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Unit 1 Back to school
高中英语译林版必修第一册
Welcome to the unit & Reading
Learning objectives
describe the two interviewees’ feelings and plans about senior high school life;
summarize the outline and the theme of the speech by skimming for topic sentences and scanning for details;
evaluate the importance of realizing one’s potential and design personal action plans for realizing one’s potential.
Contents
1. Lead in
2. Pre-reading
3. While reading
4. Post reading
5. Language points
6. Summary
7. Assessment
8. Homework
01.
Lead in
Lead in
Welcome to senior high school! It’s a brand new start filled with new experiences and opportunities. How do you feel on your very first day of senior high?
nervous,
excited,
happy,
scared,
confused, ...
Lead in
Different people have different feelings. That’s totally normal. Today, two new students also share their ideas.
Talk with your deskmate about two things. If you don’t know how to say it, you can use the words in the Word Bank below.
My first day mood board
1 thing I’m looking forward to ____
1 thing I’m worried about____
Word Bank
more friends, harder lessons, new clubs.
Lead in
Meet Wendy & Stephen
Guess: How do they feel? What’s their plan?
Wendy: ____________
Stephen: ____________
Let’s watch a short video to check the answers.
Lead in
Watch the video and finish the following exercises.
Wendy:
feels a bit nervous;
plans to work harder in her studies and join the _________.
Stephen:
feels __________,
plans to spend more time
on __________________.
Art Club
very excited
English and physics
Lead in
What do you think of your new school life so far?
In what areas do you think you can do well at senior high school? In what areas will you have to work harder?
After watching the video, try to discuss the following questions:
Lead-in
Lead in
What do you think of your new school life so far?
It has been an /a_____________ experience for me .
The teachers and classmates are _____________.
In what areas do you think you can do well at senior high school? In what areas will you have to work harder?
I think I can do well in__________. Because _____________.
I think I will have to work harder to__________. Because ________.
02.
Pre-reading
Pre-reading
Senior high school brings a lot of new experiences to everyone. The speech below was given to new senior high school students by their principal, Mr Xu, on the first day of term.
Prediction:
What do you think the principal will talk about in his speech?
introduction
what
how
why
conclusion
Pre-reading
Understanding a speech
A speech is a formal talk that a person gives to an audience. A good speech keeps the audience interested all the time. To achieve this, the speaker may tell interesting stories or ask questions. A good speech also uses quotations and such rhetorical devices as metaphor, repetition and parallelism.
03.
While-reading
Skimming
The ________ of the speech
The __________ of the speech
The _________ of the speech
opening
body
closing
Read for structure
Para.1
Para.2-Para5
Para.6
Outline
lead
Read the speech transcript and find the topic sentence for each paragraph.
Para. 1 Welcome to senior high school!
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
Put simply, potential is your natural ability that can be developed when you try hard enough.
I can’t wait to describe to you what senior high school life is like.
To fully realize your potential, it is important for you to make the most of our school resources.
Welcome of students’ arrival
Description of school life
Definition of potential
Advice on realizing potential
Skimming
lead
Read the speech transcript and find the topic sentence for each paragraph.
Para. 5
Para. 6
You alone are responsible for realizing your great potential.
Of equal importance are good study habits, useful skills and a positive attitude.
Finding topic sentences
A topic sentence tells the reader the main idea of a paragraph. It is usually at the beginning of a paragraph, but it may also be in the middle or at the end of a paragraph.
Advice on realizing potential
Expectation of students
Skimming
lead
Read paragraph 2 carefully and answer the following question.
What challenges and opportunities will students face at senior high school?
new environment
great knowledge
new knowledge
personal growth
new ways of thinking
open the door to your potential
Detailed Reading
lead
Read paragraph 3 carefully and answer the following questions.
1.What is potential?
2.What does the principal have confidence in?
Potential is your natural ability that can be developed when you try hard enough.
Your ability to make a difference to your family, to your community, and to your country.
Detailed Reading
lead
Read 4~6 carefully and finish the match.
take advantage of
make efforts to improve
take an active part in
make use of
plan
never lose
learn from
look on the
balance
set
school activities
your study
school facilities
clear goals
hope
teachers&classmates
school with other activity
communication and problem-solving skills
classes
bright side
Detailed Reading
lead
Read 4~5 carefully and finish the match.
take advantage of
make efforts to improve
take an active part in
make use of
plan
never lose
learn from
look on the
balance
set
school activities
your study
school facilities
clear goals
hope
teachers&classmates
school with other activity
communication and problem-solving skills
classes
bright side
school resources
external factors
good study habits
useful skills
a positive attitude
internal factors
Detailed Reading
lead
Read paragraph 6 carefully and answer the following questions.
1. What does the principal appeal to the students to do?
2. What technique is used in this part to keep the audience interested?
He appeals to the students to make a continuous effort to train their mind and develop their character.
Quotation.
Detailed Reading
lead
What other techniques does the principal use?
Para. 1: Today is the start of a new term, the start of a three-year journey and the start of a promising future.
Parallelism
Critic thinking
Parallel structures use the same pattern of words or sentences. They can add balance to sentences and make the language more powerful and effective.
lead
What other techniques does the principal use?
Para. 1: Today is the start of a new term, the start of a three-year journey and the start of a promising future.
Parallelism
Metaphor
Para. 2: Most importantly, your time and effort at senior high school will open the door to your potential.
Para. 3: “ What is potential?” you may ask.
Asking questions
Critic thinking
04.
Post-reading
lead
Post Reading
How are you going to realize your potential?
In pairs, discuss the following question.
Plan for realize my potential
To know my self my strengths ____________________________________
my weakness ___________________________________
my potential ____________________________________
To realize my potential Step 1: _______________________________________
Step 2: _______________________________________
Step 3: _______________________________________
Post Reading
What is senior high school life like? The path before you1______ ( lead) to a world full of challenges: a new environment, new knowledge and new ways of thinking. However, opportunity lies in each challenge. When you rise 2___ the challenges, you will have the chance to acquire great knowledge and enjoy personal growth. Most 3__________(important) , your time and effort at senior high school will open the door to your potential.
Potential is your natural ability 4_________ can be developed when you try hard enough. To fully realize your potential, 5___ is important for you to make the most of our school resources. Take advantage of your classes, learn from your teachers and classmates, and make use of our school 6_________(facility). Good study habits, useful skills and7___ positive attitude are equally important.
leads
it
importantly
that/which
to
facilities
After reading the passage, please fill in the following blanks.
a
Post Reading
At senior high school, you must make efforts 8__________(improve) your communication and problem-solving skills. Last but not least, always look on the bright side and never lose hope, even in 9________(difficulty) situations. In time you will find yourself 10_________(grow) into a well-rounded individual.
to improve
difficult
growing
a
05.
Language points
lead
1. Most importantly, your time and effort at senior high school will open the door to your potential.
【词汇拓展】
potential for(doing) sth (做)某事的可能性/潜在性
have the potential to do sth 有潜力做某事
realize/achieve one’s potential 发挥某人的潜力
potentially adv. 可能地;潜在地
【即学即练】
1. He has the potential __________(become) a world-class musician.
2. Clearly, this is a __________ (potential) dangerous situation.
to become
potential n. 潜力;可能性adj.潜在的,可能的
Language points
potentially
lead
2. The path before you leads to a world full of challenges:a new environment, new
knowledge and new ways of thinking.
【词汇拓展】
challenging adj.具有挑战性的
face a challenge面临挑战
meet the challenges of迎接……的挑战
accept/take up a challenge接受挑战
challenge sb (to sth) 向某人挑战(某事)
【即学即练】
1. It was surprising that she should accept such a __________ (challenge) job.
2. I kept practising until I became confident enough ____________(challenge) the
good players.
challenging
challenge n./v. 挑战,质疑
Language points
to challenge
lead
3. However,for those of you with a positive mind,opportunity lies in each challenge.
【词汇拓展】
【即学即练】
1. It’s Sunday. Many people are ______ on the grass in the garden enjoying the sun while some workers are busy ______ bricks across the river.
lying
lie in 存在,在于
e.g. The future of Wenzhou will lie in providing services for these less developed areas.
Language points
laying
原形 过去式 过去分词 现在分词 词义 词性
lie lied lied lying 说谎 vi.
lie lay lain lying 躺;位于 vi.
lay laid laid laying 放置;下蛋 vt.
lead
4. When you rise to the challenges,you will have the opportunity to acquire great knowledge and enjoy personal growth.
【词汇拓展】
rise to 能够处理,有能力处理(突发情况、问题等)
e.g. I refuse to rise to that sort of comment.
Language points
原形 词性词义 过去式 过去分词 现在分词
arise (vi.)出现;发生;起因于 arose arisen arising
rise (vi.)升起;起立;
增长;上升 rose risen rising
raise (vt.)举起;提高;饲养;
养育;筹集;提出 raised raised raising
arouse (vt.)唤醒;激起 aroused aroused arousing
lead
5. Most importantly, your time and effort at senior high school will open the door to your potential.
【词汇拓展】
make an effort/every effort/efforts to do sth. (尽一切)努力做某事
spare no effort to do sth. 不遗余力地做某事
with effort 努力地
without effort 毫不费力地;容易地
effortless adj. 不需努力的,不费劲的
【即学即练】
1. I will make every effort _________ (achieve) my goal.
2. If you put more effort into _________(practice) your handwriting, it will become much neater soon.
to achieve
effort n. 努力, 费力的事; 试图
Language points
practicing
lead
6. Who knows what beautiful works of art you will create, what medical advances you will make or what amazing technologies you will develop!
【词汇拓展】
in advance=ahead of time预先;事先;预付
make advances/an advance in在……方面取得进步
advance on/towards sb/sth向某人/物前进
advanced adj. 先进的;高级的,高等的;高龄的
【即学即练】
1.With the help of the ________(advance) technology, we can finish the work ___
advance.
2. He worked so well that he _________ (advance) to the position of manager.
advanced
advance n. 进步,进展;前进,行进 vt. & vi. 发展,进步
Language points
in
advanced
lead
7. Who knows what beautiful works of art you will create, what medical advances you will make or what amazing technologies you will develop!
【词汇拓展】
amazingly adv. 令人惊奇地
amazedly adv. 惊奇地,吃惊地
amazed adj. 惊讶的;惊奇的
amaze vt. 使惊奇,使惊愕
amazement n. 惊讶;惊喜
be amazed at/by/that...对……感到惊讶
be amazed to do sth对做某事感到惊奇
amazing adj. 令人大为惊奇的,令人惊喜的
Language points
in
lead
【词汇拓展】
in amazement惊讶地
to one’s amazement 令某人吃惊的是
Language points
in
【即学即练】
1.These foreigners ____________ the great advances of China.
这些外国人对中国的巨大进步感到惊讶。
2. We ________________ that this boy has made ________(amaze) progress recently.
我们惊奇地发现,这个男孩最近取得了惊人的进步。
3. ________________,my lost purse got back a week later.
令我惊奇的是,我丢失的钱包一个星期后又回来了。
were amazed at
are amazed to find
amazing
To my amazement
lead
8. The possibilities are endless, and I have confidence in your ability to make a difference to your family, to your community and to our country.
【词汇拓展】
confident adj.自信的;有把握的
confidently adv. 自信地;安心地
with confidence 满怀信心地
have confidence in 对…有信心
build confidence 树立信心
be confident in sth. 对某事有信心
be confident about/of (doing) sth. 对(做)某事有把握
be confident that... 确信;肯定;自信
confidence n. 信心,信任;把握
Language points
in
lead
Language points
in
【即学即练】
1. He is confident of _______ (pass) the driving test.
2. Compared with them, we’re more _________(confidence) in success.
3. The manager had _________ (confident) in his ability.
4. You will be able to judge truth and error if you have confidence ___ yourself.
passing
confident
in
confidence
lead
9. To fully realize your potential, it is important for you to make the most of our school resources. Take advantage of your classes, learn from your teachers and classmates, and make use of our school facilities.
【词汇拓展】
make use of利用;使用
make good/full/little use of 好好/充分/不充分利用
make the best of 充分利用
take advantage of 利用
【典例】
I make little use of my own food.
make the most of 充分利用,尽情享受
Language points
in
lead
10. Of equal importance are good study habits, useful skills and a positive attitude.
【词汇拓展】
equality n. 平等;相等
equally adv. adv.(程度)相当地;平均地,相等地;同样(重要)地
be equal to 等于
be equal to (doing) sth.(in ...)(在……方面)等于/能胜任(做)某事
equal sb./sth.in (doing) sth.在(做)某事上比得过、敌得过某人/物
without equal 无与伦比
equal adj. 相等的;平等的;相当的 n. 同等的人(物)
linking v. 与…相等 vt.比得上
Language points
in
【即学即练】
1. The quality of life in France is _______(equal) excellent.
equally
lead
11. Senior high school will help you learn and grow, yet you alone are responsible for realizing your great potential.
【词汇拓展】
responsibly adv. 认真负责地;负责任;可靠地
responsibility n. 责任,职责;义务
irresponsible adj. 不负责任的,不可靠的
be responsible for...对……负责;成为起因
a sense of responsibility
responsible adj. 有责任,负责;可靠的
Language points
【即学即练】
1. Through the coming-of-age ceremony,we realize that strengthening the sense of ____________(responsible) is an important part of our growth.
responsibility
06.
Summary
Summary
Body
Closing
Opening
Realizing your potential
Para1:Welcome of students’ arrival
Para2:Description of school life
Para3:Definition of potential
Paras4-5:Advice on realizing potential
Para6:Expectation of students
07.
Assessment
Assessment
Learning Objectives Score(1-5)
1.After learning, I am able to describe the two interviewees’ feelings and plans about senior high school life.
2.After learning, I am able to summarize the outline and the theme of the speech by skimming for topic sentences and scanning for details.
3.After learning, I am able to evaluate the importance of realizing one’s potential and design personal action plans for realizing one’s potential.
5-完全能;4-基本能;3-不确定;2不太能;1-完全不能
08.
Homework
Homework
1. Read the text carefully, then copy and memorize three sentences you like.
2. Write a short passage about your plans to realize your potential in high school (at least 80 words).
Homework
你班将召开“高中新起点”主题班会,你作为学生代表发言,请以 Realize our potential in senior high 为题,写一篇英语演讲稿。内容必须包含:
1. 表达你步入高中的心情;2. 说说 1-2 个发掘自身潜能的具体做法;
3. 呼吁同学们一起努力。
二选一
1. 谈谈你对潜能的理解;
2. 从学习资源、学习习惯、心态三个角度,阐述发掘潜能的具体做法。
注意:
1. 字数80左右;
2. 为使行文连贯,可以适当增加细节。
Homework
Dear classmates,
It’s nice to speak here. Entering senior high school, I feel a little nervous but very excited, because we will meet many new challenges here.
To realize our potential, we should first work hard at all our lessons and learn from teachers and classmates. Besides, we can join some clubs to develop our hobbies and improve our skills.
Senior high is a new start. Let’s try our best and make progress together.
Thank you!
Homework
Dear classmates,
It’s my great honor to share my ideas about realizing our potential in senior high. As I see it, potential is our hidden power to grow and improve, and the three-year journey is just the key to unlocking it.
To fully realize our potential, we should make the most of school resources, from colorful clubs to professional teachers. We also need to develop good study habits, like planning carefully and setting clear goals. Most importantly, we should keep a positive attitude, even when we face difficulties.
Just as the old saying goes, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Let’s keep trying and grow into well-rounded individuals.
Thank you!
Thank you
for your listening
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