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Unit 1 Teenage Life
Period2 reading and thinking
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Brainstorming
senior high school life
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What do you think of your first few weeks of senior high school life?
frightened
annoyed
excited
anxious
happy
The freshman challenge
Guessing
According to the picture and title, what do you think the passage will talk about?
Tip1: We can guess what the passage is about by just reading the title and look at the pictures.
Who is the freshman in the passage?
What challenges is he/she facing?
How does he/she face the challenges?
Skimming
Skim
You can find main ideas by first taking a quick look at the title, pictures, key words and phrases, and topic sentences.
Read the text quickly to find the topic sentence of each paragraph.
Can you draw a mind map to show the structure of the passage?
Tip2: Sometimes the first sentence can give you main idea of the paragraph.
the structure of the passage
Para.1
topic
Challenge
Para.2
Challenge 1
How to choose courses
Para.3
Challenge 2
How to choose extra-curricular activities
Para.4
Challenge 3
How to study
Read for details
How did Adam feel the first week and why?
He felt confused because going from junior high school to senior high school is a really big challenge.
para1
上个好大学是我的梦想。
Going to a good university is my dream.
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A mind map:
Challenge 1
Courses to choose
Solution 1
Solution 2
The school adviser helped me choose the suitable ones.
My adviser recommended that I should sign up for advanced literature.
para2
What was Adam's attitude to the challenge and how to deal with it?
carefully
Beauty建议我们课堂上要尽量多开口说英语。
Beauty recommends that we should speak English as much as possible in class.
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para3
Did Adam make the school football team? Why? How did he feel, what was his attitude and what does he plan to do?
He didn’t make the school football team because he didn’t play well enough so he felt unhappy. But he wouldn’t quit and he plans to improve on his own.
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Tip3: We can get the meaning of