1、WELCOME UNIT开启快乐学习之旅英国的教育体系3岁到5岁的幼儿园教育;511岁的小学教育;11岁16岁的中学教育(5岁16岁为法律规定的强制教育阶段。适龄儿童必须入学,由国家负责必需的学费、书籍和必要的供应。);16岁18岁是中学高级班或大学预备班,为中学至大学的过渡期,也称继续教育阶段,主要是学术方向和职业方向学习;大学教育一般从18岁开始,读本科需要3年4年(医科为5年),可取得学士学位。硕士通常为1年2年,博士为3年5年。School life in the UK英国的校园生活Going to a British high school for one year was a ve
2、ry enjoyable and exciting experience for me.I was very happy with the school hours in Britain because school starts around 9 am and ends about 3:30 pm.This means I could get up an hour later than usual, as schools in China begin before 8 am.On the first day, all of the new students attended an assem
3、bly (晨会) in the school hall.I sat next to a girl whose name was Diane. We soon became best friends. During the assembly, the headmaster told us about the rules of the school. He also told us that the best way to earn respect was to devote ourselves to study and achieve high grades. This sounded like
4、 my school in China.I had many teachers in the past year. Mr Heywood, my class teacher, was very helpful.My favourite teacher was Miss BurkeI loved the lessons that she gave in English Literature.In our class there were 28 students. This is about the average size for British schools. We had to move
5、to different classrooms for different classes. We also had different students in some classes, so it was a struggle for me to remember all the faces and names.I found the homework was not as heavy as what I used to get in my old school.However, it was a bit challenging for me at first because all th
6、e homework was in English.I felt lucky as all my teachers gave me much encouragement and I enjoyed all my subjects:English, History, English Literature, Computer Science, Maths, Science, PE, Art, Cooking and French.在英国,中学生的上课时间从早上8点开始到下午大概3点半结束。课外活动以较动态的活动为主,或者参加喜欢的学校俱乐部活动,例如辩论社团,戏剧社团等等。寄宿生在放学后稍作休息,
7、晚饭后,会统一回到宿舍或图书馆晚自习。在9点半到10点半之间,舍监会检查各年级的房间,确保学生已经就寝;另外,低年级的熄灯时间比高年级的要早。周末学校经常会组织住宿学生外出参观博物馆,看电影,烧烤等活动。学校还经常在假期组织学生到校园外去开阔视野。例如学校会组织喜爱艺术的学生利用假期时间到法国巴黎鉴赏艺术品;组织地理选课的学生去冰岛研究火山爆发;冬天会组织去瑞士学习滑雪;等等。总体上,孩子们在英国的学校的生活是相当充实的,学校的各科老师会在课堂上跟孩子们一起讨论学科,在课外穿插实践活动开发审美和拓展教育,不仅使知识与兴趣相结合,也能劳逸结合,让传教授业变得不那么枯燥单一,并且更容易让学生接受。
8、模块核心素养导航Section Listening and Speaking,Reading and Thinking.重点单词1exchange n交换;交流vt.交换;交流;交易;兑换2lecture n讲座;讲课;教训vi.(开)讲座;讲课vt.训斥3register vt.&vi.登记;注册registration n登记;注册;挂号4female adj.女(性)的;雌的n雌性动(植)物;女子male adj.男(性)的;雄的n雄性动(植)物;男子5nation n国家;民族;国民national adj.国家的;民族的nationality n国籍;民族6design n设计;设计
9、方案vt.设计;筹划designern设计者7campus n校园;校区8formal adj.正式的;正规的informal adj.非正式的;非正规的9anxious adj.焦虑的;不安的anxiety n焦虑,不安10annoy vt.使恼怒;打扰annoyed adj.恼怒的;生气的11frightened adj.惊吓的;害怕的frightening adj.令人恐惧的frighten vt.使惊恐;吓唬12senior adj.级别(或地位)高的n较年长的人junior adj.地位(或职位、级别)低下的n职位较低者;(体育运动中)青少年13outgoing adj.爱交际的;外
10、向的14impress vt.使钦佩;给留下深刻的好印象vi.留下印象;引人注目impression n印象;感想15concentrate vi.&vt.集中(注意力);聚精会神concentration n专心;专注;集中16experiment n实验;试验17explore vt.&vi.探索;勘探exploration n勘探;探险;探索18confident adj.自信的;有把握的confidence n信心;信任.重点短语1an exchange student一名交换生2on campus在校园3at the airport在飞机场4Whats up?怎么了?5at last
11、终于;最终6make an impression留下好印象7what if要是会怎么样呢?8concentrate on集中精力于9leave.alone不打扰;不惊动10not.at all根本不;一点也不11junior high school(美国)初级中学12not.any more不再.重点句型1What if no one talks to me?要是没人跟我说话怎么办?2I found most of my classmates and teachers friendly and helpful.我发现大部分同学和老师既友好又乐于助人。3What a day!多么好的一天!4I
12、miss my friends from junior high school,but I believe I will make new friends here,and theres a lot to explore in senior high.我想念初中的朋友,但是我相信在这儿我将结交新的朋友,并且在高中有很多东西等待我去探索。5I feel much more confident than I felt this morning.我感觉现在比早上自信多了。1 exchange n交换;交流vt.交换;交流;交易;兑换典型例句He gave me an apple in exchang
13、e for a piece of cake.他给我一个苹果,换得我一块蛋糕。The two teams exchanged presents before the game.两队在开赛前交换礼品。Where can I exchange my dollars for pounds?我到哪儿将美元兑换成英镑?思维拓展exchange sth. for sth.用来交换exchange sth. with sb.与某人交换某物in exchange for交换exchange student(两国间)交换的留学生make an exchange交换“用A代替B”的表达方式:exchange B f
14、or Areplace B with Asubstitute A for Bsubstitute B with/by A即学即练He exchanged an apple for an orange.2 典型例句These books are primarily designed for the use of beginners.这些书主要是供初学的人使用的。She attended a school of dress design.她就读于一所服装设计学校。思维拓展design sb./sth. to do打算让从事design sb./sth. for打算让用作某种目的be designe
15、d for/to do sth.计划做某事;打算用来做某事by designon purpose故意地;蓄意地designer n设计者即学即练The experiment is_designed (design) to test the new drug.3 典型例句He seemed anxious about the meeting.他似乎对这次会议忧心忡忡。She was anxious to finish school and get a job.她渴望毕业找一份工作。Mary has been anxious for your return.玛丽急切地盼你回来。思维拓展be anx
16、ious about为某事忧虑、担心be anxious for渴望某事be anxious to do渴望,急于be anxious (for sb.) to do.渴望(某人)做be anxious that渴望anxiety n焦虑;担心;渴望易混辨析anxious/eager(1)anxious 强调“担心”或“焦虑”,对结果感到不安。(2)eager 强调“对成功的期望”或“进取的热情”,含有积极向上的意思。即学即练Helen is anxious about travelling on her own.4 典型例句These flies are annoying me.这些苍蝇使我
17、烦恼。Dont annoy your neighbors by singing loudly at night.夜晚不要大声唱歌,以免打扰邻居。思维拓展annoyance n恼怒,烦恼,烦扰,不高兴;烦恼的事情annoying adj.使人不高兴的,恼人的,烦人的annoyed adj.颇为生气的be annoyed易混辨析annoy与bother的区别:(1)annoy指由于干扰,不顺利或被迫忍受令人不快、讨厌的事而失去平静或耐心,多指一时的“烦恼,恼怒”。如:I hope you wont be annoyed by my questions.我希望我所有的这些问题不会使你烦恼。(2)bo
18、ther指不停地“扰乱”“麻烦”,使人不能安宁而产生烦恼的心理。如:Pardon me for bothering you with such a small matter.请原谅我为这件小事麻烦你。即学即练Wouldnt you feel rather annoyed (annoy) if you rushed to the airport to meet your friends only to find that they had already been picked up by other people?5 典型例句Although she was frightened, she a
19、nswered in a calm voice.尽管她很害怕,但她还是用着平静的声音回答。Frightened(Because she was frightened), she asked me to go with her.由于害怕,她要我跟她一起去。思维拓展frighten vt.吓唬;使惊吓frightening adj.令人恐惧的be frightened to do sth.害怕做某事be frightened of(doing) sth.害怕(做)某事frighten sb. to death把某人吓得要死frighten sb. into doing sth.把某人吓得做某事误区
20、警示frightening指事物本身具有使人害怕的性质,意为“令人害怕的”;frightened指人等“感到害怕的”,或表示被动“受到惊吓的”,作定语时,常用来修饰人的声音、表情等,如:a frightened boy受惊吓的小男孩,frightened look/expression害怕的表情,frightened eyes 惊恐的眼睛。即学即练Frightened (frighten) children were calling for their mothers.6 典型例句The first person who saw his article was a senior editor
21、from his department.第一个看到他这篇文章的人是他们部里的一位主编。He Zhenliang is a senior member of Olympic Committee.何振梁是一位资深的奥委会委员。He is two years senior to me.He is senior to me by two years.他比我大两岁。The seniors are planning to have a gathering.这些毕业生正计划举行一次聚会。误区警示表示比某人年长要用to不能用than。即学即练The position had to be filled by a
22、n officer senior to Tom.7 典型例句I have the impression that we have met once before.我隐约记得我们以前曾经见过面。What I said made no impression on him.我的话对他不起作用。Whats your impression of him?你对他的印象如何? (他给你的印象怎样?)思维拓展have an impression of sth./doing sth.that.对有印象make an impression on sb.给某人留下印象make no impression on对无影
23、响/效果impress vt.使钦佩;给留下深刻的印象vi.留下印象;引人注目impressive adj.给人留下深刻印象的impress sth. on/upon sb.使某人铭记某事物impress sb.with sth.使某人铭记某事物be impressed by/at/with对印象深刻即学即练Whats your impression (impress)of the new teacher?He is a kind and handsome young man, but what impresses (impress)me most is his sense of humour
24、.8 典型例句You have put me in an awkward position.你使得我狼狈不堪。He asked such an awkward question that I felt embarrassed.他问了这样一个不好回答的问题,我感到很尴尬。即学即练There was an awkward (awkwardly) silence,when no one knew what to say.典型例句He is three years junior to me.他比我小三岁。He held a junior position in the company.他在这家公司担任
25、低级职务。Shes four years his junior./Shes his junior by four years. 她比他小四岁。思维拓展junior high school 初中be junior to sb. 比某人小,比某人的地位(或级别、职位)低be.year(s) ones juniorbe ones junior by.year(s) 比某人小岁巧学妙记图记 junior 用法:误区警示比较时用 to 而不用 than 的短语:be junior to sb. 比某人职位低/年龄小be senior to sb. 比某人资历深/年长be preferable to.比更
26、合适/好be superior to.比好/强be inferior to.比差/级别低即学即练He is superior to me in dealing with others.10 典型例句As soon as we arrived on the island we were eager to explore.我们一来到岛上就急不可耐地开始探索。The city is best explored on foot.最好是徒步考察这个城市。They explored the land to the south of the Murray river.他们勘查了墨累河以南的地区。思维拓展ex
27、ploration n探测,勘探,探险;搜索,研究;医探查术即学即练Many Europeans explored (explore) the continent of Africa in the 19th century.11 典型例句As children grow older they become more confident.随着年龄的增长,孩子们变得更自信。She feels confident in winning the first prize in the English competition.她对自己能在这次英语竞赛中获得一等奖充满信心。He smiled at her
28、as if to say “Be confident”他朝她笑了笑,好像在说“要自信”。思维拓展be confident in对自信confidence n信心;信任have confidence in(doing)sth.对自信即学即练You will be successful in the interview once you have confidence (confident)考点集训一单句语法填空1Shall I exchange seats with you?2She is anxious to_leave (leave) as soon as possible.3The you
29、ng mother was so anxious about her baby that the thought filled her with anxiety (anxious)4Ive offered to paint the wall in exchange for a days meal.5She is never annoyed with me.6The boy was frightened (frighten) to speak.7Williams felt himself to be senior to all of them.8The teacher impressed the
30、 importance of English on us.9Thats the third time hes won the award in this field.Yes.He has_explored (explore) his maximum potential(最大潜能) in the past decade.10Naturally,shy people might not have enough confidence (confident) to start up conversations with strangers.1 典型例句Look! Its snowing. Winter
31、 is here at last.瞧,下雪了。冬天终于来了。易混辨析eventually/finally/at last/in the end这四个词或短语均在句中作状语,含“最后,最终”之意,区别如下:(1)eventually通常指由某一必然原因导致的“最终的结果”。(2)finally指经过一段时间的等待才出现结果,主要位于动词前面,有时用于列举中的最后一项,一般不带有感情色彩。(3)at last表明说话者主观的语气很强烈,指经过一段时间的期待好不容易才出现的结果,暗含“等候或耽误很长时间之后才”,带有浓厚的感情色彩,如不耐烦、不顺心、不如意等,而且语气很强烈。通常位于句首或句末。(4
32、)in the end最后,最终。语气稍弱,指经过种种变化、困难和捉摸不定的情况之后某事才发生,可以用来预示将来。即学即练用in the end,at last,eventually填空(1)At_last an agreement was reached between the two parties.(2)She failed so many times that in_the_end she gave up hope.(3)He worked so hard that eventually he made himself ill.2 典型例句We must concentrate our
33、 efforts on improving education.我们必须致力于改进教育工作。She couldnt concentrate on the film.她无法全神贯注地看这部电影。思维拓展concentrate vt.&vi.集中(注意力);聚精会神concentrate sth. on sth./doing sth.专心致志于某事/做某事concentrate ones attention/efforts/thoughts on.把注意力/努力/思想集中到concentrate on sth.集中时间做某事;全神贯注于某事concentration n专心;专注focus/fix
34、 ones attention on.集中注意力于put ones mind/heart in (into)专心于be absorbed in.一心一意于apply oneself/ones mind to.专心于pay attention to专心,注意draw ones attention to吸引注意以上短语中in、to都是介词,后接名词或动名词。即学即练I decided to concentrate all my efforts on finding somewhere to live.3 leave.alone不打扰;不惊动典型例句Go away and leave me alon
35、e!走开,别打扰我!Ive told you beforeleave my things alone!我告诉过你别碰我的东西!思维拓展leave behind留下;不带走;忘了带leave.for.离开某地去某地leave for动身去leave off停止;结束leave out省略;忘掉;漏掉leave.aside搁置一边;不予考虑leave it with me把这事留给我吧leave sth. for sb. 把某物留给某人let alone更不用说即学即练用适当的介、副词填空(1)I think we should leave off now and have a cup of te
36、a.(2)Can you tell me the time? Ive left my watch behind.(3)She left out an important detail in her account.(4)Dont you think wed leave for the concert now?(5)A railway station is no place for a child to be left alone at night.考点集训二单句语法填空1In copying this paper,be careful not to leave out any word.2In
37、 any case you shouldnt leave the baby alone at home.3I passed my driving test at last.4When you concentrate on one task,you can get it done faster and better.5On the bus,you will often notice someone paying more attention to his mobile phone.what if要是会怎么样呢?She was dying to see him again but what if
38、he didnt want to see her?她渴望再见到他,但如果他不想见她怎么办?What if he gets angry?倘若他生气该怎么办?误区警示what if “如果将会怎样;如果怎么样”,为省略结构,相当于What shall we/I do if.? what if 中 what可看作是 what should sb. do (某人该怎么办)或 what would happen (将会如何)的省略。思维拓展(1)What for?“为什么?”相当于 Why?Well hold a party this weekend.我们要在这个周末办一个聚会。What for?为什么
39、呢?(2)So what?那有什么了不起/有什么关系?He says he doesnt like you.他说他不喜欢你。So what?那有什么关系呢?(3)what about.怎么样;怎么办What about inviting him here?邀请他来这儿怎么样?(4)guess what 猜猜看;猜怎么着Guess what!The boss is getting married.你猜怎么着!老板要结婚了。(5)Whats up? 相当于 Whats the matter?Whats up?She is weeping over there.怎么了?她正在那边儿哭呢。(6)Now
40、 what?下一步会怎样?/下一步怎么办?即学即练What if we moved the sofa over there? Would that look better?(1)句式分析:found most of my classmates and teachers friendly and helpful属于“find宾语宾补”结构。在句中,most of my classmates and teachers是宾语,friendly and helpful两个并列的形容词作宾语补足语。find复合结构的常见形式:find名词/代词(to be)形容词/副词/名词。意为“发现某人/某物”,t
41、o be 常可省略掉。I find this job (to be) very exciting.我发现这份工作令人兴奋。She found Jack (to be) an honest man.她发现杰克是个诚实的人。find名词/代词介宾短语。如:He found a stranger in the room.他发现房间里有个陌生人。find名词/代词现在分词。意为“发现某人/某物一直”,可表示主动和进行。如:She found a wallet lying on the ground.她发现地上有一个钱包。find名词/代词过去分词。意为“发现某人/某物被”,可表示被动和完成。如:He
42、found his dog hidden in the bush.他发现他的狗藏在灌木丛中。find it形容词to do。it 是形式宾语,代替真正的宾语 to do。如:We find it hard to learn English grammar.我们发现学英语语法很难。即学即练I found a number of people working (work) there.本句是what引出的感叹句。在英语中可以用what和how来引出感叹句。But what an experience!但这是一次多么奇妙的经历呀!思维拓展(1)what 引出的感叹句的结构:(2)how 引出的感叹句
43、的结构:What a clever boy (he is)!(他是)一个多么聪明的男孩儿啊!What fine weather (it is)!多么好的天气啊!What a sad sight it was!多么凄惨的景象啊!How dangerous the fish are!这些鱼真危险!How beautiful a park (it is)!多美的公园啊!How interesting! 多有趣啊!How time flies! 时光如梭!即学即练What a lovely day it is! I miss my friends from junior high school,but
44、 I believe I will make new friends here,and theres a lot to explore in senior high.我想念初中的朋友,但是我相信在这儿我将结交新的朋友,并且在高中有很多东西等待我去探索。(1)句式分析:句中but,and是并列连词,but表转折,and表递进和顺承。I will make new friends here是宾语从句,在句中作动词believe的宾语。(2)there与动词be连用表示存在。There is a book on the desk.桌子上有一本书。There was nothing I could d
45、o to make her happy,it seemed.我似乎没有办法让她开心。There are two reasons for choosing this park.选择这个公园有两个理由。即学即练There were (be) several fights outside the cinema but no one was hurt.句中much用来修饰形容词的比较级。In the USA they became even more popular than the Beatles and sold even more records.在美国,他们甚至比甲壳虫乐队还要受欢迎,售出的专
46、辑也比他们的多。思维拓展常用来修饰比较级的词语汇总:(1)有点儿/稍微:a little, a bit, slightly(2)很/得多:much, rather, a lot, a great deal, far, by far(3)仍然/更:still, even,yet(4)其他:any(通常用于疑问句),no,表示倍数或数量的词(短语)He worked harder by far than his elder brother.他工作比他哥哥努力得多。Are you feeling any better today?你今天感觉好点儿了吗?She is three years older
47、 than Jack.她比杰克大三岁。即学即练She is much lovelier (lovely) than usual today.考点集训三单句语法填空1What if they do not come?2It is quite common to find her reading (read) the newspaper.3What a great place to stay in!4There is (be) a chance that Fred might still turn up alive.5She looked much fatter (fat) in real lif
48、e than she does on TV.单词拼写1I am going to travel abroad,so I go to exchange (兑换) some RMB for dollars in bank.2They have designed (设计) a lot of advanced electric equipment.3Are you anxious (焦虑的) if you are separated from your mobile phone?4The few who cannot see the real person inside my body do not
49、make me annoyed (使恼怒),and I just ignore them.5The childrens shouts frightened (使惊吓) off the birds.6He gives people the impression (印象)of having spent all his life abroad.7I felt awkward (尴尬的),so I smiled at him.8You need to explore (探究) all the possibilities before you decide.9He is loved and rememb
50、ered as a great actor who could inspire people with great confidence (信心)10I was so sure that our experiment (实验) was going to succeed,but something went wrong at the last moment.11The general decided to concentrate (集中) his forces near the capital.单句语法填空1The Internet enables us to exchange ideas wi
51、th many others to check our claims,and to judge our actions.2Im annoyed (annoy) that he has not answered my letter.3Going to hospital can be very frightening (frighten) for a child.4The first time I toured Zhangjiajie,I was deeply impressed (impress) with its beautiful scenery.5He concentrated on the study of English.6Ill take the driving test tomorrow!What if you should fail?7She woke up and found herself in a hospital.8What fine weather it is!9You will get a better (good) view if you stand on a chair.10I have the impression (impress) that Ive seen that man before.