ReadingSchoollife

1 Welcometotheunit Unit1 2 Reading 3 Languagepoints 4 Wordpower 5 Grammarandusage 6 Task 7 Project Schoollife 1 Yourstorysoundsveryinteresting 2 Ifeelalittletired 3 Myyoungersistergrewupinthecountryside 4 Thehospitalwasbuiltin1950 5 Hebrokethetrafficrulesforspeeding drivingtoofast 6 Hetookoutabottleofbeer anddrankitupquickly 7 Bytheway hashepaidyouthemoney 8 Whowillteachyoubiologynextterm 9 Healwayskeepshisbedroomclean 10 Whatmakesyouthinkso 11 Thereisatalltreeinfrontoftheclassroom 12 Onceuponatimetherestoodatempleonthemountain Unit1Schoollife Welcometotheunit schoollife schoollife Lead in Whenwespeakofschoollife whichEnglishwordscanyouthinkof schoollife excitement challenges discoveries failures successes dreams joys sorrows laughter tears WhatistheschoollifelikeintheUK HowdifferentisitfromthatinChina Discussion 3 LookatthefollowingpicturesandtellthedifferencesbetweenschoolsinChinaandintheUK Hugecampus low risebuildings Tallbuildings IntheUK thereareusuallyverylow risehousesandhugecampuswhileinChinaweusuallyhavetallbuildingsandlargecampustomakesurethatstudentshaveenoughspacetostudyandplayin Lockersforeverystudent Nolockersintheclassroom IntheUK therearelockersforeachstudentintheclassroomwhileinChinaweoftenhavesomelockersineverybedroom Afewstudentsineachclass IntheUK thereisusuallyalargeclassroomwithafewstudentsinit whositfacetofaceintwolines Thestudentsareencouragedtoparticipateinvariousclassroomactivities Largenumbersofstudents InChina wealwayshaveafullclassroomwithstudentssittinginseverallinesfacingtheblackboardandinmostcases studentsarenotsoeagertoanswertheteachers questions especiallyhighmiddleschoolstudents Ateasewithteachers IntheUKstudentsoftendiscusssomethingwiththeirteachers Theylookquiteateasewitheachotherjustlikefriends Goodrelationshipwithteachers ItissimilarinChina Nowadays lotsofteachersandstudentshaveestablishedagoodrelationshipwitheachother Theyrespecteachotherandtrytogainabetterunderstandingofeachother Hugecampus low risebuildings Lockersforeverystudent Fewerstudentsineachclass Ateasewithourteachers 1 2 3 4 Wordstudy hugecampus low risebuildings putyourschoolbagsinthelockers beateasewithteachers Discussion 1 Whatkindofschoolactivitiesdoyouenjoy 2 Whatisyourdreamschoollifelike Teachers Classmates teachers fair patient learned energetic understanding humorous students strong willed diligent open minded energetic competitive cooperative civilized teachers students love understand respect learn help encourage Unit1ReadingSchoollifeintheUK Readingstrategy Skimmingandscanning Weskimatextwhenwewanttogetageneralideaofwhatitisabout Welookatthetitlesandheadings thefirstandlastsentencesofparagraphsandthefirstandthelastparagraphsaswellaspicturesandchartstoguesswhatthetextisabout Whatisthetextabout skimming Whenwewanttofindcertaininformationinatextquickly wescanthetextforkeywordsandphrases dates numbers etc wedonotneedtoreadthewholetextwordbyword Readthetextquicklyandanswerthesequestions 1 HowlongdidWeiHuastayinBritain 2 WhatwasthenameofWeiHua sclassteacher 3 WhatdidWeiHuamakeinherWoodworkclass Oneyear MrHeywood Asmalltable scanning P4 C2 D Step3FastReading Trueorfalse 1 WeiHualikestheschoolhoursintheUK 2 Chineseschoolsencouragestudentstoworkhard 3 WeiHua sfavouriteteacherwasMissBurke T T T 4 Britishstudentsalwayshavethesameclassroomsandclassmates 5 Britishstudentscanonlystudytwolanguages EnglishandFrench 6 WeiHuaenjoyedplayingfootball 7 WeiHuaisnowbackinManchesteragain T F F F Britishstudentscanchoosesubjectsthattheylike BritishstudentscanstudyEnglish French SpanishandGerman China Words 1attend2earn3challenging4extra5prepare6drop7desserts AdifficultinaninterestingwaythattestsyourabilityBmakesomethingreadyCgiveupDgotoEmorethanusualFsweetfoodeatenattheendofamealGgetsomethingbecauseyouhavedonesomethinggood Words 1attend2earn3challenging4extra5prepare6drop7desserts AdifficultinaninterestingwaythattestsyourabilityBmakesomethingreadyCgiveupDgotoEmorethanusualFsweetfoodeatenattheendofamealGgetsomethingbecauseyouhavedonesomethinggood Words 1attend2earn3challenging4extra5prepare6drop7desserts AdifficultinaninterestingwaythattestsyourabilityBmakesomethingreadyCgiveupDgotoEmorethanusualFsweetfoodeatenattheendofamealGgetsomethingbecauseyouhavedonesomethinggood Words 1attend2earn3challenging4extra5prepare6drop7desserts AdifficultinaninterestingwaythattestsyourabilityBmakesomethingreadyCgiveupDgotoEmorethanusualFsweetfoodeatenattheendofamealGgetsomethingbecauseyouhavedonesomethinggood Words 1attend2earn3challenging4extra5prepare6drop7desserts AdifficultinaninterestingwaythattestsyourabilityBmakesomethingreadyCgiveupDgotoEmorethanusualFsweetfoodeatenattheendofamealGgetsomethingbecauseyouhavedonesomethinggood Words 1attend2earn3challenging4extra5prepare6drop7desserts AdifficultinaninterestingwaythattestsyourabilityBmakesomethingreadyCgiveupDgotoEmorethanusualFsweetfoodeatenattheendofamealGgetsomethingbecauseyouhavedonesomethinggood Words 1attend2earn3challenging4extra5prepare6drop7desserts AdifficultinaninterestingwaythattestsyourabilityBmakesomethingreadyCgiveupDgotoEmorethanusualFsweetfoodeatenattheendofamealGgetsomethingbecauseyouhavedonesomethinggood Words 1attend2earn3challenging4extra5prepare6drop7desserts AdifficultinaninterestingwaythattestsyourabilityBmakesomethingreadyCgiveupDgotoEmorethanusualFsweetfoodeatenattheendofamealGgetsomethingbecauseyouhavedonesomethinggood Step4DetailedReading P4C1 Nowadays moreandmoreyoungstudentsaregoingabroadtostudy Whateffects 影响 willthenewschoollifehaveonthem Discussion Advantages 1 Widentheirview2 ImprovetheirEnglish3 Learntobeindependentandcoope