Unit 1 Back to school Welcome to the unit & Reading（课件）-【上好课】2024-2025学年高一英语同步精品课堂（译林版2020）

Unit 1 Back to school Welcome to the unit & Reading ` How did you feel on your first day at Senior High? □ proud □ curious □ other □ excited □ happy □ nervous ` Senior high school is a time of learning and discovery. Watch the video and finish the following exercises. Wendy: feels a bit nervous; plans to work harder in her studies and join the ________. Stephen: feels ___________; plans to spend more time on _________________. Art Club very excited English and Physics Welcome to the unit 1. What is your impression of our school? 2. What is the biggest difference between your junior high school and senior high school? 3. What does senior high school mean in your eyes? Free Talk Welcome to the unit Work in groups. Look at the title of the passage, and then guess what Mr Xu will talk about in his speech. Realizing your potential Difficulties Resources Friends Success Challenges Senior high school brings a lot of new experiences to everyone. The speech below was given to new senior high school students by their principal, Mr Xu, on the first day of term. Before you read the speech transcript, think about the following questions: 2. What do you think will the principal talk about in his speech? 1. How do you think senior high school will be different from junior high school? Read for topic sentences Read the speech transcript and find the topic sentence for each paragraph. A topic sentence tells the reader the main idea of a paragraph. It is usually at the beginning of a paragraph, but it may also be in the middle or at the end of a paragraph. Welcome to senior high school Para.1 Para. 2 The speech transcript Para 3 Para 4 Para 5 Para 6 I can’t wait to describe to you what senior high school life is like. Put simply, potential is your natural ability that can be developed when you try hard enough. To fully realize your potential, it is important for you to make the most of our school resources. Of equal importance are good study habits, useful skills and a positive attitude. You alone are responsible for realizing your great potential. School resources: ___ classes ___ teachers & classmates ___ school facilities ___ school activities Useful skills: _____ skills _____ skills A positive attitude: look on the _____ never lose ______ Good study habits: _____ your study _____ goals _____ schoolwork with other activities Internal factors External factors Advice on realizing potential Read Paragraphs 1-3 carefully and answer the following questions: A new environment, new knowledge and new ways of thinking. 1. What challenges will students face at senior high school? 2. Why is it important for students to rise to the challenges? Because when you rise to the challenges, you will have the opportunity to acquire great knowledge and enjoy personal growth. 3. What does the principal have confidence in? He has confidence in students’ ability to make a difference to their family, to their community and to our country. Read for details Listen to Paragraphs 4-6 twice and fill in the blanks. Listen for details Make the most of school _________: your classes, teachers, __________ and school facilities and clubs Have good study _____, useful skills and a ________ attitude make a ___________ effort to train your mind and develop your __________ How to realize your potential resources classmates habits positive continuous character Read Paragraphs 4-6 carefully and answer the questions. 1. What school resources are mentioned in the speech? Classes, teachers and classmates, school facilities and activities. 2. What positive attitude should students develop? Always look on the bright side and never lose hope, even in difficult situations. 3. How do you understand what Lao-Tzu said, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”? Put our feet on the ground and make progress gradually. Para. 1: Today is the start of a new term, the start of a three-year journey and the start of a promising future. Para. 6. As Lao-Tzu wisely said, “ A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Para. 2: Most importantly, your time and effort at senior high school will open the door to your potential. Para. 3: “ What is potential?” you may ask. parallelism metaphor asking questions quotation What techniques does the principal use? Read the last two paragraphs and answer the following questions: Critical Reading 1. What does the “useful skills” in Line 25 refer to? A. The skills to train and develop your character B. The skills to become well-rounded individuals C. The skills to communicate and solve problems D. The skills to balance schoolwork and other activities 2. The last paragraph is meant to tell us the importance of _________. A. confidence and duty B. continuous efforts C. character building D. senior school life The speech uses some adjectives. Note the following suffixes and think of more adjectives formed with them. Then fill in the table below with as many words as you can. Parts of speech Suffixes Words Nouns -ful -less -al Verbs -ive -ous useful, helpful, careful, successful endless, careless, homeless, useless personal, national, cultural, educational active, creative, attractive, impressive various, continuous Assess yourself and choose one from the following items based on your interest and competence: (★)Your friend Amy wrote to you about her worry of being left behind at senior high school. Please write back, encouraging her to realize her potential and do her best. (★★)Summarize the passage in 80 words Language points Fill in the blanks. Make the most of school _________: your classes, teachers, __________ and school facilities and clubs Have good study _______, useful skills and a ________ attitude Make a __________effort to train your mind and develop your _________ How to realize your potential resources classmates habits positive continuous character Step 1 Revision 1. Realizing your potential 发挥你的潜力 potential n. the possibility that something will develop in a particular way, or have a particular effect the potential for (doing) sth. (做)某事的潜力/可能性 have the potential to do sth. 有潜力做某事 achieve / fulfil / realize your (full) potential 发挥你的(全部)潜力 adj. 潜在的，可能的 potential customer / buyer 潜在的客户/买家 potential benefit / problem 潜在的好处/问题 potential danger / risk 潜在的危险 【语境应用】The technology has the potential __________(change) our transportation systems and our cities…(2018 北京卷阅读) to change 2. I can’t wait to describe to you what senior high school life is like. 我迫不及待地要向你们描述一下高中生活是什么样子的。 can’t wait to do sth.: can hardly wait to do sth. 迫不及待要去做某事 can’t help doing sth. 忍不住做某事 can’t help (to) do sth. 不能帮助做某事 can’t help but do sth. 不得不做某事 【语境应用】But something inside me was going to climb that mountain at all cost. I could hardly wait ________(try) this adventure again. to try 3. The path before you leads to a world full of challenges: a new environment, new knowledge and new ways of thinking. 你们面前的道路将通向一个充满挑战的世界：新环境、新知识和新思维方式。 challenge n. something that tests strength, skill, or ability, especially in a way that is interesting 挑战 the challenge of doing sth. 做某事的挑战 face / take on / accept a challenge 面对/接受挑战 meet a challenge / rise to a challenge 迎接挑战 vt. 挑战；质疑 challenge sb. to do sth. 向某人挑战做某事 challenging adj. 具有挑战性的 challenger n. 挑战者 【语境应用】Nervously facing __________(challenge), I know I will whisper to myself the two simple words “Be yourself”. challenges 4. However, for those of you with a positive mind, opportunity lies in each challenge. 但是，对你们当中思维积极的人来说，机会存在于每一个挑战中。 lie—lay—lain—lying 躺; 位于 (vi.) lie—lied—lied—lying 说谎 (vi.) lie in: if a town, village, etc lies in a particular place, it is in that place 位于 lie in bed 卧床 lie down 躺下 lie on one’s back/side/stomach 仰卧/侧卧/俯卧 eg The town lies in a small wooded valley. (翻译) 该镇坐落于一个林木茂盛的山谷中。 【 lay / lie】 中文意思 原形 词性 过去式 过去分词 现在分词 放置；架设；产（卵）；设置 lay vt. ____ laid laying 躺；位于 lie vi. lay lain _____ 说谎 _____ vi. lied ____ lying laid  lying  lie lied 【语境应用】用lie或lay的适当形式填空。 1) Tom got punished because he _____ to his parents yesterday. 2) He _____ in bed the whole night, awake and in the morning he fell asleep. 3) Last night I _____ my mobile phone on the sofa, but it’s now nowhere to be seen. 4) When the boy opened his eyes, he found himself _____ in a bed.  lied lay   laid lying 5. …you will have the opportunity to acquire great knowledge… ……你将有机会获得大量知识…… acquire vt. to get or gain something 获得，得到 acquirement n. 取得；学得；才能；成就 【语境应用】It took him a long time __________(acquire) the skills he needed to become a good dancer. to acquire 6. Who knows…what medical advances you will make or what amazing technologies you will develop! 谁知道……你会取得什么样的医学进步，你会开发出什么惊人的技术！ advance n. a change, discovery, or invention that brings progress 进步，进展；前进，行进 in advance 预先，提前 in advance of 在……之前；超前于 advance on/upon/towards… 向……推进/挺进 advanced adj. 高级的, 进步的 amazing adj. so surprising you can hardly believe it 令人大为惊奇的，令人惊喜的 amaze vt. 使惊奇 amazed adj. 惊奇的，惊讶的 amazing adj. amazement n. 惊奇，吃惊 be amazed at/by 对……感到惊讶 be amazed to see/find… 惊讶地看到/发现…… in amazement 吃惊地 to one’s amazement 令某人吃惊的是 用amaze 的适当形式填空。 1. The president’s death _______ the whole country.  2. His _______ success is known to us all. 3. To my ___________, he ate the whole lot. amazed   amazing  amazement 7. …and I have confidence in your ability to make a difference to your family… ……我相信你有能力影响你的家庭…… make a difference: to have an important effect on something, especially a good effect 起作用，有影响 make a big difference to 对…有很大的影响/ 作用 make no difference to 对…没有作用/影响 make some difference to 对…有些作用或影响 【语境应用】学习驾驶时, 若有一位好教练指导, 效果则大不相同。 When you’re learning to drive, having a good teacher makes _______________. a big difference 8. To fully realize your potential, it is important for you to make the most of our school resources. 为了充分发挥你的潜力，充分利用学校的资源对你来说是重要的。 make the most of: to use (something) in a way that will get the best result 充分利用，尽情享受 make good/ full use of 好好利用，充分利用 make the best of 充分利用，尽情享受 9. Parents should actively urge their children to take advantage of the opportunity to join sports teams. 家长应积极鼓励孩子利用这个机会参加运动队。 take advantage of: to make good use of (something) 利用；占（某人的）便宜 短语积累： have an advantage of 有……的优势； have / give sb. an advantage over （使某人）在……方面有优势 to one’s advantage 对某人有利 gain an advantage 取得优势 10. Of equal importance are good study habits, useful skills and a positive attitude. 同样重要的还有良好的学习习惯、实用的技能和积极的态度。 equal adj. If two things are equal or if one thing is equal to another, they are the same in size, number, standard, or value. 相同的，相等的；平等的；相当的，能胜任的 be equal to 与……相等；能胜任 n. 同等的人（物） be without equal /have no equal  出类拔萃，首屈一指 vt. 与……相等；比得上 eg No amount of money can equal memories like that. 再多的金钱也比不上那样的记忆。 【拓展】equally adv. 平等地, 同样地 equality n. 同等; 平等, 相等 11. Carefully plan your study, set clear goals and balance your schoolwork with other activities. 仔细计划你的学习，设定明确的目标，平衡你的学业和其他活动。 balance vt. to consider the importance of one thing in relation to something else when you are making a decision 同等重视；（使）保持平衡；权衡重要性 n. 均衡，平衡；平衡能力 【拓展】 keep one’s balance 保持平衡，保持镇静 lose one’s balance失去平衡，慌乱 keep a balance between ... and ... 保持……与……间的均衡 on balance 总的说来，两相比较，收支相抵 off / out of balance失去平衡 12. As a senior high school student, you must make efforts to improve your communication and problem-solving. 作为一名高中生，你必须努力提高你的沟通和解决问题的能力。 improve vt. & vi. to make something better, or to become better 改进，改善 eg He said he was going to improve his football. 他说他要提高足球技术。 13. Last but not least, always look on the bright side and never lose hope, even in difficult situations. 最后但同样重要的，即使在困难的情况下，总是看到光明的一面，并且永远不要失去希望。 last but not least: importantly, despite being mentioned after everyone else  最后但同样重要 eg Last but not least, I want to spend more time with family and friends. 最后但同样最要的是，我想多花些时间和家人、朋友在一起。 14. Senior high school will help you learn and grow, yet you alone are responsible for realizing your great potential. 高中可以帮助你学习和成长，但只有你才能发挥你巨大的潜力。 responsible adj. sensible and able to make good judgments, so that you can be trusted 有责任，负责；可靠的 be responsible for 对……负责/有责任 irresponsible adj. 不负责任的 responsibility n. 责任；职责 have/take responsibility for 对……有责任/负责 a sense of responsibility 责任感 escape/ avoid responsibility 逃避/回避责任 15. In fact, I’m looking forward to being more independent and responsible for my own learning. 事实上，我希望自己能更加独立，对自己的学习负责。 look forward to: to expect (something) with pleasure 盼望，期待 look forward to中to是介词，后接名词、代词或动名词。 look forward to用在定语从句中时，应注意主句的谓语动词形式。 介词to的短语： pay attention to 注意 get down to 开始认真做 be / get used to 习惯于 refer to 谈到，查阅，指的是 stick to 坚持 lead to 导致，通往 QUIZ 1．They are unlikely to have changed their ________(想法) so soon. 2．The pub was full of colorful local __________(人物)． 3．We need more money if we are to make any further ________(进步) in this area of science. 4．Fitness is important in sport，but of at least ________(相等的) importance are skills. 5．Cats have a very good sense of __________(平衡)． 6．We scored a g____ in the first minute of the game. 7．They held him r_____________ for the failure of the plan. 8．If he can keep from smoking for a month or two his health will i__________． 9．The teacher should treat each pupil as an i___________． 10．We need to give them a reasonable o_____________ to look at the display. thinking characters advances equal balance goal responsible improve individual opportunity If it is false, correct it. 37 Of equal importance are good study habits，useful skills and a positive attitude. MORE DETAILS Your good study habits，useful skills and positive attitudes are of equal importance. 需要完全倒装的情况： (1)当作表语的“介词短语/形容词/分词”置于句首时，句子要用全部倒装，构成“表语(介词短语/形容词/分词)＋连系动词＋主语”结构。 (2)表示地点、时间、方向等的介词短语放在句首时，常见的介词有：among，between，in，at，beneath等，句子要用全部倒装。 (3)表示方向、地点和时间的副词in，out，down，up，off，back，away，over，there，now，then，here等放在句首，若主语是名词而不是代词时，要全部倒装。 Sitting in the hall ______ (be) the two astronauts who were very young. Here ______ (come) a good chance that you can use your vacation to go on study tours. were comes make some difference 有些作用(关系、影响) 38 1. Put simply，potential is your natural ability that can be developed when you try hard enough. [分析]　此句为主从复合句，其中that can be developed为关系代词that引导的定语从句，修饰先行词ability；when引导时间状语从句。 [译文]　简而言之，潜能是你与生俱来的能力，当你足够努力时，潜能就能得到开发。 2．Who knows what beautiful works of art you will create，what medical advances you will make or what amazing technologies you will develop! [分析]　此句为主从复合句，其中or连接三个表示选择关系的并列的由what引导的宾语从句。 [译文]　谁知道你会创作出多么美丽的艺术品，你会取得多么大的医学进展，你会开发出多么惊人的技术！ MORE DETAILS make some difference 有些作用(关系、影响) 39 1．We _____________________ them! 我们迫不及待地想要见到他们！ 2．We should ______________________ the Internet. 我们应充分利用因特网。 3．_________________，we __________________ his amazing achievements. 让他感到吃惊的是，他的令人吃惊的成就并没有使得我们大为吃惊。 4．A false step will _____________________． [谚语]失之毫厘，谬以千里。 QUIZ can hardly wait to see make full use of/ make the most/best of To his amazement were not amazed at make a great difference Finish tests on P57. make some difference 有些作用(关系、影响) 40 $$