Unit 2

Welcome

What does Eddie think school is like?

1. What is school like?

like: prep. 像… (unlike)

eg: John looks smart, just ~ his father. His hat ~ mine.

The noise sounds ~ crying. What’s the weather like?

*like: v. 喜欢 （ dislike ）

2. …there are fewer advertisements.

* a few 和 few: 可数名词

a little 和 little: 不可数名词

* few—fewer—fewest

little—less--least

What countries do you know?What language do they speak?

film

movie

elevator

lift

soccer

football

football

American football

garbage can

dustbin

corridor

hall

breakrecess

fall

autumn

eraser

rubber

high school

secondary school

ground floor

first floor

• film-movie• autumn-fall • Maths-Math• corridor-hall• break-recess• rubber-eraser

• secondary school-high school

• lift-elevator• ground floor-first floor• football-soccer• American football-football• dustbin-garbage can

• maths• favourite• humour• colour• centre• practise(v.

)

• math• favorite• humor• color• center• practice (v.)

American EnglishBritish English

  I am a secondary school student in Sichuan. I go to school five days a week. My favourite subject is Maths and I study very hard at it. My classroom is on the ground floor ， you can go through a long corridor and then find it. It is very clean ， because we never litter about and always put the rubbish into the dustbin. We have ten minutes of break between the two lessons. After school, I like playing football and seeing films. I am interested in American football very much because it sounds so exciting!

Autumn is coming and tomorrow is my sister’s birthday. Now I am taking a lift to go back home to send her a gift-

a nice rubber.

Find out any word you learned and change it into another one:

high schoolMath

first floor hall

garbage can.recess

soccer movies. football

Fallan elevator

eraser.

My name is Akira. I am from Japan. In my school, there’re boys only. I walk to school like many of my classmates in my uniform. Many of my friends have to take the bus. I know it seems strange to travel so far to school, but it is worth because my school is very good, Students have to score very high to come to my school. In the school, I like Maths best, and I often go to the art club.

We have to clean our classroom at the end of each day and make sure that it is very well cleaned at the end of the week. On weekends, I often chat with my friends on the Internet and we can spend time together.

We always try to be polite and to help our school keep its good reputation. I am proud of my school.

Comparative reading

What’s the difference between school life in Japan and in China?

in Japan in China

daily life_________to school

many take a _______

school and teachers

Have ________ only

favourite subject is_______

after-school activities go to the________ club

enjoyments _______with friends on the net

walkbus

boys

Math

art

chat

school timelessons

sports time

a nice garden

many buildings

good teachers

foreign friends

kinds of clubs,labs,workshops

part-time jobholidays

surf the net

Search the Internet for more information about the school life in other countries.

Write down your own opinions of the ideal school life.