuse little minds.Metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another,thus making an implicit comparison.Repetition is a literary device that repeats the same words of p
21、hrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable.2.How are you going to realize your potential?ImportantMake good use of the school resources;join after-school activities,a club or sports Why does the principal talk about potential on the very first day?Tell the difficulties and differences?Give some suggestions to fresh people?Build up our confidence!So,what is confidence?As teenagers,how to build up our confidence in our daily life?Interest?Study hard?Read more books?Making more friends?As teenagers,how to build up our confidence in our daily life?Thank you
