山东省沾化县 乔清彬

Reading

Language points

Grammar 1 + Listening + Vocabulary

Grammar 2 + Speaking + Writing

Reading

1. What are the differences between Likang’s Junior High school and Senior High school?

2. What are the two things the English teacher thinks important to do in class?

3. What are the two things that the English teacher want to improve?

The method of teaching, more students in the class.

Reading comprehension, speaking.

Spelling, handwriting.

Fast reading:

1. Lines 21-24: Ms Shen’s method of teaching is nothing like that of the teachers at my Junior High school.

(a)My previous teachers’ method of teaching is better than that of Ms Shen.

(b) My previous teachers’ method of teaching is different from that of Ms Shen.

2. Lines 27-28: I don’t think I will be bored in Ms Shen’s class!

(a)I will find the class interesting!

(b)I will find the class difficult!

Careful reading:

3. Lines 31-32: Some students were embarrassed at f

irst…

(a) The students stopped being shy eventually.

(b) The students couldn’t do the activity.

4. Lines 33-35: Ms Shen gave us instructions and the

n we worked by ourselves.

(a) We did everything by ourselves.

(b) We listened to Ms Shen’s explanation and then w

orked with each other.

Careful reading:

We have known the Likang’s life at Senior High, …

Is your English classroom like Likang’s?

Is your class the same size as his?

Is the number of boys and girls the same?

Are you looking forward to doing your

English homework?

What’s similar and what’s different in the American and Chinese school systems?

Discussion

Ask the students to prepare a short reply to introduce the school system, vacation, study time & after-school activities in China by imitating the letter in Cultural corner.

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Language points

1. academic adj.

(1) of (teaching or learning in) schools, colleges, etc. 学校的，学院的the academic year 学年

(2) of theoretical interest only 学术的e.g. a matter of academic concern 学术方面的事n. teacher at a university, college, etc; professional sc

holar 大专院校的教师；专业学者拓展拓展 :: academy n. 音乐学院；中等学校

Academy Award 金象奖 academician 院士

Word

2. instruction n. (pl)

(1) order or direction given 指示；命令(2) information on how to do or use sth. 说明follow the instructions for 遵守……的指示instructions on (how to do ) sth. （如何做）某事的指示instructions to do sth. 做某事的指示on sb.’s instructions 遵照某人的指示be under instructions to do sth. 被指示做某事

3. embarrassed adj. feeling nervous and uncomfortable

and worrying

be embarrassed to do sth. 羞于做某事

be embarrassed about/at 对……感到困窘

4. behaviour n. way of treating others; manners

behaviour towards/to… 对……的态度 / 行为

be on one’s good/best behaviour 循规蹈矩；行为检

点

put sb. on his best behaviour 规劝 / 警告某人要规规矩

矩

5. cover vt. to include or deal with sth. 包含be covered by/ with 被……所覆盖

e.g. 在桌子上铺上台布： Cover the table with a cloth.

cover for sb. 顶替某人e.g. 简休假时我替补她工作 : I’ll cover for Jane while

she’s on holiday.

cover (a distance) 走（一段距离）cover (sth new ) 报道（消息；新闻）cover sth up 掩盖错误

e.g. 政府企图掩盖这件丑事： The government is try

ing to cover up the scandal.

1. The teacher is a very enthusiastic woman called Ms. Shen.

　 called Ms. Shen 是过去分词短语作定语，与所修饰的词之间存在着逻辑上的被动关系，相当于定语从句 who/that was called

Ms. Shen 。 　我们参观了三周前建成的图书馆。 We visited the new library_______________________.

最早为外语教学而写的英语课本出现在十八世纪。 The first textbooks ____________________________as a foreign

language came out in the 18th century.

written for teaching English

a dated map 过时的地图 a retired teacher 退休教师

built three weeks ago

Sentences

注：短语一般放在被修饰词之后，单个过去分词放在被修饰词之前。如：

2. I don't think I will be bored in Ms. Shen’s class!

英语中有些动词，如 think, believe, expect, suppose, feel, guess, imagine 等，当它们后面接一个具有否定意义的宾语从句时，通常要把主句的动词变为否定式，而宾语从句中的谓语动词用肯定形式。这种现象称为否定的转移。如：

注：否定转移需具备两个条件 : (1 ) 陈述部分必须是第一人称；(2)think 等词用一般现在时；这样则疑部部分需与从句中的主语和谓语保持一致，否则要与主句的主语和谓语保持一致。如：

I don’t believe what he said is true.

I don’t suppose they will object to my suggestion.

He didn’t imagine that she would go abroad.

I don’t think it’s going to rain tomorrow, is it?

You don’t think I have made mistakes, do you?

我认为他说的不是真话。

我想他们不会反对我的建议。

他料想她不会出国了。

3. In other words, there are three times as many girls as boys.

(1) in other words 意为“换句话”，在句中用作插入成分。

换言之，她必需放弃唱歌。 贝多芬写过许多世界著名乐曲。换句话讲，他是一位伟大的音乐家。

In other words, she must give up singing.

Beethoven wrote many world-famous musical compositions.

In other words, he was a great musician.

This book is three times as long as that one.

This book is three times the length of that one.

This book is three times longer than that one.

(2) A + be+① 倍数 +as+ adj.+as+B

A+be+② 倍数 + 比较级 +than+B

A+be+③ 倍数 +the size/length/height/depth/width+ of+ B

这本书是那本书篇幅的三倍。

这本书的篇幅比那本书长两倍。

4. I’m looking forward to doing it ！

look forward to sth./doing sth. 意思是“期待着某事 /

做某事”，其中“ to” 是介词。

我期待着早日收到你的来信。 　 I look forward to hearing from you as early as possible.

拓展：动词＋介词 to 构成的常用短语有： 　 look forward to 盼望……　　　　 turn to 求助于；转向；翻到……　　 pay attention to 注意……　　　　 stick to 坚持　　 get down to 开始认真干……　　 object to 反对　　 belong to 属于　　　　　　　　 refer to 谈到，涉及，参阅　　 point to 指向　　　　　　　　　 see to 处理，料理　　 come to 共计；苏醒　　　　　　 reply to 答复　　 agree to 同意　　　　　　　　　 add to 增加　　 devote…to… 贡献……给……　 compare…to… 把……比作……

5. The school year is divided into two semesters, the first of which is

September through December, and the second is January through May.

be divided into “ 把……分成……”。如 :　　

6. At the end of twelfth grade, American students receive the high school diploma.

at the end of 在……结束的时候；在……的尽头； 在……的结尾处

in the end (at last; finally) 最终，终于

by the end of 到……结束时

at the beginning of (at the start of ) 在……开始的时候

at the beginning (in the beginning; at first) 起初，开始时

我们班分成四组。 Our class is divided into four groups.

America is divided into over 30 stales.美国分成 50多个州。

7. Oh really? So have I.

“so + 助动词 /情态动词 / 系动词 + 主语”表示“（另一事物）也……”

so am I

so can I

表示否定意义时用“ neither/nor +助动词 / 情态动词 /系动词 +主语”，意为“（另一事物）也不……”

Bob wasn’t at school last Friday, and neither/nor was Jack.

他对物理感兴趣，我也是。 He is interested in physics and __________.

如果你能按时完成，我也能。 If you can finish it in time,__________.

Bob 上周五不在学校， Jack也是。

“so + 主语 + 助动词 /情态动词 / 系动词”表示对之前或对方所说的情况表示赞同或证实，意为“同一个人或事物）确实……”

—You have dropped a word here.—Yes, so I have.

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Grammar 1+Listening+Vocabulary

1. I live in Shijiazhuang, a city not far from Beijing .

2. I am writing down my thoughts about it.

What are the tense differences are there between these two sentences?

A. She visits her parents everyday.

What is the time by your watch?

The moon goes around the earth.

The train leaves at seven and arrives at nine.

Read the following examples and try to find out the

principles of the uses of the present simple tense & the

present continuous tense.

Lead-in

the uses of the present simple tense

A: indicating a permanent state of affairs

B: indicating a habit, or something you do regularly

the uses of the present continuous tense

A: indicating that something is taking place in this period of time

B: indicating that something is taking place at this moment

B. All the students are looking at the blackboard carefully.

We are learning New Standard English.

Now we are leaving the classroom and approaching the

playground.

She is always thinking of herself.

Listening and vocabulary

Noun Verb Adjective

correct

encourage

enjoy enjoyable

explain

fluent

misunderstand

progressive

pronounce

correction

encouragementenjoyment

explanation

fluency

misunderstanding

progress

pronunciation

Listen carefully and answer the following questions:

1. Is Diane studying Chinese?

2. Is Rob’s teacher a native speaker of Chinese?

3. Is the assistant teacher a native speaker?

4. Did the Chinese teacher encourage the students?

5. Did he give the students anything to read?

6. Did Diane understand the level of the class she went to ?

No, she isn’t. She’s studying Spanish.

No, he isn’t, but he’s fluent in Chinese.

Yes, she is. Her name’s Miss Wang.

Yes, he did. He made them feel really good.

No, he didn’t. He said pronunciation was the most important thing at the beginning.

No, she didn’t. She thought it was for speakers of Spanish.

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Grammar 2+Speaking+

Writing

Lead in by doing exercises:

Grammar 2 -ing;-ed

1. I was ________ when I saw the _______ news. (exciting &

excited)

2. The dog was ________ in playing _________ games, such as

playing balls, wires and plates. (interesting & interested)

excited exciting

interested interesting

Discovering

Read My First Day at Senior High again and underline the adjectives with -ing or -ed endings. After you have found out them try to find out the different uses of words with different endings.

The -ing form describes the people or things that cause the feeling; the -ed form tells us how people feel

PracticeRead the examples and complete the sentences.

1. bored / boring: I wasn’t __________ with the lesson.

2. interested / interesting: I was very __________ in her teaching me

thod.

3. amazed / amazing: The computer screen is absolutely __________.

4. disappointed / disappointing: He was __________ because Ms Sh

en won’t be the teacher every day.

5. embarrassed / embarrassing: Group work activities won’t make yo

u __________ because you can keep quiet if you want to.

6. bored / boring: The journey home from school was _______.

bored

interested

amazing

disappointed

embarrassed

boring

1. What can you see in the picture and

what are they doing.

2. Is the school similar to ours? Explain

why it is or isn’t.

3. Do students at our school do things

like this ?

4. How do you think about the after-

school activities? Are they good or bad?

How can we make best use of after-

school activities.

Speaking

Look at the pictures(page7 on textbook) in Speaking part to

find out what the US high school students do after class.

WritingRead this email from an American student in tenth grade and answer the following questions:

1. Who is writing the email?

2. Why is she writing?

3. What does she remember?

Martha, a 16-year-old girl from new York.

She wants students to tell her about their memories of their first year at primary(grade) school.

The smell of wall paint; Molly, her friend; Miss Sharp’s smile.