Unit1RelationshipsLesson1Watch

avideoclipWhatcharactersdotheyhaveincommon?Teacher:

apersonwhosejobisteaching,especiallyina

school.—OxfordDictionaryTheyare

devoted(投入的adj.)

and

dedicated(敬業(yè)的adj.)notonlyinclassbutalsoafterclass.1.Whowasyourfavoriteteacher?2.Whichsubjectdidhe/herteach?3.Whydidyoulikehimorher?To

understand

studentsTo

be

patientTo

be

creativeTo

make

friends

with

studentsTo

make

students

feel

confidentTo

explain

things

with

practical

examples

and

in

simple

languageWarming-upWhat

qualities

do

teachers

need?

Use

the

phrases

below

to

help

you.Ithinkteachersshouldunderstandtheirstudents.AndIthinkthatteachersshouldexplainthingswithpracticalexamplesand

simplify

thingsthatseemdifficult.tounderstandstudentstobepatienttobecreativetomakefriendswithstudentstomakestudentsfeelconfidenttoexplainthingswithpracticalexamplesandinsimplelanguageFast

ReadingRead

the

two

texts

and

answer

the

questions:

GrahamLawrenceScienceauthor,TVpresenter,wenttoOvertonSchool(1981—1989)BrianJenkinsScienceteacheratOvertonSchool1.Who

wrote

the

texts?2.What

are

they

mainly

about?3.Why

were

they

written?

Thetwotextswerewrittenbecausethestudentandtheteacherrememberedhowtheyinfluencedeachother.ThetwotextswerewrittenbyGrahamLawrenceandBrianJenkinsrespectively.GrahamwasonceMrJenkins’student.Thetwotextsmainlytalkaboutthememoriesthattheyhaveofeachother.BeforeGrahamwenttoMrJenkins’classGrahamwasnotverygoodatmostschoolsubjects.

HowMrJenkinstaughtMrJenkinsmadeeverythinginteresting.

AfterGrahambecameMrJenkins’studentMrJenkinsmadeGrahamfeelthathehadhisown

strengths.

Detailed

ReadingHe

was

a

bit

lazy.He

didn’t

do

much

work,

especially

in

math.He

found

science

difficult

and

boring.He

wasn’t

a

willing

student.He

lacked

confidence.He

didn’t

know

his

strength.

He

got

interest.He

built

confidence.He

became

a

successful

science

author.He

used

simple

language

and

practical

examples.

He

set

up

experiments.He

gave

students

opportunities.Read

“My

Teacher”

and

complete

the

information.ReadandExploreBefore

After

wasn’tgoodatmostsubjectswasabitlazydidn’tdomuchwork,especiallyinmathfoundsciencedifficultandboringwasn’tawillingstudentlackedconfidencebecameinterestedinthissubjectfelt

that

he

had

his

own

strengthswas

interested

in

the

study

of

the

stars

and

planetsgave

a

presentationbe

confident

becameasuccessfulscienceauthorFillinthegapswithproperwordsorphrases.Ihaven’tseenMrJenkinssinceI_________,

butIoften___________

him.Iwasabit____andwasn’t________tolearn.SoIwasnot________most________.Ihadno_______ofwhatwastaughtanddidn’t_____tolearn.Ilacked_________

in

myself.Soalmostallmyteachersfoundme_______.ThenwhenMr

Jenkins

begantoteachme,hisclasseswere__________.Heexplainedthingswith________examplesand_________difficultthings

—

itwaseasytolearn!

Igotinterested!Ibegantogivemyfull__________andIwasimproving!Healsobroughtbackmy___________bylettingmedowhatIwasinterested

in.Forexample,heaskedmetogiveapresentationtotheclass.

Thankstohisuniqueways,I’mwhatIamnowandI’ll__________

him

forever!leftschool

think

aboutrememberlazywillinggood

atsubjectsideawantconfidence

difficultinterestingpracticalsimplifiedattentionconfidenceDetailed

Reading文化知識——SayingsAboutFamily1.There’snoplacelikehome.沒有地方比得上家。Meansthathomeisthebestplacetobe.Thissayingcomesfromthesong“HomeSweetHome”.Itsimplymeansnomatterwhereoneishomeisalwaysbest.It’snotonlycomfortable,butit’swhereloveandfamilycanbefound.意味著家是最好的地方。這句話來自歌曲“家，甜蜜的

家”。這僅僅意味著無論一個人在哪里家都是最好的。家不僅舒適，而且可以找到愛和家人。2.Bloodisthickerthanwater.血濃于水。Meansthatrelationshipswithinafamilyaremoreimportantandstrongerthanthoseoutsideofthefamily.Inotherwordsyourfamilywillalwaysbethereforyou,nomatterwhat,evenifyou’vebeenapartorhavesaidsomethingunkind.意味著一

個家庭內的關系比家庭外的關系更重要、更強大。換言之，你的家人將永遠在你身邊，無論你是什么，即

使你已經(jīng)分開或說了一些不友好的話。3.Childrenareapoorman’sriches.孩子是窮人的財富。Meansthatapoormanfindswealththroughhischildren,partiallybecausetheybringhimjoy,andalsobecausetheyarehislegacy.這意味著一個窮人可以通過他的孩子找到財富，部分原因是他們給他帶來了快樂，也因為他們是他的遺產。4.Homeiswheretheheartis.家是心靈所在。Meansthathomeisnotnecessarilythebuildingthatyoulivein,butitiswhereyoumostwanttobe.Thisisusuallywhereversomeone’sfamilyis,orwheretheygrewup.意味著家不一定是你居住的建筑物，但它

是你最想去的地方。這通常是指一個人的家人在哪里，或者他們在哪里長大。文化知識——SayingsAboutFamily5.Likefather,likeson.有其父必有其子。Meansthatason’scharacterislikelytocloselyresemblehisfather’s.Thisissomethingthatcanbeseenfromayoungage.這意味著一個兒子的性格很可能和他父親的性格非常相似。這是一個從

小就能看出的東西。6.Theappledoesn’tfallfarfromthetree.孩子隨父母。Meansthatchildrenbehaveliketheirparents.Childrentendtotalkliketheirparents,eatwhattheirparentseat,andlikewhattheirparentlike.意味著孩子的行為和父母一樣。孩子們說話像他們的父母，吃他們父母喜歡吃的東西，喜歡他們父

母喜歡的東西。7.Afamilythat____togetherstaystogether.人以群分。Isa