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Unit 1 Life Choices
Lesson 1 Lifestyles
Teaching objectives, focus and difficulties
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Teaching Objectives
Language Competence Can correctly use the following words and phrases: addict, drag oneself away, definitely, target, attentive, achieve, revise, a wide range of, it's so convenient to do sth...
Cultural Awareness Understand how to make appropriate responses based on others' remarks in English communication.
Thinking Qualities Compare and evaluate the two lifestyles, and provide reasonable suggestions.
Learning Ability With the help of key words, students can identify the topic sentences of paragraphs and complete pre-reading questions on the basis of understanding the general idea of the article.
Key Points How to introduce one's lifestyle in authentic English.
To carefully grasp the main idea and content of the text.
Difficult Points Being able to express one's lifestyle, personal emotions, and future expectations in appropriate English.
Understanding that every lifestyle has corresponding advantages and disadvantages, and the need to overcome shortcomings while promoting strengths.
Teaching Key and Difficult Points
Topic talk
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Your new school life
What is it like
How do you feel about it and why
Is it different from your previous school life
What is your new plan for your new school life
exciting
stressful
challenging
...
excited
stressed
...
the campus
people
…
Talk about your new school life
Read the Text Builder carefully from left to right.Then listen and complete it by underlining the words or expressions you hear in the right column.
I'm a new senior secondary school student. My new school life is very ________.
I feel excited because this school ________.
Personal Feelings
exciting,interesting,stressful,boring,
challenging
differs in many ways from my previous one,
is much bigger and more dynamic than I expected
has a big playground /a friendly head teacher /a beautiful campus / an excellent student centre/ a big library
Text Builder
Life Choices
Reasons
What is also very different is that students in the same class ________.
In the next three years,
I hope I will ________.
Forms of learning
(can / can’t) have different schedules
/ choices for different clubs, (do not) have fixed classrooms, do group projects, have group discussions, share ideas or check work together
Expectations
learn many new things
develop confidence in speaking English / competence in a variety of new skills
have a happier, more fruitful and satisfying life
Text Builder
Life Choices
Text builder
I’m a new senior secondary school student.
My new school life is very exciting.
I feel excited because…
What is also very different is that…
In the next three years, I hope I will….
All in all, I hope…
Beginning
Personal feelings
Reasons
Forms of learning
Expectations
Ending
Listen to the dialogue.Three people are interviewed about their plete the notes below.Then,take turns to talk about their life choices.
Bob
Job
Work schedule
Positives about the job
Negatives about the job
Doctor
starts work at 7 a.m., works 12-hour shifts
gets to solve problems and help people recover from illness and injury
little time for leisure, lots of pressure, having to make correct decisions all the time
Fred
Job
Work schedule
Positives about the job
Negatives about the job
Football player
trains for 10 months a year, 5-hours a day
travel a lot to different countries and people cheering him on
injuries from training or playing
Listen to the dialogue.Three people are interviewed about their plete the notes below.Then,take turns to talk about their life choices.
Ms Johnson
Job
Work schedule
Positives about the job
Negatives about the job
Business manager
8 a.m. until late evening
gets to make important decisions
stressful work, doesn’t get to see family enough
Listen to the dialogue.Three people are interviewed about their plete the notes below.Then,take turns to talk about their life choices.
Find out the similarities in their lives
They are busy.
They lead stressful lives.
Their work has positives and negatives.
They don’t complain about the negatives.
Quietude promotes learning, frugality cultivates virtue. One can’t show high ideals without simple living; One can’t have lofty aspirations without a peaceful state of mind.
-Zhuge Liang
静以修身，俭以养德。
非淡泊无以明志,
非宁静无以致远。
诸葛亮
Active and share
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What activities are these
to chat with friends online
to do schoolwork
to play sports
to surf the Internet
What activities are these
to play computer games
to go running
to read books
to do voluntary work
What activities do you enjoy Use the phrases to help you.
Example Surfing the Internet is definitely a big part of my life.
to chat with friends online to do schoolwork
to play sports to surf the Internet
to play computer games to go running
to read books to do voluntary work
to find information on a search engine
Read and explore
04
Look at the photos a and b. Read the self-introductions below. What kind of lifestyle do you think the two students have
Joe likes to spend his time online because he says he is a "digital native".
Li Ying likes to set goals for herself and try her best to achieve them because she calls herself a "go-getter".
Read the two texts. Underline Joe's online activities and Li Ying's study habits.
Read the two texts. Underline Joe's online activities and Li Ying's study habits.
Read again. Take notes about Joe's and Li Ying's lifestyles and share what you have found about them. Try to explain what a "digital native" and a "go-getter" mean.
Digital Native
chat with friends online
play computer games
do all schoolwork online
watch films online
read news and articles online
shop online
Go-getter
study with a clear goal
be attentive in what they do
think actively
read books of all kinds
join school's long-distance running team and volunteering club
Someone who is very good at using digital equipment such as computers and mobile phones because they have used them since they were young.
Digital Native
Someone who is likely to be successful because he / she is very determined and has a lot of energy.
Go-getter
List the positive (P ) and negative (N ) aspects of Joe's and Li Ying's lifestyles.
Joe
P
N
make our life more convenient
broaden our horizon
get information/resources easily and efficiently…
make teenagers addict to computer games or online chat and ignore their study
drag people away from the real world…
List the positive (P ) and negative (N ) aspects of Joe's and Li Ying's lifestyles.
Li Ying
P
N
can make full use of the time
achieve higher marks in study
develop good study habits…
be too stressful
…
Make suggestions to help Joe and Li Ying improve their lifestyles.
I would tell Joe that he should spend more time offline and in the real world. He might want to consider playing sports or reading more in his free time.
I would tell Li Ying that she should have more fun. Life doesn't only mean "goals" but also many other enjoyable things.
Read Joe's introduction again. How has he organised his introduction
General and brief introduction
Paragraph 1
The things Joe does online
Paragraph 2
Problems of being online and possible solutions
Paragraph 3
1. Joe does a lot of things online. ( )
2. He talks with his online friends. ( )
3. When shopping online, it's very easy and quick to compare the quality and prices of goods. ( )
4. Joe's parents are worried that he could become a person who spends a lot of free time on the Internet. ( )
a wide range of
chats
convenient
an Internet addict
Replace the underlined words and phrases with the words and phrases from the texts.
5. His mum thinks that it's important to meet friends in person sometimes. ( )
6. Li Ying tries to keep her reading list most recent. ( )
7. She often uses the time on bus to look again at the things she has learnt. ( )
8. What she tries to achieve is to prepare herself for university. ( )
from time to time
updated
revise
Her target
Replace the underlined words and phrases with the words and phrases from the texts.
Complete the text with the words and phrases below.
Joe is a "digital native". He does lots of things online, 1. ______________, chatting with his friends.
Joe's parents are worried that he may become an "Internet addict", 2. ___________ they think he plays computer games all the time and chats too much with online friends. They are 3. ___________ worried that he may not be able to tell whether these friends are real friends. 4. ___________, Joe knows he should spend more time enjoying real life.
for example
because
in fact because also for example
also
In fact
Summary
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1.Understand and integrate the information in the texts, while comprehending the meanings of the titles of the two texts.
2.Reflect on and evaluate the lifestyles of the two protagonists, and provide suggestions.
Homework
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Write a short passage to introduce your new school life.
1. Organise ideas in a logical way.
2. Use the expressions we learnt today if necessary.

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