译林牛津版 Book1

Unit 1 School life

In this unit, you will• read a magazine article about shool life in the

UK and two other articles about shool clubs• listen to a headmaster talking about shool activ

ities• discuss daily shool life with your partner• report your shool activities to your class teach

er• write a notice about shool activities• make a poster for a new shool club

Different schools

1. pre-school education (2----5years old)

2. primary education (5/6----12/13)

3. secondary education (12/13----16/18)

4. further/ higher education (18+)

(China) kindergarten(UK) play school / nursery school

(China) primary school (UK) junior school

(China) junior and senior middle school

(UK) comprehensive school / grammar school

college / university

Different schools

(U.S.A.)Middle school 初中High school 高中

Junior high/middle school 初中

Senior high/middle school 高中

excitement

challenges

discoveries

failures

successes

dreams

joys

sorrows

laughter

tears

Unit 1 School life

Huge campus & low-rise buildings

Lockers for every student

Fewer students in each class

At ease with our teachers

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in the United Kingdom

in China

Huge campus &low-rise buildin

gsLarge campus and taller buildings

Lockers for every student

None have such

equipment.

in the United Kingdom

in China

Fewer students in each class

40-50-60

At ease with our teachers

Be friendly to each other

2. Do you know of any differences between the lives of Chinese and British high school students?

1. What kind of

school activities do

you enjoy?

School life

lecture sports meetperformance military trainingevening party class partytug-of-war woodwork

What kind of school activities do

you enjoy?

3. What is your dream

school life like?

Teachers?

Classmates?

What is your dream school life

like?

Your dream school life

Useful expressions:

In my opinion…

I think…

The perfect school in my mind is like this.

The teachers should be…

The students should be…

There are many activities…

…

teach

er

s teach

er

sfair

patient

learned

energetic

understanding

cooperative

humorous

student

s student

s

strong-willed

diligent

open-minded

energetic

competitive

cooperative

civilized

teachers studen

ts

love

understand

respect

learn

help

encourage

wisdom

couragebelief

luck

diligence

perseverancedetermination

cooperation

competenceconfidence

intelligence

Confucius

学而时习之

不亦悦乎

Where there is a

will, there is a

way.

Where there is a

will, there is a

way.

Perseverance is

the only road to

success.

Perseverance is

the only road to

success.

at ease with our teacherat ease 意为”自在” ,” 安适” ,” 不拘束” , 在句中常作表语或状语 . 如 :

He was at ease with strangers. We were walking on the grass at our ease.ill at ease “ 不自在” ,” 局促不

安” 在句中常做表语She was ill at ease people tha

t she did’nt understand.

护士尽她们所能来使病人觉得自在 .

你穿上西装总是看上去不自在 .

Translate:

Do you know of any other differences between the

lives of china and British high school students?

of

about

…from… 　

know

听说

了解

区分

I don’t _______ the writer, but I _______ him

A knows of ; know B know ; know of

C know ; learn D learn ; know of

Life (n)

C

U

lives

生活方式

性命，一生，一辈子

生命，生物

Which do you prefer, town life or country life?

Everybody has vauled remembrance during his life.

Is there any life on the planet Mars?

Many people devoted their ______to Qinghai-Tibet Railway.

lives

Write down your own opinion on what your dream school is like in about 100 words.