1、After-school activitiesRead the passage and answer the questions.1.What are after-school activities?Can you give some examples?Activities that take place when school has finished.For example:baseball.2.Why are after-school activitiesconsidered so important?Because they develop social skills such as
2、leadership,and allow students to develop individual talents.Because many Americans believe that being able to compete properly is important.3.Why are competitive sports considered so important?The students take part in different outdoor activities.4.What happens in summer camp?1.Why is the ability t
3、o get on with people important?So that you can work and play with people successfully in society.Answer the questions.ability academic after-school backpacking water skiing 2.Can you name three academic subjects?For example,maths,biology,physics,history,geography 3.Where would you like to go backpac
4、king?Open.4.Why are after-school activities given this name?Because they take place outside lesson time.5.Do you need a boat to go water skiing?You need a boat to pull the water-skier.1.What employers and colleges want are_.2.Getting on with other students is considered _.3.Football and basketball a
5、re examples_.students who have skills in several areasvery importantof competitive sportsRead the passage again and complete the sentences.4.For some parents,academic success is not as important_.5.In the summer camps,children _.as learning how to compete successfullytake part in different kinds of
6、outdoor activity6.Younger children go to summer camps,but most older children_.7.Backpacking in the mountains of the west is _.go camping with groups of friendspopular with older students1.the development of social skills is considered as important as the development of intellectual skills.consider
7、v.考虑e.g.The problem is being considered.Have you considered how to get there?They are considering operating the programme.We considered him our close friend.We consider it a great honor to be invited to the party.He is considered to have invented the bike.consider.as.regard.as/treat.as./look on.as./
8、think of.as./take.as2.an opportunity to take part in many different kinds of outdoor activities,outdoor adj.户外的e.g.Hes not really an outdoor type.他算不上是喜爱户外活动的人。3.Older teenagers are more likely to get summer jobs or go camping with a group of friends.be likely to do 有可能e.g.The train is likely to be
9、late.这趟火车很可能晚点。His condition is unlikely to improve.他的境况不大可能好转。Work in groups.Answer the questions.1.What have you learnt about American high school life?Example:They receive a high school diploma at the end of school.2.What do you like/dislike about American high school life?Example:I think its gre
10、at that they have so many after-school activities.On the other hand,my feeling is that they have too much to do.They seem to be so busy!Decide if there are aspects of American high school life that seem unusual to you.If so,what are they?Example:I think the senior prom is a strange tradition.Here ar
11、e some more phrases you can use:I like the fact thatIt worries me thatIt seems strange to me thatWrite an article for a student newspaper about your ideal senior high school life.Paragraph 1:Give some information about yourself:name,age,class and what your favorite subjects are.Say what type of scho
12、ol you prefer,for example,large or small,the best timetable and how long you think the vacations should be.Paragraph 2:Describe what after-school clubs you would like to join in your ideal school,for example,sports as well as other activities.Say if you think there should be clubs at lunch-time.Para
13、graph 3:Describe what special occasions you think there should be in your ideal school life.Say what you think the most important things are in your ideal senior high school life.Sample:My name is Lingling.I am seventeen years old,and am in Class 2.My favorite subjects are maths and physics.I am ver
14、y happy in our school because it is a small secondary school,and you know most of the students and teachers here.I wouldnt like to be in a big anonymous school.I think the timetable is mostly good,but I would like some more free study time to work in the library.I also think the long holidays should
15、 be shorter,but there should often be long study weekends-say three or four times a year,we should have Friday to Monday off to complete projects.I would like there to be more out-of-class activities like in American and British schools.I am a member of the gymnastics group here,and that is great,bu
16、t in my opinion there should be a film society for us older students,where we could see films from lots of different countries which dont come to our cinemas.It could also be a good idea to have other societies which met at lunch-time,so that students have something different to do between morning a
17、nd afternoon lessons a music club,for example,where we could hear different kinds of music.It would be nice if there were other special events for the final year students,too.For example,a dinner-dance in the evening two or three times during the year.Another great idea would be to go away as a clas
18、s somewhere for a week,just to get to know each other better and have a good time in a nice place.Of course,studying hard and doing well at school are the most important things for senior high school students,but learning how to interact socially is important,too.What after-school activities do you like?Why?
