Teaching aims:
Enabling the students to
1. retell the passage learned
2. master the language points in the reading material
3. write similar passages
Teaching steps:
I. Ask some students to retell the reading material. Say something about Li Kang’s first day at Senior High.
Ask some to say something about their first day at Senior High. Try to imitate the passage of Li Kang’s.
II. Deal with the language points in the reading material.
1. information n. facts or details telling sth about a situation, person ,event, etc
information about/on sb/sth 關(guān)于某人/某事的信息
a piece of information 一則消息； 一份情報(bào)
ask for information on/about 打聽關(guān)于……的消息
a source of information 消息來源
provide/ give/ pass on information 提供/給與/傳遞信息
an information desk 問詢處
2. instruction n. (pl) sth that sb tells you to do 指示
(pl) information on how to do or use sth 說明
follow the instructions 按說明做/聽從指示
instructions on(how to do ) sth （如何做）某事的指示
instructions to do sth 做某事的指示
be under instructions to do sth 被指示做某事
3 embarrassed adj. feeling nervous and uncomfortable and worrying
be embarrassed to do sth 羞于做某事
be embarrassed about/at 對(duì)……感到困窘
4 attitude n sb’s opinions of feelings about sth, especially as shown by their behaviour
attitude to/towards sth/sb 對(duì)某人/某事的態(tài)度
5. previous adj happening or existing before the event or object you are talking about 以前的；從前的
the previous day 前一天
previous to 在……以前
previously adv 以前；從前
6. impress vt. to have a favorable effect on sb ;
to make sb feel admiration and respect
impression n.
impress sth in /on sth
impress sth on/opon sb
impress sb with sth
be impressed at/by/with
make an impression on sb
7. I live in Shijiazhuang, a city not far from Beijing
（1）far from a) 遠(yuǎn)離 b) 毫不；遠(yuǎn)非；一點(diǎn)也不
（2）away from & far (away) from , 兩個(gè)短語都可以用來作表語，狀語和后置定語。其中，其中away from用在表示具體距離的詞后面時(shí)，意為“離……（多遠(yuǎn)）， be away from意為“離開”。 far (away) from 通常不和具體的距離的詞連用，意為“離某地很遠(yuǎn)”。
The railway station is 7 miles far away from our school. (wrong, far should be omitted)
8. The teacher is a very enthusiastic woman called Ms. Shen.
called Ms. Shen 是過去分詞短語作定語，與所修飾的詞之間存在著邏輯上的被動(dòng)關(guān)系，相當(dāng)于定語從句who/that was called Ms. Shen。 如：
We visited the new library built three weeks ago.
我們參觀了三周前建成的圖書館。
The first textbooks written for teaching English as a foreign language came out in the 18th century.
最早為外語教學(xué)而寫的英語課本出現(xiàn)在十八世紀(jì)。
Most of the artists invited to the party were from South Africa.
被邀請(qǐng)來參加聚會(huì)的大多是南非藝術(shù)家。
注：短語一般放在被修飾詞之后，單個(gè)過去分詞放在被修飾詞之前
9. And we have fun. I don't think I will be bored in Ms. Shen's class!
�。�1）have (great) fun 玩得開心
=have (a lot of) fun
= have a wonderful time
=enjoy oneself 如：
The children were having a lot of fun with the building blocks.
孩子們玩搭積木玩得很開心。
You're sure to have some fun tonight.
今晚你一定會(huì)玩得很開心。
They had a lot of fun chatting on the net.
他們?cè)诰W(wǎng)上聊天聊得很開心。
fun是不可數(shù)名詞，常用于be fun 結(jié)構(gòu)中，相當(dāng)于interesting。如
Seeing monkeys in the zoo is great fun.
在公園看猴子非常有趣。
What fun it is to play a game after work!
工作之余活動(dòng)一下多么有趣！
注: 此處的what fun不能用how funny代替，因?yàn)?funny"是“滑稽的，好笑的”的意思。
�。弁卣梗輋or fun=in fun 開玩笑地
make fun of 嘲笑，取笑。如
I'm not saying such a serious thing for fun.
我說如此嚴(yán)肅的事情絕不是開玩笑。
It's bad manners to make fun of the blind.
取笑盲人是不禮貌的。
�。�2）注意本句屬于否定轉(zhuǎn)移。
英語中有些動(dòng)詞，如think, believe, expect, suppose, feel, guess, imagine 等，當(dāng)它們后面接一個(gè)具有否定意義的賓語從句時(shí)，通常要把主句的動(dòng)詞變?yōu)榉穸ㄊ�，而賓語從句中的謂語動(dòng)詞用肯定形式。這種現(xiàn)象稱為否定的轉(zhuǎn)移。如：
We don't think there is anything interesting in your pictures.
我們認(rèn)為你的畫并沒有什么有趣的地方。
I don't believe what he said is true.我認(rèn)為他說的不是真話。
I don't suppose they will object to my suggestion.
我想他們不會(huì)反對(duì)我的建議。
注：在反意疑問句中，若陳述部分是第一人稱單數(shù)時(shí)，think等詞用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，則疑部部分需與從句中的主語和謂語保持一致，否則要與主句的主語和謂語保持一致。如：
I don't think it's going to rain tomorrow, is it?
我認(rèn)為明不會(huì)下雨，對(duì)嗎？
You don't think I have made mistakes, do you?
你并不認(rèn)為我犯了什么錯(cuò)誤，是嗎？
10. In other words, there are three times as many girls as boys.
�。�1）in other words 意為“換句話”，在句中用作插入成分。如：
I'm not used to the way you speak to me. In other words, I don't want to continue our conversations.
我不習(xí)慣于你對(duì)我談話的方式。換句話講，我不想繼續(xù)我們的談話了。
(2) 注意倍數(shù)的英語表達(dá)：
�、貯 + be+倍數(shù) +as+ adj. +as+B
Asia is four times as large as Europe.
亞洲是歐洲的四倍大。
�、贏+be+倍數(shù)+ 比較級(jí)+than+B
Asia is three times larger than Europe.
亞洲比歐洲大三倍。
�、跘+be+倍數(shù)+the size/length/height/depth/width+ of+ B
Asia is four times the size of Europe.
亞洲是歐洲的四倍大。
注: time 表示倍數(shù)，一般只限于表示基數(shù)詞在內(nèi)的三倍或三倍以上，若表示兩倍可用副詞twice 或形容詞double。 time 表示的倍數(shù)也可以用分?jǐn)?shù)，百分?jǐn)?shù)或某些表程度的副詞替換。
This pencil is a quarter as long as that one.
這枝鉛筆是那枝的四分之一長(zhǎng)。
Our room is 60％ the size of theirs. 我們房間的面積是他們房間面積的60%。
11. I'm looking forward to doing it！我非�？释プ�。
look forward to sth./doing sth. 意思是“期待著某事/做某事”，其中“to”是介詞。
I look forward to hearing from you as early as possible.
我期待著早日收到你的來信。
Boys and girls are looking forward to Children's Day.
孩子們期盼著兒童節(jié)的來臨。
動(dòng)詞＋介詞to構(gòu)成的常用短語有：
look forward to 盼望…… turn to 求助于；轉(zhuǎn)向；翻到……
pay attention to 注意…… stick to 堅(jiān)持
get down to 開始認(rèn)真干…… object to 反對(duì)
belong to 屬于 refer to 談到，涉及，參閱
point to 指向 see to 處理，料理
come to 共計(jì)；蘇醒 reply to 答復(fù)
agree to 同意 add to 增加
devote…to… 貢獻(xiàn)……給…… compare…to…把……比作……
12. …and Ms Shen’s method of teaching is nothing like that of the teachers at my Junior High school.
nothing like意為 “沒有什么能比得上”， “絲毫不象”。
something like 意為“大約”， “幾分像”。
It looks nothing like a horse.
It must be something like seven O’clock.
13. Today we introduced ourselves to each other.
introduce sb to sb 把某人介紹給某人
introduce sth in/ into 把某物引進(jìn)
introduce sb to sth 引導(dǎo)或帶領(lǐng)某人接觸某物
introduce sth to sb 宣布并介紹
introduction n 介紹；引進(jìn)；引論
an introduction to 對(duì)……的介紹；……的引論
III. Ask the students to take notes.
IV. Homework
1. Go over the language points learned in this period.
2. Try to write a short passage using some language points.