Module 1 My First Day at Senior High Cultural Corner,Their classes are lively and interesting,Their after-school activities are colorful.,Teaching aims,1.Master the new words and phrases. 2.Understand the main idea of the text and can answer some questions. 3.Master the usages of some language points and can use them in the exercises.,Fast-Reading,Whats the differences and similarities between American and Chinese school systems? (2nd paragraph) Similarities: A school year is divided into two semesters. Differences: American schools have long vacations.,Details,Read the passage carefully and answer these questions, Which grades are high school? What do they need if they want to go to college?,Ninth to twelfth grades.,A high diploma.,Paragraph 1 Questions:, How long does secondary school cover in the US?,Seven years.,Paragraph 2 Questions: How many semesters are there in the school year?,Two semesters., What are they? The first of which is September through December, and the second January through May. What is the school schedule? They start at 7:50 am and they finish at 3 pm.,Paragraph 3 Question: What is the main idea of this paragraph?,The students after-school activities.,Paragraph 4 Question: What is the main idea of the paragraph? The author wants to know something about the Chinese school system.,Discussion,What do you think of the American school system? And what about China? (Please express your own opinion and discuss with your partner.),Language points,1. cover vt.覆蓋;走完; 看完;占地面積;報導;包含; 1) Cover the sleeping child with your coat. 2) The mountain was covered with snow all the year round. 3) He covered the distance in 15 minutes. 4) How many pages have you covered? 5) The city covers ten square miles. 6) I want our best reporters sent to cover the trial (審訊). 7) The dictionary does not cover the whole English vocabulary.,2. The school year is divided into two semesters, the first of which is September through December divide（使某物）分割開；分開；分隔, 常與介詞into搭配使用。如：,divide a large house into flats 把一所大房子分隔成若干套間 divide a novel into chapters 把一部小說分成若干章節 divide the class into small groups 把那個班分成幾個小組,the first of which is 引導的是非限制性定語從句。,這是由“名詞/代詞+of+關系代詞”引導的定語從句。這種形式可以用于指人，也可以用于指物。指人時關系代詞用whom，指物時用which。又如：,Her sons, both of whom work abroad, ring her up every week. 她的兩個兒子，都在國外工作， 他們每周都給她打電話來。,He went with a group of people, few of whom were correctly equipped for such a climb. 他和一隊人一起去了，其中沒有幾個人配有進行這樣一次登山的適當裝備。 The buses, most of which were already full, were surrounded by an angry crowd. 公共汽車大多數都已經擠滿了人，它們被憤怒的人群包圍著。,3. join/join in/ take part in/ attend 參加,注: take an active part in take part with 站在.一邊 play an important part in play the part/role of (1) join become a member of 加入某些組織 join the Party/army/the United Nation (2) join sb in sth/doing 與一起參加(正在進行的活動) join us in our talk join us in buying sth for her,(3) take part in 參加(有組織的某項活動) I joined the school basket team, but didnt take part in its important competition held last week. (4) attend 參加（會議）；照顧 attend the meeting attend school attend (to) the wounded There will be more athletes taking part inthe 2008 Olympic to be held in Beijing.,Exercises,1.As a young man,Comrade ZhouEnlai_the studentsmovements and later_the Communist Party of China. A. joined;took part in B.took part in;joined C.joined in;took part in D. took part of;joined 2._with a table cloth the table looks very nice. A.Covering B.Covered C.Having covered D.Having been covered 3.The tourists were _three groups to visit the museum. A.divided into B.divided from C.separated into D.separated from,4.The housing area _ _ _ _three square kilometres.(這片居住區占地三平方公里.) 5.Did you _the mee