Unit 1 Teenage life Reading and Thinking 课件-2023-2024学年高一英语人教版（2019）必修第一册

The Freshman Challenge （Reading and Thinking） Lead in What is the video about ? American high school life Is it similar to Chinese high school life? different subjects different learning environment …. 2 To learn English expressions related to Teenage Life and analyze the structure of the text. To read to learn American students’ school life. To find the problems and think about solutions. To learn some useful words and expressions. Brainstorm What do you think of your high school life now? busy Challenge interesting difficult positive too much homework difficult subjects not enough time make new friends something difficult which requires great effort. Do you think students in foreign countries face the same challenge as you do? The freshman challenge Predict what the article is about from the title & the picture Who What Pre-reading a student in the first year of high school  The passage is probably about a freshman who gets into trouble with his school life Read the text quickly and find the main idea of each paragraph. Paragraph 1: _____________________________________ Paragraph 2: _____________________________________ Paragraph 3: _____________________________________ Paragraph 4: _____________________________________ You can find main ideas by first taking a quick look at the title, picture(s), key words and phrases, and topic sentences. R e ad for main ideas! Be a logical reader! Fast reading Hi! My name is Adam and I’m a freshman at senior high school. Going from junior high school to senior high school is a really big challenge. The first week was a little confusing. First, I had to think very carefully about which courses I wanted to take. The school adviser helped me choose the suitable ones: maths, English, chemistry, world history, and Chinese. I know that Chinese is a very difficult language, but I hope to be fluent when I graduate. My adviser recommended that I should sign up for advanced literature because