1、达小姐的阅读课B1U1 TEENAGE LIFETHE FRESHMAN CHALLENGEGOOD HABITS FORMED AT YOUTH MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE.ARISTOTLEPRE-READINGSkimmingYou can find main ideas by first taking a quick look at the title,pictures,key words and phrases and topic sentences.Please take a look at the text and predict what the text
2、is about.The passage is probably about the freshman challenge in senior high school.Read the text quickly to find the main idea of each paragraph.Senior high school is a challenge.Choose the suitable courses.Choose extra-curricular activities.Study harder and be responsible for a lot more.Para.1 Par
3、a.2Para.3 Para.4WHILE-READINGWhile-reading:Read the text again and answer the questions 1.What courses did Adam choose?Which one do you think would be his favourite and why?Maths,English,chemistry,world history,and Chinese Advanced literature,because he likes English and he is good at it.2.What does
4、“make the team”in paragraph 3 mean?It means to join the team and become a member of it.While-reading:Read the text again and answer the questions 3.What is Adam worried about?He is worried about keeping up with the other students in his advanced course and it will be quite difficult to get used to a
5、ll the homework.4.Is Adam confident that he will get used to senior high school life?How do you know?Yes,he is.Because he says that hell be well prepared for university or whatever else comes in the future.Complete the outline and retell the text.Para.ChallengeAdams feelingsSolutions1_2Choosing _ co
6、urses._ The school adviser _3_ He will find a way to_.4Keeping up with the other students in his advanced course _.Worried but still_,_ He will _.the suitable serious/carefulhelped him choose suitable coursesMaking the school football teamunhappy improve in order to make the team next yeartry to stu
7、dy harder and get used to being responsible for a lot moreand getting used to all the homework confident about his futurehappyGoing from junior high school to senior high schoolconfusedLANGUAGE FOCUSComplete the sentences with the correct forms of the new words from the text.recommendedchallengeconf
8、usingsignimprovegraduateresponsiblequitThe freshman challenge Hi!My name is Adam and Im a freshman at senior high school.Going from junior high school to senior high Going from junior high school to senior high school is a really big school is a really big challengechallenge.The first week was a lit
9、tle confusing.Find out subjects in the following sentences:Find out subjects in the following sentences:To do is more important than to say.Who becomes your friend is a matter of importance.The disabled should not be looked down upon.It doesnt matter whether it is of importance or not.The freshman c
10、hallenge 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.My adviser recommendedrec
11、ommended that I should _（报名参加）advanced literature because I like English and Im good at ittake courses take courses 选课选课help sb(to)do sth help sb(to)do sth 帮助某人做某事帮助某人做某事sigh up forsigh up forThe freshman challenge I had to choose extra-curricular activities,too.I tried to join the school football t
12、eam,but the coach told me that I didnt play well enough.Obviously,I was unhappy,but I wont quit.Ill find a way to improve on my own so that 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 co
13、mmunity.靠靠自己自己=by=by myselfmyself以便，为了以便，为了make make 表示设法做成了表示设法做成了某事某事make itmake itmake the partymake the partymake the chair of make the chair of the Student Unionthe Student Unionmake the front pagemake the front pagenext,last,this,next,last,this,that that 引导时间状语不引导时间状语不加介词加介词The freshman challe
14、nge I know Ill have to study harder as a senior high school student and get used to beingbeing responsible responsible forfor a lot more.Im a bit worried about _（赶上，不落后）the other students in my advanced course,and ititll be quite difficult to get used to all the homework.Still,Im happy to be here.St
15、udying hard isnt always fun,but Ill be well prepared for university or whatever else comes in the futureget/be used to doingget/be used to doing习惯于习惯于get/be used to doget/be used to do被用来作被用来作used to used to 过去常常过去常常keeping up withwell-established well-established 设置好的设置好的well-arranged well-arranged
16、 安排好的安排好的DICTATION AND TRANSLATION.Going from junior high school to senior high school is a really big challenge.从初中到高中，确实是一个巨大的挑战。My advisor recommended that I should sign up for advanced literature because I like English and I am good at it.我的导师建议我报名高级文学，因为我喜欢英语，而且我学的不错。I will find a way to improv
17、e on my own so that I can make the team next year.我会找个办法自己改进，这样明年我就能入选了。I know I will have to study harder as a senior high school student and get used to being responsible for a lot more.我知道，作为一个高中生，我将更加努力地学习，并习惯承担更多责任。Studying hard isnt always fun but I will be well-prepared for university or whatever else comes in the future.努力学习并不总是那么有趣，但是我会为大学以及未来的一切而做好准备。ASSIGNMENTASSIGNMENT Could you please make an outline of your own freshman challenge?THANK YOU
