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Welcome unit
Welcome Unit
Reading and Thinking
First Impressions
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
master key adjectives to describe emotions.
learn to use skimming to identify the main idea of the text and scanning to locate specific details.
describe the author's emotional change through predicting and organizing information, .
write an essay to share your first day of senior high school.
Learning objectives
Work in pairs and discuss the following question.
• How did you feel on your first day of senior high school?
I felt very excited, but also anxious on my first day of senior high school. It was the beginning of a new part of my life and everything seemed so new and interesting. On the other hand, I was worried that I would not be able to make friends and that the schoolwork would be too hard.
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Different feelings
happy
anxious
frightened
annoyed
excited
curious
...
nervous
Look at the title “FIRST IMPRESSIONS” and the pictures in the text.
Prediction
Can you guess what the text is about?
Can you guess where the text is taken from?
In what order is the passage organised?
It is about Han Jing’s first impressions of senior high school on her first school day.
The text is taken from a social networking website (社交网站) on a phone or a tablet.
In time order.
主旨大意题(高考常考)
文章出处题(高考常考)
n. 印象;感想
Skimming
Read the text and match the main idea with each paragraph.
Para. 1 A. Han Jing’s first maths class.
Para. 2 B. Han Jing’s worries about the new school day.
Para. 3 C. Han Jing’s feelings on her first senior high school day.
Para. 4 D. Han Jing’s first chemistry class.
Skimming
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Read the text and discuss the questions.
• Why did Han Jing feel anxious before school?
• How was her first maths class?
• What happened in the chemistry class? What would you do if this happened to you?
• What did Han Jing learn from her first day at senior high school?
She is not outgoing.
It was difficult.
The guy next to Han Jing tried to talk to her the whole time. If this happened to me, I would ignore him.
She learnt that she would make new friends there and there was a lot to explore at senior high school.
Scanning
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Read the text carefully and choose the correct answers.
1. What can we learn from Paragraph 1?
A. Han Jing was outgoing.
B. Han Jing hoped to make some new friends at her new school.
C. Han Jing thought her classmates would talk to her.
D. Han Jing didn’t like to go to school.
2. What did Han Jing think of her new maths teacher?
A. Strict but kind. B. Rude and helpless.
C. Helpful but shy. D. Friendly and kind.
3. What did Han Jing mean by the sentence “I really wanted to tell him to please be quiet and leave me alone!”?
A. The boy next to her was annoying.
B. Han Jing’s deskmate liked to make others happy.
C. Han Jing thought her classmates were not friendly.
D. Han Jing didn’t want to make friends with others.
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Read the text carefully and choose the correct answers.
4. Han Jing thought her first day at senior high school was ________.
A. useless B. wonderful C. boring D. frightening
5. According to the text, we know ________.
A. Han Jing made a good first impression on her classmates and teachers
B. Han Jing’s maths teacher is very funny
C. Han Jing didn’t tell the guy next to her to be quiet
D. Han Jing felt awkward on her first day of senior high school
6. It can be inferred from the text that Han Jingwill________.
A.feel awkward and frightened at senior high school
B.be short of confidence in her future
C.get used to her new school life little by little
D. find it easy to keep up with her classmates
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Fill in the table with the words and phrases from the text, and tell a partner about Han Jing’s day.
maths class, difficult, a kind and friendly teacher, happy
chemistry class, the guy next to me tried to talk to me the whole time, couldn’t concentrate on the experiment, annoyed
didn’t feel awkward or frightened, will make new friends, a lot to explore, more confident
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Retell the text with the help of the following chart.
Han Jing’s feelings
Mood
High
Down
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Tian Hua is a new student at a school in America. She is studying at an American high school for one year. In China, Tian Hua was in Grade 1 at ________ high school, but in America, she is in Grade 10! She did not _____________ at all when she arrived. Her first ___________was that English was difficult and people spoke too quickly, but soon she found that if she _______________ the ideas, not the single words, she could understand! She also made friends and began to ________ the city with them. Her new friends were happy to explain things to her after class. Her favourite class is chemistry because the teacher lets the students do cool ____________! Tian Hua is not sure how well she will do at school this year, but she is not nervous any more. She is excited!
Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words and phrases below.
explore impression feel confident senior experiment concentrate on
senior
feel confident
impression
concentrated on
explore
experiments
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Homework
Write an essay titled
“My First Day of School”.
Thank you !
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