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北师版(2019)必修一
Unit 1 LIFE CHOICES
TOPIC TALK
Learning objectives
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
1. listen to a talk given by a student who is a new senior in secondary
school and get to know how he talks about his new school life;
2. talk about your new school life with your partners;
3. listen to a dialogue and learn about some people’s life choices;
4. write a short paragraph about your new school life;
5. discuss some quotes about life choices.
New Words & Phrases
1. senior adj. 较高的,高级的
2. secondary adj. 中等教育;中级的;次要的
3. stressful adj. 充满压力的,紧张的
4. challenging adj. 富有挑战性的
5. differ vi. 不同,不一样,有区别
6. previous adj. 以前的,先前的
7. dynamic adj. 充满活力的;精力充沛的
8. campus n. 校园
9. schedule n. 日程表,计划表
10. expectation n. 期待;预料,预期
11. confidence n. 自信,信心;信赖
12. competence n. 能力,胜任
13. chapter n. 一段时期;章节
14. all in all 总而言之,总的来说
15. apartment n. 公寓套房
16. am (ante meridiem) 午前,上午
17. shift n. (工厂、医院等轮班制的)当班时间
18. pressure n. 压力
19. leisure n. 空闲,闲暇,业余时间
20. recover vi. 恢复健康,康复
21. injury n. 伤,损害
22. plus adj. 有利的,好的 prep. 加
23. unfortunately adv. 不幸地;令人遗憾地
24. challenge n. 挑战;具有挑战性的事物 vt. 向……挑战
25. arise vi. (问题或困难)出现,发生
Have a look at some pictures of our new school.
laboratory / lab
canteen / cafeteria
multimedia classroom
lecture hall
gymnasium / gym
playground
library
teaching building
classroom
dormitory
infirmary
auditorium
Talk about your new school life. Use the cues to help you.
Your New
School Life
What is it like?
Is it different from your previous school life?
How do you feel about it and why?
What is your plan for your new school life?
Read the Text Builder carefully from left to right.
Listen and complete it by underlining the words or expressions you hear in the right column.
don’t have fixed classrooms
sit around in groups
have group discussions
share ideas or check our work together
have different class schedules
I’m a new senior secondary school student. It is the start of a new chapter in my life. My new school life is very exciting. I feel excited because this school differs in many ways from my previous one. Previously, we had fixed classrooms where students all sat in rows. In my new school, we don’t have fixed classrooms. Students sit around in groups and we often have group discussions and share our ideas or check our work together. What is also very different is that students in the same class can have different class schedules. That means we go to different classrooms for different subjects of our own choices. In the next three years, I hope I will learn many new things. I also hope I will develop confidence in speaking English and develop competence in a variety of new skills. All in all, I hope to have a happier, more fruitful and satisfying life in my new school.
Tapescript
How does the girl introduce her new school life? What useful expressions does she use?
Personal feelings
Reasons
Expectations
I feel ...
because ...
examples (Previously, ... In my new school, ... What is also different is that ...)
In the next three years, I hope ...
I also hope ...
All in all, I hope ...
Use the Text Builder to talk about your new school life.
Example
I’m a new senior secondary school student. My new school life is very exciting and it differs in many ways from my previous one ...
What are some important life choices?
Life
Choices
what to do as your job
which university to go to
which subject to study
what major to choose
where to live or work
You will listen to a dialogue about three people’ s lives. Read and predict.
Bob Fred Ms Johnson
Job
Work schedule
Positives about the job
Negatives about the job
Listen to the dialogue. Complete the notes below.
Bob Fred Ms Johnson
Job
Work schedule
Positives about the job
Negatives about the job
Doctor
starts work at 7 am, works 12-hour shifts
gets to solve problems and help people recover from illnesses and injuries
has to make correct decisions all the time; a lot of pressure; busy, little time for leisure
Football player
trains for 10 months a year, 5 hours a day
travels a lot to different countries for matches; hears people cheer him on
gets injured while training or playing
Business manager
most days in the office from 8 am until late evening
gets to make important decisions
stressful work; doesn’t get to see her family enough
(I = Interviewer B = Bob F = Fred J = Ms Johnson)
I: Hello, Bob. What is your life like as a doctor?
B: Well, a doctor’s life can be quite stressful as I have many patients to see. I usually leave my apartment at 6.30 am
and get to work by seven in the morning. I work 12-hour shifts in the hospital. Being a doctor means I have to make correct decisions all the time, which puts a lot of pressure on me. Although being a doctor keeps me very busy, with little time for leisure, I have no regrets as I love solving problems and I get to help people recover from illnesses and injuries.
I: Hello, Fred. What is your life like as a football player?
F: Being famous isn’t as easy as you think. As a football player I have to train for 10 months a year, five hours a day.
I can get injured while training or playing and that’s the worst! On the plus side, I get to travel a lot to different countries for matches and of course, hearing people cheer you on is great!
I: Hello, Ms Johnson. What is your life like as a business manager?
J: Being a business manager, I’m in the office most days from 8 am until late in the evening. Being a manager means
I get to make important decisions and I really enjoy that. Unfortunately, the job can also be stressful, especially when challenges arise and I work so much that I feel I don’t see my family enough. That’s the worst part of my job.
Tapescript
Take turns to talk about their life choices.
Bob
Fred
Ms Johnson
Use the language you have learnt to write a short paragraph about your new school life. Then share it in groups.
Read and think.
What can you learn from this quote?
What does it mean?
Do you agree with the quote or not?
There is no substitute for hard work.
—— Thomas A. Edison
努力没有替代品。
——托马斯·A. 爱迪生
Thomas A. Edison (1847 – 1931), an American inventor and businessman.
Read and think.
Quietude promotes learning, frugality cultivates virtue. One can’t show high ideals without simple living; one can’t have lofty aspirations without a peaceful state of mind.
—— Zhuge Liang
静以修身,俭以养德。非淡泊无以明志,非宁静无以致远。
——诸葛亮
Zhuge Liang (181 – 234), a Chinese politician and military strategist who served as the prime minister of the State of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period.
What can you learn from this quote?
What does it mean?
Do you agree with the quote or not?
Read and think.
To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield.
—— Alfred Tennyson
去奋斗,去追求,去发现,永不屈服。
——阿尔弗雷德·丁尼生
Alfred Tennyson (1809 – 1892), a British poet.
What can you learn from this quote?
What does it mean?
Do you agree with the quote or not?
Read and think.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
—— Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
寻找自我的最好方法就是让自己投身到为别人服务中去。
——莫罕达斯·卡拉姆昌德·甘地
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869–1948), the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule.
What can you learn from this quote?
What does it mean?
Do you agree with the quote or not?
Record a speech to introduce your new school life.
Homework
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