(课件网) WELCOME UNIT Reading and Thinking Lead in How did you feel on your first day of senior high school (use as many adjectives as possible) I felt very excited，but also anxious on my first day of senior high school. It was the beginning of a new part of my life and everything seemed so new and interesting. On the other hand，I was worried that I would not be able to make friends and that the schoolwork would be too hard. Are you familiar with these emojis(表情符号） happy delighted joyful cheerful glad worried nervous anxious excited thrilled angry mad annoyed frightened afraid fearful scared Fast reading 1 Read the passage carefully to understand the main idea of each paragraph. Paragraph 1: I am worried about my new school day. Paragraph 2 My experience of having my first maths class Paragraph 3: My experience of having my first chemistry class Paragraph 4 My feelings about my first senior school day Fast reading 2 Read the text to see which order does Han Jing follow to talk about her first day. “7:00 am” “12:30 pm” “5:32 pm” “10:29 pm” time order Careful reading Activity 1 Read the text carefully and discuss the questions. 1 Why did Han Jing feel anxious before school She’s not outgoing. 2 How was her first maths class It was difficult. 3 What happened in the chemistry class What would you do if this happened to you The guy next to Han Jing tried to talk to her the whole time. If this happened to me，I would ignore him. 4 What did Han Jing learn from her first day at senior high school She learned that she would make new friends and there was a lot to explore at senior high school. Careful reading Activity 2 Fill in the table with the words and phrases from the text，and tell a partner about Han Jing’s day. Then talk about your own first day of senior high school. Time What was Han Jing texting about 7：00 a. m. senior high school，a little anxious 12：30 p. m. 5：32 p. m. 10：29 p. m. maths class，difficult，kind and friendly，laughed chemistry class，the guy next to me tried to talk to me the whole time，couldn’t concentrate on the experiment didn’t feel awkward or frightened，will make new friends，a lot to explore，more confident Careful reading Activity 3 Talk bout your own first day of senior high school. My first day of school On my first day of senior high school，I wasn’t that anxious because nearly all of my old classmates were there，too.However，I was a little stressed because the lessons were more difficult than before and I had to try my best to keep up with the other students. My favourite class was chemistry，because the teacher made it really interesting and we did many experiments. I was happy because our teachers treated us like adults and all the classes，though more difficult，were more interesting. Word Study Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words and phrases below. explore impression feel confident senior experiment conc ... ...
