M1U1Reading1(上课用).ppt

1、Unit 1 School life,School life in the UK,Reading,Lead-in,What is your dream school life like?,Beautiful school campus with modern school facilities.,Providing selective courses (drop some of the subjects that you do not prefer).,A great variety of school activities involved.,More free style is welco

2、med with fewer rules and regulations.,Higher requirement of students academic ability, relatively higher burden.,Being at ease with teachers.,Offering more chances of connecting society, concentrating on the form of life abilities.,Sincere friends and classmates whenever you can turn to.,返回目录,More a

3、nd more young people begin to study in abroad. Whats their school life like? Today well learn an article from a school magazine, written by Wei Hua, who studied in the UK for one year. First, notice the two reading skills.,School life in the UK,Read the Reading strategy on page 3 and answer two ques

4、tions below:,Why do we skim a text? How do we do it? 2. Why do we scan a text? How do we do it?,Reading strategy,Reading strategy,skimming,scanning,a general idea,certain information,titles and headings,the first and last sentences of paragraphs,the first and last paragraphs,pictures and charts,Scan

5、 the text for key words and phrases, dates, etc.,Do not need to read the whole text.,Skimming,Main Idea?,What is the main idea of the text? It is a very enjoyable and exciting experience to study abroad. B. What school life is like in the UK from the authors own experience. C. There is much free tim

6、e in Britain. D. The author wants to go back and study in Britain someday.,Match the main idea of each paragraph as soon as possible.,Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 Para. 6 Para. 7 Para. 8,school hours,attending assembly,teachers and class,homework,improving English and cooking,subjects,lun

7、ch time,lucky to experience the life,Main Idea?,Skimming,Scanning for specific information,Read the sentences below and decide which ones are true and which ones are false according to the article you have just read.,1. Wei Huas favorite teacher was Mr. Heywood.,F,Miss Burke,2. Most British classes

8、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.,T,T,F,free,5. In the UK, students can choose to stop studying any subject. 6. The cake made by Wei Hua did not taste good.,F,F,some,school,enjoy

9、able,exciting,assembly,earn,achieve,favorite,heavy,improved,drop,Answers to Ex A on P2 1.What did Wei Hua think of her life in UK?,She thought it was a very enjoyable and exciting experience.,2. What subjects did Wei Hua study in the past year? 3. Which British city did Wei Hua go to?,English, Histo

10、ry, English literature, Computer Science, Maths, Science, P.E., Art, Cooking and French.,Manchester,Answers to Ex C2 on P4.,According to the headmaster, what should the students spend much time on? They should devote themselves to study. 2. Why was it a struggle for Wei Hua to remember the names of

11、her classmates? Because there were different students in some classes. 3. Why did Wei Hua find her homework difficult at first? Because all the homework was in English.,Scanning,4. Who gave Wei Hua a lot of support in her studies? The teachers gave her much encouragement. 5. How did Wei Hua manage t

12、o improve her English? She used English every day and spent an hour each day reading English books in the library. 6. What do the British like eating at the end of dinner?,Dessert,Time for reflection,1. Whats the school life like in the UK? (such as teachers, classmates, homework, subjects, outdoor

13、activities),2. Can you tell the differences between skimming and scanning?,Nowadays, more and more young students are going abroad to study. What effects will the new school life have on them?,Debate,Advantages: widen their view improve their English learn to be independent and cooperate with others learn about foreign customs and culture let the foreigners learn about China and attract them to invest in China learn advanced technology,Disadvantages: cost of