UNIT1LIFECHOICESWRITINGWORKSHOP~READINGCLUB2WRITINGWORKSHOP1PairWorkYouaregoingtowriteanemailtoajuniorsecondaryschoolclassmateaboutyournewschool.Discussyourideaswithapartner.

1Whoareyougoingtowriteto?2Whatdoyouwanttotellhim/her?3Whatdoyouwanttoknowfromhim/her?2Readtheemail.Answerthequestions.1WhoisFangLan?WhyisWangYingwritingtoher?

2Istheemailformalorinformal？Whyisitwrittenthisway?

3Findandcircleexamplesof

·contractions(e.g.don’t)·dashes(—)andexclamationpoints(!)·informalwordsandphrases(e.g.well)

FangLanisWangYing’soldfriend.WangYingwrotetoherbecauseFang

Lanwrotetotellherabouthernewschoollife.contractions:how’s;there’s;it’s;don’t;I’m;we’re;I’ve;what’sdashesandexclamationpoints:guesswhat—;gym!me!school!classroom!informalwordsandphrases:right?Youknow;Allthebest!WellTheemailisinformal.Itiswrittenthiswaybecausetheyarefriends.3Labeltheelements(a—g)oftheemailabove.

aendingandwishesbgreeting

csubjectlinedreasonstofinishwriting

equestionsabouttheotherperson

finformationaboutone’sownlife

gsignature（從上到下）c

b

e

f

d

agWrite2—3sentencesaboutyourschoollifethatyouwanttotellyourformerclassmate.UsetheSentenceBuildertohelpyou.————————————————————————————————————

————————————————————————————————————We(who)Subjectdon’thave(do)Verbafixedclassroom.(what)ObjectWe(who)Subjectare(be)Verbinthesameschool.(what)PredicativeThere

Thereis(be)Beahugegym.(what)Real

subjectMynewschool(who)Subjectgives(do)Verbme(who)Indirect

Objectachance.(what)Direct

Object

MynewschoolhasahugelibrarywhereIliketostudy.Myclasssizeismuchbiggernowandwemovebetweenclassroomsfordifferentsubjects.Ihavemadelotsofnewfriendswhichmakesmyhappy.COMPOSEYOURWRITING5Outlining

Completetheoutlineofyouremail.UseActivity3tohelpyou.Subjectline:_________________________________________________Greeting:____________________________________________________Questionstoask:_____________________________________________Informationaboutyou:_________________________________________Reasonstofinishwriting:_______________________________________Ending:___________________________________________________________Askingforadvicefrommyformerteacher

Howareyou?Imissyouverymuch.

HowcanIadapttothenewenvironmentquickly?

Iamnowaseniorsecondaryschoolstudent，whoisbusystudying.

It’stimetogotodormitory.

Bestwishes!Ihopetohearfromyousoon.6Drafting

UseyouroutlineandtheWritingHelptowritethefirstdraft.7Editing

Edityouremailinpairs.Thenshareinclass.

WritingHelpWritinganInformalEmailIt’simportantto:writeinformalemailsonlytosomeoneyouarecloseto,likeyourfriendsandfamily;usesimpleandinformalexpressions,likedon’t,well;usea

properemailformatwithasubjectline,agreeting,questionstoask,informationtogiveandendwithareasonappropriately;

rememberthatyoucanusespecialpunctuationtoshowyourfeelings.Language

points核心詞匯教材原句p.18Ihopeyouhaveadaptedwelltothenewsituationandareenjoyingyournewschool.我希望你已經(jīng)很好地適應(yīng)了新環(huán)境，并且喜歡你的新學(xué)校。1adaptvi.&vt.（1）vi.&vt.（使）適應(yīng)，（使）適合

adaptto適應(yīng)搭配

to是介詞

adaptoneselfto使某人自己適應(yīng)Hefindsithardtoadapttoanentirelydifferentlifestyle.

他發(fā)現(xiàn)很難適應(yīng)一種完全不同的生活方式。［詞匯復(fù)現(xiàn)］Thegraduateadaptedhimselftothenewenvironmentsoon.那個(gè)大學(xué)畢業(yè)生很快使自己適應(yīng)了新環(huán)境。［詞匯復(fù)現(xiàn)］

題組練·領(lǐng)悟方法（2）vt.改編，改寫beadaptedfor被改編成……搭配

beadaptedfrom改編自……

HisnovelhasbeenadaptedforTVseries.他的小說已被改編成了電視劇。Thisfilmisadaptedfromatruestory.這部電影改編自一個(gè)真實(shí)的故事?！驹~語積累】adaptationn.適應(yīng)；改編本adaptableadj.適合的；能適應(yīng)的 單句語法填空（1）Thespacemanhadtoadapt

theenvironmentinspace. （2）TheTVseries

（adapt）fromanovelappealstousverymuch.（3）Thetelevision

（adapt）ofthestageplaywasverysuccessful.（4）WhatkindofdifficultywillMaryandhersisterhave

（adapt）tothenewenvironment?完成句子（5）Itwastheculture，ratherthanthelanguage，thatmadeithardforhimto____________（適應(yīng)）thenewenvironmentabroad.（6）Thenewcomersfounditimpossibleto

（使自己適應(yīng)）theclimateinthenewcountry.（7）［詞匯復(fù)現(xiàn)］Itissaidthattheteen’snovelwill

（被改編成）amovie. toadaptedadaptationadaptingadaptto

adaptthemselvesto

beadaptedfor

教材原句p.18Atthemoment，wemeettwiceaweekandwe’repreparingtoattendacompetition.目前，我們每周見兩次面，正準(zhǔn)備參加一個(gè)比賽。2atthemoment此刻，目前，眼下Atthemoment，theoldmanislivinganordinarylife.目前，這位老人正過著平凡的生活?！練w納拓展】atthis/thatmoment在這時(shí)/那時(shí) forthemoment目前，暫時(shí)foramoment片刻，一會兒 inamoment一會兒，立刻fromthatmomenton從那時(shí)起Theexpertwilldealwiththeprobleminamoment.專家立刻就會處理這個(gè)問題。［詞匯復(fù)現(xiàn)］【學(xué)法點(diǎn)撥】名詞詞組themoment可用作連詞，引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語從句，意為“一……

就……”，相當(dāng)于assoonas。有類似用法的還有theminute，thesecond等。Themomenthesawhismother，heburstintotears.他一看到他的母親就哭了起來。 單句語法填空（1）Iwouldlikeajobwhichpaysmore，butontheotherhand，IenjoytheworkI’mdoing

themoment.（2）Theyarelivingwiththeirparentsfor

momentbecausetheirownhouseisbeingrebuilt.（3）Asthelightsturnedgreen，Istoodfor

moment，notmoving，andaskedmyselfwhatIwasgoingtodo.（4）I’llcomebackfordinner

amoment.（5）

thatmomenton，wehavebeenbestfriends.（6）LucyisonholidayinAmerica

themoment，butI’lltellherthenews

momentshecomesback.完成句子（7）Thecompanyisgoingthroughatoughtime

（目前）.（8）［詞匯復(fù)現(xiàn)］MyparentsaswellasIaresittingaroundchatting

（此刻）. attheainFromattheatthemomentatthemoment教材原句p.18Ilookforwardtohearingallaboutwhat’shappeningwithyousoon.我盼望早日聽到你的近況。3lookforwardto(doing)sth期待……，盼望……

IhavebeenlookingforwardtothedaywhenIcanliveindependently.我一直盼望著能獨(dú)立生活的那一天。［詞匯復(fù)現(xiàn)］ Thebandwaslookingforwardtobecomingfamousovernight.這支樂隊(duì)期待著一夜成名?！菊`區(qū)警示】（l）lookforwardto中的to是介詞，后接名詞、代詞或動(dòng)名詞。（2）lookforwardto用在定語從句中時(shí)，應(yīng)注意主句的謂語動(dòng)詞形式。做此類題時(shí)一定要克服思維定式。ThedayIamlookingforwardtowillcomesoon.我盼著的那一天很快就要到了。 【歸納拓展】含有介詞to的動(dòng)詞短語：stickto堅(jiān)持 leadto導(dǎo)致；通向objectto反對 referto參考；涉及；提到belongto屬于 payattentionto注意be/getusedto習(xí)慣于 beaccustomedto習(xí)慣于getdownto開始認(rèn)真做 prefer...to...比起……更喜歡……

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