M1U1Reading1(上课用).pptVIP

Disadvantages: cost of money and cause a heavy burden to their parents feel homesick form bad habits stay in a foreign country and refuse to come back 返回目录 Read the text carefully again and try to find out the language points. * Unit 1 School life School life in the UK What is your dream school life like? Beautiful school campus with modern school facilities. Providing selective courses (drop some of the subjects that you do not prefer). A great variety of school activities involved. More free style is welcomed with fewer rules and regulations. Higher requirement of students academic ability, relatively higher burden. Being at ease with teachers. Offering more chances of connecting society, concentrating on the form of life abilities. Sincere friends and classmates whenever you can turn to. 返回目录 More and more young people begin to study in abroad. What’s their school life like? Today we’ll learn an article from a school magazine, written by Wei Hua, who studied in the UK for one year. First, notice the two reading skills. Read the Reading strategy on page 3 and answer two questions below: Why do we skim a text? How do we do it? 2. Why do we scan a text? How do we do it? a general idea certain information titles and headings the first and last sentences of paragraphs the first and last paragraphs pictures and charts Scan the text for key words and phrases, dates, etc. Do not need to read the whole text. Skimming Main Idea? What is the main idea of the text? It is a very enjoyable and exciting experience to study abroad. B. What school life is like in the UK from the author’s own experience. C. There is much free time in Britain. D. The author wants to go back and study in Britain someday. Match the main idea of each paragraph as soon as possible. Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 Para. 6 Para. 7 Para. 8 school hours attending assembly teachers and class homework improving English and cooking subjects lunch ti