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Unit 1 Teenage Life
Reading and Thinking
What are the differences between schools in China and those in the foreign countries?
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Around 7 a.m- 4 p.m.
Students move to different classrooms to have classes.
Go to school clubs or extra-curricular activities after school.
Compulsory courses & optional courses
Homeworks mainly contains reading and essays.
School life in America:
Around 7 a.m- 6 p.m.
Teachers move to different classrooms to teach.
Go home and do homework after school.
13 courses: Chinese, maths, English....
Homeworks mainly contains copying and test exercises.
School life in China :
What do you want to know about school life in other countries?
What the most popular foreign languages taught in American’s high school?
What kind of extra-curricular activities do they have?
What do they have for lunch?
Do they have College Entrance Exams?
Now let's read a passage to know Adam's school life.
Read the text quickly to find the main idea of each paragraph.
Read the text quickly to find the main idea of each paragraph.
Paragraph 1: _____________________________
Paragraph 2: _____________________________
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Paragraph 3: _____________________________
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Paragraph 4: _____________________________
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Senior high school is a challenge.
Adam had to think very carefully about which courses he wanted to take.
Adam had to choose extra-curricular activities.
Adam will have to study harder and get used to being responsible for a lot more.
Read the text again and answer the questions.
1. What courses did Adam choose? Which one
do you think would be his favourite? Why?
2. What does “make the team” in Paragraph 3
mean?
3. What is Adam worried about?
4. Is Adam confident that he will get used to
senior high school life? How do you know?
1. What courses did Adam choose? Which one
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