Unit 1 School Life

Starting a new school club Project Starting a new school club

If you could start a school club with your schoolmates, what club would you have?

English corner

Youth Volunteers Association

Press corps

Reading club

Folk music club

Cosplay club

Environmental club

Read the first passage and answer the questions. 1. Who started the radio club? Kate Jones, the writer.

2. When was the radio club started? 3. Why was the radio club started? Two years ago. Because the students want to play music during break time.

Read the second passage and answer the questions. 1. What’s the name of the school club? Poets of the Next Generation.

2. Who started the school club? 3. When do the members of the school club meet? Mr. Owen, the English teacher. On the last Friday of every month.

4. What do the members of the school club do? They talk about poems and poets they like, select poems and read out aloud, discuss and write poems.

Discussion How do these two activities attract the students? How do they help the students? Would you like to start a club to do something you are interested in?

Language points 1. run 在课文中是“管理；操作”的意思 They ran the kindergarten extremely well.

即学即练 他不知道怎么去经营生意。 ___________________________________ He has no idea of how to run a business.

2. approve v. 批准, 赞成, 同意, 称许 The city council approved the building plan. You can join the class if your parents approve. Do you approve of her choice? approval n. 同意, 批准, 认可, 赞同

词义辨析 agree, approve均含“同意、赞同”之意。 agree: 普通用词，侧重指对某事同其他人有相同的意见或想法。 approve: 侧重对认为正确或满意的事表示赞同或批准。作不及物动词用时，常与of连用。

即学即练 Many schools in the USA did not ______ students wearing jeans to school and they forbade them. A. approve of B. appeal to C. allow for D. answer for A

in charge of 负责, 主管 (主语是人) I am in charge of financial affairs. He was left in charge of the shop while the manager was away.

in the charge of 由……管理 (主语是物) The documents are in the charge of Professor Li. in charge 负责，看管 (用作表语或后置定语，主语是人) Who is in charge here?

即学即练 1) 玛丽负责照顾这些孩子。 Mary is in charge of the children. 2) 这家工厂由我父亲负责。 The factory is in the charge of my father. 3) 负责人是琼斯。 The person in charge is / was Jones.

4) It was reported that eight policemen were sent to the forest _____ the missing girl. A. in need of B. in search of C. in charge of D. in time of B

3. more than在课文中意思是“不仅仅；不只...” He is more than kind. Jason is more than a lecturer; he is a writer, too.

知识拓展 more than的用法还有几种 “more than＋数词”含“以上；不止”之意 I have known David for more than 20 years. “more than＋形容词”是“很；非常”的意思 I assure you I am more than glad to help you.

在“more ... than ...”中，肯定more后面的而否定than后面的，意思是“是……而不是……” Catherine is more diligent than intelligent. Hearing the loud noise, the boy was more surprised than frightened.

即学即练 他不只是教师，她还是我们的朋友。 ____________________________________ She is more than a teacher to us; she is our friend. 不止一个学生喜欢放学后踢足球。 _____________________________________ More than one student likes to play football after school. 与其说她是个演员，不如说是个歌唱家。 ______________________________________ She is more a singer than an actress. She is more than a teacher to us, she is our friend.  他不只是教师， 她还是我们的朋友。

4. select v. 选择, 挑选 She selected a diamond ring from the collection. He selected a team for the special task. select sth. as select sth. for sb. select sth. to do sth.

词义辨析 choose, select, pick, prefer均含“选择”之意。

即学即练 两幢房子都这么漂亮,让人难以做出抉择. It is difficult to _______ between two such nice houses. choose 我更倾向于里面只有一件艺术展览品的博物馆. I ______ a museum that has an art exhibit. perfer 过来帮我选个露营的地方. Come and help me ______ a good place for our camp. select

A poster is a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement. Posters are designed to be both eye-catching and convey information.

How to design a poster for school? planning preparing producing presenting

What school club would you like to start What school club would you like to start? Discuss and choose one, designing a poster in groups.