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课件网) In this unit,you will 1 read about school life in the USA. 2 hear and talk about extra-curricular activitiesof senior high school students. 3 write about teenage problems and solutions.4 learn about teenage life in other countries. Unt1 TEENAGE LIFE Reading and Thinking Compare school life in different places Video Make a good study plan Lead-in Have you made a plan for your high school study life 1. What do you want to know about school life in other countries 2.What would you tell a teenager from another country about school life in China 1.Discuss the questions 1.What do you want to know about school life in other countries I want to know whether … I wonder if … I am interested in … subjects extra-curricular activities clubs school duration vacation voluntary work homework elective/required courses 2.What would you tell a teenager from another country about school life in China We have raising-flag ceremony on Mondays. We have at least 8 classes a day. Each class is about 45 minutes. Most of our classmates will stay in the same class for the whole senior high, so we are more likely have our lifelong friends, 13 courses: Chinese, maths, English, politics, history, geography, physics, biology, chemistry, music, art, PE, and IT. Do homework after school. Like senior high students in other countries we are facing fierce competition in the College Entrance Exam. THE FRESHMAN CHALLENGE Pre-reading According to the title and the picture, can you predict the main idea of the passage The passage is probably about the challenges that a freshman meets in senior high school. Reading methods: 1.Skim You can find main ideas by first taking a quick look at the title, piture(s), key words and phrases, and topic senteces. Skimming(略读)是指快速阅读以获取大意 其目的是 understand the gist (主旨; 要点; 大意)，the general idea of the text 手段是通过对于文章标题、小标题、图片、关键词、关键句及各段主题句的关注来快速获取文章大意或者段落大意。 2.Read the text quickly and find the main idea of each paragraph. Pre-reading Paragraph 1: _____ Paragraph 2: _____ Paragraph 3: _____ Paragraph 4: _____ While-reading You can find main ideas by first taking a quick look at the title, picture(s), key words and phrases, and topic sentences. Skimming You can find main ideas by first taking a quick look at the title picture(s) key words and phrases discourse markers topic sentences. Hi! My name is Adam and I’m a freshman at senior high school. Going from junior high school to senior high school is a really big challenge. The first week was a little confusing. While-reading Find the main idea of the first paragraph. Topic sentence key words Paragraph1:_____ Senior high school is a challenge para1 While-reading Find the main idea of the second paragraph. Topic sentence key words Paragraph2:_____ _____ Adam had to think very carefullly about which courses he want to take para2 First, I had to think very carefully abo ... ...
