I’d love to sail across the Pacific.

A hope is possible to come true. Lead-in：What is the difference between hope and dream? 1. I want to do well in my school study. (hope) 2. I’d like to meet a famous person. (dream) What’s the difference between hope and dream? A hope is possible to come true. A dream is sometimes hard and impossible to come true.

Please fill in the chart while listening to the record.

Who took part in the survey? _______________ Some students want to start work as soon as possible, so that __________ Many students would like to be volunteers at the 2008 Olympics, working as _______. The passage is mainly about ________________ Thousands of students across China. they can help provide better lives for their parents. translators or tour guides. the hopes and dreams of teenagers.

Read and answer the following questions.

The hopes of teenagers ● What would students like to do after finishing high school? Some students would like to start work as soon as possible, other students hope to continue studying after finishing school and to go to university. ● What’s the most popular choice of job? The most popular choice of job is computer programming.

The dreams of teenagers Students also have many less realistic dreams, don’t they? Yes, they do. How do they achieve dreams? They are willing to work hard to achieve their dreams.

Conclusion What do most students hope? It seems that most students hope to have a good education and find a good job. What are we supposed to do if we have dreams? Hold on to your dreams.

Tips： 1. Here are some of the findings of a survey about hopes and dreams, in which thousands of students across China took part. 这里有一些数千名中国学生参与的愿望和梦想的调查结果。

句中 in which …为非限定性定语从句。 in 与从句中的took part 构成短语 “参加”, in 不能省略。 E.g. This is an old house, in which my grandparents lived for nearly 30 years. 这是一所老房子, 我的祖父母在这里已住了将近30年了。

句中thousands of 表示模糊的数字，后接可数名词复数，此类用法还有hundreds of, millions of, billions of 等。 E.g. Thousands of years have passed. 数千年已经过去了。

2. It seems some students would like to start work as soon as possible, so that they can help provide better lives for their parents. 一些学生好像想尽快地参加工作, 以便他们能帮助父母过上更好的生活。 当seem表示“好像；似乎”的意思时，后面可跟形容词、动词不定式和从句。 E.g. It seems that he is ill. 他好像病了。

He seems happy today. 他今天似乎很高兴。 He seems to be very angry． 他似乎很生气。

句中 so that 表示“以便，为了”的意思，引导目的状语从句，从句中常用will, would, can, could, may, might, be able to, want等词。 E.g. He worked hard so that everything would be ready in time. 他努力工作，为的是及时做好各项准备。　

3. Many students said they would like to be volunteers at the 2008 Olympics, maybe working as translators or tour guides. 许多学生说他们想要做2008年奥运会的志愿者, 也许做翻译或导游工作。

句中maybe表示“也许，可能”的意思，通常放在句首，也可以放在句尾，和 may的汉语意思相同，但是用法不同。may是情态动词，后接动词原形be，意思为“也许是，可能是”。 E.g. Maybe he is in the office. = He may be in the office. 也许他在办公室。

4. And quite a few said they dream of going to the moon one day. 有相当多的人说他们梦想着有一天能 到月球上去。 句中quite a few表示 “相当多的”的意思，后接可数名词复数。　 E.g. Frank has quite a few friends there. 弗兰克在那有相当多的朋友。

5. It is very important to dream, so hold on to your dreams; one day they may just come true. 有梦想是非常重要的，因此要坚持你的梦想; 有一天他们就有可能会变成现实。 hold on此处为“坚定”的意思。 E.g. You must hold on to your ideas. 你必须坚持你的意见。

1. by working hard at school to learn as much as I can Discuss: What’s your dream? How can you achieve your dream? Structures: I can achieve that: 1. by working hard at school to learn as much as I can 2. by finding out how successful people did it 3. by having a “winner’s” attitude: I can do this!

Fun time: Read the following poem.