Unit1TeenageLifeReadingandThinking

Abby張小小青年時期養(yǎng)成的良好習(xí)慣使人受益終身。Goodhabitsformedatyouthmakeallthedifference.

—Aristotle/??r??stɑ?tl/亞里士多德1.Usereadingstrategiestounderstandthemaininformationofthetext;2.Analyzethestructureofthetext;3.

Compareschoollifeindifferentplaces;Learningaims創(chuàng)原家獨Howdoyou

feelaboutyourseniorhighschool?Leading-inchallengingexcited興奮的funnycuriousworriedconfusedconfidentanxious焦躁的frightened害怕的afreshmaninseniorhighschool

AfreshmannamedAdamwhofacemanychallengesinnewsemester/s??mest?r/學(xué)期Whatkindofchallengesdoesheface?CircleAdam'sfeelingsconfusing令人困惑的unhappycarefullyworriedhappyFindthemainideaofeachparagraph.Paragraph1._______________________________________Paragraph2._______________________________________

Paragraph3._______________________________________Paragraph4._______________________________________

FastReading(Skimming)Paragraph1:Seniorhighschoolisachallenge.Paragraph2:Paragraph3:Paragraph4:Adamhadtothinkverycarefullyaboutwhichcourseshewantedtotake.Adamhadtochooseextra-curricularactivities.Adamwillhavetostudyharderinthefutureandgetusedto

beingresponsibleforalotmore.Whichparagraphisthemainpart?Whichparagraphsarethesupportingparts?ChallengeHowtochoosecoursesHowtochooseextra-curricularactivitiesThestructureofthetextHowtostudyScanthetextandchoosethebestchoice.1.Adamfelt__________atthebeginningofhisseniorhigh.

A.excitedB.interestedCconfusedDworried2.WhogaveAdamadviceoncourses?

A.Parents.B.Adviser.C.Coach.D.Classmates.3.WhatsubjectisAdam'sfavorite?A.Chinese.B.Worldhistory.C.Math.D.English.Scanning√√√學(xué)科4.Hearinghewaspoorinplayingfootballwell,AdamA.feltdisappointedbutwentonwithit

B.leftthefootballandjoinedaclub

C.didn'tgiveupandtriedtoimprove

D.feltunhappybutsignedupforanewteam√學(xué)科WhatkindofpersonisAdam?A.braveandwellpreparedB.negativeandsillyC.activeandshyD.gentleandpatientInferfromthetext√Para.ChallengeHowAdamfeelsSolution1ConfusedGoingfromjuniorhighschooltoseniorhighschoolCarefulReadingCompletetheoutlinePara.ChallengeHowAdamfeelsSolution2Choosing_________________coursesTheschooladviser______________________________________________thesuitableSerious/Carefulhelpedhimchoosesuitablecourses.第二段Para.ChallengeHowAdamfeelsSolution3Hewillfindawayto______________________________________________UnhappyMakingtheschoolfootballteamimproveinordertomaketheteamnextyear.第三段Para.ChallengeHowAdamfeelsSolution4

Hewill__________________________________________________________________________Keepingupwiththeotherstudentsinhisadvancedcourseandgettingusedtothehomework①Worriedbutstillhappy②confidentabouthisfutureandgetusedtobeingresponsibleforalotmoretrytostudyharder第四段

DoyoufacethesamechallengesasAdam?Whatotherchallengesareyoufacing?

FurtherdiscussionI'mgoodatmaths,somyteacher___________________thatIshouldchooseadvancedmathsinmyfirstyear.Findingtimeforbothstudiesandextra-curricularactivitiesisabig_____________,soIneedtomakeaworkableschedule.3.It'salittle______________tochoosesuitablecourses.Ihopethatmyadvisercanhelpmemakeagooddecision.4.Wecantryacoursefortwoweeksafterwe________upforit.Afterthat,wecannotchangeit.challengeCompletethesentenceswiththecorrectformsofthenewwordsfromthetext.confusingsignimprovegraduateresponsiblequitAnswerstoExercise5Consolidationa

confusingchallengesfluentlyprepareditat

tojoin

Skimming(略讀)是指快速閱讀以獲取大意其目的是understandthegist(主旨，要點)，thegeneralideaofthetext手段是通過對于文章標(biāo)題、小標(biāo)題、圖片、關(guān)鍵詞、關(guān)鍵句及各段主題句的關(guān)注來快速獲取文章大意或者段落大意。SkimYoucanfindmainideasbyfirsttakingaquicklookatthetitle,piture(s),keywordsandphrases,andtopicsenteces.SummaryScanning(掃讀)，掃讀是定位細(xì)節(jié)信息的過程其目的是lookingforaspecificpieceofinformationorspecificwords。Scanning一定要找到定位詞，定位詞最好是形式固定且比較容易被“掃”到，有：人名、地名、機(jī)構(gòu)名稱、數(shù)詞、特殊印刷字體的詞等。ScanningAtechniqueforquicklylookingthroughreadingmaterialtolocateaparticularpieceofinformation—afact,aname,adate,astatistic,etc.

SummaryChallengeHowtocho