1、Reading and Thinking,WELCOME UNIT,FIRST IMPRESSIONS,Are you familiar with the emojis?,Which will you choose to describe your first day at senior high? Why?,happy,anxious,excited,annoyed,frightened,Reading and Thinking,If you are talking about your first day at senior high, which order will you follo
2、w?,1st Reading,Read the text to see which order does Han Jing follow to talk about her first day.,time order,2nd Reading,Read for the 2nd time and answer the questions. 1. Why did Han Jing feel anxious before school? 2. How was her first maths class?,Because she is not an outgoing girl and she was n
3、ot sure about the future.,The class was difficult, but the teacher was kind, friendly and helpful.,2nd Reading,Read for the 2nd time and answer the questions. 3. What happened in the chemistry class? 4. What did Han Jing learn from her first day in senior high school?,The guy next to me tried to tal
4、k to me and I couldnt concentrate on the experiment.,She was not worried anymore and she felt confident about future.,Fill in the table with the words and phrases from the text and retell the passage to your partner about Han Jings first day.,TimeWhat was Han Jings text about? 7:00 am 12:00 pm 5:32
5、pm 10:20 pm,senior high school, a little anxious,math class, difficult, teacher, friendly, funny story, classmates, helpful,lab, new lesson, great, but the guy next to me talked the whole time, not concentrate,was worried, wrong, believe, a lot to explore, more confident, tomorrow a great day,3rd Re
6、ading,What are Han Jings first impressions?,teachers： class: classmates: high school:,3rd Reading,After reading,Tian Hua is a new student in a school in America. She is studying in an America high school for one year. In China, Tian Hua was in Grade 1 in _ high school, but in America, she is in Grad
7、e 10! She did not _ at all when she arrived. Her first _ was that English was difficult and people spoke too quickly, but soon she found that if she _ the ideas, not the single words, she could understand! She also made friends and began to _ the city with them. Her new friends were happy to explain
8、 things to her after class. Her favourite class is chemistry because the teacher lets the students do cool _! Tian Hua is not sure how well she will do in school this year, but she is not nervous any more. She is excited!,explore,senior,impression,feel confident,experiment,concentrate on,concentrate
9、d on,experiments,先入为主。,1. impression n印象；感想；印记,have/get the impression that be under the impression that get/have a good (bad) impression of sb./sth. 对某人/物印象好(不好) leave/make a(n) . impression on sb.给某人留下的印象,Words focus,First impressions are half the battle.,【归纳拓展】,认为/觉得,Words focus,I did not they we
10、re unhappy about the situation. 我并不觉得他们对那个情况不满。 Actually I him. 事实上，我对他的印象很好。 The film The Monkey King in which Zhen Zidan stared the audience. 甄子丹主演的大闹天宫这部电影给观众留下了深刻的印象。,get the impression that,have a good impression of,made a,deep impression on,You will find your colleagues very eager to assist yo
11、u, so you may be able to _ photography later if you are interested. I cant _ on my studies with all that noise going on.,concentrate on,concentrate,2. concentrate 集中 (注意力);聚集,Words focus,concentrate on (doing) sth concentration n. 集中；专心；关注,【归纳拓展】,Words focus,3. explore v.探险；探讨 读下面的例句，翻译划线部分。 He expl
12、ored and took photos of the great forest. _ Volunteer activity among college students is explored in this article. _ The study has achieved many goals, but there are still several areas that should be further explored. _ This city has many places of interest and is a great place to explore. _,探险,探讨,
13、探险,探讨,Words focus,explorer n. 探险者；考察者 exploration n. 探索；探究 Christopher Columbus was seen as one of the greatest _. An astronaut will give a speech about his space _ in the theatre this weekend. Please _ all the possibilities before you make a decision.,explorers,exploration,explore,【归纳拓展】,4. confide
14、nce n. 信心 She has confidence in herself, for she believes confidence is the first step on the road to success. As a result, she is always doing everything confidently. 她对自己有信心，因为她深信信心是通往成功的第一步。因此，她总是充满信心地做每一件事情。,Words focus,I feel confident _ the future of rock music in China. 我对摇滚乐在中国的前景充满信心。 We ha
15、ve _ in saying that the new record will be broken soon. 我们有信心说新的纪录将很快会被打破。 He sat there smiling, _ winning the game. 他微笑着坐在那儿，确信自己会赢得比赛。,about/of,confidence,confident about/of,Words focus,Thinking,1. Talk about your first day at senior high school Write down the key words and phrases.,teachers： class: classmates: high school: .,2. Decide on your order to talk about it.,teachers： class: classmates: . high school:,Thinking,Homework,Write down the key words and talk about your first day in front of the class with the help of the lists.,