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Teenage Life
Reading and Thinking
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Lead in
Have you made a plan for your high school study life?
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Discussion
What do you want to know about school life in other countries?
What would you tell a teenager from other country about school life in China?
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Fast Reading
Senior high school is a challenge.
Adam had to think very carefully about which courses he wanted to take.
Adam had to choose extra-curricular activities.
Adam will have to study harder in the future and get used to being
The freshman challenge
Careful Reading
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Going from junior high school to senior high school is a really big challenge.
My name is Adam and I’m a freshman at senior high school.
freshman: a student who is in his or her first year at high school or college.
Jack decided to live in during his freshman year at college.
challenge n.挑战;艰巨任务 vt.怀疑;向……挑战
challenge sb to (do) sth 向某人挑战做某事
Mike challenged me to a game of chess.
Careful Reading
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I know that Chinese is a very difficult language, but I hope to be fluent when I graduate.
fluent adj. 流畅的,流利的 fluency n.流利 fluently adv.流畅地
be fluent in 在…方面很流畅
She studied eight foreign languages but is fluent in only six of them
graduate from 从……毕业
graduation n. 毕业 undergraduate n.大学生
I want to be a teacher after I graduate from school.
Careful Reading
paragraph 2
My adviser recommended that I should sign up for advanced literature because I like English and I’m good at it.
recommend vt.建议;推荐;介绍
that从句中表示所推荐或建议的内容,从句谓语动词常用“should+动词原形”,should可省略。
It is strongly recommended that the machines should be checked every year.
Careful Reading
paragraph 3
Obviously, I was unhappy, but I won’t quit.
obviously adv.显然;明显地;
obvious adj.明显的,当然的
It was obvious to everyone that the child had been badly treated.
quit v.关闭,退出,离开,停止
He has decided to quit as manager of the team.
Careful Reading
paragraph 3
I’ll find a way to improve on my own so that I can make the team next year.
so that引导目的状语从句,意为“以便;为的是”,从句的谓语通常用“may