(共15张PPT)
Section B
2a-2e
Unit 14
I remember meeting
all of you in Grade 7.
You want to keep your choices open.
Your education keeps your choices open.
So when you grow up, you can be what you want.
Do well in school, and the decision will be yours!
You may decide to be a professor.
Your education keeps your choices open.
Or maybe a merchant is the job for you.
Do well in school, and the decision will be yours!
You could be a successful farmer.
Your education keeps your choices open.
So when you graduate, you can be what you want.
Do well in school, and the decision will be yours!
Do you know any graduation songs
Now enjoy a song.
Lead-in
Listen to the passage and answer the questions.
2b
What kind of text is this Is it a story, a speech or a notice
Who do you think wrote it
Who is it for
It is a speech.
The headmaster /teacher of the school is probably the person who wrote it.
It is for the graduating students of the school.
Can you tell whether the teacher/headmaster likes the students from the first paragraph
Which sentences make you think so
How does the teacher/headmaster feel about the students
Read the passage and finish the following tasks.
Task 1:
Read the second paragraph and answer the question.
Why should we be thankful to the people around us
They have done a lot for us and they mean a lot to us.
Task 2:
Read the passage and match the following items.
learn to be thankful
changes in the students
hope for the students
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Task 3:
Task 4: Fill the column.
Para. Key sentence Key words or phrases
1
2
3
You’ve all grown up so much and I’m so proud of you.
graduation ceremony, congratulate, talented, full of hope, grow up, proud of
Never fail to be thankful to the people around you.
remember the important people who helped and supported you
The end of junior high school is the beginning of a new life.
difficult tasks, make mistakes, learn from mistakes, never give up, make your own choices, be responsible for your decisions
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in the box.
2d
attend be thirsty for none
set out be proud of
It is time to say goodbye, but _____ of us want to leave.
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.
none
set out
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.
are thirsty for
attend
be proud of
Read the passage again and answer the questions.
2c
What were the students like in Grade 7
How have the students changed
Who should the students thank and why
They were all so full of energy and thirsty for knowledge.
They have become talented young adults who are full of hope for the future.
They should thank the important people in their lives — their parents, teachers and friends. Because they have ever helped and supported them.
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
Life in senior high will be harder and they will have many difficult tasks ahead of them.
They should learn from their mistakes and never give up. They should choose wisely and be responsible for their own decisions and actions, and not forget where they came from.
I hope they would be full of hope for the future, work hard during the following years, choose wisely and be responsible for their decisions and actions.
1. Never fail to be thankful to the people around you.
* 此句为否定结构的祈使句。祈使句否定结构大多由助动词don’t承担。
* 但若要加强语气，英语课用never替代don’t，表达汉语“千万不要……；一定别……”的意思。
*若要进一步强调，表达语气更强的禁止，则可使用“Never, ever…”结构。
Language points
别来迟了。(不要迟到。)
Don’t come late.
对人一定不要讲脏话。
Never use dirty words on others.
这是一把装有子弹的枪，千万、千万不要碰他！
This is a loaded gun. Never, ever touch it!
一定、一定不要把秘密泄露出去，你能够做到吗？
Never, ever let anyone know the secret. Can you promise
2. As you set out on your new journey, you shouldn’t forget where you came from.
set out on something
开始进行新的或重要的事情
set out 出发
我们开始着手这个项目时就知道它的难处。
When we set out on this project, we knew it would be difficult.
这些旅行者休息三天后又出发了。
After a three-day rest, the travelers set out again.
journey 本义为 “旅程”，此句中用的是它的引申义，即它的隐喻用法，意思是“(人生的)阶段或行程”。
隐喻在英语中很常见，如：
学习是终身旅程。
Learning is a life-long journey.
时间就是金钱。
Time is money.
这本书是这对夫妇辛苦付出的成果。
The book is the fruit of the couple’s hard work.
