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Unit 1 Know yourself Study skills
Millie has found this article in a magazine. Skim the article below to find the main idea. Use the following questions to help you.
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1. What is the article about?
2. Is it true that some aspects of your
personality are formed by nature?
3. What can change your personality?
How is your personality formed?
Personality includes your thoughts, feelings and behaviours which make you different from other people. How is your personality formed? Most people believe that it is formed by both nature and the environment.
1.They appear in a fixed order and the cycle repeats every 12 years. 它们以固定的顺序出现,每12年循环一次。
(1) fixed用作形容词,意为“固定的”,在句中常作定语。例如:
Some people live on fixed incomes. 一些人靠固定的收入生活。
(2)every 12 years 意为“每十二年”。这是“every+基数词+名词(复数)”结构,意为“每……”。例如:
The World Cup takes place every four years. 世界杯每四年举办一次。
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2.In Western countries, a year is divided into a cycle of 12 star signs. 在西方国家,一年被分成12个星座的循环。
“divide...into...”意为“把……分成……”。“be divided into...”是被动式,意为“被分成……”。例如:
Let’s divide the rubbish into different kinds before throwing it away. 咱们在扔掉垃圾之前,把它分下类吧。
A year is divided into four seasons. 一年被划分为四个季节。
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1. What is the article about?
2. Is it true that some aspects of your personality are formed
by nature?
3. What can change your personality?
It is about how your personality is formed.
Yes, it is.
The environment including your education, your experiences and the people around you.
Answer the questions.
By nature
Some aspects of your personality are passed onto you by your parents, for example, liveliness and impatience. That is why people say “like father, like son”. Sometimes, these personalities do not change and remain the same throughout your life.
By the environment
The environment, including your education, your experiences and the people around you, can change your personality. For example, you may become confident if you successfully complete a difficult task through hard work. That is how your experience influences your personality.
1. Personality includes your thoughts, feelings and behaviours
which make you different from other people.
个性包含使你区别于他人的你的想法、情感和行为。
Language Points
which make you different from other people为定语从句,修饰前面的名词thoughts, feelings和behaviours。
e.g. Football is a game which is liked by most boys.
足球是大多数男孩所喜欢的运动。
2.Your star sign depends on your date of birth. 你的星座取决于你的出生日期。
depend on意为“取决于;由……决定”,相当于depend upon, 后可接名词、代词或从句作宾语,不用于被动语态。例如:
Health depends on food, exercise and enough sleep. 健康取决于食物、锻炼和足够的睡眠。
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Pre-listening
What is he/she like?
Review and answer
quiet
creative
active
energetic
modest
easy
serious(严谨的)
kind
patient
careful
What personality does he have?
wise, practical, powerful,
loyal, organized, humorous
忠诚的
实际的
有力的,强大的
born in 1953
the Year of the Snake
Xi’s profile
animal sign 生肖
lunar calendar 阴历
solar calendar 阳历
calendar 日历
the Year of the Snake 蛇年
His animal sign is the Snake.
He was born in the Year of the Snake.
I was born in ________. My animal sign is ______. It says I am _________. What it says about me is/isn’t true. (In fact, …)
Introduce yourself
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Predicting
To predict is to guess what comes next. It helps us understand what kinds of books or articles we are reading, and where we might find information.
When we read an article, we can often predict the content from the title. We can also use the headings in an article to predict the main idea of each part. Headings are the titles of the different parts. Often, they are in bold.
Millie: How about reading English aloud every morning? ④ Try to pronounce all the words correctly. Learning their correct pronunciation will help you remember them.
Daniel: Thank you, Millie.
Millie: Don’t mention it. ⑤
要学会选择合适的学习方式和方法,养成良好的学习习惯。
A. There is an article called “The trouble with teenagers”. Predict the points that will be talked about in the article and tick(√) the correct boxes.
1. making friends □
2. life in Australia □
3. feeling lonely □
4. schoolwork and hobbies □
5. how our body changes □
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6. worrying about tests □
7. study, study, study □
8. love or friendship □
TIP
If a question begins with when, then the answer will be a time or date. If a question begins with why, then the answer will give a reason, often beginning with because.
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Skimming means reading the text quickly to get the main idea.
It is often used when we read:
newspapers (to quickily get the general news of the day).
magazines (to find interesting articles we would like to read in more detail).
business and travel guides (to quickily get information).
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CHINESE ANIMAL SIGNS
Animal signs: 12 in all, each representing a
(1) ___________
They are: Rat, Ox, Tiger (2) _________,
Dragon, (3) _________, Horse,
Sheep, (4) ________, Rooster,
(5) _______ and Pig
Some people believe that people born under the same (6) ___________ may have similar personalities.
lunar year
Rabbit
Snake
Monkey
Dog
lunar year
To get a general idea of a book or an article, we should ask some basic questions. If we predict the answers that the questions might have, it will help us find the answers more quickly and easily when we read in detail.
When skimming, read the title, the main headings, the first and last paragraphs, and the first sentence of each paragraph. This will give you a good idea of what the text is about.
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B. Millie is reading an article in Teenagers magazine. Match her questions with your predicted answers. Write the correct letter in each blank.
1. What is it about? a. In a new school.
2. When did it happen? b. Because she moved to another city.
3. Who is it about? c. She is shy and quiet, and she has no new friends
4. Where did it happen? d. Problems with the new school.
5. Why did it happen? e. A few weeks after the new term.
6. How did it happen? f. A girl called Zoe.
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laugh at 嘲笑;因……而发笑
e.g. We all laugh at his funny story.
我们都因他有趣的故事而发笑。
Go ahead and practise. Nobody will laugh at you.
大胆去练,没人会笑你的。
考点1
后接名词、代词作宾语。
知识点
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...classmates laugh at her and call her a bookworm
It’s about how your personality is formed.
Yes, it is.
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Thank you!
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