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Unit 1 School life
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School life in the UK
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Lead-in
Reading strategy
Detailed-reading
Post-reading
Homework
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What is your What is your
dream school dream school
life like?life like?
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Beautiful school campus with modern
school facilities.
Providing selective courses (drop some
of the subjects that you do not prefer).
A great variety of school activities
involved.
More free style is welcomed with fewer
rules and regulations.
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Higher requirement of students academic
ability, relatively higher burden.
Being at ease with teachers.
Offering more chances of connecting
society, concentrating on the form of life
abilities.
Sincere friends and classmates
whenever you can turn to.
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Read the Reading strategy on page 3
and answer two questions below:
1. Why do we skim a text?
How do we do it?
2. Why do we scan a text?
How do we do it?
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Skimming How to get a general idea?
Read the text “ School life in the UK”
quickly and answer the following
questions.
1.What did Wei Hua think of her life in U
K?She thought it was a very enjoyable
and exciting experience.
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2. What subjects did Wei Hua study in th
e past year?
3. Which British city did Wei Hua go to?
English, History, English literature,
Computer Science, Maths, Science,
P.E., Art, Cooking and French.
Manchester.
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Topics mentioned in the text:
□teachers □ students□ friends □ subjects □ homework □ grades □ festivals □ timetable□ activities □ host family□ food □ hobbies □ school rules □school hours□school assembly □Art class
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We skim a text when we want to get a
general idea of what it is about.
We focus on the title, the first and last
sentences of each paragraph.
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Read the sentences below and
decide which ones are true and
which ones are false according to
the article you have just read.
1. Wei Hua’s favorite teacher was
Mr. Heywood. FMiss Burke
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2. Most British classes have fewer than
thirty students.
3. Wei Hua had more homework in her
school in China.
4. It was very expensive for Wei Hua to
communicate with her parents.
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T
F
free
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5. In the UK, students can choose to
stop studying any subject.
6. The cake made by Wei Hua did not
taste good.
F
F
some
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We scan the text when we want to find
certain information in a text quickly.
We focus on: key words and phrases
dates, numbers.
Scanning
to get certain information
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1. According to the headmaster, what sho
uld the students spend much time on?
2. Why was it a struggle for Wei Hua to re
member the names of her classmates?
They should devote themselves to study.
Because there were different students in
some classes.
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3. Why did Wei Hua find her homework
difficult at first?
4. Who gave Wei Hua a lot of support in
her studies?
Because all the homework was in
English.
The teachers gave her much
encouragement.
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5. How did Wei Hua manage to improve
her English?
6. What do the British like eating at the
end of dinner?
Dessert.
She used English everyday and spent
an hour each day reading English books
in the library.
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Read the text again and choose
the best answers to the
questions below.
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A. What the headmaster told them sounded
like what she used to hear in China.
B. She used to get up at 8 am. in China.
C. She was such a good cook that she
liked cooking British food.
D. She didn’t like History or Art, so she
chose cooking.
1. Which of the statements is true?
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2. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Her English improved a lot as she used
English every day.
B. School life in the UK is busy and bitter.
C. She had a wonderful experience in
a British school.
D. She was happy with the British school
hours.
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3. Which of the following has the closest
meaning to “I could send e-mails to my
family and friends back home for free”?
A. I could e-mail my family and friends
back home without paying money.
B. I could e-mail my family and friends
back home freely.
C. I could e-mail my family and friends in
my free time.
D. I could be free to e-mail my family and
friends back home.
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4. The writer’s purpose of writing the
passage is to ______.
A. tell us that she doesn’t like school life
in Britain
B. excite more students to study abroad
C. improve her English
D. introduce her exciting and happy
school life in Britain
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5. The writer felt lucky because _______.
A. she could get up an hour later than usual
B. the headmaster told them to earn respect
by working hard and achieving high
grades
C. she had been given a golden opportunity
to study in Britain and met helpful and
friendly teachers and students
D. she improved her English
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General ideasGeneral ideas
Parts Paragraphs Main idea
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Para. 1
Paras. 2-7
Para. 8
Wei Hua’s feeling about
staying in a British high
school for one years
Different aspects of
school life in the UK
Wei Hua’s hope
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D Find these new words in the
article and match the words
with the correct definitions.
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Words Meanings
enjoyable
earn
devote
get something because you
have done something good
give most of your time and
energy to something
giving pleasure
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Words Meanings
average
challenging
extra
satisfaction
usual or common
difficult in an interesting
way that tests your ability
more than usual
the good feeling you have
when you get what you want
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E Complete the letter to Wei Hua.
Answers :
1.___________ 2.___________
3.___________ 4.___________
5.___________ 6.___________
7.________________
experienced
Literaturestruggle
encouragement
fond
dessertrespect
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Work in pairs.Work in pairs.
1. Should students study more
languages?
2. What subjects would you like to take
if you could choose? Why?
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Nowadays, more and more young
students are going abroad to study.
What effects will the new school life
have on them?
Debate
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Advantages:1. widen their view2. improve their English3. learn to be independent and cooperate
with others4. learn about foreign customs and culture 5. let the foreigners learn about China
and attract them to invest in China6. learn advanced technology
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Disadvantages:1. cost of money and cause a heavy
burden to their parents
2. feel homesick
3. form bad habits
4. stay in a foreign country and refuse to
come back
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Read the text carefully again and
try to find out the language points.
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