译林牛津版模块一Unit 1 Reading： School life in the UK

5. How did Wei Hua manage to improve her English? She used English everyday and spent an hour each day reading English books in the library.
6. What do the British like eating at the
3. Why did Wei Hua find her homework
difficult at first? Because all the homework was in English.
4. Who gave Wei Hua a lot of support in her studies? The teachers gave her much encouragement.
Scanning—to get certain information
1. What did Wei Hua think of her life in the UK? Enjoyable and exciting 2. What subjects did Wei Hua study in the past
1. According to the headmaster, what
should the students spend much time on?
They should devote themselves to study. 2. Why was it a struggle for Wei Hua to remember the names of her classmates? Because there were different students in some classes.
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. Miss Burke F
Reading strategy —Skimming
1. We skim a text when we want to get a general idea of what it is about. the title the first and last sentences of each paragraph the first and last paragraphs Charts pictures
year?
English, History, English literature, Computer Science, Maths, Science, P.E., Art, Cooking and French. 3. Which British city did Wei Hua go to?
Manchester
Summary:
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容 （不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形 式 Wei Hua had been in a British high _____one year. In her class, there were for which about the only 28 students, ______is average _______size for British schools. But it was a ________for her to _______(remember) all the struggle remember faces and names because they had to move
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?
2. Most British classes have fewer than thirty students.
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3. Wei Hua had more homework in her T school in China. 4. It was very expensive for Wei Hua to free
3.___________ Literature struggle 5.___________
encouragement 7.________________
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Work in pairs.
1. Should students study more
languages?
2. What subjects would you like to take if you could choose? Why?
Subjects School facilities (multi-media teaching facilities, plastic track etc.) The arrangement of time（tighter timetable）
What do you think of our new school?
energy to something
Words
average
Meanwenku.baidu.comngs
usual or common way that tests your ability
challenging difficult in an interesting
extra
more than usual when you get what you want
to different classrooms for different classes and also had different students in some classes. During her study, her teachers gave her encouragement (encourage), so she much________________ enjoyable found her life there ___________(enjoy) and exciting. She enjoyed all her subjects, because the headmaster once said that the best to earn devote 致 way________(earn) respect was to ________( 力于，献身）themselves to study and achieve high grades. She used English every day and her improved English __________(improve) a lot. She found cooking
答案：D
Reading strategy —scanning
1. We scan the text when we want to find certain information in a text quickly. 2. We scan the text for: key words and phrases, dates , numbers----
Ⅰ.Skim the text and choose the main idea of the passage. A．The educational system (教育制度) of the UK. B．The subjects that I studied in the UK.
C．The relationship between students and teachers in the UK D．My experience of studying in the UK.
end of dinner?
Dessert.
General ideas
Parts Paragraphs Part 1 Para. 1 Part 2 Part 3 Main idea
General ideas
Parts Paragraphs Part 1 Para. 1 Part 2 Paras. 2-7 Part 3 Para. 8 Main idea Wei Hua’s feeling about staying in a British high school for one year Different aspects of school life in the UK Wei Hua’s hope
Unit 1 School life
School life in the UK
Lead-in
Reading strategy
Detailed-reading
Post-reading
Homework
What are the differences between the lives of your junior middle school and this school?
communicate with her parents.
F
5. In the UK, students can choose to F 6. The cake made by Wei Hua did not taste good. F
stop studying some any subject.
Debate
Nowadays, more and more young students are going abroad to study. What effects will the new school life have on them?
Advantages:
1. widen their view 2. improve their English 3. learn to be independent and cooperate with others 4. learn about foreign customs and culture 5. let the foreigners learn about China and attract them to invest in China 6. learn advanced technology
was really fun and she even made a small sculpture in the Art class. During the lunch break, she could go to the Computer Club to send e-mails to her family and friends for ______free. After lunch, she usually played on lucky the school field. She felt very_______to experience 经历）this different way of life. ___________(
satisfaction the good feeling you have
E. Complete the letter to Wei Hua. Answers : 1.___________ experienced 2.___________ fond dessert 4.___________ 6.___________ respect
D. Find these new words in the article
and match the words with the correct
definitions.
Words
Meanings
enjoyable giving pleasure earn devote get something because you have done something good give most of your time and