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课件网) UNIT 1 LIFE CHOICES TOPIC TALK 1.To listen for and talk about new school life. 2.To listen for others’ life choices and talk about their positive or negative aspects. Learning objectives 1 Pair Work Talk about your new school life. Use the cues to help you. 2 Read the Text Builder carefully from left to right. Then listen and complete it by underlining the words or expressions you hear in the right column. Answers: 1 exciting 2 differs in many ways from my previous one 3 can have different class schedules 4 learn many new things，develop confidence in speaking English/ competence in a variety of new skills，have a happier，more fruitful and satisfying life 3 Use the Text Builder to talk about your new school life. Example I’m a new senior secondary school student. My new school life is very exciting and it differs in many ways from my previous one... I’m a new senior secondary school student. My new school life is very exciting and it differs in many ways from my previous one. This school has a large gym and a library. In my previous school we didn’t have either of these. I’m looking forward to learning many new subjects in this school. Our head teacher is very friendly too，which makes me happy. Listen to the dialogue. Three people are interviewed about their plete the notes below. Then，take turns to talk about their life choices. Bob Fred Ms Johnson Job Work schedule Positives about the job Negatives about the job Doctor Football player Business manager 6:30 am leave his apartment 7:00 am get to work 6:30 pm get home from work Train for ten months A year，five hours a day Most days from 8 am until late in the evening Solving problems and getting to help people recover from illnesses and injuries Travel a lot to different countries and people cheer on him Make important decisions Little time for leisure， lots of pressure， having to make correct decisions all the time Injuries from training or playing Stressful work， doesn’t get to see her family enough 5 Use the language you have learnt to write a short paragraph about your new school life. Then share it in groups. Quote ... Unquote There is no substitute for hard work. —Thomas A. Edison Quietude promotes learning, frugality cultivates virtue. One can’t show high ideals without simple living; one can’t have lofty aspirations without a peaceful state of mind. —Zhuge Liang To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield . —Alfred Tennyson The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. —Mahatma Gandhi Language points 核心词汇 教材原句p.6 Is it different from your previous school life 它与你以前的学校生活不一样吗？ 1 previous adj. 以前的，先前的 搭配：previous to 在……以前（to 是介词） No previous experience is necessary for this job. 这份工作不需要以往的经验。 Previous to the meeting，we discussed the matter among ourselves. 在会议之前，我们自己讨论了这个问题。 完成句子 （1） He left a g ... ...
