Highlights of My Senior

Year

The Chinese Secondary School System

Junior Middle School

Senior High School

Grade Average Age Grade Average

Age

1 / 7

2 / 8

3 / 9

13-14

14-15

15-16

1

2

3

16-17

17-18

18-19

Draw a chart about Chinese school system.

• Look at the chart on page 15 and compare the American school system with the Chinese school system, and try to tell the difference.

Discussion

Chinese classroom

American classroom

Vocabulary

peermediator

foreverlook back at

settlehave fun

competitive

n. 同龄人n. 调解员，斡旋者adv. 永远回顾，回忆v. 解决玩得开心adj. 好强的，好竞争的

electsuitrent

It’s a great pity that…dinner jacket

enormous

v. 选举，推选v. 合适，适合v.( 短期 ) 租用很可惜……男子晚礼服上装adj. 巨大的，庞大的

Reading

To get general ideas

skimming

1. Which of the following sentences best summaries the passage?

A. It’s about Joanna’s senior year. B. It’s about the wonderful things in

Joanna’s senior year. C. It’s about Joanna’s successes. D. It’s about Joanna’s senior prom.

2. Which is the topic sentence of the third paragraph?

A.1st sentenceB.2nd sentenceC.3rd sentenceD.The last sentence

skimming

skimming

3. Which part describes Joanna’s highlight of senior year? A. Paragraph 1 &Paragraph 2 B. Paragraph 3 & Paragraph 4 C. Paragraph 5 & Paragraph 6 D. Paragraph 7 & Paragraph 8

To solve difficult points

1 Something else I’ve greatly enjoyed is working as a peer mediator, someone who helps students to settle problems that they have with other students. 另外一件我非常乐意做的事情是做同伴调解人，就是帮助学生们解决同学之间的问题。 1) work as 以某一种身份做工作2) have problems with… 和……之间有问题，出现了麻烦

1) Those days, he worked as an English teacher in a village school in China. I want to work as a logistic manager.2) What problems do you really have with him? How many low-income immigrants and their families have problems with access to mental health treatment because of a language barrier and a deep cultural divide.

2 At the start of the school year, we were given training in how to do this…新学期开始，我们就接受了培训，学习怎样做这种工作。how to do … 为带疑问词的不定式，做介词 in 的宾语。有时要在不定式前加一个疑问词作动词或介词的宾语，例如 :He often teaches us how to pronounce English words.Have you got an idea of where to get help?

3 …and I did enjoy it whenever I won our races! 不管什么时候只要我赢了比赛，我都会为此欣喜万分！1) do 或 did 在动词原形前，加强该动词的语气。他确实告诉过我他要去伦敦。He did tell me he would leave for London.一定来参加我的生日宴会。 Do come to my birthday party. 我确实去那儿了。 我确实想你。 I did go there.

I do miss you.

2) 句中的 it 是人称代词，代表抽象的事物，指的是 whenever I won our races 。whenever 引导时间状语从句，意思为every or any time ，例如：You may use my dictionary whenever you want to.He was always in his lab whenever I went to see him.

4 It took two hours but it was worth it, as everyone told me I looked very elegant! 这花了我两小时，不过很值得，因为每个人都说我看起来端庄典雅。在 it took two hours but it was worth it.这句中第一个“ it” 指的是“做头发这件事” -- to have my hair done第二个“ it” 指的也是“做头发这件事” -- to have my hair done

第三个“ it” 指的是“两小时的时间” -- the time of two hours, 在这里，可理解为： worth it = worthwhile 在上下文意思明确时，我们可以说 worth it ，表示一个很好的理由去做某事，值得去做某事。这里的 it 代表什么，可以通过上下文去理解，例如：It was hard work, but it was worth it in the end.The dictionary costs 80 yuan, which is worth it for learning English.

5 They do this in order to encourage crowds to cheer their sports teams.他们这样做来鼓励观众为他们的运动队加油。cheer 为……加油；向……喝彩；欢呼当他出现时，人群发出欢呼声。 The crowd cheered when he appeared.我去为我们的队伍加油。I went to cheer our team on.

cheer 感到振奋，感到高兴那消息使那家人振奋不已。 The news cheered the family.他受到好消息的鼓舞。He was cheered by the good news.cheer up （使）感到振奋；（使）感到高兴你的出场将使他振奋。 Your presence will cheer him up.

To get detail information

1. What’s her first plan after high school?

She’s going to take a long vacation.2. What kind of training was given to

students at the beginning of school year?

They were given training in how to be a peer mediator.

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3. How was her school skiing trip? They had great fun racing each other down the ski slopes.4. Why was she given a car by her parents? Because she got good grades on her final exams, and received the senior prize for English Literature.

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5. Before going to the prom, what preparations did she make? She found a dress that suited her perfectly and had her hair specially done. (It took 2 hours but it was worth it.)

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1.Joanna had a lot of successes during her senior year. What were they?

a. working as an arts editor for the newspaperb. working as a peer mediatorc. getting good grades in her final examsd. receiving the senior prize for English Literaturee. being elected to the student councilf. being elected prom queen

2. Joanna enjoyed the prom so much because __.a. she went with Daniel

b. she looked elegant c. she had a good time with her friends d. she was elected prom queen e. she was elected to the student council f. she met many new friends

• An arts _____ is someone who writes about films, plays and art.

• A ____________ is someone who helps students find the answers to problem.

• The student ______ is an organization of students.

peer mediator

editor

council

I can hardly believe it, but my school life is almost over.

I couldn’t believe it, but my school life will soon end.Meanwhile, I find myself looking back at wonderful things that have happened.

At the same time, I’m remembering my senior year.

Working on this paper is my first step towards becoming a journalist. I’m trying to become a journalist, and working on this paper is the first experience for me.

It took two hours but it was worth it. I spent two hours having my hair done. The time is long but I’ m satisfied, so two hours is worth spending.

To do exercises

1.What _______ did you get in your English Literature exam?

2.The dance hall was _________________________.

3.Joanna will remember the prom ________.

grade

enormous / elegant / smart

forever

4.You look wonderful in that ______________dress. It really _____ you!

5.Daniel looked very ____________ in his ____________.

6. He ______ a big car to go to the prom.

elegant / smartsuits

elegant /smartdinner jacket

rented

7. It’s the most important social ______of the year.

8. You need _______ for most jobs.

9. If you pass your exams, you receive your High School ________.

event

training

diploma

10.___________ people want to be the best at everything.

11.Go and have your hair done. ___________, I’ll ring our friends.

12.For Joanna, the _________of the evening was being elected prom queen.

Competitive

Meanwhile

highlight

Homework

Write a passage about the

highlights of your senior school.