Teaching aims:
Enabling the students to
1. retell the passage learned
2. master the language points in the reading material
3. write similar passages
Teaching steps:
I. Ask some students to retell the reading material. Say something about Li Kang’s first day at Senior High.
Ask some to say something about their first day at Senior High. Try to imitate the passage of Li Kang’s.
II. Deal with the language points in the reading material.
1. information n. facts or details telling sth about a situation, person ,event, etc
information about/on sb/sth 关于某人/某事的信息
a piece of information 一则消息； 一份情报
ask for information on/about 打听关于……的消息
a source of information 消息来源
provide/ give/ pass on information 提供/给与/传递信息
an information desk 问询处
2. instruction n. (pl) sth that sb tells you to do 指示
(pl) information on how to do or use sth 说明
follow the instructions 按说明做/听从指示
instructions on(how to do ) sth （如何做）某事的指示
instructions to do sth 做某事的指示
be under instructions to do sth 被指示做某事
3 embarrassed adj. feeling nervous and uncomfortable and worrying
be embarrassed to do sth 羞于做某事
be embarrassed about/at 对……感到困窘
4 attitude n sb’s opinions of feelings about sth, especially as shown by their behaviour
attitude to/towards sth/sb 对某人/某事的态度
5. previous adj happening or existing before the event or object you are talking about 以前的；从前的
the previous day 前一天
previous to 在……以前
previously adv 以前；从前
6. impress vt. to have a favorable effect on sb ;
to make sb feel admiration and respect
impression n.
impress sth in /on sth
impress sth on/opon sb
impress sb with sth
be impressed at/by/with
make an impression on sb
7. I live in Shijiazhuang, a city not far from Beijing
（1）far from a) 远离 b) 毫不；远非；一点也不
（2）away from & far (away) from , 两个短语都可以用来作表语，状语和后置定语。其中，其中away from用在表示具体距离的词后面时，意为“离……（多远）， be away from意为“离开”。 far (away) from 通常不和具体的距离的词连用，意为“离某地很远”。
The railway station is 7 miles far away from our school. (wrong, far should be omitted)
8. The teacher is a very enthusiastic woman called Ms. Shen.
called Ms. Shen 是过去分词短语作定语，与所修饰的词之间存在着逻辑上的被动关系，相当于定语从句who/that was called Ms. Shen。 如：
We visited the new library built three weeks ago.
我们参观了三周前建成的图书馆。
The first textbooks written for teaching English as a foreign language came out in the 18th century.
最早为外语教学而写的英语课本出现在十八世纪。
Most of the artists invited to the party were from South Africa.
被邀请来参加聚会的大多是南非艺术家。
注：短语一般放在被修饰词之后，单个过去分词放在被修饰词之前
9. And we have fun. I don't think I will be bored in Ms. Shen's class!
（1）have (great) fun 玩得开心
=have (a lot of) fun
= have a wonderful time
=enjoy oneself 如：
The children were having a lot of fun with the building blocks.
孩子们玩搭积木玩得很开心。
You're sure to have some fun tonight.
今晚你一定会玩得很开心。
They had a lot of fun chatting on the net.
他们在网上聊天聊得很开心。
fun是不可数名词，常用于be fun 结构中，相当于interesting。如
Seeing monkeys in the zoo is great fun.
在公园看猴子非常有趣。
What fun it is to play a game after work!
工作之余活动一下多么有趣！
注: 此处的what fun不能用how funny代替，因为"funny"是“滑稽的，好笑的”的意思。
［拓展］for fun=in fun 开玩笑地
make fun of 嘲笑，取笑。如
I'm not saying such a serious thing for fun.
我说如此严肃的事情绝不是开玩笑。
It's bad manners to make fun of the blind.
取笑盲人是不礼貌的。
（2）注意本句属于否定转移。
英语中有些动词，如think, believe, expect, suppose, feel, guess, imagine 等，当它们后面接一个具有否定意义的宾语从句时，通常要把主句的动词变为否定式，而宾语从句中的谓语动词用肯定形式。这种现象称为否定的转移。如：
We don't think there is anything interesting in your pictures.
我们认为你的画并没有什么有趣的地方。
I don't believe what he said is true.我认为他说的不是真话。
I don't suppose they will object to my suggestion.
我想他们不会反对我的建议。
注：在反意疑问句中，若陈述部分是第一人称单数时，think等词用一般现在时，则疑部部分需与从句中的主语和谓语保持一致，否则要与主句的主语和谓语保持一致。如：
I don't think it's going to rain tomorrow, is it?
我认为明不会下雨，对吗？
You don't think I have made mistakes, do you?
你并不认为我犯了什么错误，是吗？
10. In other words, there are three times as many girls as boys.
（1）in other words 意为“换句话”，在句中用作插入成分。如：
I'm not used to the way you speak to me. In other words, I don't want to continue our conversations.
我不习惯于你对我谈话的方式。换句话讲，我不想继续我们的谈话了。
(2) 注意倍数的英语表达：
①A + be+倍数 +as+ adj. +as+B
Asia is four times as large as Europe.
亚洲是欧洲的四倍大。
②A+be+倍数+ 比较级+than+B
Asia is three times larger than Europe.
亚洲比欧洲大三倍。
③A+be+倍数+the size/length/height/depth/width+ of+ B
Asia is four times the size of Europe.
亚洲是欧洲的四倍大。
注: time 表示倍数，一般只限于表示基数词在内的三倍或三倍以上，若表示两倍可用副词twice 或形容词double。 time 表示的倍数也可以用分数，百分数或某些表程度的副词替换。
This pencil is a quarter as long as that one.
这枝铅笔是那枝的四分之一长。
Our room is 60％ the size of theirs. 我们房间的面积是他们房间面积的60%。
11. I'm looking forward to doing it！我非常渴望去做。
look forward to sth./doing sth. 意思是“期待着某事/做某事”，其中“to”是介词。
I look forward to hearing from you as early as possible.
我期待着早日收到你的来信。
Boys and girls are looking forward to Children's Day.
孩子们期盼着儿童节的来临。
动词＋介词to构成的常用短语有：
look forward to 盼望…… turn to 求助于；转向；翻到……
pay attention to 注意…… stick to 坚持
get down to 开始认真干…… object to 反对
belong to 属于 refer to 谈到，涉及，参阅
point to 指向 see to 处理，料理
come to 共计；苏醒 reply to 答复
agree to 同意 add to 增加
devote…to… 贡献……给…… compare…to…把……比作……
12. …and Ms Shen’s method of teaching is nothing like that of the teachers at my Junior High school.
nothing like意为 “没有什么能比得上”， “丝毫不象”。
something like 意为“大约”， “几分像”。
It looks nothing like a horse.
It must be something like seven O’clock.
13. Today we introduced ourselves to each other.
introduce sb to sb 把某人介绍给某人
introduce sth in/ into 把某物引进
introduce sb to sth 引导或带领某人接触某物
introduce sth to sb 宣布并介绍
introduction n 介绍；引进；引论
an introduction to 对……的介绍；……的引论
III. Ask the students to take notes.
IV. Homework
1. Go over the language points learned in this period.
2. Try to write a short passage using some language points.