Module1Myfirstdayatseniorhighschool•CulturalcornerTheirclassesarelivelyandinteresting．Theirafter-schoolactivitiesarecolorful.Teachingaims•1.Masterthenewwordsandphrases.•2.Understandthemainideaofthetextandcananswersomequestions.•3.Mastertheusagesofsomelanguagepointsandcanusethemintheexercises.Fast-ReadingWhat’sthedifferencesandsimilaritiesbetweenAmericanandChineseschoolsystems?(2ndparagraph)Similarities:Aschoolyearisdividedintotwosemesters.Differences:Americanschoolshavelongvacations.Details•Readthepassagecarefullyandanswerthesequestions②Whichgradesarehighschool?③Whatdotheyneediftheywanttogotocollege?Ninthtotwelfthgrades.Ahighdiploma.Paragraph1Questions:①HowlongdoessecondaryschoolcoverintheUS?Sevenyears.Paragraph2Questions:①Howmanysemestersarethereintheschoolyear?Twosemesters.②Whatarethey?ThefirstofwhichisSeptemberthroughDecember,andthesecondJanuarythroughMay.③Whatistheschoolschedule?Theystartat7:50amandtheyfinishat3pm.Paragraph3Question:Whatisthemainideaofthisparagraph?Thestudent’safter-schoolactivities.Paragraph4Question:Whatisthemainideaoftheparagraph?TheauthorwantstoknowsomethingabouttheChineseschoolsystem.Discussion•WhatdoyouthinkoftheAmericanschoolsystem?AndwhataboutChina?(Pleaseexpressyourownopinionanddiscusswithyourpartner.)Languagepoints1.covervt.覆盖;走完;看完;占地面积;报导;包含;1)Coverthesleepingchildwithyourcoat.2)Themountainwascoveredwithsnowalltheyearround.3)Hecoveredthedistancein15minutes.4)Howmanypageshaveyoucovered?5)Thecitycoverstensquaremiles.6)Iwantourbestreporterssenttocoverthetrial(审讯).7)ThedictionarydoesnotcoverthewholeEnglishvocabulary.2.Theschoolyearisdividedintotwosemesters,thefirstofwhichisSeptemberthroughDecember…divide（使某物）分割开；分开；分隔,常与介词into搭配使用。如：dividealargehouseintoflats把一所大房子分隔成若干套间divideanovelintochapters把一部小说分成若干章节dividetheclassintosmallgroups把那个班分成几个小组thefirstofwhichis…引导的是非限制性定语从句。这是由“名词/代词+of+关系代词”引导的定语从句。这种形式可以用于指人，也可以用于指物。指人时关系代词用whom，指物时用which。又如：Hersons,bothofwhomworkabroad,ringherupeveryweek.她的两个儿子，都在国外工作，他们每周都给她打电话来。Hewentwithagroupofpeople,fewofwhomwerecorrectlyequippedforsuchaclimb.他和一队人一起去了，其中没有几个人配有进行这样一次登山的适当装备。Thebuses,mostofwhichwerealreadyfull,weresurroundedbyanangrycrowd.公共汽车大多数都已经挤满了人，它们被愤怒的人群包围着。3.join/joinin/takepartin/attend参加注:takeanactivepartintakepartwith站在...一边playanimportantpartinplaythepart/roleof(1)join—becomeamemberof…加入某些组织jointheParty/army/theUnitedNation(2)joinsbinsth/doing与…一起参加(正在进行的活动)joinusinourtalkjoinusinbuyingsthforher(3)takepartin参加(有组织的某项活动)Ijoinedtheschoolbasketteam,butdidn’ttakepartinitsimportantcompetitionheldlastweek.(4)attend参加（会议）；照顾attendthemeetingattendschoolattend(to)thewoundedTherewillbemoreathletestakingpartinthe2008OlympictobeheldinBeijing.Exercises•1.Asayoungman,ComradeZhouEnlai____thestudents’movementsandlater_____theCommunistPartyofChina.•A.joined;tookpartinB.tookpartin;joinedC.joinedin;tookpartinD.tookpartof;joined•2.______withatablecloththetablelooksverynice.•A.CoveringB.CoveredC.HavingcoveredD.Havingbeencovered•3.Thetouristswere_______threegroupstovisitthemuseum.•A.dividedintoB.dividedfromC.separatedintoD.separatedfrom•4.Thehousingarea_________________threesquarekilometres.(这片居住区占地三平方公里.)•5.Didyou________themeetingheldyesterday?(join,takepartin,attend)ReviewwordsandphraseswelearntinModuleOne.DoExercisesonWorkbook.PreviewnewwordsandtextinthenextModule
