Unit 1 School life
unit 1 school life
period 1 welcome to the unit
i. lead-in activities:
high school is a time of discovery, learning and hard work!
ii. welcome to the unit
discussion (pair work) -- talk about differences
(1) talk about the 4 pictures on page one and find out the differences between british and chinese high schools;
(2) complete the chart after your discussion. (use as many adjectives as you can!)
in the uk in china
campus
lockers
class size
teacher and student
iii. reading (1)
fill the following blanks (the main idea part is given)
teachers and classmates/ attending assembly/ school hours/ british food and her activities / homework and subjects / intention
para. main idea detailed information
1 was she happy with the school hours? _______
school in britain __________around 9 am and _______ about 3:30 pm
2 who was the girl sitting next to her on the first day? ______________
the headmaster told them about ________________ during assembly.
3 who was her favorite teacher? _________________
was it easy for her to remember all the students’ faces and names? why? ______________________
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a) the homework was not heavy, but why was it a bit challenging for her? _____________________________
why did her english improve a lot? ______________
did she enjoy cooking? how do you know? ________________________________________
a) do students have to learn all the subjects even if they don’t like them? ____________________________
7 why did she miss chinese food a lot at lunchtime? ________________________________________
she usually played on the school field. sometimes ______________.sometimes___________________.
8 a) she felt lucky and hopes _______________________
period 2 reading(2)
i. try to find the following phrases and learn them by heart.
(1) 一次令人興奮的經歷 ________ (2) 因為…開心_________________________
(3) 參加集會_________________________ (4) 做某事的最佳方式___________________
(5) 贏得某人的尊重__________________ (6) 取得好成績 ________________________
(7) 聽起來像________________________ (8) 平均大小 _______________________
(9) 過去常常 _______________________ (10)對某人有挑戰性____________________
(11)免費 ___________________________ (12)在學期末 ________________________