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Unit 1 Relationships
Lesson 1 Teachers
Talk about the qualities that you think teachers need. Use the phrases below to help you.
to understand students to be patient to be creative
to make friends with students to make students feel confident
to explain things with practical examples and in simple language
Pair work
I think teachers should understand their students. And I think that teachers should explain things with practical examples and in simple language.
Read the two texts quickly, and answer the following questions.
General understanding
1. Who wrote the texts?
2. What are they mainly about?
3. Why were they written?
The texts were written because the student and the teacher remembered how they influenced each other.
The texts’ writers are Graham Lawrence and Brian Jenkins. And Graham was once Mr Jenkins’ student.
They talk about the memories that they have of each other.
Before Graham went to Mr Jenkins’ class Graham was not very good at most school subjects.
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How Mr Jenkins taught
Mr Jenkins made everything interesting.
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After Graham became Mr Jenkins’ student Mr Jenkins made Graham feel that he had his own strengths.
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He’s a bit lazy.
Science had been a subject full of strange words.
He didn’t want to know what hydrogen was.
He found science boring and difficult.
He took students outside, and they built a rocket!
He explained things with lots of practical examples and in simple language.
He gave a presentation.
He was interested in the study of the stars and planets.
He lacked confidence.
General understanding
General understanding
Read the passage on page 8 and complete the information.
【课本原句】
I wasn’t very good at most school subjects before I met Mr Jenkins.
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