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Unit 1
A new start
Developing ideas—Reading
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By the end of this lesson, you'll be able to:
1. sort out the four problems asked by the interviewer and understand the advice given by Lisa;
2. develop positive attitudes towards challenges at senior high;
Learning objectives
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Please rank them in order of importance. (1=most important)
What do you want to achieve at senior high school?
Activity 1
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Activity 2
Look at the word cloud and the picture.
Predict what is talked about in the interview.
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Activity 3
Read and check your prediction.
The interview is mainly about .
High School Hints
=suggestions
Program
Interviewer
Interviewee
Theme
Host of School Talk, a high school student
Lisa Osborne, who graduated from the school
Suggestions for high school life
School Talk
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Activity 4
Scan the interview.
List questions raised by the interviewer and the answers.
Questions Answers
What did Lisa find most helpful when she started high school?
How did she deal with new challenges?
How did she handle disappointments?
What else did she share in particular?
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What did Lisa find most helpful when she started high school?
Orientation Day
Function
Lisa’s
suggestion
Lisa’s
attitude
Students can get to know the school and other students.
Keep an open mind and take part in as much as possible.
Positive.
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2. How did she deal with new challenges?
She figured she should go all out and see what happens.
try one’s best
If you fail, no problem — next time you can fail better!
It is Ok to fail, as long as you learn something from it to
help you succeed next time.
Lisa’s
suggestion
Lisa’s
attitude
Try your best and don’t be afraid of failure because it helps you learn and succeed.
frightened confident to face the challenges
Positive/ Optimistic.
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3. How did she handle disappointments?
She kept working hard to be part of something she loved.
Lisa’s
suggestion
Lisa’s
attitude
Keep working hard to be part of something you love.
disappointed relieved/ a big-picture thinker
Positive/ Optimistic.
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4. What else did Lisa share in particular?
“Be a rainbow in somebody else’s cloud.” —Maya Angelou
Lisa’s
suggestion
Lisa’s
attitude
Positive, warmhearted & caring.
Give your friends a hand when they need it and this will make you feel happy too.
The roses in her hand, the flavor in mine.
Do you know of any similar sayings?
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
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Activity 5
Summarize all the suggestions Lisa gave in the interview.
Questions Suggestions
What did Lisa find most helpful when she started high school?
How did she deal with
new challenges?
How did she handle
disappointments?
What else did she share in particular?
Keep an open mind and take part in as much as possible.
Try your best. If you fail, no problem — next time you can fail better!/ Don’t be afraid of failure because it helps you to learn and succeed.
Keep working hard to be part of something you love./Be a big-picture thinker.
Be a rainbow in somebody else’s cloud./Give your friends a hand when they need it.
Have a positive/optimistic/caring attitude.
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Activity 6
Think and share.
Which piece of Lisa’s advice is the most helpful to you? Why?
What else would you like to ask Lisa about starting high school?
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Activity 7
Supposing you were the Chairman of the Students' Union, you are asked to give a speech to the new students on their first day at high school
Make notes of the problems
the new students may face
and your advice. Refer to the
interview for ideas.
2. Organize your speech
following the steps
below.
Start by welcoming the new students.
Talk about the problems and give you advice.
End by summarizing the main points of your speech.
3. Give your
speech to
the class.
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Beginning:
Problems
you may
face
Firstly/To begin with …
Secondly/Besides, …
Thirdly, … / Another problem
is that…
Ways to solve the problem
Firstly, …
What’s more, …
Thirdly, …/ Another good way to solve the problem is to… / that…
Ending:
In a word / In short / To sum up, we may meet with different problems, but if we…, we can...
How to organize a speech?
Welcome to senior high! It’s a great honor to be here and deliver a speech. As senior high students, we are likely to meet with many problems.
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win an award 赢得奖项 (教材P10)
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award n.奖,奖赏 vt.给予;授予
(1)win/receive/get an award for...因……而获奖
(2)award sth. to sb. for...因……把某物授予某人
sth. be awarded to sb. 某物被授予某人
Language points
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Lisa graduated from our school last June and is about to go to college in New York.(教材P11)
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graduate v.毕业 n.[C]大学毕业生
(1)graduate from从……毕业
graduate in毕业于……专业
(2)graduation n.毕业
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1.I feel as if high school was only yesterday!(教材P11)
as if /as though 好像;仿佛;犹如,常引导方式状语从句或表语从句。
此句中,从句表示与现在事实相反,谓语动词用一般过去时。
① He acts as if he ___________ (know) me.
② They treat me as though I _______ a stranger.
③ It sounds as though you _______ a good time.
knew
were
had
我觉得高中生活就好像只是在昨天!
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I was frightened at the sight of the test paper.(教材P11)
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frightened adj.受惊的,害怕的 at the sight of 看见
(1)be frightened of (doing) sth. 害怕(做)某事
be frightened to do sth. 害怕/不敢做某事
(2)frightening adj.令人恐惧的
(3)frighten vt.使惊吓;吓唬
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But then I figured I’d better just go all out and see what happens.
(教材P11)
figure v.认为;以为;计算 n.数字;人物;身材,体形
figure out算出;想出;理解,弄明白;断定;解决
eg.
他们认为把海报贴在学校门口更好。
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2. You must have had some moments when you were disappointed. (教材P11)
你一定会有失望的时候。
must have done
表示对过去发生的事情的肯定。
过去一定做了某事。
must + do表示对现在的猜测;
+ be doing 对正在进行的动作的推测;
+ have done 表示对过去的事情的推测。
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(1)本句中must have had是must have done结构,表示“过去一定做过”,是对过去发生的动作的肯定推测。
(2)其他“情态动词+have done”的用法:
①should/ought to have done表示过去应该做某事而未做,意为“本应该做……”。
②may/might have done表示对过去情况不肯定的推测,意为“也许做过”,常用于肯定句。
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[佳句赏读] 感悟句意·背诵
①The policemen must have investigated the matter for a long time.They were so familiar with it.
②Don't let him copy your paper. Tell him that he should have studied hard.
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[单句语法填空/完成句子]
①I regretted that I only told Sally how to get there,but perhaps I should (write) it down for her.
②Sorry,Mary isn't here.She to work out.
对不起,玛丽不在。她可能去健身房锻炼了。
have written
might have gone to the gym
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Refer to the interview for ideas.(教材P13)
refer to提到,谈到;指的是;参考,查阅
(1)refer to...as...把……当作……;称……为……
(2)reference n.谈及;提及;参考;查阅
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