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Unit 1
Lesson 1 Teachers
Reading
新 课 导 入
Watch the video My Favorite Teacher.
课 堂 学 习
Pre-reading
Talk about the qualities that you think teachers need. Use the phrases below to help you.
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to understand students to be patient to be creative
to make friends with students to make students feel confident
to explain things with practical examples and in simple language
I think teachers should …
Fast-reading
Read the two texts. Who wrote the texts? What are they mainly about? Why were they written?
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The texts’ writers are Graham Lawrence and Brian Jenkins. Graham was once Mr Jenkins’ student. They talk about the memories that they have of each other. The texts were written because the student and the teacher remembered how they influenced each other.
Careful-reading
Read “My Teacher”. Complete the information.
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Before Graham went to Mr Jenkins’ class:
Graham was not very good at most school subjects.
He was a bit lazy, especially in maths.
Science had been a subject full or strange words.
He didn’t want to know what hydrogen was.
He found science boring and difficult.
He lacked confidence.
How Mr Jenkins taught
After Graham became Mr Jenkins’ student
Mr Jenkins made everything interesting.
He explained things with lots of practical examples and in simple language.
He took students outside, and they built a rocket.
Mr Jenkins made Graham feel that he had
his own strengths.
He was interested in the study of the stars
and planets.
He gave a presentation.
Read “My Student”. Answer the questions.
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1. What was Mr Jenkins’ impression of Graham before they met?
2.What is Mr Jenkins’ attitude towards students?
3. What are Mr Jenkins’ beliefs in teaching?
He was very difficult.
There’s no such thing as a good or bad student.
The thing about being a teacher is that you have access to children’s minds when they are open and eager to learn.
Read the two texts carefully and fill in the blanks.
Teacher’s