1、Unit 1 Back to schoolWelcome to the unit&Reading ILead-inSenior high school is a time of learning and discovery.What do you expect to learn and discover?Have a free talk about senior high school.Learning different subjectsChineseMathEnglish GeographyPhysicsChemistry BiologyHistoryReading ClubBasketb
2、all ClubArt ClubDiscovering interesting clubsEnglish ClubCalligraphy ClubDancing ClubWelcome to the unitPre listeningRachel from School News is interviewing two students about their new school life.1.Learn about the background information.Listening tip:Scan the exercises quickly before watching the
3、video so that you have a clear goal.Have a guess what youre going to hear.2.Scan the exercises and have a guess.While listeningArt Clubvery excitedEnglish and PhysicsWatch the video and fill in the blanks.Post listeningUseful words and expressions:interesting challenging enjoyable exciting helpfulju
4、nior high school senior high schoolbe different from be more difficult thanwork harder(in)improvespend more time on Q1:What do you think of your new school life so far?Q2:In what areas do you think you can do well at seniorhigh school?In what areas will you have to work harder?Talk in pairs about yo
5、ur new school life.ReadingPre readingMr Xu,the principal,is giving a speechto the new senior high school students on the first day of term.Predict the content.Look at the title and the pictures.Then have a guess:Realizing your potentialWhile reading1.skim and find the topic sentences.Read the speech
6、 transcript quickly and try to find the topic sentence for each paragraph.Para 1.Para 2.Welcome of students arrivalDescription(描述)of _new school lifePara 3.Para 4.Definition(定义)of _Advice on using_potentialschool resourcesPara 5.Para 6.Importance of habits,skills and _Expectations(期待)for studentsatt
7、itudeText structureP1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 Welcome of students arrivalDescription of new school lifeDefinition of potentialAdvice on using school resourcesImportance of habits,skills and attitudeExpectations for studentsIntroduction BodyConclusionhow?what?Read the speech transcript again carefully and ans
8、wer the following questions.Tip:(关键词定位法关键词定位法)To find the key information needed,you can circle the key words in each question before reading and locate them in the text to get theinformation you need.2.Scan and answer the questions.Para 2.“However,for those of you with a positive mind,opportunityli
9、es in each challenge.”(Para 2.)enjoy personal growthacquire great knowledgeQ:What is the relationship between challenge and opportunity?challengeopportunityPara 3.“Put simply,potential is your natural ability that can be developed when you try hard enough.”(Para 3.)potential+try hard enough ability“
10、.and I have confidence in your ability to make a difference to your family,your community and our country.”(Para 3.)Para 4.Q:What resource is the most useful to you?Why do you think so?takeadvantageofschool resourcesclassesteachersclassmatesschool facilitiesschool activitiesPara 5.A speech is a form
11、al talk that a person gives to an audience(听众听众).A good speech keeps the audience interested all the time.Its useful to use some rhetoric devices(修辞手法修辞手法)to achieve the goal.3.Analyze the rhetoric devices.As Confucius said,“Study without thinking leads to confusion;thinking without study ends in pu
12、zzlement.”(学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。)2.metaphor 暗喻暗喻Hope is a good breakfast,but it is a bad supper.3.parallelism 排比排比No one can be perfectly free till all are free;no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral;no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.1.quotation 引用引用5.asking questions
13、 提问提问Do you know?4.telling interesting stories 讲故事讲故事Once upon a time,there was an old man who.When I was young,IHave you ever?What?Q:How does the principal try to keep his audience interested?What rhetoric devices does he use?Para.1:Today is the start of a new term,the start of a three-year journey
14、 and the start of a promising future.Para.3:Who knows what beautiful works of art you will create,what medical advances you will make or what amazing technology you will develop!Para.2:Most importantly,your time and effort at senior high school will open the door to your potential.Para.3:“What is po
15、tential?”you may ask.parallelismmetaphorasking questionsparallelism Para.6:As Lao-Tzu wisely said,“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”quotationQ:Why does the principal give the speech to the new senior high school students on the first day of term?Inspiration Encouragement Guidance Motivation4.Analyze the writing purposes.Post readingQ1:What can you learn from the principals speech?Reflect on what you have learnt.Q2:How do you plan to make use of your senior high school life?Study without thinking leads to confusion;thinkingwithout study ends in puzzlement.Confucius
