Module1 My First Day at Senior HighSection I Introduction&Reading and Vocabulary Introduction：Complete the word maps with the words in the box. biology chemistry English Japanese geography history ChinesePE(Physical Education) Russian IT(Information Technology) physicsacademic [,ækə'demik] adj. 学术的province ['prɒvins] n. 省enthusiastic [in,θju:zi'æstik] adj.热心的amazing [ə'meiziŋ] adj.令人吃惊的；令人惊讶的information [,infə'meiʃən] n. 消息website [ web’sait] n.网站；网址brilliant ['briljənt] adj.(口语)极好的comprehension [,kɒmpri'henʃən] n. 理解,领悟instruction [in'strʌkʃən] n.（常作复数）指示；说明method ['meθəd] n. 方法bored ['bɒ: d] adj.厌烦的；厌倦的embarrassed [im'bærəst] adj.尴尬的；难堪的；困窘的attitude ['ætitju:d] n. 态度behaviour [bi'heivjə] n. 行为；举动previous ['pri:viəs] adj.以前的；从前的description [di'skripʃən] n.记述；描述amazed [ə'meizd] adj. 吃惊的;惊讶的embarrassing [im'bærəsiŋ] adj.令人尴尬的；令人难堪的technology [tek'nɒlədʒi] n. 技术impress [im'pres] vt.使印象深刻correction [kə'rekʃən] n. 改正；纠正encouragement [in'kʌridʒmənt] n. 鼓励；激励enjoyment [in'dʒɒimənt] n.享受；乐趣fluency ['flu:ənsi] n.流利；流畅misunderstanding [,misʌndə'stændiŋ] n. 误解disappointed [,disə'pɒintid] adj. 失望的disappointing [,disə'pɒintiŋ] adj.令人失望的system ['sistəm] n. 制度；体系；系统teenager ['ti:nidʒə] n.少年disappear [,disə'piə] vi. 消失move [mu:v] vi.搬家assistant [ə'sistənt] n. 助手, 助理cover ['kʌvə] vt.包含diploma [di'pləumə] n. 文凭, 毕业证书Reading：My First Day at Senior HighMy Name is Li Kang. I live in Shijiazhuang, a city not far from Beijing. I t is the capitalcity ofHebei Province. Today is my first day at Senior Hig h school and I'm writing down my thoughts about it.My new school is very good and I can see why.The teachers are verye nthusiasticand friendly and the classrooms are amazing. Every room has a computer with a special screen, almost as big as a cinema screen. T he teachers write on thecomputerand their words appear on the screen behind them. The screens alsoshow photographs, text and information fr om websites. They're brilliant!The English class is really interesting. The teacher is a very enthusiastic womancalled Ms Shen. We're using a new textbook and Ms Shen's me thod of teaching is nothing like that of the teacherat my Junior High sch ool. She thinks that reading comprehen-sion is important, but we speak a lot in class, too. And we have fun. I don't think I will be bored in Ms Shen's class!Today we introduced ourselves to each other. We did this in groups.So me students were embarrassed at first but everyone was very friendly a nd it was really nice. Ms Shen gave us instructions and then we worked by ourselves.Ms Shen wants to help us improve our spelling and handwriting. We do this in a funway, with spelling games and other activities. I like her attit ude very much, and the behaviour of the otherstudents shows that they like her, too.There are sixty-five students in my class—more than my previous class i n Junior High.Forty-nine of them are girls. In other words, there are thre e times as many girls as boys. They say that girlsare usually more hard -working than boys, but in this class, everyone is hard-working. For ourhomework tonight, we have to write a description ofthe street where we live. I'm looking forward todoing it!I.Read the school diary and find...1.Something about this school which is different from Li Kang’s Junior High school.2.Two things that the English teacher thinks are important to do in class.3.Two things that the English teacher wants to improve.II.Choose the answers with the same meaning as the sentences fro m the text.1.Ms Shen's method of teaching is nothing like that of the teachers at my Junior H igh school.a)My previous teachers’method of teaching is better than that of Ms Shen.b)My previous teachers’method of teaching is different from that of Ms Shen.2.I don’t think I will be bored in Ms Shen’s class!a)I will find the class interesting! b)I will find the class difficult!3.Some students were embarrassed at first...a)The students stopped being shy eventually.b)The students couldn’t do the activity.4.Ms Shen gave us instructions and then we worked by ourselves.a)We did everything by ourselves.b)We listened to Ms Shen’s explanation and then worked with each other.III.Read the three summaries of Li Kang’s opinion about the new sc hool.Decide which is the best.1.Li Kang’s new school is very different from his old school.There is new technolog y and they speak a lot in the English class.Everyone in the class works hard.2.Li Kang is very impressed with the teachers and the technology in his new scho ol.The English teacher’s method is very different from that in his old school and very interesting.The class is bigg-er and the students work hard.3.The most important thing about the new school is the technology in the classroom.There are more girls than boys in the class.Li Kang’s first homework is a des cription of the street where he lives.Class Exercise:I.Spell the words：1.What’s your ______(态度) towards studying English?2.She was _______(尴尬的) when they asked her age.3.There are a lot of _______(令人吃惊的) animals in the world.4.The _______(行为) of parents has a great effect on their children.5.The new teaching _______(方法) encourages children to think independently.6.We have no ______(信息) about where she has gone.7.Who was the _______(以前的) owner of the car?8.Read the ________(说明) on the bottle before you take the medicine.9.I’ve never seen your English teacher.Can you give me a simple _______ (描述) of him?II.Fill in the blanks or complete the sentences with the correct word form.1.I am deeply impressed _______ his performance.2.My mother is very kind and she treats every person with great _________(enthusiastic).3.It’s bad ________(manner) to ask about women’s ages.4.The doctor asked me a lot of ________(embarrass) questions about my personal life.5.Under the teacher’s ________(instruct),I have made great progress in English.6.The new teacher made a good ________(impress) on the students.7.The task is very difficult for me ________(finish) by Friday.8.We were _______ by the ________ news that an eight-year-old child went to college.(amaze)9.His attitude _______ the plan is similar ______ mine.10.We waited for a long time,and the exciting moment we were looking forwardto _______(come) at last.plete the sentences with the correct phrases form in the box.look forward to,be similar to,be impressed with,beyond description,nothing like,have great fun,previous to,be enthusiastic about,in other words1.I’m always __________________ owning a computer so my father is going to buy one for me.2.John ______________ his work,so he always does it very well.3.We ______________ playing in the water yesterday.4.__________________ going to France,he learned a lot about the country.5.There is _______________ a cold beer on a hot summer day.6.Their house __________________ ours,but ours has a lager garden.7.As far as I know,the beauty of the Yellow Mountain is _________________.8.He is to arrive here the day after tomorrow;__________________,he will be here on Friday.9.The first time I visited Guilin,I __________________ its beautiful sights.。
