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Unit 1 Teenage Life
Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.
——Aristotle
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Teaching objectives
Talk about activities in different school clubs and the reasons for choosing a school club.
Identify the useful sentence patterns and expressions from the listening text.
Obtain the ability of predicting and listening for gist through natural conversations in English about clubs and club activities.
Period 1 Listening and Speaking
What do you do to relax after school?
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play games
listen to music
listen to music
play basketball
Match the photos with the names of the clubs.
Ballet Club _____ Nature Club _____
Volunteer Club _____ Debate Club _____
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Before-listening
What do you think students do in these clubs?
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1. Listen to the first two conversations and choose the correct answers.
① What are they learning about in Conversation 1?
A Hearing. B Sounds. C Dogs.
② The students are discussing _______ in Conversation 2.
A schoolwork B relationships C dating
③ Circle the two clubs where these two conversations happened.
A Science Club. B Ballet Club.
C Nature Club. D Debate Club.
Listening and Speaking
Conversation 1
Teacher:Shh! Listen carefully!
[3-second beep at about 40 kHz]
Teacher:Did you hear that? No? How about this?
[3-second beep at about 17. 4 kHz]
Teacher: If you couldn’t hear the first one,it means you’re not a dog! [Laugh.] Dogs can hear very high frequency sounds,but people can’t. And if you could hear the second one,you’re younger than 25.
Student:Wow! Why is that?
Teacher: Our ears change when we get older. Children and young people can hear the second one,but most people older than 25 can’t.
Conversation 2
Teacher: Today’s topic is “Should teenagers date(v. 约会)?”Team A,please begin.
Team A:We say no,they shouldn’t. One reason is that teenagers are too young. They should think about schoolwork and spend more time studying.
Team B:We don’t ag