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Unit 2
School life
Reading II
Life in a British school
Review
Life in an American school
Nancy
John
Who? Nancy John
Where?
What?
When?
Why?
Woodland School, near London
Rocky Mountain High School near Denver
Reading Week
The Buddy Club ;
baseball
Every year
Every Monday
Twice a week
Because she can read anything he likes. Time seems to go faster when we are reading intersting books.
Because he can get help from older students;
Becasuse he loves this game and he practices hard every time.
Pay attention to the new words:
mixed offer
French end
foreign baseball
language win
during
discuss
guy
buddy
reading
Language Points
1. Year 8 (the Eighth Year) = the 8th grade (the Eighth Grade)
e.g. I'm in Year 8 at No.1 school.= I'm the 8th grade at No.1 school.
2. mixed [mɪkst] adj.
e.g. a mixed community 多文化的社区 a mixed salad 什锦色拉
mixed feelings 复杂的情感
The weather has been very mixed recently. 最近天气总是阴晴不定。
mix v. 混合 mix with 把...混合在一起
e.g. Oil and water will not mix.= Oil does not mix with water. 油不融于水。
3. Learning foreign language is fun.= It is fun to learn foreign language.
这里的Learning foreign language 是一个动名词短语,在句中充当主语。当动名词(短语)作主语时看作一个整体,谓语动词用三单。
Doing sth is +adj = It is adj to do sth. 做某事...
e.g. Drinking tea is good for our health.
=____________________________________________.
4. During the week, we can borrow more books from the school library.
during prep. throughout the duration of ...(在...期间)后接时间段
e.g. during the week / holiday
吃饭时不要说话。__________________________
It is good for us to drink tea.
Don't speak during the meal.
5. Near the end of week, we discuss the books with our classmates in class.
(1) near the end of ...
e.g. near the end of each class 在每堂课临近结束时
(2) end
n. 结束,结尾;尽头,末端
at the end of the week
the end of the book 书的末尾
v. to finish; to make sth finish 结束;终止
end sth./ end sth with sth.
e.g. They decided to end their frie