(共25张PPT)
Unit1 A new start
Study hard and make progress everyday!
warming up
Watch the video and answer the questions.
1.What do these students do at school
2.How is this school different from your school
The students in the video have four classes every day and do practical work.They often have a quick snack. Some pupils also participate in after-school activities and clubs.
There is something like the timetable,subjects is different from ours.
Prediction
What kind of the passage is it
A dairy.
B. A novel.
C. A piece of news.
How
fast reading
1.Read the passage fast and try to find out the main idea of passage.
It mainly about .
Meng Hao’s first day at senior high
2.What is the boy’s name
Meng Hao.
Tips: When we find the main idea,we needn't to read the passage word by word, but focus on the topic sentence and some key words.
Read carefully and think about the following questions.
1.The passage is written in ______ order.
2. How did Meng Hao find his senior high school life
A. Interesting. B. Curious.
C. Unknown. D. Worried.
3. Who did Meng Hao meet first in the new school
A. His teacher. B. His classmate.
C. His old friend. D. His parents.
time
careful reading
Activity 2
Read the passage and find out what the author wrote in his diary about his first day at senior high.
writer
My first Day at Senior High
Understanding ideas
After I had pictured it over and over again in my mind,the big day finally arrived: my first day at senior high!
1. picture n. 图片,照片
v. 想象 =imagine
eg.I can't picture the village without the old church.
我无法设想村子里没有那座旧教堂像什么样子。
2. over and over again 反复不断地
Read Para3.4.5 about the author’s experience in the class. Then answer the following question.
(1). What can be inferred from the sentence “I tried to turn on my brain but the engine just wouldn’t start”
______________________________
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1.When my English teacher stepped into the classroom, I was surprised to see the same man I had met earlier.
be surprised to do sth.
很高兴在这里遇到你!
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Grammar point 1
After I had pictured it over and over again in my mind,the big day finally arrived: my first day at senior high!
过去完成时用法:
表示在过去的某一时间或动作之前已经发生或完成了的动作/状态,即发生在“过去的过去”
现在
过去
过去的过去
the big day arrived
had pictured it
When we arrived at the station, the bus had already left.
当我们到达车站时,公共汽车已经开走了。
公交车开走发生在我们到达车站之前
Grammar point 2
words
impress 让某人印象深刻
impress sb. with sth. (某人)用某物给谁留下深刻印象
be impressed with/by... 对....印象深刻
impress sth. on sb... 使某人了解某事的重要性
1.你们乐观积极的态度给我留下了深刻的印象。(positive attitude)
●You impressed me with your positive attitude.
● I was impressed with your positive attitude.
●Your positive attitude left a deep impression on me.
●Your positive attitude impressed me deeply.
2.老师让我们认识到保持好奇心的重要性。
● The teacher impressed on us the importance of being curious.
3.我的学生让我认识到了互相尊重互相热爱的重要性。
● My students impressed on me the importance of respecting and loving each other.
(v) 勘探;勘查;探索;考察
explore
1. 我们一来到岛上就急不可耐地开始勘探。
We were eager to explore as soon as we arrived on the island.
2. 我对太空非常好奇,想要长大后去探索太空。
I am very curious about the space and want to explore it when I grow up.
派生词:exploration (n) 探索 explorer (n) 探险家
3. 我们中国对海洋和太空的探索令人印象深刻。
The exploration of sea and space in China is very impressive.
4. 那个探险家惊恐地看着突然出现的大黑熊。
The explorer looked at the bear which suddenly turned up in panic.
(v) 呼吸
breathe
派生:breath (n) 呼吸,气息
take a deep breath 深呼吸
hold one’s breath 屏住呼吸
be out of breath 气喘吁吁
1. 学生们听到不能回家去的消息时深深吸一口气。
● Students breathed deeply when they heard the news
that they couldn’t go home. (同位语从句) (宾语从句)
● Students took a deep breath when they heard that they couldn’t go home.
2. 空气太寒冷,我们几乎不能呼吸。(hardly几乎不)
● The air was so cold we could hardly breathe.
3. 当你特别紧张的时候,你可以深呼吸,吸气,呼气。
● When you are nervous and have butterflies in your stomach,
just take a deep breath. Breathe in, breathe out.
breathe in 吸入;吸气
breathe out 呼出;呼气
1. 我接受他的挑战,下一盘国际象棋。
●I accept his challenge to a game of chess.
2. 他挑战我和他下一盘国际象棋。
●He challenged me to a game of chess.
3. 高中第一天作自我介绍对很多学生来说是一个真正的挑战。
●Giving a self-introduction on the first day at senior high
was a real challenge for many students.
4. 学习英语是有挑战性的,需要时间和努力。相信自己!
● Learning English is challenging. It needs time and hard work.
Believe in yourself.
(n)挑战
(v)对……怀疑,向某人挑战
(adj) challenging 有挑战性的
challenge
face/meet a challenge
面对/迎接挑战
accept a challenge
接受挑战
challenge sb. to sth.
向某人挑战某事
Exercises
课时达标·随堂自测
1.He is also a manager,but ________ (级别高的)to me.
2.When you are in senior high school, you will ________ (探索)everything on campus with eagerness.
3.The beautiful campus gave me a deep ________ (印象).
4.The school ________ (组织)a collection exhibition, and students presented their collections one by one.
5.When a person is panicked or embarrassed, he may have difficulty in ________ (呼吸).
6.The little girl got into a real _____ (恐慌)when she saw the ugly insect.
senior
explore
impression
organised
breathing
panic
课时达标·随堂自测
7.My son was ______ (好奇的)about everything around him on campus.
8.Working in such a famous firm is a ________ (挑战) for graduates.
9.He listens to the band's music as an escape from the ________ (压力) of work.
10.Faced with so much pressure, she pretended to be _____ (镇静的).
11.There's a ________ (传统) in our family that we go to a piano concert on New Year's Eve.
12.I feel much more ________ (自信) about myself and I am in eagerness to accept the challenge.
curious
challenge
pressure
calm
tradition
confident