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Developing ideas
High School Hints
biology chemistry English geography history IT Chinese mathematics physics P.E. politics
1. Which is your favorite subject Why
Orientation Day
In the United States, there is an Orientation Day at the beginning of the school year for new students. Orientation Day is a way to welcome new students and help them know the school, including its history, campus, facilities and other relevant information. School staff and student volunteers will show new students around the school, and the new students will get their schedules and find out where their classrooms are.
Look at the word cloud and the picture. Predict what will be talked about in the interview.
(1) What's the interview about
A. Lisa's new college.
B. New students in high school.
C.Lisa’s suggestions to new high school students. D. Lisa's high school life
(2)How is the text developed
By asking and answering questions.
Scan the interview and find out the questions asked by interviewer.
1. What helped when Lisa first started high school
2. How did Lisa deal with new challenges
3. How did Lisa deal with disappointments
4.Is there anything else that Lisa would like to share with us
Orientation Day.
2. How did Lisa deal with new challenges
She figured that she could go all out and not be afraid of failure.
3. How did Lisa deal with disappointments
She realised that it wasn’t just about winning, and kept working hard to be part of something she loved.
4.Is there anything else that Lisa would like to share with us
Be a rainbow in somebody else’s cloud.
When scanning a text, you read it quickly in order to find a specific piece of information. For example, to find out the answer to the question “What did Lisa find most helpful when she started high school ”, you would look for the key words “helpful” and started high school.
Learning to learn
1. What do you think Lisa means by “If you fail, no problem-next time you can fail better”
She means that it’s OK to fail, as long as you learn something from it to help you succeed next time.
2. Think about the words from Maya Angelou: “Be a rain bow in somebody else’s cloud.” Do you know of any similar sayings
The roses in her hand;the flavor in mine.
It’s better to give than to take.
graduate from
be about to do
keep an open mind
deal with
at the sight of
go all out
hold one’s head up
in particular
give…a hand
refer to
毕业于
即将……
保持开放的心态
处理
一看见……就
全力以赴,竭尽全力
抬起头来
尤其,特别
帮助……
提到,谈到
Important expressions