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Unit 1 A new start
Developing ideas
Learning Objectives
In this lesson you will:
1. learn to describe problems;
2. talk about the learning challenges you meet in junior high;
3. give advice on learning difficulties to others.
Watch the video. Why do the students make speeches?
Because they want to join the Students’ Union.
Do you know what the Students’ Union does?
The Students Union supports students at school.
They hold all kinds of activties, such as
cultural festivals
sports meets
They also help students with their problems.
Does your school have Students’ Union? Do you want to join?
These students are members of the Students’ Union. What do you think they are doing?
They are having a study group meeting.
They are designing a survey.
They are working on a group project.
Listen to the radio and choose the main idea.
a Junior high is fun for new students.
b New junior high students face problems.
c There are many activities at junior high.
Look at the picture. What’s this?
It’s a poster made by the Students’ Union.
What’s the purpose of this poster?
The Students’ Union wants to hold a talk to help new students with problems they might have.
They will also give the new students some advice.
Listen again and complete the poster.
Students’ union talk
The new 1.____________ is beginning.
What are the news students’ 2.________?
Top question
There are more subjects and more 3._____________.
school year
problems
homework
There are also many 4.____________.
How can they make good use of their 5.________?
We will hold a talk this 6.__________ to help you.
Come and join us!
activities
time
Thursday
Free Talk
What learning challenges do you have when studying in junior high?
subjects get harder
more homework
have trouble in remembering lots of things
tests make you nervous
Look at the table. Try to guess what words you can use to fill in the blanks.
Li Lin’s advice
Zhang Wen’s problems
It’s 1._______ to plan my time.
Every day, 2.______ your tasks and the time for each task.
There are 3.______ tasks.
Do the most important things 4.______.
A project may take weeks.
Turn a big task into 5.______ ones. Then you can 6.______ on them day by day.
Listen to the conversation and complete the table.
Li Lin’s advice
Zhang Wen’s problems
It’s 1._______ to plan my time.
Every day, 2.____________ your tasks and the time for each task.
There are 3.________ tasks.
Do the most important things 4.______.
A project may take weeks.
Turn a big task into 5.______ ones. Then you can 6.______ on them day by day.
hard
write down
so many
first
small
work
Listen again. Then talk about how Zhang Wen describes his problems.
Learning to learn
Describing problems Sometimes, we need to describe our problems to get help. We can first state our problem. For example, It’s hard to plan my time. Then we can provide more details. For example, There are so many tasks.
Problem 1
There is a lot of homework today. It’s hard to decide what to do first.
Problem 2
It takes one month to finish a book report. It’s hard to finish it on time.
Here are the problems you may have in your study:
Do you have any advice for dealing with each problem?
Discuss
Problem 1
Do the easiest homework first.
Start with your favourite subject.
Write down what you need to do and do it step by step.
Problem 2
Read a little every day.
Take notes as you read.
Plan your time so you know how much you need to read each day.
Role-play
Work in pairs. Choose a problem in planning your studies and give advice.
I have a problem. It’s hard to ... Can you give me some advice?
Sure. Here’s the first piece of advice: ...
But how about ...?
That’s the second piece of advice: ...
Free Talk
Talk about what you have learnt about making good plans at junior high in this section.
Pronunciation
Look at the pictures. What are they in English?
cat
map
cap
1. Which letter is the same in all three words?
2. Read these words. What sound does “a” make in each word?
/æ/
bed
pen
leg
1. Which letter is the same in all three words?
2. Read these words. What sound does “e” make in each word?
/e/
car
card
park
What sound does “ar” make in each word?
/a:/
/æ/
/e/
/a:/
Listen and repeat.
/æ/
/e/
/a:/
are hard car star arm
activity plan thank back sad map
welcome second friend twelve head bed
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