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Dictation Unit 1 (Part 1)
好奇的
印象,感想
令人钦佩的,给人深刻印象的
组织
呼吸
挑战
压力
描述,描写
有信心的,自信的
senior
campus
facility
poster
短语:惊慌地
Unit 1 A new start
Understanding ideas
3
Tick what you want to include in your diary about your first day at senior high.
□ the school campus
□ new teachers
□ school subjects
□ a new timetable
□ an embarrassing moment
□ new friends
□ your feelings
□ other __________
一个尴尬的时刻
1. What did the author write in his diary about his first day at senior high?
A. School campus.
B. New English teacher.
C. The first class .
D. An embarrassing moment.
E. His feelings .
F. All of the above.
Fast reading: Read and choose the best answer.
2. The author developed the diary mainly by ______.
A. explaining
B. comparing
C. following time order
D. giving examples
adj. 有信心的,自信的
Choose the best description of Meng Hao’s first day at senior high.
1. He found the English class difficult and was not sure what to do.
2. With the English teacher’s support, he thought senior high was easy and felt confident about his future.
3. He was not sure about life at senior high, but after the English class, he felt more confident.
n. 描述,描写,叙述,形容
Read again. Try to divide the passage into parts to match the main ideas.
His feelings before going to school
He met his English teacher
Experiences on the first English class
His feelings after the English class
Part 1
Para. 1
Part 2
Para. 2
Part 3
Para. 3-7
Part 4
Para. 8
Detailed reading: Find some detailed information.
Following the timeline, find out what Meng Hao experienced on and how he felt his first day.
Page 4 Activity 4
Meng Hao’s experiences
Before going to school
Because it was Meng Hao’s first day at 1.___________ , he woke up early and 2.____________ to his new school.
senior high
rushed
Arriving at school
The campus was still quiet, so Meng Hao decided to 3.______________. He met a man who he 4._________________ find out later was his English teacher.
explore a bit
was surprised to
What is new?
New school
New campus & teacher
After the English class
Meng Hao thought he had 10.___________________ to his new school life.
During the English class
Meng Hao was nervous about introducing himself in front of the class. With 5._________________________, he began, but everyone laughed. It turned out that he and his teacher shared 6.________________.
Mr. Meng said that challenges at senior high might put them 7._______________. He advised everyone to 8._____________ and 9._______________.
butterflies in his stomach
the same name
under pressure
keep calm
be prepared
a good beginning
What is new?
New challenges
New opportunities
Meng Hao’s experiences Meng Hao’s feelings
Before going to school
Arriving at school
During the English class
What expressions does the author use to describe his feelings?
excited:
decided to explore a bit
tried to turn on my brain but the engine just wouldn’t start; with butterflies in my stomach, I breathed deeply
curious:
nervous:
frightened: looked at them in panic
embarrassed
relaxed
pictured it over and over again; woke up early; rushed out of the door
Meng Hao’s experiences Meng Hao’s feelings
Before going to school
Arriving at school
During the English class
After the English class
What expressions does the author use to describe his feelings?
excited: pictured it over and over again; woke up early;
rushed out of the door
curious: decided to explore a bit
nervous: tried to turn on my brain but the engine just wouldn’t
start; with butterflies in my stomach, I breathed deeply
frightened: looked at them in panic
embarrassed
relaxed
a good beginning to my new school life
confident:
Ways of expressing feelings
Practice expressing one kind of feeling indirectly. (relaxed, relieved, worried, happy, etc.)
Direct
nervous
embarrassed
Indirect
butterflies in my stomach
breathed deeply
What’s your understanding of the saying “Well begun, half done” ?
It means that if you have a good beginning, your chance of success is greatly improved.
1. The campus was still quiet when I arrived, so I decided to explore a bit.
explore v. to travel around an area in order to find out about it
【拓展】
explorer n. 探险者;勘探者;考察者
exploration n. 探索;勘探;探究
2. eager adj.
I woke up early and rushed out of the door in my eagerness to get to
know my new school.
渴求……
be eager for sth
be eager to do
in (one’s) eagerness to do
渴望做……
渴望做……
3. Everyone started laughing. I looked at them in panic.
panic n. a sudden strong feeling of fear or nervousness 惊慌
in panic 惊慌地
get into a panic 惊慌失措
panic v. (使)惊慌,恐慌
注意其动词变形:panicking, panicked
4.
P4 That way, you’ll make the most of your time at senior high.
充分利用= make the best of /make full use of
【语境运用】 汉译英。
1) 王先生利用一切机会学习英语。
Mr Wang _____________________ his chance to learn English.
2) 虽然生命过于短暂,但是如果我们能好好地利用它,我们就没什么遗憾了。
Life is too short, but if we can ______________ it, we shall have no regrets.
makes the most of
make full use of
5. when的并列句
P2 I was looking at the photos on the noticeboard when I heard a voice behind me.
be doing ... when正在做…这/那时…
be about to do ... when正要做……这/那时……
=be one the point of doing ... when
had (just) done ... when刚做完……这/那时……
I was about to shut the door when an idea came to him.
I had just finished my breakfast when Sab asked me to speak.
P5 I was organising my words in my head when the girl next to me gave me a nudge.
变式训练:
1.翻译下列句子
① I was about to leave when the phone rang.
② Henry was fixing his car when he heard the screams .
③ I had just walked for about a mile when a volunteer searcher found him.
2.单句语法填空:
I was driving to London ____ I suddenly found that I was on the wrong road.
when
找一找句子的主谓宾
6.Turning around, I saw a white-haired man.
非谓语
非谓语:
doing
done
to do
主动进行
被动完成
将来,目的
典型特点:有逗号,无连词
变式训练:
单句语法填空:
① _________(open) the window, she waw a bird flyibg over.
② Football is a popular sport, ________ (play) in many country .
③ ________(make) himself understood, he spoke louder.
Opening
played
To make
知识清单
1.explore:____________--_________n.探险者;勘探者;考察者
--__________ n. 探索;勘探;探究
2.eager--_________n.渴望
___ ____ ____ ____ 渴望做
___ ____ ____ ____ ____ 渴望做
___ ____ ____ sth. 渴望某物
3.panic --_________--_________(ing/ed)
___ _____ 惊慌地
___ ____ ____ ____惊慌失措
4.充分利用:
考察,探险
explorer
exploration
eagerness
be eager to do
in one’s eagerness to do
be eager for
panicked
panicking
in panic
get into a panic
make the most/best of make full use of
5.
正在做... 这时
正要做...这时
刚做完...这时
6.非谓语动词
be doing ... when
be about to do ... when
=be one the point of doing ... when
had (just) done ... when
典型特点:有逗号,无连词
非谓语:
doing
done
to do
主动进行
被动完成
将来,目的
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