内容正文:
What challenges have you come across since the beginning of senior high school?
Schoolwork?
Relationship?
Interests & hobbies?
Time management?
Physical/Mental health?
school life in China
courses
clubs
after-class activities
school hours
canteen
dormitory
...
Lead-in
1. What would you tell a foreign teenager about school life
in China?
Lead-in
2. Do you want to know about school life in other countries?
Let’s watch a video and compare the difference!
Today, let’s take a look at Adam’s school life in senior high school and what kind of challenge he will meet !
Adam
Narration (记叙文)
Look at the title and the picture on P14,
then predict (预测):
Pre-reading
1. What is the text type of the passage?
2. Who is the author?
THE FRESHMAN CHALLENGE
A senior high school student
Read the text quickly and find the main idea of each paragraph.
Paragraph 1: _____________________________________
Paragraph 2: _____________________________________
Paragraph 3: _____________________________________
Paragraph 4: _____________________________________
while-reading
Senior high school is a challenge.
Skim 略读
You can find main ideas by first taking a quick look at the title, picture(s), key words and phrases, and topic sentences.
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 I like English and I’m good at it.
I had to choose extra-curricular activities, too. I tried to join the school football team, but the coach told me that I didn’t play well enough. Obviously, I was unhappy, but I won’t quit. I’ll find a way to improve on my own so that I can make the team next year. I joined a volunteer club instead. Every Wednesday, we work at a soup kitchen and hand out fo