School Life and Cultural Differences

Unit2 School life Reading 1

预习检测与导入

学习目标 1.知识目标 Words: mixed，offer，French，end，foreign，baseball，Language，win，during，discuss，guy，buddy，hero (es)， article Phrases：twice a week， spend…doing something，help somebody with\do something，have a great time doing something

学习目标 1.知识目标 Sentences: 2. 技能目标了解英美国家中学生的校园生活。理解作者的个人感受和观点。掌握文中的语言点。

Task1:Free talk • 1. How many lesson do you have every day ? • 2. What subjects do you study ? • 3. How often do you have class meetings? • 4. What after-school activities do you have? • 5. Have you joined any clubs ? • 6. Do you have a hero ?

Pay attention to the new words: • Mixed offer • French end • Foreign baseball • Language win • During • Discuss • Guy • Buddy

Task2:Discussion • 1. What do you think a British school would be like ? • 2. What do you think an American school would be like ?

Do you know which countries the flags stand for（代表）? England/Britain America American English British English

Answer the questions: 1. Is Woodland School a mixed school? 2. Which is Nancy’s favourite subject? 3. Does her school have a Reading Week every year? 4. Can Nancy bring her books and magazines to home? 5. Do you like Nancy’s school life? Yes, it is. French . Yes, it does. Yes, she can. Yes, we do.

Finish Part B1 On P21 a. talk about someting 1.foreign 2.language 3.discuss 4. offer 5. win d b. give sth to someone e c. be best or first in a competition a d. not in or from your own country b e. words used in speaking and writing c

Task3 Listen and answer Questions about Life in a British school : 1.Who wrote the first passage？ 2. What activity does the school have every year? Nancy They have a Reading Week every year.

Task 4 Listen and answer Life in an American school 1. Whose school life is the passageabout? John’s 2. Who else are mentioned（提到） in the passage? And who are they? Tony

Task 5 Fast reading (read and answer): 1. Which school is John at ? 2.What do the students do in the Buddy club? 3. Why does John think Tony is his hero? 4. What do the students often do on Friday afternoon? { Group 1 { Group 2 Discussion

Read and answer(Group1) • Which school is John at ? He is at Rocky Mountain High School near Denver. 2.What do the students do in the Buddy club? Older students talk to new students about school life.

Read and answer(Group2) 3. Why does John think Tony is his hero? Because Tony often listens carefully to his problem and offers him help. 4. What do the students often do on Friday afternoon? They often do sports together.

Complete B2

Task6 While reading (Exercises in Part B3)( Write a T if the sentence is true. Write an F if it is false.

Task7 Written work Can you use the following key words to say something about your school life? name ,in Year8 ,mixed, favourite subject, play, hero, help somebody with something, have a great time, go to…

选择题 1.---What bad weather! ---Yes. The radio says it will be even _____later on. （09南京中考） A. bad B. badly C. worse D. worst 2.Which subject do you like ______,math or history? ---History, because it makes me wise.(2010.邵阳） A. better B. best C. well D. good C A

根据汉语或首字母提示完成句子 1. My mother is good at cooking and I can have healthy and t_______meals.(09襄樊） 2.I am reading the _______(文章)by a girl from the USA.（2010.楚雄） asty article

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Homework: • Write an article about your own school life. • 2. Search for the information about • different school lives on the Internet.

Thank you for listening!

School Life and Cultural Differences