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Unit 14
I remember meeting all of you in Grade 7.
Section B (2a~2e)
Let’s watch a video
What is Dr. Leonard Hofstadter doing
He is giving a commencement speech.
毕业典礼演讲
能理解并运用下列重点单词和短语:gentleman, congratulate, thirsty, thankful, task, wing, first of all, be thirsty for, along with等。
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能通过略读文章,运用文章体裁和写作目的阅读技巧,读懂毕业典礼上的演讲文章并学会展望高中和未来。
目标:能通过略读文章,运用文章体裁和写作目的阅读技巧,读懂毕业典礼上的演讲文章并学会展望高中和未来。
Look through 2a~2e and underline the words and phrases you don’t know. Look up the words in a dictionary and write down their meanings, after that let's check.
be thankful to
first of all
thirsty
task
be thirsty for
be responsible for
Activity 1
along with
thankful
congratulate
gentleman
lastly
ceremony
graduation
ahead of
separate from
set out
Activity 2
2a
What is the most important thing you have learned in junior high school Discuss the question with a partner.
We may find a good answer to this question in the following passage.
称呼语
问候语
具体的演讲内容
结尾
最常用的是 Ladies and gentlemen,
也可根据不同情况,选用 Fellow
students, Distinguished guests等等
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What kind of text is this Is it a story, a speech or a notice
A speech
Activity 3
Skimming
Task 1
2b
Read the passage quickly and answer the questions.
2. Who do you think wrote it
3. Who is it for
The headmaster of the school.
The students who are going to graduate from the school.
IDENTIFYING TEXT TYPE AND PURPOSE
(明确文体和写作目的)
Quickly read through a text to see what kind of writing it is, who wrote it and why it was written.
确定文章文体是指在阅读时,首先浏览文章确认将要阅读的是什么类型的文本,是故事?演讲稿?还是通知?还是其他?每一种文体都有它的特征,了解文体特征有助于读者在阅读内容之前的预判,掌握大致结构,进而提炼段落内部层次,找到所需的信息。
Task 2
Read again and find the key sentence in each paragraph.
Then match the main idea for each paragraph.
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
b.the changes of students
c. learn to be thankful
a. hope for the students
Careful reading
Read Para.1 carefully and answer the questions.
1.What were the students like in Grade 7
2.How have the students changed
They were all full of energy and thirsty
for knowledge.
They are now talented young adults who are full of hope for the future.
Read the Para.2 carefully and finish the tasks.
1. No one could do well by himself.(找出该句子的同义句)
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None of you did it alone.
2.Who should the students thank and why
the important people in their lives — their parents, teachers and friends.
because these are the people who have helped and supported them.
who
why
Read the Para.3 and Para.4 carefully and answer the questions.
1. What will senior high be like
2. How should the students deal with the future
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, choose wisely and be responsible for their own decisions and actions, and not forget where they came from.
Activity 4
Work in groups. Find out some language points that you think are important and share their use with your classmates and give some examples.
Language point
1.I’d like to congratulate all the students who are here today.
【解读】 congratulate /k n'ɡr t ule t/ v.祝贺
n. congratulation
常用短语: congratulate on sb. 向某人祝贺
congratulate sb.on sth.为某事向某人祝贺
Congratulations!常用于口语中,表示
祝贺某人取得成功、成绩等。
e.g. We congratulated him on having passed the exam.
我们祝贺他通过了考试。
我要祝贺今天在这里的所有学生。
Language point
2.I don’t need to tell you that life in senior high school will be harder and that you have many difficult tasks ahead of you.
【解读】ahead 是副词,意为“向前面;在前面”,常用ahead of 结构,表示“(在空间或时间上比某人或某事)更早,更前或比……更先进,领先”,还常用于
go ahead表示“前进;先走;开始吧”。
e.g. He left one day ahead of me. 他比我早一天离开。
He is ahead of me in English. 他的英语比我强。
The work was done ahead of time. 工作提前完成了。
我不需要告诉你,高中生活会更加艰辛,而你面前还有许多艰巨的任务。
Language point
3.It is always hard to separate from those whom you have
spent so much time with for the past three years.
【解读】 separate/'sep r t/ adj. 单独的;分离的
/'sep re t/ v. 分开;分离
separate…from…表示“将……与……分开”,指把
原来连在一起或接近的部分分隔开来。
e.g. This is the man whom I talk with.
这就是我和他谈话的那个人。
This patient should be separated from the others.
这个病人应该隔离。
与陪伴了过去三年时间的人分开总是很难的。
Language point
【辨析】 separate… from…, divide… into…
separate 把原来连在一起或靠近的分隔开来,常和from连用。 We’d better separate the good ones from the bad ones.
我们最好把好的和坏的分开。
divide 划分,把整体分成若干部分,常和介词into连用。 The world is divided into five continents.
世界被分成五大洲。
Language point
4.As you set out on your new journey, you shouldn’t forget where you came from.
【解读】set out on something开始进行新的或重要的事情
set out 出发;启程
【拓展】set out还表示“着手……,开始……”的意思,
常用于set out to do sth.结构,表示“着手做某事”。
e.g. The train will set out in two hours.火车将在两个小时后出发。
They set out to perform the operation.他们开始动手术。
He is setting out to write a novel.他正着手写一本小说。
当你踏上新的旅程时,你不应该忘记你从哪里来。
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.
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
attend be thirsty for none
set out be proud of
Activity 5
Discussion
According to your own experience and teachers’ advice, what advice would you give to students who are just starting junior high school
Give advice on:
time
schoolwork
friends
encouragement
make full use of
work hard
get on well with
never give up
You should
You should learn to learn, learn to live, learn to be!
2e
Underline the sentences you like in the passage. Tell your partner what they mean and why you like them.
Activity 6
Retelling time
Retell the passage according to the mind map.
thirsty for
they mean to you
learn from mistakes
decisions and actions
journey