(
课件网) Unit 1 Teenage Life Period 2 Reading and thinkting By the end of this period, you will be able to: Find Adam’s life challenges and solutions 2. Talk about the challenges you are facing 3.Practice skimming （快速阅读） 4. Conclude the qualities(品质) Adam has Pre-reading While-reading Post-reding Contents Part 1 Pre-reading lead-in What do you want to know about school life in other countries Do they also have so much homework What do they do after school Do they have College Entrance Exams How many courses do they take each day lead-in What would you tell a teenager from another country about school life in China To finish learning tasks, we have to stay up. Sometimes we have extra-curricular activities. We students are in heated competition. Our parents always pay more attention to our academic performance. Skimming Skim: get the main idea of each paragraph the title, pictures, key words and phrases, and topic sentences, usually the first or the last sentence.） Senior high school is a challenge Adam had to think carefully about which courses he wanted to take. Adam had to choose extra-curricular activities. Studying harder and being responsible are needed Read for the structure Complete the outline. Para. Challenge How Adam feels Solution 1 (1)Going from junior high school to senior high school Confused 2 Choosing suitable courses _____ The school adviser _____. 3 _____ _____ He will find a way to _____ 4 _____ _____ He will _____ Who : When and where: What: How: The first week is a little confusing Adam—a freshman The first week at senior high school a big challenge Careful-reading 1. Background information. Read Para.1 carefully and do the following exercises. Why did Adam choose Chinese which is a very difficult language as his suitable course (1)To challenge himself. (2)To win a basic language skill for the future. (3)To win a competition (竞争)for future self-development. Read Para.2 carefully and do the following exercises. Para. Challenge How Adam feels Solution 2 Choosing suitable courses _____ The school adviser _____. Serious/Careful helped him choose suitable courses Which verb phrase(动词短语) in Para.3 can replace(代替) the phrase “make the team”？ join the school football team Read Para.3 carefully and do the following exercises. Para. Challenge How Adam feels Solution 3 _____ _____ He will find a way to _____ Making the school football team Unhappy improve in order to make the team next year 1. What is Adam worried about 2. What’s Adam’s attitude to his senior high school life How do you know Read Para.4 carefully and do the following exercises. Para. Challenge How Adam feels Solution 4 _____ _____ He will _____ Keeping up with the other students in his advanced course and getting used to all the homework Worried but still happy，confident about his future try to study harder and get used to being responsible for a lot more Para. Challenge How Adam feels Solut ... ...
