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Unit 1
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Developing ideas
1. What do you want to achieve at senior high school?
Please rank them in order of importance. (1=most important)
Activity 2
Look at the word cloud and the picture.
Predict what is talked about in the interview.
Activity 3
Read and check your prediction.
The interview is mainly about .
High School Hints
=suggestions
Program
Interviewer
Interviewee
Theme
Host of School Talk, a high school student
Lisa Osborne, who graduated from the school
Suggestions for high school life
School Talk
Activity 4
Scan the interview.
List questions raised by the interviewer and the answers.
Questions Answers
What did Lisa find most helpful when she started high school?
How did she deal with new challenges?
How did she handle disappointments?
What else did she share in particular?
What did Lisa find most helpful when she started high school?
Orientation Day
Function
Lisa’s
suggestion
Lisa’s
attitude
Students can get to know the school and other students.
Keep an open mind and take part in as much as possible.
Positive.
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2. How did she deal with new challenges?
She figured she should go all out and see what happens.
try one’s best
If you fail, no problem — next time you can fail better!
It is Ok to fail, as long as you learn something from it to
help you succeed next time.
Lisa’s
suggestion
Lisa’s
attitude
Try your best and don’t be afraid of failure because it helps you learn and succeed.
frightened confident to face the challenges
Positive/ Optimistic.
3. How did she handle disappointments?
She kept working hard to be part of something she loved.
Lisa’s
suggestion
Lisa’s
attitude
Keep working hard to be part of something you love.
disappointed relieved/ a big-picture thinker
Positive/ Optimistic.
4. What else did Lisa share in particular?
“Be a rainbow in somebody else’s cloud.” —Maya Angelou
Lisa’s
suggestion
Lisa’s
attitude
Positive, warmhearted & caring.
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