Unit-1-The-Freshman-Challenge

seniorhighschool高中juniorhighschool初中graduate毕业freshman(大学或中学)一年级新生challenge挑战,艰巨的任务solution解决办法,答案course/curriculum课程extra-curricularactivities课外活动confusing难以理解的,不清楚的confused糊涂的，迷惑的fluent流利的，熟练的recommend建议,推荐signupforsth报名(参加课程)advanced高级的，高等的，先进的quit停止，放弃beresponsiblefor…对…负责KeyWordssuitable合适的obviously显然literature文学maketheteam成为队员,加入…队TheFreshmanChallengeReadingYoucanfindmainideasbyfirsttakingaquickatthetitle,picture(s),keywordsandphrases,andtopicsentences.titlepicture(s)mainideaskeywordsphrasestopicsentencesSkimSkimHi!MynameisAdamandI’mafreshmanatseniorhighschool.Goingfromjuniorhighschooltoseniorhighschoolisareallybigchallenge.Thefirstweekwasalittleconfusing.Paragraph1seniorhighschoolisareallybigchallengeFirst,IhadtothinkverycarefullyaboutwhichcourseIwantedtotake.Theschooladviserhelpedmechoosethesuitableones:maths,English,chemistry,worldhistory,andChinese.IknowthatChineseisaverydifficultlanguage,butIhopetobefluentwhenIgraduate.MyadviserrecommendedthatIshouldsighupforadvancedliteraturebecauseIlikeEnglishandI’mgoodatit.Paragraph2IhadtothinkverycarefullyaboutwhichcourseIwantedtotake.Ihadtochooseextra-curricularactivities,too.Itriedtojointheschoolfootballteam,butthecoachtoldmethatIdidn’tplaywellenough.Obviously,Iwasunhappy,butIwon’tquit.I’llfindawaytoimproveonmyownsothatIcanmaketheteamnextyear.Ijoinedavolunteerclubinstead.EveryWednesday,weworkatasoupkitchenandhandoutfoodtohomelesspeopleinthecommunity.Paragraph3Ihadtochooseextra-curricularactivitiesIknowI’llhavetostudyharderasaseniorhighschoolstudentandgetusedtobeingresponsibleforalotmore.I’mabitworriedaboutkeepingupwiththeotherstudentsinmyadvancedcourse,andit’llbequitedifficulttogetusedtoallthehomework.Still,I’mhappytobehere.Studyinghardisn’talwaysfun,butI’llbewellpreparedforuniversityorwhateverelsecomesinthefuture.Paragraph4I’llhavetostudyharderandgetusedtobeingresponsibleforalotmoreParagraphMainIdeasPara1Para2Para3Para4TheMainIdeaSeniorhighschoolisachallenge.Adamhadtothinkverycarefullyaboutwhichcourseshewantedtotake.Adamhadtochooseextra-curricularactivities.Adamwillhavetostudyharderinthefutureandgetusedtobeingresponsibleforalotmore.TheOutlinePara-graphChallengeHowAdamfeelsSolution1234GoingfromjuniorhighschooltoseniorhighschoolConfusedChoosingthesuitablecoursesCareful/SeriousTheschooladviserhelpedhimchoosesuitablecourses.MakingtheschoolfootballteamunhappyHewillfindawaytoimproveinordertomaketheteamnextyear.KeepingupwiththeotherstudentsinhisadvancedcourseandgettingusedtoallthehomeworkWorriedbutstillhappy,confidentabouthisfutureHewilltrytostudyharderandgetusedtobeingresponsibleforalotmore.Hi!MynameisAdamandI’mafreshmanatseniorhighschool.Goingfromjuniorhighschooltoseniorhighschoolisareallybigchallenge.Thefirstweekwasalittleconfusing.Paragraph1toseniorhighschoolGoingfromjuniorhighschoolconfusingFirst,IhadtothinkverycarefullyaboutwhichcourseIwantedtotake.Theschooladviserhelpedmechoosethesuitableones:maths,English,chemistry,worldhistory,andChinese.IknowthatChineseisaverydifficultlanguage,butIhopetobefluentwhenIgraduate.MyadviserrecommendedthatIshouldsighupforadvancedliteraturebecauseIlikeEnglishandI’mgoodatit.Paragraph2coursechoosethesuitablecarefullyTheschooladviserhelpedmeIhadtochooseextra-curricularactivities,too.Itriedtojointheschoolfootballteam,butthecoachtoldmethatIdidn’tplaywellenough.Obviously,Iwasunhappy,butIwon’tquit.I’llfindawaytoimproveonmyownsothatIcanmaketheteamnextyear.Ijoinedavolunteerclubinstead.EveryWednesday,weworkatasoupkitchenandhandoutfoodtohomelesspeopleinthecommunity.Paragraph3jointheschoolfootballteammakeunhappyI’llfindawaytoimproveIknowI’llhavetostudyharderasaseniorhighschoolstudentandgetusedtobeingresponsibleforalotmore.I’mabitworriedaboutkeepingupwiththeotherstudentsinmyadvancedcourse,andit’llbequitedifficulttogetusedtoallthehomework.Still,I’mhappytobehere.Studyinghardisn’talwaysfun,butI’llbewellpreparedforuniversityorwhateverelsecomesinthefuture.Paragraph4keepingupwiththeotherstudentsgetusedtoallthehomeworkworriedhappywellpreparedstudyhardergetusedtobeingresponsibleYourChallenge&YourSolutionAsafreshmaninseniorhighschool,Ifound…isachallengeforme.Whyandhow?Myclassmatehelpedme…Myteachers/parentsrecommendedthatIshould…ReportHomeworkPolishyourreportandshare.Reviewthewords,phrasesandsentencedinthetext.