内容正文:
If you don't work hard today, you won't have time to study tomorrow.
今天学习不努力,明天学习来不及。
主题语境——人与社会。同学们,你们已经告别了初中,迎来了崭新的高中生活。面对新的学校,新的老师,你们首先要适应环境,适应老师,谁适应得快,谁就会掌握主动权,占据先机。在这里,信心、激情、持之以恒的态度和科学方法的有机统一,将会带你们驶往理想的彼岸。
On my first day of high school, I asked an eleventhgrader where my class was.And he told me it was “on the fourth floor, next to the pool.” I found out five minutes later that we don't even have a fourth floor and there's no pool either! Besides that, I didn't have any trouble with the older kid.
I think the biggest difference between middle and high school is the homework load① and size of the school.I went from maybe fifteen minutes of homework a night to several hours, so I had to learn how to make full use of time!
The best advice I can give about the years you spend in high school is to learn things for yourself, not just to get a good grade.There have been so many tests that I've prepared for the night before, gotten an A, and not remembered anything later.I've changed that this year, and I enjoy school so much more.Don't take easy classes just to have a simple year.If you have a choice between chemistry② and sports, the first will prove to be a lot more useful!
①load n.工作量
②chemistry n.化学
[联想] chemist n.化学家
chemical n.化学的
Section Ⅰ Welcome to the unit and Reading—Preview
[对应学生用书P2]
1.potential n.潜力,可能性
2.path n.道路;成功途径
3.challenge n.&vt.挑战;质疑
4.positive adj.积极乐观的;良好的,正面的
5.acquire vt.获得,得到
6.advance n.进步;前进 vt.&vi.发展,进步
7.resource n.资源;资料;谋略
8.attitude n.态度,看法
9.balance vt.同等重视 n.均衡;平衡能力
10.individual n.个人 adj.单独的,个别的
11.lead to 导致
12.can't wait to do sth.迫不及待地做某事
13.make a difference 起作用
Step 1 Fast Reading
Check yourself to what degree you have remembered the text by filling in the blanks in the following table.
How to realize your potential
↓ ↓ ↓
Make the most of school ①resources:_your classes, teachers, ②classmates and school facilities and clubs.
Have good study ③habits,_useful skills and a
④positive attitude.