unit 1Teenage Life

culturalrelicsUnitOneTeenageLifeLookatthefollowingpicturesanddiscussthedifferencesofschoollifebetweenChinaandothercountriesPre-readingDiscussingLookatthepicturesandreadthetitleofthepassageonpage14andpredictwhatthepassageisprobablyabout_______________________________________PredictingThepassageisprobablyaboutthefreshmanchallengeinseniorhighschool.1.Firstreading(1)Matchthemainideawitheachparagraph.Para.1.A.Choosethesuitablecourses.Para.2B.Chooseextra-curricularactivities.Para.3C.Studyharderandberesponsibleforalotmore.Para.4D.Seniorhighschoolisachallenge.Fast-reading1.What'sthemainideaofthepassage?A.It'sabouttheauthor'snewschoolinseniorhigh.B.It'saboutthechallengestheauthorfacedwithafterheenteredseniorhighschool.C.It'sabouttheauthor’sextra-curricularactivitiesinseniorhighschool.D.It'saboutthenewsubjectstheauthorwilllearninseniorhighschool.TrueorFalse1.Adamisasophomoreinseniorhighschool.2.Astudentcanchoosehiscoursesonlybyhimself.3.Hisadviserrecommendedhimtosignupforadvancedliteraturebecauseitwasveryimportant.4.AfterAdamwasrefusedtojointhefootballteam,hefeltunpleasant.5.Fromthepassagewecanseestudyinginseniorhighschoolisquitedifferentfromthatinjuniorhighschool.TFFFTReadfordetails.1.WhichcoursedoyouthinkwouldbeAdam'sfavouriteandwhy?2.WhatisAdamworriedabout?Advancedliterature.BecausehelikesEnglishandheisgoodatit.Heisworriedaboutkeepingupwithothersandfindsitdifficulttogetusedtoallthehomework.Post-reading1.Afterreadingthepassage,pleasefillinthefollowingblanksAdamisafreshmaninseniorhighschool.Heisfacedwithmany1__________(challenge)atthistime.Atfirst,hedidn’tknowwhichcourses2_________(choose),buthisadviserhelpedhimsolvethisproblem.ThoughhechoseChinese,hethought3_____wasverydifficultandhopedtobe4_________(fluency)whenhegraduated.Hisadviseralsorecommendedthathe5___________(sigh)upfor6_________(advance)literature.Inaddition,hewantedtojointheschoolfootballteambut7____________(refuse),8_______madehimunhappy.Hedidn’tgiveupanddecidedtofindawaytoimproveonhisownandmaketheteamnextyear.Nowheisavolunteer,9________(hand)outfoodtohomelesspeople.Studyinghardisn’talwaysfun,buthewilltryhisbesttokeepup10_______others.challengestochooseitfluent(should)signadvancedwasrefusedwhichhandingwith2.Thinkinganddiscussing:WhatkindofpersondoyouthinkAdamis?Andwhy?Heisaconfidentandpositivefreshman.Becauseheisahardworkingstudentandgoodatdealingwiththechallenges,andhe’llbewellpreparedforwhatevercomesinthefuture.