Unit 1 Teenage Life Reading and Thinking 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语人教版（2019）必修第一册

Unit1 Teenage Life Reading and Thinking 01 CHAPTER Cultural corner 2 Cutural Corner In the United States (American English) Freshman: a student in his or her first year of high school or college (美国高中、大学) 一年级学生 Sophomore: a student in his or her second year of high school or college (美国高中、大学) 二年级学生 Junior: a student in his or her third year of high school or college (美国高中、大学) 三年级学生 Senior: a student in his or her fourth year of high school or college (美国高中、大学的) 毕业班学生 3 Cutural Corner Q1: What do you want to know about school life in other countries? Q2:What would you tell a teenager from another country about school life in China? How many courses do they take each school year? Once they have decided on a course, can they make a change if it is not suitable for him/her? Do they have College Entrance Exams like in our country? Do they have a lot of homework every day? How many hours do they spend on each course before graduation? Do they have to choose extra-curricular activities or voluntarily? 4 School life in America √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 √Homework mainly contains reading and essays. √The education pays more attention to social skills 5 School life in China √Around 7 a.m- 10 p.m. √Teachers move to different classrooms to teach. √Go home and do homework after school. √courses: Chinese, maths, English.... √Homework mainly contains copying and test exercises. √Classroom size – Classroom size is much bigger in China than in America. 6 02 CHAPTER Lead in 7 Lead in Free talk: Q:How do you feel about your senior high school life? What new difficulties have you met during your senior high school life? study friendship Accommodation(住宿) schedule I have difficulties in/ have trouble in It is hard for me to 8 03 CHAPTER Reading and Thinking 9 Skimming Read the text quickly and find the main idea of each paragrph. Paragraph 1: _ Senior high school is a challenge. Paragraph 2: _ Paragraph 3: _ Paragraph 4: _ I chose courses I wanted to take. I chose the extra-curricular activities. I was worried, happy and will be prepared for my future. Skimming You can find main ideas by first taking a quick look at the title, piture(s), key words and phrases, and topic senteces. 10 Scanning Read the text again and answer the questions. Scanning A technique for quickly looking through reading material to locate a particular piece of information —a fact , a name, a date, a statistic,etc. 1. What courses did Adam choose? Which one do you think would be his favorite? Why? 2. What does make the team” mean 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 youu know? He chose maths, English, chemistry, world history, Chinese and advanced literature. English is his favorite. become a member of the team not being able to keep up with other students academically. Yes, he is. Because he said: “I'm happy to be here and I will well prepared for...” 11 Complete the outline.Then discuss the questions below with a partner. Paragraph challenge How Adam feels Solution 1 Confused 2 The school adviser _ 3 He will find a way to _ 4 He will _ Going from junior high school to senior high school Choosing academic courses Choosing extra-curricular activities Not being able to keep up with others helped him to choose his courses. improve on his own and make the team neat year. work harder and be well prepared for his future. a bit nervous unhappy worried Careful reading: 12 标题文本 Solution Challenge 3 Solution Challenge 4 Challenge 2 Solution Challenge 1 Read&Analyze 13 Discuss the questions with your partner. 1. What kind of person do you think Adam is? Why?