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Teenage life
Period 2
(Reading and thinking)
1.To learn some new words
2.To learn how to skim and scan
3.To think about your own challenges, feelings and solutions in high school
Learning aims
Lead-in
...
exams
school uniform
extra-curricular activities
School life in China
subjects
homework
Look at the picture on page 14 and read the title to predict the main content of the passage.
The freshman challenge
“fresh + man”; a student in the first year of high school
Something new and difficult that takes time and hard work to deal with
It is about a freshman’s new school___________________.
difficulties\challenges
Pre-reading
Read the text quickly to find the main idea of each paragraph.
Paragraph 1:
Paragraph 2:
Paragraph 3:
Paragraph 4:
Senior high school is a challenge.
It’s hard for Adam to choose which courses to take.
Adam needs to choose extra-curricular activities.
Adam will work hard to realize his dream.
While-reading
Skim:
You can find main ideas by first taking a quick look at the title, pictures , key words and phrases, and topic sentences.
Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
1. Adam’s father advised him to choose advanced
literature. ( )
2. Adam wants to speak Chinese fluently. ( )
3. Adam has quit the football team. ( )
4. The volunteer club that Adam is in helps
homeless people every weekend. ( )
5. Adam hasn’t got used to doing all the
homework. ( )
T
F
F
F
T
While-reading
Comprehending
1.What order does the author use to write the text
A.Time order.
B.Space order.
C.Logical order.
C
While-reading
2.Adam felt at the beginning of his senior high school.
A.excited B.interested
C.confused D.worried
3.Who gave Adam advice on courses
A.Parents B.Adviser
C.Coach D.Classmates
C
B
4.Hearing he was poor in playing football well, Adam .
A.felt disappointed but went on with it
B.left the football and joined a club
C.didn't give up and tried to improve
D.felt unhappy but signed up for a new team
C
5.What kind of person is Adam
A.brave and well prepared B.negative and silly
C.active and shy D.gentle and patient
A
I'm Adam, 1. ___ freshman in senior high school. During the first week I felt a little 2. ________ (confuse).
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. ___ it. Second, I had to choose my extra curricular activities. I tried 7. ________ (join) the school football team though I couldn't do well in 8. ____ 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 new situation.
Post-reading
a
confused
challenges
fluently
recommended
at
to join
it
prepared
comes
What challenges have you met in your senior school life
How do you feel
How did you solve your problems
Discussion
Post-reading
Adam’ challenge
feelings
solutions
1.Going from junior high school to senior high school is a really big challenge.
challenge n.挑战;艰巨任务 [C]
vt.怀疑;向……挑战
challenge sb.质疑某人
challenge sb.to sth.向某人挑战某事
challenge sb.to do sth.向某人挑战做某事
【拓展】 challenging adj. 具有挑战性的
Language points
动名词短语作主语,谓语动词用单数形式
1.Reading outside school (be) necessary and important in learning English.
2. He ___________ (challenge) his brother to a tennis match yesterday.
3.There will be many difficult and (challenge) days ahead.
4.Solving this problem is one of the greatest __________ (challenge)faced by scientists today.
5.My deskmate challenged me (solve) the problem.
challenged
challenging
challenges
is
to solve
2.The first week was a little confusing.
confusing adj.难以理解的;不清楚的
【拓展】confuse vt. 使糊涂;使迷惑
confuse A with/and B 把A与B混淆
confused adj.糊涂的;迷惑的
be confused about...对……感到困惑
confusion n.困惑;混淆;骚动
in confusion 困惑地;困窘地
单句填空
①I always confuse John his brother;they are so much alike.
②I would often get (confuse) when I came across new words with a similar spelling.
③There was a confused look on his face when he met with a _____________ (confuse) problem.
④To avoid (confuse),please write the children’s names clearly on all their school clothes.
with/and
confused
confusing
confusion
3.I know that Chinese is a very difficult language,but I hope to be fluent when I graduate.
fluent adj. 流利的;(动作)优美流畅的
be fluent in… (语言表达)熟练的,流利的
e.g. She rose with the fluent movement of an athlete.
【拓展】fluently adv. 流利地
fluency n. 流利,流畅
1. She was fluent __________ English, French and German.
2.Firstly, I have a good knowledge of English and I can
communicate with native speakers ___________ (fluent).
3.This will improve the pupils’ of reading.
in
fluently
fluency
graduate n.毕业生
vi.& vt.毕业;获得学位
graduate from 毕业于
graduate in 毕业于……专业
【拓展】graduation n.毕业;获得学位
1.Students are requested to go to work in poor mountain areas
after (graduate)from university.
2.He graduated ________physics from Cambridge University.
3.Before (graduate), he designed a website to promote the project.
4.As new graduate,he doesn’t know what it takes to
start a business here.
graduating
in
graduation
a
4.My adviser recommended that I should sign up for advanced literature because I like English and I’m good at it.
Read the following sentences
I recommend the book to all my students.=I recommend all my students the book.
Eye doctors recommend that a child’s first eye exam (should) be at the age of six months old.
He recommended reading the book before seeing the movie.
The doctor recommended his patient to go out for a walk.
Can you summarize how to use”recommend”
It is/was recommended that...(should) do...有人建议……
recommendation n.提议;建议;推荐
①recommend sb sth=recommend sth _____ sb 向某人推荐某物
②recommend doing sth 建议做某事
③recommend sb ____________ sth 建议某人做某事
④recommend that sb ____________ sth 建议某人做某事
to
to do
(should) do
单句语法填空
①The doctor recommended that I ____________(take) the medicine three times a day.
②I recommend her ________________ (think) very carefully before she does anything foolish.
③Because of the bad weather,I recommended ____________ (put) off the sports meet.
④As a student,I really want to recommend the book ____________ you.
⑤It (recommend) in the regulations that you(should) not tell other people the password of your email account.
is recommended
(should) take
to think
putting
to
5.My adviser recommended that I should sign up for advanced literature because I like English and I’m good at it.
advanced adj.高级的;高等的;先进的
【拓展】advance n.前进;发展
in advance 提前;预先
in advance of 在……前面;超过
vi.前进;发展 vt. 发展;促进
advance on/towards 朝……前进
单句填空
①I’d appreciate it if you could inform me advance.
②He introduced (advance) technology and management into China.
③We advanced the enemy’s position under the cover of darkness.
④So far, our understanding of human genetics (advance)greatly.
in
advanced
on/towards
has advanced
6. Obviously, I was unhappy,but I won’t quit.
quit vi.&vt.(quit,quit)停止;戒掉;离开(工作职位、学校等)
quit doing sth 停止做某事
e.g. We've done what we can. Let's quit.
He (quit) school at 15 and left home.
Her advice was that you (should) quit ________(drink)
quit
drinking
7.I know I’ll have to study harder as a senior high school student
and get used to being responsible for a lot more.
responsible adj. 负责的,有责任的
be responsible for... 对...负责
【拓展】responsibility n. 责任,职责,义务
a sense of responsibility 责任感
take responsibility for 对……负责
It is one’s responsibility to do... 做……是某人的责任
1.Parents should be (responsibility) for their children’s safety.
2.You are in charge of the company,so you should take responsibility what you said.
3.Our school is trying to teach young people to develop a sense of
(responsible) .
responsible
for
responsibility
8.Finding time for both studies and extra-curricular activities is a big challenge,so I need to make a workable schedule.
schedule n.工作计划;日程安排;时刻表
ahead of schedule=ahead of time(进度上)提前
on schedule=on time 按时间表;准时
vt.安排;预定
be scheduled for...定于……;为……安排时间
be scheduled to do sth.预计/安排做某事
as scheduled 按照预定时间
单句填空
①The task will be finished ahead schedule if nothing prevents.
②You’d better finish the project schedule.
③The film star is scheduled (arrive) in Shanghai at ten o’clock.
④His official visit to Beijing is scheduled June 24 to 27.
of
on
to arrive
for
9.I’ll find a way to improve on my own so that I can make the team next year.
so that引导目的状语从句,表示“为了……,以便……”。
【用法】
(1)so that 引导目的状语从句,从句中常使用can/could/may/might/will/would/should等情态动词,从句之前不用逗号。
(2)so that引导结果状语从句,意为“以至于;结果”,从句中一般不用情态动词,从句前常有逗号。
1.It was a difficult question that few people could answer it.
2.There was much noise outside that we couldn’t hear the teacher.
3.It is a little sheep that it can’t run very quickly.
4.She is excellent a teacher that we all like her.
5.She is an excellent teacher that we all like her.
such
so
such
so
such
10.Studying hard isn’t always fun,but I’ll be well prepared for university or whatever else comes in the future.
whatever “无论什么”,
引导名词性从句,相当于anything that
引导让步状语从句时相当于no matter what
Whatever she says will not make any difference to our decisions.
Whichever and whatever you like, there is a theme park for you!
【拓展】特殊疑问词+ever whichever whoever whosever whomever wherever whenever however
1. you go, you do, I will be right here waiting for you.
2. comes will be welcome.
3. you choose, I won’t give it to you.
4. hard it is, he won’t give up.
根据句意,用恰当的特殊疑问词+ever填空
Wherever
whatever
Whoever
Whichever
However
Summary
1.challenge用法
2.confusing和confused区别
3.fluent和graduate用法
4.recommend用法
5.advance词组
6.quit用法
7.responsible词组
8.schedule用法
9.so that 用法和拓展
10.whatever用法
Homework
1.Review the language points.
2.Finish exercises on your workbook.
Thank you!