Unit

9

Learning

TopicTalkLet'stalkWhat

subjects

do

you

study

at

school?general

technology

IT(informationtechnology)psychology

artChinese

PE/physical

educationmusicpoliticsgeographyhistoryphysicschemistry

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is

the

concept

that

makes

it

unique.biology2.Those

who

don't

know

it

are

destined

to

repeat

it.history3.The

only

place

where

people

buy

sixty

watermelons

and

no

onewonders

why.mathematics4.It

is

the

study

of

transformation.chemistry5.It

ought

to

be

the

part-time

profession

of

every

citizen,whopoliticswould

protect

the

rights

and

privileges

of

free

people.Guesswhat

subject

it

is.6.Itisasubjectthat

makesyour

heart

race.PE7.Itexpressesthatwhichcannotbesaid

andon

which

it

is

impossible

to

be

silent.music8.Itisnotwhatyousee,butwhatyoumake

others

see.art9.Withoutit,youarenowhere.geography10.People

study

it

because

they

are

curious

about

how

theuniverse

works.physicsGuess

whatsubjectit

is.The

subject

I

enjoy

most

at

schoolthemeans/method

somebodyusesto

learn,likenote-taking,groupdiscussion,searchingforinformation,doing

projects,etc.PairWorkWhichsubject

do

you

enjoy

mostatschool?Discuss

andexplainwhy.Usethe

questionsto

help

you.WhyisityourWhat

do

youWhatisyour

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subject

I

enjoy

most

at

school

is

geography

,because

I

can

learn

a

lot

about

various

countriesand

what

geographical

features

they

have,which

I

find

interesting

and

useful.The

learning

approach

I

use

is

learning

with

thehelpof

visualaids.

For

example,I

often

use

aworld

atlas(地圖冊)to

find

each

country.Things

to

Do/Learnworkwith

a

partnerdogroup

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online/to

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learn

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new

ideastakepartin

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into

college/universitypass

an

exam/a

testwin

a

competition/aprizeestablishagoodfoundation

for

thenext

year/my

next

stage

of

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the

Text

Builder

carefully.Then

listen

to

the

dialogue

andcomplete

it

by

underlining

the

words

or

expressions

you

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learning

goal

is

toI

liketo

afterclass.My

favouritesubject

is

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geography,music,PE,

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favourite

subject

is

English.I

prefer

to

communicate

with

a

partnerin

English

rather

than

learn

individually.I

really

enjoy

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great

benefit

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my

studybecauseIcanchoosemyown

learning

materials

and

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Iwant.

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withforeigners

fluently

in

the

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more

fluent

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into

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a

goodfoundation

for

the

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to

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in

problem-

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the

Text

Builder

to

talk

about

the

way

you

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nextstage

ofnew

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is

1

goingtothelibrary

to

revise

for

an

English

exam

next

week.He

still

needs

to

2

brushupon

Some

language

points.He

prefers

to

3studyalone

in

aquietplace

sothathe

can

4concentrate

and

keep

the

details

straight

in

his

head.He

who

learns

but

does

not

think

is

lost.He

whothinksbut

doesnot

learn

is

in

great

danger.—ConfuciusBeingignorantisnotsomuch

a

shame,as

beingunwilling

to

learn.—Benjamin

FranklinQuote

&UnquoteI

believe

that

the

most

beautiful

meaning

oflife,and

thehappiest

result

ofour

experiences,is

learning.—Honore

de

BalzacThere

is

no

end

to

education.It

is

not

that

you

read

a

book,

pass

an

examination,and

finish

with

educ