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课件网) UNIT 1 TEENAGE LIFE Compare school life in different places To read to learn American students’ school life To compare senior high school life between China and foreign countries To think about your own challenges, feelings and solutions in high school Word Bank 1.challenge n.挑战 v. 向...挑战；怀疑 challenging adj. 挑战性的；有吸引力的 2. confuse vt.使糊涂；使迷惑 confused adj. 感到迷惑的；糊涂的 3. fluent adj.流利的；流畅的 fluently adv. 流利地；流畅地 confusing adj. 难以理解的；不清楚的 fluency n. 流利；流畅;熟练 3.graduate vi.毕业; 获得学位 n.大学毕业生[ ɡr d t] graduation n. 毕业 4. advance vi.前进；发展 vt.促进发展 n.前进； 进展 advanced adj. 先进的； 高级的； 高等的 5. obvious obviously adv. 明显地；显然地 adj.显而易见的；明显的 6.responsible adj.负责的;有责任的 responsibly adv. 负责地；可靠地 7. solve vt.解答；解决 solution n. 解决办法；答案 responsibility n. 责任;义务 Language points 1. but I hope to be fluent when I graduate. vi.毕业; 获得学位 n.大学毕业生 [ ɡr d t] ①n. graduation 毕业 ②拓展： graduate from 毕业于 I graduate from....... 【语境应用】单句填空。 1) Kate graduated _____ medical school last year. 2) After _____(graduate) from Beijing university, she decided to be a designer. from graduating 【翻译】 1. 学校需要一群志愿者们打扫公园. 2. 我对他的行为感到迷惑. 3. 很明显他提前做好笔记了。 Schools need a group of volunteers to clean up parks. I am confused about his behaviour. It is obvious that he took notes in advance. 【翻译】 4. 医生建议你应该要停止抽烟。 5. 你要对你的未来负责。 The doctor recommended you to quit smoking. The doctor recommended that you (should) quit smoking. You are responsible for your future. You should take responsibility for your future. Look at the picture and read the title to predict the main content of the passage. Some senior high schools in the USA begin from the 9th grade and end in the 12th grade. In this case, 9th graders are also called freshmen, that is, “fresh+ men”. Something new and difficult that takes time and hard work to deal with Skim You can find main ideas by first taking a quick look at the title, picture(s), key words and phrases, and topic sentences. The topic sentence is normally, but not always, the first sentence of a paragraph. It gives the main idea of the paragraph. normally, these are proper names and longer, more difficult words Read the text quickly to find the main idea of each paragraph. 2 Paragraph 1: _____ Paragraph 2: _____ Paragraph 3: _____ Paragraph 4: _____ Senior high school is a challenge. key words topic sentence Paragraph 1: _____ Paragraph 2: _____ _____ Senior high school is a challenge. Adam had to think very carefully about which courses he wanted to take. topic sentence key words Paragraph 3: _____ _____ Adam had to choose extra-curricular activities. topic sentence key words Paragraph 4: _____ _____ Adam will have to study harder in the future and get used to being responsible for a ... ...
