Unit 1 Back to School
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Wendy:
feels a bit nervous;
plans to work harder in her studies and join the ___________.
Stephen:
feels ___________;
plans to spend more time on ______________________.
Art Club
very excited
English and physics
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Free talk
In what areas do you think you can do well at senior high school?
In what areas will you have to work harder?
Pre-reading
According to(根据) the title and the illustration (插图), predicate (预测) what the principal(校长) will talk about in his speech?
Realizing your potential
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Task 1 : Find the topic sentence for each para
I can’t wait to describe to you what senior high school life is like.
Put simply, potential is your natural ability that can be developed when you try hard enough.
To fully realize your potential, it is important
for you to make the most of our school resources.
Of equal importance are good study habits, useful skills and a positive attitude.
You alone are responsible for realizing your great potential.
Task 2 : Detailed reading
1. What challenges will students face at senior high school?
Tip: (关键词定位法)
To find the key information, you can circle the key words
in each question before reading and locate(定位) them in the text to get the information you need.
Para 2
2. What's the relationship between challenges and opportunities?
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Task 2 : Detailed reading
Para 3
1. What does the principal have confidence in?
He has confidence in students’ ability to make a difference to
their family, to their community and to our country.
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Task 2 : Detailed reading
Paras 4-5
Advice on
realizing potential
External(外在的) factors
Internal(内在的) factors
School resources:
classes;
teachers & classmates;
school facilities
______________school activities
Good study habits:
your study
clear goals
schoolwork with other activities
Useful skills:
skills
skills
A positive attitude:
look on the _____
never lose ______
take advantage of
learn from
make use of
take an active part in
plan
set
balance
communication
problem-solving
bright side
hope
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A speech is a formal talk that a person gives to an audience (听众).
A good speech keeps the audience interested all the time. It’s useful to use some rhetoric / ?ret?r?k / devices (修辞手法) to achieve the goal.
Post-reading
Q: How does the principal try to keep his audience interested?
Para. 1: Today is the start of a new term, the start of a three-year journey and the start of a promising future.
Para. 3: Who knows what beautiful works of art you will create, what medical advances you will make or what amazing technology you will develop!
Para. 2: Most importantly, your time and effort at senior high school will open the door to your potential.
Para. 3: “ What is potential?” you may ask.
parallelism
metaphor
asking questions
parallelism
Para. 6:As Lao-Tzu wisely said, “ A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
quotation
Q: Why does the principal give the speech to the new senior high school students on the first day of term?
Inspiration
Encouragement
Guidance
Motivation
Post-reading
Study without thinking leads to confusion;
thinking without study ends in puzzlement.
—Confucius