Unit 2 School life

Reading

扬州中学教育集团树人学校 郎旭辉

guy ( 口语）家伙

a lovely guy

guys （复数常为呼语）各位，朋友们

Hello, you guys.

= Hello, everyone.

a mixed school 男女混合的学校

Home Economics 家政课

cooking sewing 缝纫

tasty 味道好的

softball 垒球

buddy 好朋友，搭档

buddies

a Buddy Club

好友俱乐部

senior （大学或中学）毕业生

hero 偶像，英雄

heroes

周润发

New words

guy ( 口语）家伙a mixed school 男女混合的学校Home Economics 家政课sew 缝纫

buddy 好朋友，搭档senior （大学或中学）毕业生hero 偶像，英雄

tasty 味道好的 softball 垒球

1. guy

2. Home Econ

omics

3. buddy

4. senior

5. hero

a. a close friend , partner

b. anyone male or female

c. a student in the last

year of high school

d. a person admired by

many people

e. a subject about cooking

and sewing

( b )

( e )

( a )

( c )

( d )

Word puzzles

1. Hello, everyone! = Hello, ____!2. We always work together. He is my

_____. 3. Would you please _____ that dress for

me?4. She is a _____ student in 12th grade. 5. She knows everything and helps me a

lot. She is my ____.

guys

buddy

senior

hero

buddy, hero, sew, guys, senior

sew

1. 学习与学校生活有关的词汇。

2. 运用比较的阅读方式，读懂课文，了解英美国家中学生的学校生活。

3. 理解作者的个人感受和观点。

Learning aims

Pre - reading

What do you think a British or an American school would be like?

1.Who wrote this letter?

2.What activity does the school

have every year?

1. Who wrote this letter?

2. Who else are mentioned( 提

到） in the letter?

Fast reading

John.

They have Reading Week every year.

Nancy.

Jim and Julie

Further reading

1. John is in Year 9 at Woodland School , a mixed school.

2. John likes Home Economics best of all.

3. He knew how to cook healthy and tasty meals before coming to this school.

True or False

( F ) Year 8

( T )

( F )

didn’t know how to cook

4. There is a Reading Week in his school every year.

5. The students can read any books from the school library, but they can’t bring in books from home.

6. They think Reading Week is too short because they want to read more books.

( T )

( F )can

( T )

Questions

1. What did Jim do in school last year?

2. How does Nancy go to school every day?

3. What do the students do at the buddy

club?

4. What does Nancy do during lunchtime?

5. What do they sometimes do after school?

He had driving lessons in school last year.

She goes to school in her brother’s car.Older students talk to new students

about school life.

She meet her friends and they have a gre

at time talking to each other.

Sometimes they go to shopping malls.

Who John Nancy

Where

What

When

Why

Detailed reading

What’s the life in a British / an American school like?

What’s the life in a British school like?

Who

Where

What

When

Why

John

Woodland School, London

Home Economics; Reading Week

Every year

Likes learning how to cook and sew;

can read anything he likes

What’s the life in an American school like?

Who

Where

What

When

Why

Nancy

Rocky Mountain High School, Denver

Softball; The Buddy Club

Twice a week; Every Monday

Loves the game; enjoys it a lot

Practice 1

Additional reading

Life in a Japanese school

Life in a Canadian school

Practice 2

DiscussionWhich of the four schools are you most interested in? Why?

If your group would set up a new school, what is your school like?

Homework

1. Search the Internet for more

information about the

school life in other countries.

2. Finish off the exercises from

B1 to C2.