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课件网) Period 2 Reading and Thinking Unit 1 Teenage Life Learning aims 1. To talk about school life in different places. 2. To learn the main idea of the text. 3. To improve the basic reading skills, especially skimming. 4. To learn useful language points. Leading-in Think: Leading-in What do you think of your first few weeks of senior high school life？ senior high school life ... frightened annoyed excited happy anxious Guessing The freshman challenge Read the text quickly to find the main idea of each paragraph. Skim略读 You can find main ideas by first taking a quick look at the title, picture(s), key words and phrases, and topic sentences. Task 1: Fast reading Para.1: Senior high school is a challenge. Para.2: Adam had to think very carefully about which courses he wanted to take. Para.4: Adam will have to study harder in the future and get used to being. Para.3: Adam had to choose extra-curricular activities. Read for the structure Task 2: Careful reading 1. Scan the text and choose the best choice. (1) Adam felt _____at the beginning of his senior high. A. excited B. interested C. confused D. worried (2) Who gave Adam advice on courses A. Parents. B. Adviser. C. Coach. D. Classmates. (3) What subject is Adam's favorite A. Chinese. B. World history. C. Math. D. English. √ √ √ (4) Hearing he was poor in playing football well, Adam_____. A. felt disappointed but went on with it B. left the football and joined a club C. didn't give up and tried to improve D. felt unhappy but signed up for a new team (5) What kind of person is Adam A. Brave and well prepared. B. Negative and silly. C. Active and shy. D. Gentle and patient. √ √ 2. Read the passage again and fill in the blanks. I'm Adam, (1)_____freshman in senior high school. The first week was a little (2) _____ (confuse) for me. There are some (3) _____ (challenge) I have to face in my new school life. First, I had to think carefully about my courses. Chinese is hard to learn, but I hope I can speak it (4)_____ (fluent) when I graduate. My adviser (5) _____ (recommend) me to sign up for advanced literature because I'm good (6) ___English. Second, I had to choose my extra-curricular activities. I tried (7) _____ (join) the school football team though I couldn't do well in (8) _____at first. Besides that, I joined a volunteer club. In order to be well (9) _____ (prepare) for university or whatever else (10) _____ (come) in the future, I make up my mind to study harder and get used to the new situation. a confusing challenges fluently recommended at to join prepared it comes 1. confusing adj.难以理解的;不清楚的 (教材原句) The first week was a little confusing. (高中的)第一周(我)就有点迷茫。 confuse ... with ... 把……和……混淆 confused adj. 糊涂的；迷惑的 be/get confused about ... 对……感到疑惑 confusion n. 困惑；混乱 Language points 【知识归纳】 【即学即练】 (1)They confused me conflicting accounts of what happened. (2)(2024·新高 ... ...
