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(共22张PPT)
Unit 1
Teenage life
Reading and Thinking—Reading Comprehension
Good habits formed at youth make all the
difference.
—Aristotle
By the end of this period, you will be able to:
Find Adam’s life challenges and solutions
2. Talk about the challenges you are facing
3.Practice skimming （快速阅读）
4. Conclude the qualities(品质) Adam has
What’s about your feelings on your first day of school
Lead-in
anxious
annoyed
frightened
awkward
curious
confident
Lead-in
School uniform
School life in China
extra-curricular activities
exams
...
subjects
homework
How did you feel on your first school day
What would you tell a teenager from another country about school life in China
Pre-reading
look at the title, pictures, key words and phrases, and topic sentences, usually the first or the last sentence.）
Predict (guess)
1. What is the main idea of the passage
A．A freshman at senior high school made some friends.
B．A freshman at senior high school met some challenges.
C．A freshman at senior high school didn’t know how to make a team.
D．A freshman at senior high school didn’t know which courses to take．
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2. What is the text type of the passage
A．Narration(记叙文)．
B．Argumentative Essay(议论文)．
C．Expository Writing(说明文)．
D．Practical Writing(应用文)．
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Skimming
Skim: get the main idea of each paragraph
the title, pictures, key words and phrases, and topic sentences, usually the first or the last sentence.）
Senior high school is a challenge
Adam had to think carefully about which courses he wanted to take.
Adam had to choose extra-curricular activities.
Studying harder and being responsible are needed
Read for the structure
Complete the outline.
Para. Challenge How Adam feels Solution
1 (1)Going from junior high school to senior high school Confused
2 Choosing suitable courses _______________ The school adviser __________________________________.
3 ____________________________ _______ He will find a way to __________________________________________
4 _______________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ He will _______________________________________________________________
Who :
When and where:
What:
How: The first week is
a little confusing
Adam—a freshman
The first week at senior high school
a big challenge
Careful-reading
1. Background information.
Read Para.1 carefully and do the following exercises.
Why did Adam choose Chinese which is a very difficult language as his suitable course
(1)To challenge himself.
(2)To win a basic language skill for the future.
(3)To win a competition (竞争)for future self-development.
Read Para.2 carefully and do the following exercises.
Para. Challenge How Adam feels Solution
2 Choosing suitable courses _______________ The school adviser __________________________________.
Serious/Careful
helped him choose suitable courses
Which verb phrase(动词短语) in Para.3 can replace(代替) the phrase “make the team”？
join the school football team
Read Para.3 carefully and do the following exercises.
Para. Challenge How Adam feels Solution
3 ____________________________ _______ He will find a way to __________________________________________
Making the school football team
Unhappy
improve in order to make the team next year
1. What is Adam worried about
2. What’s Adam’s attitude to his senior high school life How do you know
Read Para.4 carefully and do the following exercises.
Para. Challenge How Adam feels Solution
4 _______________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ He will _______________________________________________________________
Keeping up with the other students in his advanced course and getting used to all the homework
Worried but still happy，confident about his future
try to study harder and get used to being responsible for a lot more
Para. Challenge How Adam feels Solution
1 (1)Going from junior high school to senior high school Confused
2 Choosing suitable courses _______________ The school adviser __________________________________.
3 ____________________________ _______ He will find a way to __________________________________________
4 _______________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ He will _______________________________________________________________
Serious/Careful
helped him choose suitable courses
Making the school football team
Keeping up with the other students in his advanced course and getting used to all the homework
Unhappy
Worried but still happy，confident about his future
try to study harder and get used to being responsible for a lot more
improve in order to make the team next year
Post-reading
Discussion
Make an oral report about your challenges，feelings and solutions as a freshman at senior high school.
Example:
I’m facing/worried/have trouble in…(challenge).
I feel…(feeling).
Faced with the challenge, I …(how to do).
I’m worried about how to balance my studies and my extra-curricular activities.
I feel anxious.
Faced with the challenge，I turned to my teacher for help. He advised me to work harder at school so I can make more time for my extra-curricular activities and hobbies. Thanks to my teacher，I have confidence in dealing with the challenge well now.
I’m Adam, 1.___ freshman at senior high school. The first week was a little 2._________(confuse) for me.
There are some 3.__________(challenge) I have to face in my new school life. First，I had to think carefully about my courses. Chinese is hard to learn，but I hope I can speak it 4._______(fluent) when I graduate. My adviser 5._____________(recommend) me to sign up for advanced literature because I’m good 6.___ English. Second，I had to choose my extra-curricular activities. I tried 7._______(join) the school football team 8.______ I couldn’t do well in it at first. Besides that，I joined a volunteer club.
In order to be well 9.________(prepare) for university or whatever else 10._______(come) in the future，I make up my mind to study harder and get used to the new situation.
Summary
a
confusing
challenges
fluently
recommended
at
to join
though
prepared
comes
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Attitude→ Personalities
Homework
Review what we have learned and preview language points

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