(共32张PPT)
Unit 1 Life Choices
The girl :
At first:
saw English as just a subject in the National College Entrance Examination
Later:
1.saw the beauty of both languages and discovered some of the beauty of English was lost in translation;
2.decided to start a reading journey
What she did:
read novels every night for 10 to 15 minutes before bed.
To read and talk about life choices
To listen for general understanding
To read for specific information and understanding words in context
To discuss quotes on life choices
Talk about your new school life.
Listen and complete the information in the Text Builder.
Answers:
exciting
differs from my previous one
have different class schedules
learn many new things; develop confidence in speaking English/ competence in a variety of new skills
1. How does she feel about the new school life
She feels excited.
Listen again and answer the questions.
2. Why does she feel excited
Because her school is very different from her previous one.
Don’t have fixed classrooms.
Sit around in groups.
Have group discussions.
Share ideas or check our work together.
Have different class schedules.
3. What are her expectations of the senior
secondary school life
Learn new things.
Develop confidence in speaking English.
Have a happier, more fruitful and satisfying life.
Which are true of your new school life
Tick them out if they are true to you.
Talk about your new school life.
Arrange your ideas in a logical way.
Use the expressions in the book if necessary.
Bob-a doctor
Leave the apartment at 6:30 am
Get to work by 7 am
Work 12 hour shifts
Love helping people recover from illnesses and injuries
Making correct decisions put a lot of pressure on me
Listen to Bob, Fred and Ms Johnson talk about their lives and take notes.
Fred - a football player
Train for 10 months of the year
For 5 hours a day
Travel a lot to different countries
Hear people cheer you on
Can get injured while training or playing
Ms Johnson - a business manager
Work in the office from 8 am until late in the evening
Enjoy making important decisions
Stressful when challenges arise
Work so much that I don’t see my family enough
Listen again and complete the notes.
Bob Fred Ms Johnson
Job
Work schedule
Positive about the job
Negatives about the job
doctor
starts work at 7, works 12-hour shifts
solve problem and help people recover from illness and injury
little time for leisure, lots of pressure, having to make correct decisions all the time
football player
trains for 10 months a year, 5 hours a day
Injuries from training or playing
travel a lot to different countries and people cheering him on
business manager
8 am until late evening
make important decisions
stressful work, doesn’t get to see her family enough
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.
1. senior adj. having a higher position, level, or rank 较高的,高级的
【搭配】
be senior to 比……职位高;比……年龄大
a senior officer/ manager/ lecturer
【拓展】
junior adj. 地位(或级别)较低的
be junior to 比……职位低;比……年龄小
2. stressful adj. causing a lot of anxiety and worry 充满压力的,紧张的
【比较】stressed/ stressful
stressed 侧重指人的感觉
stressful 侧重某事物的特点
e.g. feel stressed
a stressful task
3. differ v. to be different from something in some way
不同,不一样,有区别
【搭配】
differ in 在……方面不同
A differs from B A与B不同
4. schedule n. a plan of what someone is going to do and when they are going to do it 日程表,计划表
【搭配】
on schedule 按预定时间
ahead of / behind schedule 先于/ 迟于预定时间
according to schedule 按预定计划
a class schedule 课程表
5. expectation n. what you think or hope will happen 期待;预料,预期
【搭配】
have expectation of 对……抱有希望
have little expectation of 对……几乎没有希望
in expectation of 预料,预期
Beyond one’s expectations 超出某人的预期
against one’s expectations 出乎某人的预期
6. confidence n. the feeling that you can trust someone or something to be good, work well, or produce good results 自信,信心;信赖
【搭配】
have/ show confidence in 对……有信心
lose confidence in 对……失去信心
put confidence in sb. 对某人有信心
inspire confidence (in sb / sth) 激发起(对某人/ 某事的)
信心
gain the confidence 获得信心
with confidence 自信地
7. all in all 总而言之,总的来说
用于一个句子或一段文章的开头,用来对所发表的意见作总结。
【拓展】
in all 总共,总计
after all 毕竟,终究
above all 最重要的是(强调重要性)
first of all 首先
8. pressure n. a way of working or living that causes you a lot of anxiety, especially because you feel you have too many things to do 压力
【搭配】
under the pressure of 在(……的)压力下
put pressure on 对……施加压力
high blood pressure 高血压
9. recover v. to get better after an illness, accident, shock etc 恢复健康,康复
【搭配】
recover from 从……中恢复过来
recover from the operation 手术后恢复
recover health 恢复健康
【拓展】
recovery n. 康复,痊愈;恢复,复苏
make a recovery 恢复
10. challenge n. something that tests strength, skill, or ability, especially in a way that is interesting 挑战;具有挑战性的事物
【搭配】
give a challenge 提出挑战
accept a challenge 应战
face a challenge 面对挑战
challenge to… 对……的挑战/ 质疑
【语境应用】单词拼写
1. After several months of serious injury, he began to _______
(康复).
2. All in all, the previous problems have been solved, but new
ones will _______ (出现).
3. Senior secondary school students are under great ________
(压力).
4. I was bored of my previous life and felt I needed a new
________ (挑战).
5. Doctors and nurses living under ________ (充满压力的)
conditions should learn to relax at leirsue.
recover
arise
pressure
challenge
stressful
6. In the ________ (先前的) chapter, we have learned the
background of the war.
7. A candidate’s competence is what matters— the appearance
is of ___________ (次要的) importance.
8. Condidering the injuries he’s had, there can be little
__________ (期待) of him winning the race.
9. She tried to be more ________ (积极的) about her
challenging job.
10. Anyone can always manage to do more things with
expectation, no matter how full his/ her ________ (日常表)
is in life.
previous
secondary
expectation
postive
schedule
完成句子
1. He’s in hospital, _________ ________ (从……中恢复) a
previous heart attack.
2. Although we were under great pressure, we finished the
task _______ _______ _______ (提前).
3. The more he fails, the more he
________ _______ _______ (失去信心) his competence.
4. The people there were friendly and the food was
delicious. _______ _______ ________ (总而言之), the
party was pleasant.
5. The builders are now
_______ _______ _______ ________ (面临着……的挑
战) completing the new campus on schedule.
recovering from
ahead of schedule
loses confidence in
All in all
facing the challenge of
6. The first senior high school _______ _______ (与
……不同) the second one in size.
7. Unfortunately, more problems _______ _______
(产生于) the meeting.
differs from
arose from
Read each quote and discuss its relation to learning. What can you learn from this quote What dose it mean
Write a short passage to introduce your new school life.
Organise ideas in a logical way.
Use the expressions we learnt today if necessary.