内容正文:
Unit 1 School Life
In this unit, we are going to
·describe experiences and feelings at the beginning of senior high school life
·compare school life across cultures
·identify key messages from different texts
·skim for the main idea, show interest with proper expressions in ongoing conversations, and write a topic sentence
Reading A
At the beginning of a new term, Jim shares one of his experiences about English writing. Read the text and find out what happened to him.
A WRITING ASSIGNMENT(一个写作作业)
· Mrs. Peabody, the English teacher, gave the class a writing assignment. “Write something in something in some way related to summer vacation,” she said. “Be as creative as you can. But,” the teacher added, “make sure you use proper spelling and grammar.” Comment by F M: 该处是过去分词做后置定语;修饰something. be related to… 是与…有关的意思。 Comment by F M: proper是高中词汇重点,主要有以下释义:
1、像样的
例:
Two out of five people lack a proper job.
2/5的人缺乏一份像样的工作。
2、正规的
例:
The Supreme Court will ensure that the proper procedures have been followed.
最高法院将保证正规的程序得到遵守。
3、适宜的
例:
In those days it was not thought entirely proper for a woman to be on the stage.
在那时,女人登台演出不被认为是完全适宜的。
· The night Jim sat at his desk at home and started at a blank sheet of paper. He didn’t want to write about his summer vacation as usual. What could he write about, except a dog, a water park, and two weeks of camp? Boring ... He’d actually been happy to get back to school. Comment by F M: 该处是典型的时间名词做时间状语。时间名词作状语时,前面的介词通常可以省略:
This morning I met Mr. Lee at the school gate.
We will have a class meeting today. Comment by F M: except 表示除去,是用减法:
There is no one else except we two in this room.
这间屋子除了我们两个没有其他人。
besides表示除了…之外还有…的意思,是用加法。
There are two students in this classroom besides Mr. White.
教室里除了怀特先生之外还有另外2个学生。
(注意和介词beside区分:beside是介词,表示在…旁边:
There is a girl beside Uncle Tom.汤姆叔叔旁边有一个女孩)
except for 表示从整体中除去部分:
This is a wonderful writing work except for some spelling mistakes.
这是一篇好作文,除了有几处拼写错误。
· So he wrote what he