school becomes interesting u nit 4 you will be able to: 1. talk about your school life. 2. talk...

School Becomes Interesting

UNIT 4

You will be able to:

1. talk about your school life.

2. talk about outside school

activities.

3. describe actions with the

simple present tense.

School Becomes Interesting

Contents

1 Warming up

2 Listening and Speaking

3 Reading and Writing

5 Language in Use

10 My Progress Check

8 Around the World

4 Grammar

6 Skill Practice

7 Pronunciation Exercise

9 For Better Performance

Listen and match.

Warming up

鼠标点击图片进入，单击空白处继续

library

factory

student apartment

workshop

computer lab

classroom

computer lab

计算机房

Warming up

student apartment

学生宿舍

Warming up

library

n. 图书馆

Warming up

workshop

n. 培训班

Warming up

classroom

n. 教室

Warming up

factory

n. 工厂

Warming up

1. How many hours do you study in the classroom every day?

Warming up

2. Do you have PE class?

3. Do you go to workshops or factories to learn practical skills?

Answer the questions.

Key Sentences

1. When do you usually get up in the morning?

2. I always walk to school.

3. When do you start your class?

4. We have skill-training classesin the afternoon.

Warming up

Warming up

坐公交车

adv. 总是，永远　

v. 出发，开始

做运动

by bus

always

start

do sports

Read the words and expressions and listen to the dialogue.

Tom: When do you usually get up in the morning?

Claire: Well, I get up at 7:00 and I have breakfast at 7:30.

Tom: Do you go to school buy bus?

Claire: No, I don’t. I always walk to school.

Tom: When do you start your classes?

Claire: Half past eight.

Tom: What do you do after classes?

Claire: I often do sport.

Tom: Good for you.

Warming upRead the words and expressions and listen to the dialogue.

Listen again and match the expressions with the pictures.

Warming up

get up

start your class

have breakfast

walk to school

do sports

get up

start your class

have breakfast

walk to school

do sports

Listening and Speaking

different from

不同于

Learn these words and expressions.

skill

n. 技能，技巧

machinen. 机器

high school

中学

the whole day

整天

advice

n. 建议

Zhang Yu: Hello, Lin Wei. How are you? Are you happy at

your new school?

Lin Wei: Yes. It’s very different from other high schools.

We have classes in school and we also go to

factories to learn work skills.

Zhang Yu: Do you like doing that?

Lin Wei: Yes. It’s quite interesting. Other high school

students sit in the classroom the whole day.

Zhang Yu: What do you do in the factories?

Lin Wei: The technicians teach us how to use the

machines. It’s interesting but not easy. There

are so many English words on the machines.

Zhang Yu: So you must learn English well to read them.

Lin Wei: Thank you for your advice.

Listening and Speaking Listen to the dialogue and repeat.

[ ]

[ ]

[ ]

[ ]

Decide true ( T ) or false ( F ) .

1. Lin Wei’s school is the same as other high schools.

2. Every day the students go to the factories and farms.

3. The technicians show the students how to use the machines.

F

F

T

4. The machines are all made in China. F

Listening and Speaking

Listen again and answer the questions.

1. Is Lin Wei’s new school different from other high schools?

Yes, it is.

2. Do students go to the factories?

Yes, they do.

Listening and Speaking

3. What do they do in the factories?

They learn how to use machines.

4. What does Zhang Yu ask Lin Wei to do?

Zhang Yu asks Lin Wei to study English well.

find v. 查找

skill-trainingadj. 技能培训的

usefuladj. 有用的

computer n. 计算机

Learn the words.

Listening and Speaking

subjectn. 科目

Lucy: Hi, Bob. How do you 1)________ your school ?

Bob: I like it very much. It’s nice.

Lucy: What 2)________ do you have?

Bob: Besides maths and English, we have

3)________________ classes. We all study

computer science. Some of us learn cooking

or car-repairing.

Lucy: What training classes do you like?

Bob: I like 4)___________ science and car-repairing.

They are very 5)__________.

find

skill-training

computers

Then listen and complete the dialogue with the proper form of the words.

subjects

useful

Listening and Speaking

1. What classes does Bob have?

Maths, English, computer science and car-repairing.

2. Why does Bob like to study computer science and car-repairing?

Because they are useful.

3. What training classes does your school have?

Student’s own answers.

Answer the questions.

Listening and Speaking

1. The factory is beside / besides the school. beside

2. Besides / Beside Chinese, I also study English and French. Besides

3. I always go to school on / by foot. on

4. This school is different from / with other schools. from

Circle the correct words.

Listening and Speaking

a nice school 　　

PE class

skill-training class

visit factories

learn from the technicians

how to use machines

Language Tips:

Listening and SpeakingPair work. Talk about your school life.

Reading and Writing

vocational school 职业学校

work as以……为职业

though conj. 虽然

tourist n. 旅游者，游客

Read the words and expressions. Which ones do you know?

carry v. 扛，搬

show somebody around带某人参观

keep clean保持清洁

feel tired感到疲惫

Read the text with these questions in mind.

1. Where does Susan study?

Reading and Writing

Learning Tips:阅读英文文章时，无须

对每一个词都同等重视。可以采用跳读法，即让目光从

一个“字群” 跳到另一个“字群”，从一个主要信息跳到另一个主要信息进行识读。例如 : There are / different

classes / in our school.

2. What do the students study in Susan’s school ？

3. Do the students like their school?

Dear Peter,

I am studying at a vocational school now. There are many different classes in our school. In the morning we study in the classroom. In the afternoon we have skill-training classes outside school. Some students work as cashiers in shops. Some work as tour guides and show the tourists around our city. We often go to hotels. Boys help people carry their bags and girls help keep the rooms clean. Sometimes we have classes in the factories. The workers there show us how to use modern machines. It’s quite interesting, though we feel a bit tired in the evening.

I’m happy at this school. I like it very much. Yours,

Susan

Reading and Writing

1. Where does Susan study?

Susan studies at a vocational school.

2. What do the students do in the morning?

The students study in the classroom.

3. What do they usually do in the afternoon?

They usually have skill-training classes outside their school.

Answer the questions.

Reading and Writing

5. Does Susan like her vocational school?

Yes, she likes.

Answer the questions.

4. What do they do in hotels?

Boys help people carry their bags and girls help keep the rooms clean.

Reading and Writing

Choose the best answer according to the text.

1. Usually the students study in the _______ in the morning.

A. shop B. hotel C. classroom

C

4. Sometimes in hotels, _______ help keep the rooms clean.

A. boys B. girls C. teachers

B

3. The workers ______ the students how to use machines.

A. give B. learn C. show

C

2. They work as tour guides to ___________ the city.

A. visit B. clean C. show people around

C

Reading and Writing

3. Our school life is very interesting.

Replace the words and expressions with those from the text.

1. We are happy in our school.

2. In the evening I feel a little tired.

In the evening I feel a bit tired.

Our school life is quite interesting.

We have a happy life in our school.

Reading and Writing

Example:

4. Boys help people take their bags.

5. Girls help clean the rooms.

Boys help people carry their bags.

Girls help keep the rooms clean.

Reading and WritingReplace the words and expressions with those from the text.

We usually 1)_______ classes in the morning but in the 2)_

______ we usually go outside school. Some students 3)____

___ as cashiers in shops. Some students work as tour guides

and 4)_______ the tourists around our city. Our school life is

quite interesting and we 5)_______ it very much.

Fill in the blanks according to the text.

have

afternoon

work

show

like

Reading and Writing

Complete the table and compare the school life of Susan’s and yours.

Reading and Writing

In Susan’s School In Your School

In the Morning

In the Afternoon

Things Students Often Do

Things Students Sometimes Do

Grammar

当我们描述一个动作多长时间发生一次的时候，可以用这些词：

always

usually

often

sometimes

seldom

never

We always have classes in the morning.

我们总在上午上课。

In the afternoon, we usually go outside school.

下午我们通常到校外去。

He often plays basketball after school.

他经常在放学后打篮球。

Sometimes we work as tour guides.

有时我们做导游。

He seldom has supper after 8:00 in the evening.

他很少在晚上 8 点之后吃晚饭。

She is never late for school.

她上学从不迟到。

Grammar

一般现在时的否定句要在动词前加 do not ( he / she / it 做主语时要加 does not ) ，动词用原形 。一般疑问句要在句子前面加 do ( he / she / it 做主语时用 does ) ，动词用原形。

They do not (don’t) have so many classes in the classroom.

Do you have any interest in cooking?

She does not (doesn’t) have a bike.

Does he practise his spoken English every morning?

Follow the example and do the exercises.

The machine doesn’t work again.Does the machine work again?

4. The machine works again.

The boys don’t play ball games in the gym.Do the boys play ball games in the gym?

3. The boys play ball games in the gym.

The girl doesn’t think too much about it.Does the girl think too much about it?

2. The girl thinks too much about it.

We don’t study computer science in school.Do you study computer science in school?

1. We study computer science in school.

Sam doesn’t take a bus to school.Does Sam take a bus to school?

Sam takes a bus to school.

Language in Use

Language in UseComplete the sentences according to the Chinese in the brackets.

1. She _____________( 从不 ) gets up before 7 o’clock.

2. He______________ ( 经常 ) has classes in the morning.

3. They ____________( 很少 ) visit factories in the afternoon.

4. ____________( 有时 ) I have breakfast on my way to school.

never

often

seldom

Sometimes

Skill PracticeFill in the blanks with the words in the box.

a lot

kind

Sometimes

technicians

use

We are vocational school students. 1)_________ we

go to factories. The workers teach us how to

2)________ machines. They are very 3)_________ to

us. We learn 4)_________ from them. We want to be

good workers and 5)____________. We are happy in

our school.

Sometimes

use kinda lot

technicians

Skill PracticeListen and fill in the blanks.

Tom: Do you 1)________ get up late on Saturdays?

Lucy: No, I 2)________ get up late. I 3)________ get up early.

4)________ I go for a walk in the park. What about you, Tom?

Tom: I 5)________ get up early on weekdays. So at weekends I

6)________stay in bed until 11:00.

Lucy: Really? That’s not good.

usually

seldom always

Sometimes

always

often

There is going to be a workshop on IT products in our office tomorrow. It will start at 9 o’clock in the morning and end at 5 in the afternoon. The manager is going to make a speech at the beginning. At 9:30 an engineer will give a presentation about our new IT products. The presentation will last an hour. After a thirty-minute coffee break, people will discuss the presentation in groups. Lunch will be from 12 to 1 pm. In the afternoon, people will continue to discuss, with a coffee break at 3 o’clock.

End of the meeting17:00

15:30

15:00

13:00

12:00

Group discussion11:00

10:30

9:30

Speech by the manager9:00

Activity Time

Skill PracticeRead the notice and fill in the table according to it.

Group discussion

Tea / coffee break

Group discussion

Lunch

Tea / coffee break

Presentation by an engineer

Pronunciation ExerciseListen and repeat.

beside cashier listen picture

technician visit

Chinese clean keep machine

please speak

1. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

2. Jean is as busy as a bee.

/ɪ/

/i /

1. Why does Samuel go to a vocational school?

2. What do you think of Samuel Johnson’s school life?

Around the world

Language Tips:

primary school 小学

middle school 初中

vocational school 职业学校

high school 高中

Around the World

Samuel Johnson does not want to go to university. He thinks he won’t learn any practical skills there, so when he finishes ninth grade, he will choose a vocational school. At the vocational school he wants to learn useful knowledge and practical skills. There are many different kinds of classes for students to take depending on their interest. Some of Samuel’s friends are already studying mechanics or computer programming. Some are learning cooking or accounting. Most boys enjoy car-repairing. A vocational school prepares young people to enter adult society with practical skills. Samuel is a hardworking student and he is sure to find a good job in the future.

For Better PerformanceAsk at least three of your friends about their new schools. You can ask the following questions and write their answers in the table.

A. Are you happy with your new school now?

B. Where is your new school?

C. Is it far from your home?

D. What subjects do you learn?

E . Where do you usually have lessons?

Name Question A Question EQuestion B Question C Question D

For Better PerformanceYour friend Wang Ping writes a letter to you about his life in high school. Read it and write back to him to describe your school life.

Hi, Li Wei,

I’ve been at my new school for a month now. I’m having a busy time here. We have many subjects, such as Chinese, maths, English, physics, chemistry, PE, political science, etc. I find English is quite difficult. My teacher always asks us to memorise a lot of words. We study more than 10 hours a day. I have almost no time for fun. How’s your life in your new school? I hope it’s more interesting than mine. Write to me!

CheersWang Ping

For Better PerformanceYour teacher has given you the school timetable. Do you like it? Now discuss with your partner to make your own school timetable.

WeekdayClass hour

Afternoon

Morning

8:00---8:40

8:50---9:30

9:50---10:30

10:40---11:20

1:00---1:40

1:50---2:30

2:40---3:20

3:30---4:10

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Maths English English Maths Moraleducation

PE Computerscience

Computerscience

Skill

training

(go to

factory)Playing

basketball

Self-study

time

Vocationalskills

Chinese Vocationalskills

Chinese

Self-study

time

Maths Skill

training

(go to

factory)

For Better Performance

Your School Timetable

WeekdayClass hour

Afternoon

Morning

8:00---8:40

8:50---9:30

9:50---10:30

10:40---11:20

1:00---1:40

1:50---2:30

2:40---3:20

3:30---4:10

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

For Better PerformanceGroup work.

1. We want to have a computer science lesson on Monday

morning because it is interesting .

2. We want to ________________ ________________

because it is _________________.

3. We want to ________________ ________________

because it is _________________.

Show your timetable and give reasons for your choice. Discuss and choose the best one in your group.

My Progress CheckWords I have learned in this unit are:

always

library

workshopthough

start

use

classroom

machine

subject

useful

carry

factory

maths skill-training

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√ √

advice

computer

never practical

sometimes technician

All together I know ______ words.More words I know in this unit are:___________________________

√

√ √

√ √

√ √ √

√ √

My Progress CheckPhrases and expressions I have learned in this unit are:

different from

high school

do sports

keep clean

computer lab

feel tired

show somebody around

student apartment the whole day

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√ work as√

get up

Great! Now I know ______ useful phrases and expressions.

More useful phrases and expressions I know in this unit are:

___________________________________________

√

√

My Progress Check

I can:

√

√

√

talk about my school life

talk about outside school activities

describe actions with the simple present tense.

My Progress Check

I even can:

√

√

plan my new school timetable.

write a letter to introduce my new school to my friends.