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1、Advance With English Module 1 Teenage Experiences Unit 1 School Life,长沙市田家炳实验中学 陶林琼,Period 2 Reading,We discussed the differences between high schools lives in our country and the UK.,Now we are going to read a magazine article about school life in the UK. Please read the guidelines of part B and an

2、swer the following questions:,1.Who wrote this article? Wei Hua. 2.How long did Wei Hua studied in the UK? One year.,1.Skimming(略读) - How to get a general idea in a text quickly?,Before we read the article, we are going to learn the reading strategy: skimming and scanning.,the title the first and la

3、st sentences of each paragraph the first and last paragraphs pictures charts,Skim the text quickly and tell the topics mentioned in it.,Skimming,Topics mentioned in the text,teachers students friends subjects homework grades festivals timetable activities host family food hobbies school rules school

4、 hours school assembly Woodwork class,Scanning(寻读/查读 )- to get certain information,How to find certain information in a text quickly? key words and phrases dates numbers,Reading strategy,Scan the text quickly and answer the questions in part A on page2 and C1 on page4(correct the F statements).,Scan

5、ning,1.What did Wei Hua think of her life in the UK? A very enjoyable and exciting experience for her. 2. What subjects did Wei Hua study in the past year? English, History, English Literature, Computer Science, Maths, Science, PE, Art, Cooking and French. 3.Which British city did Wei Hua go to ? Ma

6、nchester.,True or false,1 Wei Huas favorite teacher was Mr Heywood. 2 Most British classes have fewer than thirty students. 3 Wei Hua had more homework in her school in China. 4 It was very expensive for Wei Hua to communicate with her parents. 5 In the UK, students can choose to stop studying any s

7、ubject. 6 The cake made by Wei Hua did not taste good.,F,T,T,F,F,F,some subjects.,All the classmates were fond of the cake made by Wei Hua.,Miss Burke.,It was free for Wei Hua to communicate with her parents.,Read the text again and answer the questions in part C2 on page4.,Further reading,1.Accordi

8、ng to the headmaster what should the students spend much time on? Students should spend much time on their study. 2. Why was it a struggle for Wei Hua to remember the names of her classmates? Because she had different students in some classes.,3.Why did Wei Hua find her homework difficult at first?

9、Because all her homework was in English. 4. Who gave Wei Hua a lot of support in her studies? All her teachers.,5. How did Wei Hua manage to improve her English? She used English every day and spent an hour each day reading English books in the library. 6. Why do the British like eating at the end of dinner? Dessert.,After reading,Find these new words in the article and guess their meanings from the context.,enjoyable 2. earn,3.devote 4. average,5.challenging 6. extra,7.satisfaction,Answers to exercise D,1.-d 2.-g 3.-a 4.-e 5.-