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MySeniorYear

thebeautifulcampusofhighschoolCampusmeansschoolyardTheBeautifulCampusLookattheinformationinthechartandanswerthequestions.INTRODUCTIONAnswerthequestions1.Atwhatagedostudentsstartseniorhighschool?2.Whatistheaverageageforleavingmiddleschool?3.Howmanyyearsofseniorhighschoolarethere?4.Ifyouareinthetenthgrade,howoldareyoulikelytobe?5.Whatisthefinalyearofseniorhighschoolcalled?1413--14415--16senioryearLookatthechartaboveandcomparetheAmericanschoolsystemwiththeChineseschoolsystem,andtrytotellthedifference.Discussion1/72/83/913-1414-1515-1612316-1717-1818-19DrawachartaboutChineseschoolsystem.ChineseclassroomAmericanclassroomsOntheplaygroundontheplaygroundComeon!Comeon!Comeon!Ifyourclassmatesarerunning,whatwillyoushout

tothem?TheChineseschoolcheerleading

Studying/workingtogethertalkingwithclassmateshappilyThey’rehavingapicnic.What’rethestudentsdoingoutside?EatingintheopenairthehighschoolperformancesthehighschoolperformancesschoolbandahighschoolpromThehighschoolpromThehighschoolpromreceivingthehighschooldiplomastudentsreceivingtheirhighschooldiplomaICountasquicklyasyoucan:Howmanyparagraphsarethereinthispassage?There’reeight.

IIListentothepassageandthenmatchtheparagraphswiththeirmainideas:Para

mainidea1I’mlookingbackatmysenior

year.2Myschoollifeisalmostover.3threeotherthingsI’mpleasedabout4WehadfunskiingontheRockyMountains.5Iwaselectedpromqueenandwehadgreatfunonthecoast.6Workingasanartseditorisasuccessforme.7Ienjoyedworkingasapeermediator.8Thehighlightoftheyearwastheseniorprom.

IIIChoosethestructureofthepassage?（paragraphs①②③④⑤⑥⑦⑧）①②③③④④⑤⑤⑥⑥⑦⑦⑧⑧①②ABIIIWhatisthepassagemainlyabout?A.It’saboutJoanna’ssenioryear.B.It’saboutthewonderfulthingsin

Joanna’ssenioryear.C.It’saboutJoanna’ssuccesses.D.It’saboutJoanna’sseniorprom.Summary(小結(jié))WorkingasanartseditorWorkingasapeermediator.SkiingontheRockyMountains.OtherthingsI’mpleasedaboutThehighlight:mqueen/funonthecoast.Schoollifeisalmostover.Lookingbackatmysenioryear.Completethesentenceswiththecorrectfromthewordsinthebox1.What________didyougetinyourEnglishLiteratureexam?2.Thedancehallwas__________.3.Joannawillremembertheprom_______.4.Youlookwonderfulinthat_________dress.?Itreally________you.5.Daniellookedvery________inhis__________.Competitivedinnerjacketdiplomaelegantenormouseventforevergradehighlightmeanwhilerentsmartsuit(V.)traininggradeenormous/elegant/smartsmartforeverelegantsuitsdinnerjacket6.He_____abigcartogototheprom.7.It’sthemostimportantsocial______oftheyear.8.Youneed____________formostjobs.9.Ifyoupassyourexams,youreceiveyourHighSchool________.10.____________peoplewanttobethebestateverything.11.Goandhaveyourhairdone._________,I’llringourfriends.12.ForJoanna,the__________oftheeveningwasbeingelectedpromqueen.rentedeventdiplomahighlightMeanwhiletrainingCompetitiveDiscussionWhatkindofpersonisJoanna?Describeher.

Sheisanoutgoingpersonwholikestobeinvolvedinstudentlife.Sheenjoyspositionsofresponsibility.Sheisalsocopetitive.Shelikestohaveagoodtimewithherfriends,too.SeeyouSynonym1.diploma/certificate/degreediploma譯為文憑、畢業(yè)證書certificate一般譯為證書或證明，通常指某個(gè)人在參加了考試、培訓(xùn)后獲得的結(jié)業(yè)證書，跟學(xué)位沒有關(guān)系。degree可譯為學(xué)位，通常指在大學(xué)或研究所完成一定的學(xué)習(xí)或研究后獲得的相應(yīng)的學(xué)位,如：BachelorofArts(文學(xué)學(xué)士)，MasterofScience(理學(xué)碩士)等。e.g.IobtainedmyBachelordegreeofArtsinBeijingUniversity.我在北京大學(xué)獲得了文學(xué)學(xué)士學(xué)位。2.match，fit與suit用法比較：(1)match色彩，式樣的的搭配；相一致Thesecoloursdon’tmatch.這些顏色不相配。(2)fit指大小，尺寸適合。Theseshoesfitmeverywell.這雙鞋子我穿著大小正合適。(3)suit一般指氣候、食物、花色、款式、設(shè)計(jì)等適合某人。Thisclimatedoesn’tsuither.這種氣候不適合她Richfooddoesn’tsuitmystomach.油膩的食物不適合我的胃口。3.elect/chooseelect推選、選舉choose選擇、選定choosetodo“選擇去做…”.e.g.ButthebigsurpriseoftheeveningwaswhenIwaselectedpromqueen!electsb.to…選某人到…electsb.president選某人為主席HewaselectedtotheParliamentin1978.他于1978年入選議會(huì)。4.enormous/hugeenormous在這里譯為龐大、巨大，它既可以表示具體的體積大、數(shù)量多，也可以表示程度的大，有時(shí)表示超出常規(guī)的想象。huge廣大的、巨大的，一般指體積的大。settle/solvesettle解決，處理解決爭(zhēng)端，爭(zhēng)論，事情solve解決，解答解決問題，困難settledown定居，使安靜下來6.(1)consider(考慮)(2)consider(認(rèn)為)+n./pron.考慮某事+doingsth.打算做某事+疑問詞+todosth.打算/考慮做…+從句考慮……+sb./sth.+adj./n.認(rèn)為某人/某事+sb./sth.+tobe...認(rèn)為某人/某事+sb./sth.+as...把某人/某事當(dāng)作+that-clause認(rèn)為……+it+adj./n./從句認(rèn)為……e.g.Pleaseconsidermysuggestion.I’mconsideringbuyinganewhouse.Youmustconsiderhowtodotheexperiment.WeconsideritimportanttolearnEnglish.ZhouKaiisconsidered(tobe)anexcellentstudent.(4)allthingsconsidered常作狀語，意思是“考慮到問題、情況等的各個(gè)方面”。Allthingsconsidered，hisplanispractical.考慮到各方面，他的計(jì)劃是很實(shí)用的。(5)Itisconsideredthat...人們認(rèn)為……（6）considerate(adj.)體貼的（7）considerable(adj.)相當(dāng)大的（8）considering(prep.)/(conj.)考慮到（9）consideration(n.)考慮；體貼oconsideration考慮7.keen(adj.）渴望的；熱衷的；著迷的bekeentodosth.渴望做某事bekeenabout喜愛；對(duì)……著迷bekeenon(doing)sth.(口)喜愛；對(duì)…著迷bekeenthat…渴望…beeagerforsth./todosth.渴望做某事beanxiousaboutsth.渴望某物Thepeopleinthisvillageareverykeenonart.HeiskeentohavealookattheGreatWall.Sheiskeenthatweshouldgo.她熱情地叫我們?nèi)ァ?.lookbackon/at回顧，回憶bringback使想起；使恢復(fù)eg.Onlookingbackon/athischildhood,theoldmanfeelshappier.lookdownon/upon輕視，看不起lookupto仰慕；尊敬(某人)lookinto調(diào)查lookon旁觀lookout小心，留神lookover把……看一遍；檢查lookthrough瀏覽；核查lookup查找，查閱9.asfarasI’mconcerned...就我而言asfarasI’m/we’reconcerned就我/我們而言asfarassth.isconcerned就某事而論asfarasIknow據(jù)我所知asfarastheeyecansee就視力所能及Thecarisgoodasfarastheengineisconcerned.就發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)而言，這種車非常好。10.inmyview/opinion依我看來withaviewto…由于，為了…inview在看得見的地方Inviewofthesefacts,wecandoagreatdeal.

鑒于這些事實(shí)，我們可以成交。

Hemovedtotheseasidewithaviewtoimprovinghishealth

findsb./sth.doing發(fā)現(xiàn)某人/物正在做…findoneselfdoing發(fā)現(xiàn)自己不知不覺在做…findsb./sth.done發(fā)現(xiàn)某人/物被……findsb./sth.＋介詞短語findsb./sth.＋adj./adv.發(fā)現(xiàn)某人/物處于……狀態(tài)findit＋adj.＋todosth.發(fā)現(xiàn)做某事是…find+that從句發(fā)現(xiàn)…e.g.Shefoundthemlaughingtogether.LotsofwomenIknowfindhimattractive.WhenIgottothestation,IfoundthatthetrainhadleftHefounditimpossibletoexpresswhathewantedtosayWhenhewokeup,he