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课件网) Reading and thinking Welcome unit The Freshman Challenge Work in groups to discuss the questions 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 Lead in 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 campus science lab blackboard (classroom) dormitory Prediction: what the passage is about Para 1: Para 2: Para 3: Para 4: Han Jing’s first maths class The worries about the new school day Han Jing’s first chemistry class Han Jing’s feelings about her first senior school day 1. Skim and analyze the structure of the text. Scanning Para 1: Para 2: Para 3: Para 4: Han Jing’s first maths class The worries about the new school day Han Jing’s first chemistry class Han Jing’s feelings about her first senior school day 1. Skim and analyze the structure of the text. Scanning worried class confident ——— 7：00 a.m. ——— 12：30 p.m. ——— 5：32 p.m. ——— 10：29 p.m. Campus Blackboard Science lab Dormitory Skimming 1. Read the text quickly and draw pictures to show Han Jing’s feelings on her first day of school. Work in groups to discuss the questions 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 Lead in Brainstorm What do you think of your high school life now Busy Different Challenge Do you think students in foreign countries face the same challenge as you do Interesting Difficult “Which part do you think may be new and difficult in the senior high school”, Colorful Worried BY YUSHEN 探索体验 Activity 1: Read the text quickly to find the main idea of each paragraph. Paragraph 1:_____ Paragraph2:_____ Paragraph 3:_____ Paragraph 4:_____ Step 3. While-Reading 1. find the main ideas of each paragraph. ① ② ③ ④ Read for main ideas Para 1:_____ Para2:_____ Para3:_____ Para4:_____ Senior high school is a challenge. Adam had to think very carefully about which courses he wanted to take. Adam had to choose extra-curricular activities. Adam will have to study harder in the future and get used to being responsible for a lot more. How can you find the information so quickly You can find main idea by first taking a quick look at the title, picture(s), key words & phrases, and topic sentences Skimming Word Study Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words and phrases below. I’m good at maths, so my teacher _____that I should choose advanced maths in my first year. Finding time for both studies and extra-curricular activities is a big _____ ，so I need to make a workable schedule. It’s a little _____ to choose suitable courses. I hope that my adviser can help me make a good decision. We can try a course for two weeks after we _____ ... ...
