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Unit 1 Teenage Life
Reading and Thinking
The Freshman Challenge
挑戰(zhàn)
新生
負(fù)責(zé)的
流利的
糊涂的
顯然地
停止
解決辦法
責(zé)任
日程表
challenge
freshman
fluent
responsible
confused
obviously
quit
solution
responsibility
schedule
words review
Step 1 Lead-in
What is the video about
American high school life
courses in American high school
Is it similiar to Chinese high
school life
Compare school life in different places.
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
Work in groups. Discuss the questions.
Look at the picture on page 14 and read the title to predict the main content of the passage.
The freshman challenge
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
1. What courses did Adam choose Which one do you think would be his favorite Why
Adam chose math,English,chemistry,world history,and
Chinese.Advanced literature would be his favorite subject because he likes English and he is good at it.
Read for details
Read the text and find out the answer to the question in the title.
2.What does 'make the team"in Paragraph 3 mean
“Make the team”means to try out and then be allowed to join a sports team.
3.What is Adam worried about
He is worried about keeping up with the other students in his advanced course and getting used to all the homework.
4. Is Adam confident that he will get used to senior high
school life How do you know
Adam seems confident because he says that he is happy to be there,and he will be well prepared for university or whatever else comes in the future.
key phrases
linking words
topic sentence
The topic sentence is normally, but not always, the first sentence of a paragraph. It gives the main idea of the paragraph.
Step 3 While-reading
Step 3 While-reading：Detailed-Reading
Read Para 2-4 & find out the following information:
What challenges did Adam meet
How did Adam feel about the challenges
How did he deal with them
What was his attitude
Step 3 While-reading：Detailed-Reading
the structure of the passage
1.Adam is a freshman in junior high school.( )
2.Adam felt confused during the first week.( )
3.Adam gave up joining school football team at last.( )
4.Studying hard is always fun for Adam.( )
F
T
F
F
3. Scan the text and do the T or F questions.
Listen to the text. Then read it quickly to find the main idea of each paragraph.
Skim
You can find main ideas by first taking a quick look at the title, picture(s), key words and phrases, and topic sentences.
Which paragraph is the main part Which paragraphs are the supporting parts
She has studied eight foreign languages but is fluent in
only six of them.
. fluency in English is required for this job. ·Now he can speak French fluently
[同根詞] fluently adj.流利地
fluency n.流利，流暢
fluent adj.尤指外語流利的；熟練的
[搭配]be fluent in ... 在...方面流利
fluent
·
●
graduate vt&vi畢業(yè)，獲得學(xué)位
[搭配] graduate from ...畢業(yè)于... (學(xué)校)
graduate in. 畢業(yè)于... (專業(yè))
After graduating from college,he went to the USfor further education.
He hopes his son will graduate in law and become a lawyer after
graduation.
[同根詞]graduation n.畢業(yè)，畢業(yè)典禮
undergraduate n.本科生
graduate
·
·
recommend vt.推薦；介紹
[搭配]recommend sb.to do sth.把某物推薦給某人
recommend sb.as ...推薦某人擔(dān)當(dāng)
[例句]
She recommended us another restaurant.
I'll recommend Bob as her secretary.
recommend
·
add your name to a list for something because you want to take part in it
尤其指報名參加課程學(xué)習(xí)
My adviser recommended that I should sign up for advanced literature because I like English and I'm good at it.
recommend: 建議；推薦，其后常用that從句表示 所推薦或建議的內(nèi)容，從句謂語常用“(should)+ 動詞原形”
recommend
para4
Step 3 While-reading：Detailed-Reading
Complete the outline and retell the passage.
Paragraph Challenge How Adam feels Solution
1 Confused
2 Choosing suitable courses
3
4
Going from junior high school to senior high school
Serious/Careful
The school adviser helped him choose suitable courses.
Making the school football team
Unhappy
He will find a way to improve in order to make the team next year.
Keeping up with other students in his advanced course and getting used to all the homework
Worried but still happy, confident about his future
He will try to study harder and get used to being responsible for a lot.
different challenges and solutions
thread(線索)
different feelings
transition(過渡)
Step 4 Post-reading

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