(
课件网) Unit 1 Teenage Life 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. What did you experience in the first week at senior high school got to know the new teachers, classmates, campus... the military training challenge freshman challenge What did you experience in the first week at senior high school 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. the military training challenge freshman challenge What did you experience in the first week at senior high school The Freshman Challenge Adam What is the text about Introduction to Adam？ Adam's first week at high school The challenges Adam faced ... Please find the main idea of the 1st paragraph. Paragraph 1: Senior high school is a challenge. skim: You can quickly find main ideas and the whole structure by first taking a quick look at the title, picture(s), key words and phrases, and topic sentences. Skim the text to find the main idea of each paragraph. Paragraph 1: Senior high school is a challenge. Paragraph 2: Adam had to think very carefully about taking suitable courses. Paragraph 3: Adam had to choose extra-curricular activities. Paragraph 4: Adam will have to study harder in the future and get used to being responsible for a lot more. 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 ... ...
