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　　　Unit 1　Teenage Life
　Rｅａｄｉｎｇ　ａｎｄ　Tｈｉｎｋｉｎｇ
Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.
——Aristotle
年轻时养成的习惯至关重要
——亚里士多德
learning
objectives
01
To learn American students’ school life.
02
03
To compare senior high school life between China and foreign countries.
To sort out Adam’s life challenges and get the
structure of the text.
04
To cultivate a positive attitude towards challenges in life.
Work in groups. Discuss the questions
1.What do you want to know
about school life in other
countries
2. What would you tell a teenager
from another country about
school life in China
Around 7 a.m- 4 p.m.
Students move to different classrooms to have classes.
Go to school clubs or
extra-curricular activities
after school.
Compulsory courses ＆ optional courses
Homeworks mainly contains reading and essays.
School life in America:
Around 7 a.m- 6 p.m.
Teachers move to different classrooms to teach.
Go home and do
homework after school.
courses: Chinese,
maths, English....
Homeworks mainly contains copying and test exercises.
School life in China :
In China, students usually have classes in the same classroom and teachers take turns to teach in different classrooms.
The Freshman Challenge
by Adam
Pre-reading
Activity 1
Look at the picture and the title of the passage.
BY YUSHEN
Can you predict what the passage is mainly about
first-year student
difficulty
Please find the main idea of each paragraph.
Paragraph 1: Senior high school is a challenge.
skim
You can quickly find main ideas and the whole structure by first taking a quick look at the title, picture(s), key words and phrases, and topic sentences.
topic sentences
linking words
key phrases
title & picture
the main part
the supporting parts
Skim the text to find the main idea of each paragraph.
Paragraph 1: Senior high school is a challenge.
Paragraph 2: Adam had to think very carefully about taking suitable courses.
Paragraph 3: Adam had to choose extra-curricular activities.
Paragraph 4: Adam will have to study harder in the future and get used to being responsible for a lot more.
the suitable
serious / careful
helped him choose suitable courses
Making the school football team
unhappy
improve in order to make the team next year
try to study harder and get used to being responsible for a lot more
and getting used to all the homework
confident about his future
happy
Going from junior high school to senior high school
Confused
Complete the outline.
the structure of the passage
Challenge
Solution
Specific
examples
Clear feeling
Activity 1: Read the text again and answer the questions.
1. What courses did Adam choose Which one do you think would be his favourite Why
2. What does “make the team”in Paragraph 3 mean
Careful reading
Adam chose maths，English，chemistry，world history，and Chinese. Advanced literature would be his favourite subject because he likes English and he is good at it.
“Make the team” means to try out and then be allowed to join a sports team.
Activity 1: Read the text again and answer the questions.
3. What is Adam worried about
4. Is Adam confident that he will get used to senior high school life How do you know
Careful reading
Adam seems confident because he says that he is happy to be there，and he will be well prepared for university or whatever else comes in the future.
He is worried about keeping up with the other students in his advanced course and getting used to all the homework.
Consolidation in vocabulary
1.I am good at maths, so my teacher ____________that I should choose advanced maths in my first year.
2.Finding time for both studies and extra-curricular activities is a big _____________, so I need to make a workable schedule.
3.It is a little ____________to choose suitable causes. I hope that my adviser can help me make a good decision.
4.We can try a course for two weeks after we _______up for it. After that, we cannot change it.
recommended
challenge
confusing
sign
Complete the sentences with correct forms of the new words from the test.
5.The main purpose of the course is to help __________each student 's reading ability.
6.Some of the students want to become writers or editors after they ____________, so the teacher advised them to start a writing club.
7.The school is___________for the safety of all students.
8. Whenever I'm facing a difficulty I always tell myself, “Don't let anything stop you. Don't ever _______.
improve
graduate
responsible
quit
Ⅱ 语法填空 （根据课文内容和语法规则完成短文）
　　My name is Adam and I’m a freshman at senior high school. Going from junior school to senior high is 1　　 　（challenge）. The first week I felt a little 2 　　　（confuse）.
　　First，I had to think very carefully about which courses 3　　　　（take）. My adviser recommended that I 4　　　 　（sign） up for advanced literature because I like English and I’m good at it.
　　I had to choose extra-curricular 5　　　　（activity），too. I tried to join the school football team，6　　　the coach told me that I didn’t play well enough. 7　　 （obvious），I was unhappy，but I won’t quit. I’ll find a wayto improve on my own so that I can make the team next year.
　　I know I’ll have to study harder as a senior high school student and get used to being responsible 8　　　a lot more. I’m a bit worried about keeping up with the other students in my advanced course，and 9　 　will be quite difficult to get used to all the homework. Still，I’m happy to be here.
　　Studying hard isn’t always fun, but I’ll be well prepared for university or whatever else 10_____　　（come）in the future.
challenging
confused
to take
（should）sign
activities
but
Obviously
for
it
comes
The freshman challenges
The structure of the passage
Para.1 challenges
Para.2 How to choose courses
Para.3 How to choose extra-curricular activities
Para.4 How to study
main part
supporting parts
Language knowledge
Adam’s challenges, feelings and solutions
Language skills
skimming
Culture knowledge
The differences between American and Chinese school life; How to deal with the challenges
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