(
课件网) Unit 1 Reading Reading and Thinking Good habits formed at youth make all the difference. ——— Aristotle 青年时期养成的良好习惯使人受益终身。 Learning aims: 1) To learn translation skills and enable to translate freely and fluently. 2) To analyze long & complex sentences to get familiar the basic structures.. 3) To build up vocabularies and learn to use. Lead in Have you made a plan for your high school study life Unit 1 Teenage Life The Freshman Challenge How do your feel about your senior high school life ？ excited anxious happy frightened annoyed What do you want to know about school life in other countries Now let's read a passage to know Adam's school life. Adam Adam Hi Lucy! Senior high school life is not easy for me! Why Tell me your story. Here is my story. 1. Who is the author （作者） 2. What’s the text mainly about 3. What is the text type （文本类型）of the passage A. narrative essay （记叙文） B. agumentative essay （说明文） C. practial writing （应用文） He may face some at senior high school. The Freshman Challenge Pre-reading A at senior high school. freshman challenges While-reading 1. What courses did Adam choose Which one do you think would be his favourite Why 2. What does “make the team” in Paragraph 3 mean 3. What is Adam worried about 4. Is Adam confident that he will get used to senior high school life How do you know Read the text again and answer the questions. Scanning THE FRESHMAN CHALLENGE 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.【1】 The first week was a little confusing. First, I had to think very carefully about which【2】 courses I wanted to take. The school adviser helped me choose the suitable ones: maths, English, chemistry, world history, and Chinese. I know that Chinese is a very difficult language, but I hope to be fluent when I graduate.【3】 My adviser recommended that I should sign up for advanced literature because I like English and I'm good at it.【4】 嗨，我叫亚当，是一名高中新生。从初中过渡到高中确实是一项巨大的挑战。高中的第一周我就有点迷茫。 首先，我得非常认真地考虑自己选什么课程。学校的指导老师帮助我选择了适合我的课程：数学、英语、 化学、世界史和 中文。我知道中文是一门十分难学的语言，但我希望在毕业时能说一口流利的汉语。指导 老师还建议我选 修高级文学，因为我喜欢英语而且成绩不错。 【1】动名词短语作主语，谓语动词用单数形式。 【2】which引导宾语从句，作介词about的宾语。 【3】but为并列连词，连接两个分句；that Chinese is a very difficult language是 that引导的从句，作know的宾语；when I graduate是when引导的时间状语从句。 【4】that引导的从句，作recommended的宾语；because引导的原因状语从句， 从句中包含and连接的并列句。※recommend意为“建议”,从句谓语用“(should)＋动词原形”。 新生的挑战 I had to choose extra－curricular activities, too. I tried to join the school football team, but the coach told me that I didn't play well enough.【5】 Obvi ... ...
