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课件网) Unit 1 Teenage Life 新人教版（2019） 高一年级上 Period 2 Reading & Thinking ★ 1. To talk about high school life in different places. ★ 2. To find out the main idea of the text through reading strategies. ★ 3. To improve the basic reading skills especially skim. ★ 4. To learn useful language points. Learning aims Lead in Watch a video and answer the question. What does the video want to show? It’s about different high school life in different places. Presentation What do you think about your school life? If you had chance to meet a student of your age from another country, what do you want to know about his /her school life? What courses do you have? What activities does your school have? What problems do you have as a senior high school student? Once they have decided on a course, can they make a change if it is not suitable for him/her? Do youhave extra-curricular activities? How many hours do they spend on each course before graduation? Presentation What would you tell a teenager from another country about life in China? Discussion Our school life is quiet and safe and gun crimes never happen. We have so many things to learn every day that sometimes we have to stay up. Like senior high students in other countries we are facing fierce competition in the College Entrance Exam. School in cities can provide many colorful extr-curricular activities,but in rural areas, such activities are not always available. Most of our classmates will stay in the same class for the whole senior high, so we are more likely have our lifelong friends. Presentation Pre-reading _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ Read the title. -- The Freshman Challenge 1st year student--freshman 2nd year student--sophomore 3rd year student--junior 4th year student--senior Something new or difficult that tests one’s ability or skills Predict: What challenges do you think a freshman can face? Presentation Read and Skim the passage to find the main idea of each paragraph. top sentences Can you find some key words? Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph3 Paragraph 4 Reading task 1. Skim the passage and fill in the blanks. The Freshman Challenge While-reading challenges courses extra-curricular activities study harder Presentation 2. What’s the main idea of this passage? The passage is mainly about a _____ at senior high school, Adam, who met some _____ in the first week but managed to find _____ and _____ harder. Listen , read and fill in the blanks. freshman challenges sollutions study Presentation Careful reading 3. Read the whole text and choose the best answers. (1)Adam felt _____at the beginning of his senior high school. ? A. excited B. interested C. worried D. confused (2)Which subject is the most difficult for Adam? _____ A. Chinese. B. Chemistry. C. Maths. D. English. (3)Who gave Adam advice on courses? _____ A.Coach. B. The school adviser. C. Parents. D. Classmates. (4)Hearing he was poor in playing footb ... ...
