(共19张PPT)
Unit 1 Life Choices
Topic Talk
My first day
at Senior High.
What do you think of the first day
Watch a video
Don’t have fixed classrooms.
Sit around in groups.
Have group discussions.
Share ideas or check their work together.
Have different class schedules.
List the differences between her new school and the previous one.
Warming-up
Warming-up
How should we arrange all the ideas when we talk about our new school life
Personal Feelings
Reasons
Forms of learning
Expectations
Talk about your new school life.
Warming-up
excited / exciting
delighted / delightful
interested / interesting
stressed / stressful
bored / boring
challenged / challenging
What expressions can be used to describe personal feelings
Talk about your new school life.
differs in many ways from my previous one
is much bigger and more dynamic than I expected
has a beautiful campus / a big playground
has a friendly head teacher / a big library
has an excellent student centre
What expressions can we use to describe the new school
What expressions can be used to describe forms of learning
(can / can’t) have different class schedules / choices for different clubs
(do not) have fixed classrooms
do group projects
have group discussions
share ideas or check work together
What expressions can be used to describe expectations
learn many new things
develop confidence in speaking English / competence in a variety of new skills
have a happier, more fruitful and satisfying life
Listening
1.1
Listen and complete the following sentences.
I’m a new senior secondary school student. My new school life is very _______.
I feel excited because this school ___________________
____________________.
What is also very different is that students in the same class __________________________.
In the next three years, I hope I will _______________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________.
exciting
differs in many ways
from my previous one
have different class schedules
develop confidence in speaking English and develop
competence in a variety of new skills
learn many new things,
Listening
Listen to the dialog. Three people are interviewed about their plete the notes below.
Bob Fred Ms Johnson
Job
Work schedule
Positives about the job
Negatives about the job
quite stressful, lots of pressure, little time for leisure
6.30 am, by 7,
12-hour shifts
help ... recover from illnesses and injuries
doctor
football player
10 months a year, five hours a day
get injured
travel a lot, cheer you on
business manager
8 am until late in the evening
enjoy making important decisions
stressful, challenges arise, not see family enough
文化知识——名人名言I
There is no substitute for hard work.
任何事情都无法代替努力工作。 — Thomas A. Edison
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
寻找自我存在的最好方法就是让自己忙于服务他人之中。 — Mahatma Gandhi
爱迪生是一位著名的发明家,他发明的留声机、电影摄影机和电灯对世界有极大影响。他一生共有2000多项发明,拥有专利1000多项,被美国的权威期刊《大西洋月刊》评为影响美国的100位人物。
甘地被尊称为“圣雄甘地”,是印度民族解放运动的领导人。他倡导
“非暴力不合作”,带领印度脱离英国的殖民统治,走向
独立。
文化知识——名人名言I
To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.
要奋斗,要探索,要有所发现,但不要屈服。— Alfred Tennyson
阿尔弗雷德·丁尼生是一位英国诗人。诗作题材广泛,想象丰富,形式完美,词藻绮丽,音调铿锵。其131首的组诗《悼念》被视为英国文学史上最优秀哀歌之一,因而获桂冠诗人称号。其他重要诗作有《尤利西斯》《伊诺克 阿登》和《过沙洲》,诗歌《悼念集》等。
文化知识——名人名言I
Quietude promotes learning, frugality cultivates virtue. One can’t show high ideals without simple living; one can’t have lofty aspirations without a peaceful state of mind.
静以修身,俭以养德。非淡泊无以明志,非宁静无以致远。 —— 诸葛亮
诸葛亮,字孔明,号卧龙,三国时期蜀汉丞相,杰出的政治家、军事家、文学家、书法家、发明家。散文代表作有《出师表》《诫子书》等。曾发明木牛流马、孔明灯
等,并改造连弩,叫做诸葛连弩,可一弩十矢俱发。诸葛亮一生“鞠躬尽瘁、死而后已”,是中国传统文化中忠臣与智者的代表人物。
Discussion
How do you understand the following quotes
There is no substitute for hard work.
— Thomas A. Edison
To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.
— Alfred Tennyson
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Quietude promotes learning, frugality cultivates virtue. One can’t show high ideals without simple living; one can’t have lofty aspirations without a peaceful state of mind. — Zhuge Liang
Notes
1. It is the start of a new chapter in my life.
(人生或历史的)时期,时代,篇章
骑马出了一次严重的事故后,我生命中的那一篇章就结束了。
That chapter of my life closed when I had a serious riding accident.
Notes
2. Previously, we had fixed classrooms where students all sat in rows.
以前;先前;在以前
她以前受聘当导游。
She was previously employed as a tour guide.
Notes
3. Unfortunately, the job can also be stressful, especially when challenges arise and I work so much that I feel I don’t see my family enough.
arise — arose — arisen vi. 出现;发生;产生;起身
The birds attack crops when the opportunity arises.
一有机会鸟儿们就会破坏庄稼。
Thank You !