课件22张PPT。My schooldaysReading Practice1. Look at the title of the passage. Which of the words in the box do you expect to see in the passage?Pre-reading Prediction1 Can you guess what we
will read in this text
according to the title?
Prediction22. Look at the sentences. Do you think the writer’s schooldays were happy or sad?
a) I’m ashamed to admit that I sobbed as I fell asleep that night.
b) My first task was to multiply seven by three. No one explained why!
c) But my parents lived in Asia and, to my great disappointment, I only got a reply from them once a fortnight.
d)…at eighteen, all I felt was a sense of liberation. a) I’m ashamed to admit that I sobbed as I fell asleep that night.
b) My first task was to multiply seven by three. No one explained why!
c) But my parents lived in Asia and, to my great disappointment, I only got a reply from them once a fortnight.
d)…at eighteen, all I felt was a sense of liberation.Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Fast reading Paragraph
1Paragraph 2— 6Paragraph 7The reason why the writer was sent to a boarding school and his feeling before leaving his motherHis experience in the boarding schoolThe feeling when he left the boarding school3. The passage is about .
a. The writer’s first day at school
b. The writer’s childhood
c. The writer’s school days
d. The writer’s lifeC4. Where would you expect to see this passage ?
a. In a biography (a life story about someone written by someone else).
b. In an autobiography (the story of the writer’s life).
c. A brochure to persuade people to attend this school.
d. A government report.B 5.careful-reading
1)The writer thinks that .
A. nursery school was good preparation for “big school”
B. he was not very prepared for boarding school
C. he went to nursery school because his father worked abroad
D. he learned to read and to recite the alphabet at “big school”.B2) The writer was unhappy when he arrived at school because ___.
A. the dormitory was so different from what he was used to
B. he didn’t have enough bedding
C. he was ashamed to admit that he sobbed as he fell asleep
D. he didn’t want to share a dormitory with five other boysA3)The writer’s favorite subjects were _______.
A. arithmetic, algebra and
geometry
B. sports
C. flowers and plants
D. English literature and botany
D4) Among the school regulations, the boys had to ____.
A. write to their parents once a
fortnight
B. be punctual and go for a run
whatever the weather
C. attend assembly every Sunday
D. check their mailboxes every
day
B5) The writer wanted to become a Catholic_____.
A. because he preferred zippers on his trousers.
B. because he didn’t like staying in classrooms
C. so that he could miss assembly and read books instead
D. so that he could attend school assemblyCKey words in this passageinnocent adj.无辜的/天真的 n.无辜者
innocence n.天真;清白
botany n.植物学
botanical adj.植物学的
regulate v. 调节;管理;控制
regulation n.规则;规章
punctual adj. 准时的;正点的
punctually adj. 准时地;如期地irritate v. 刺激;使烦躁/发怒
irritating adj.气人的;刺激的
irritated adj.恼怒的;生气的
irritation n. 刺激;恼怒
scholar n.学者;奖学金获得者
scholarship n.奖学金;学问;学术Key phrases in this modulea boarding school
a nursery school
name tag
sew…into
be ashamed to admit
multiply seven by three
life-long love of literature寄宿学校
幼儿园
姓名牌
缝在…上
羞于承认
7乘上3
一生对文学的热爱cubic metre
school regulations
be punctual for
attend morning assembly
to irritate or even upset me 立方米
校规
准时
参加晨会
令我烦恼难过 be allowed trousers with zipper
write home
airmail letter
once a fortnight
school leaving certificate
a sense of liberation 穿带拉链的裤子
写信回家
航空信
两周一次
中学毕业证
解放意识 Post-reading
(My first day at school)
Imitate the passage to describe your first day at school from the following aspects:
A. dormitory B. courses C. teachers D. school regulations E. Your feeling
Assignment 《学案》Period 3