Unit 10 I remember meeting all of you in Grade 6.
Section B(1a-2e)
I. Revision
发生什么事了 What happened
擅长于be good at
与......不同be different in
考试复习study for exams
过去常常used to do
上舞蹈课take dance lessons
期盼look forward to
(时间)逝去, 消逝go by
希望做hope to do
II. Discussion
Let Ss talk about their dream jobs.
Talk with your partner about what you would like to do in the future
A: What do you hope to do in the future
B: I hope to get a business degree and become a manager.
III. Work on 1a.
Write about what you would like to do in the future.
1. get a business degree and become a manager
2. ____________________________________
3. ____________________________________
Possible answers:
1.get a business degree and become a manager
2.become an English or Chinese teacher
3.become an astronaut or a doctor
IV. Pair work
Talk about what you hope to do in the future.
A: What do you hope to do in the future
B: I hope to …
V. Listening
1. 1c Listen to a class discussion. Check the hopes you hear.
1) Write down the job name according to the pictures.
2) Play the record and check the answers.
1d Listen again and complete the passage.
1) Let Ss understand the passage and write down some words meaning.
Today is the students’ last class. Bob feels ______ about it and thinks Mrs. Chen’s classes have been ______. The students talk about what they want to do in the future. Bob hopes to _____ the exam to get into senior high school. Shirley wants to get into a _______ school.
Ken is good at _______ and he won a _____ for it. So he wants to be a(n) _________.
Mrs. Chen believes in all of them and tells them to “___________”. To celebrate the end of junior high, they are having a ________. They ask Mrs. Chen to come, and she is happy to accept the invitation.
2) Play the tape. Check some of the answers but without making sure them all.
3) Play the tape again. Let Ss listening carefully and pay attention to not sure part above. Check the answers.
Answers: sad great pass music science prize astronaut
go for it party
VI. Practice.
Prepare a speech for your graduation. Use the questions to help you.
Present your speech to your group.
How have you changed since you started junior high school
Who has helped you most
What advice have your parents given you
What will you do after you graduate
What are you looking forward to
1) Let Ss answer the questions one by one.
2) Ask Ss to write down a passage according to the information above.
3) Let some Ss read it out.
VII. 2a Discussion
What is the most important thing you have learned in junior high school Discuss the
question with a partner.
VIII. Reading
1. 2b Read the passage and answer the questions.
1) What kind of text is this Is it a story, a speech or a notice
2) Who do you think wrote it
3) Who is it for
Possible answers:
It is a speech.
The principal of the school is probably the person who wrote it.
It is for the graduating students of the school.
2. 2c Read the passage again and answer the questions.
1) What were the students like in Grade7
2) How have the students changed
3) Who should the students thank and why
4) What will senior high be like
5) How should the students deal with the future
6) What advice would you give to students who are just starting junior high school
Key: 1) They were all so full of energy and thirsty for knowledge.
2) They are now talented young adults who are full of hope for the
future.
3) Their should thank the important people in their lives – their parents, teachers and friends – because these are the people who have helped and supported them.
4) Life in senior high will be harder and they will have many difficult tasks ahead of them.
5) They should learn from their mistakes and never give up, choose wisely and be responsible for their own decisions and actions, and not forget where they came from.
3. 2d Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in the box.
attend be thirsty for none set out be proud of
1) It is time to say goodbye, but _______ of us want to leave.
2) It is always hard to separate from those whom you have spent so much time with for the past three years. However, we are still excited to ___________on a new journey when we enter senior high school.
3) The teacher can see in our eyes that we ______________ knowledge. She tells us that knowledge will give us wings to fly.
4) We will _____________ the junior high graduation ceremony tomorrow. It is a very special time for us.
5) Our teachers and parents will __________ us because we have grown up and can be responsible for ourselves.
Key: 1) none 2) set out 3) are thirsty 4) attend 5) be proud of
2e Underline the sentences you like in the passage. Tell your partner what they mean and why you like them.
X. Language points
1.Thank you for coming today to attend the graduation ceremony at No. 3 Junior High
graduation ceremony 毕业典礼
2.You were all so full of energy and thirsty for knowledge.
be full of 充满...
e.g. Her life was full of excitement. 她的生活充满激动人心的事情。
be thirsty for 渴望,渴求
e.g. He was thirsty for power. 他渴望拥有权力。
3. Some of you were a little difficult to deal with!
deal with 处理,对付
e.g. I have a matter of importance to deal with.我有要事要处理。
XI. Homework
Write about what you have gotten in the junior high school and your plan in
the senior high school.