U1TeenageLife——ReadingandthinkingCulturalcornerFreshman:astudentinhisorher1styearofhighschoolorcollegeSophomore:astudentinhisorher2nd

yearofhighschoolorcollegeJunior:astudentinhisorher3rd

yearofhighschoolorcollegeSenior:astudentinhisorher4th

yearofhighschoolorcollegeThinkaboutaquestion:

Asafreshmanintheseniorhighschool,whatchallengeshaveyoufaced?AlotofrulesChallengeGreatpressureofhomeworkFrequentexaminationsExtra-curricularactivitiesSpecializedcoursesSeniorhighschoolisachallenge.P1Adamneedtothinkcarefullyaboutwhichcoursetochoose.P2Adamalsoneedtochooseextra-curricularactivities.Adamhavetostudyharderandgetusedtobeingresponsibleforalotmore.P3P4Skimming:Howtofindthemainideaofeachparagraph?Readformoredetails:1.WhatcoursedidAdamchoose?Whichonedoyouthinkwouldbehisfavorite?Why?2.Whatdose‘makeateam’inP3mean?3.WhatisAdamworriedabout?4.IsAdamconfidentthathewillgetusedtoseniorhighschoollife?Howdoyouknow?Math,English,chemistry,worldhistoryandChinese.AdvancedliteraturewouldbehisfavoritebecausehelikesEnglishandheisgoodatis.Selectedtojointhesportsteam.Heisworriedaboutkeepingupwithothersandgetusedtoallthehomework.Yes,becausehesaidhewillbewellpreparedforwhatevercomesinthefuture.GroupWork:Pleasecompletetheoutlineintask4anddiscussthequestionsbelowwithyourpartners.WhatkindofpersondoyouthinkAdamis?Why?What’sthedifferencebetweenAmerican’sschoollifeandourChineseschoollife?Active,confident,kind,hardworking.Becausehestudyhard,wanttojoinsportsteamandhelphomelesspeople.Theyhavemoreextra-curricularactivitiesandbeabletochoosesuitablecoursestheywant,wefollowasetcurricularandhavethesamecourses,timeforextra-curricularislimited.ParagraphChallengeHowAdamfeelsSolution1Confused2Choosing_____coursesTheschooladviser______________________________3He

willfindawayto______________________________4Hewill______________________________GoingfromjuniorhighschooltoseniorhighschoolsuitableChoosingextra-curricularactivitiesNotbeingabletokeepupwithothersabitnervousunhappyworriedhelpedhimtochoosehiscourses.improveonhisownandmaketheteamnextyear.workharderandbewellpreparedforhisfuture.Reviewofthepassage:P1拓展：challengen.挑戰(zhàn)；懷疑vt.向…挑戰(zhàn)；對…質(zhì)疑risetothechallenge奮起應(yīng)對挑戰(zhàn)takethechallengeofdoing接受挑戰(zhàn)做某事challenging=challengeableadj.具有挑戰(zhàn)性的challengesbtoagame/match/contest挑戰(zhàn)某人進行比賽

confusinga.難以理解的，不清楚的confuseda.糊涂的；迷惑的Reviewofthepassage:P2拓展：fluencyn.（不可數(shù)）流利fluentlyadv.流利地；通暢地graduatefrom...從(..學校)畢業(yè)graduatein...從（..專業(yè)）畢業(yè)graduationn.畢業(yè)aftergraduation畢業(yè)后，graduationdesign畢業(yè)設(shè)計，graduationceremony畢業(yè)典禮recommendsbtosb向某人推薦某人behighlyrecommended備受推崇internalrecommendation內(nèi)部推薦

Reviewofthepassage:P3拓展：challengen.挑戰(zhàn)；懷疑vt.向…挑戰(zhàn)；對…質(zhì)疑risetothechallenge奮起應(yīng)對挑戰(zhàn)takethechallengeofdoing接受挑戰(zhàn)做某事challenging=challengeableadj.具有挑戰(zhàn)性的challengesbtoagame/match/contest挑戰(zhàn)某人進行比賽

quitdoingsomething停止做某事callitquits叫停quitaplace離開一個地方insteadadv.代替；反而；相反(表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系)insteadof代替，而不是P4拓展：getusedtosomething/doingsomething習慣于usedtodo過去常常做某事beusedtodo/fordoing被用來做某事Completethesentenceswiththecorrectformsofthenewwordsfromthetext.1.I'mgoodatmaths,somyteacher______________thatIshouldchooseadvancedmathsinmyfirstyear.2.Findingtimeforbothstudiesandextra-curricularactivitiesisabig___________,solneedtomakeaworkableschedule.3.It'salittle____________tochoosesuitablecourses.Ihopethatmyadvisercanhelpmemakeagooddecision.4.Wecantryacoursefortwoweeksafterwe_________upforit.Afterthat,wecannotchangeit.

recommendedchallengeconfusingsigned5.Themainpurposeofthecourseistohelp___________eachstudent'sreadingability.6.Someofthestudentswanttobecomewritersoreditorsafterthey___________,sotheteacheradvisedthemtostartawritingclub.7.Theschoolis___________forthesafetyofallthestudents.8.WheneverI'mfacingadifficulty,Ialwaystellmyself,"Don'tletanythingstopyou.Don'tever_________.improvegraduateresponsiblequit010402031.Sheilaisthecoachoftheschoolbadmintonteam;she___________trainingtheplayers.2.Thiscourseseemsdifficultand____________freshmanstudents.Practicemakesperfect3.Manyteenagerstoday________onlinegames,buttheyshouldmanagetheirtimesothattheywon't_____thosegames.4.Youdon'thaveto________gettinglowgradesattheendofthetermifyoutryyourbestnow.isresponsibleforisnotsuitableforareattractedtoareaddictedt