（一）学习要求: 通过学习，了解中英两国学校生活之异同，感悟世界风情，学会用英语就校园生活方面的话题进行交流。
（二）读图说图:
Picture 1 is about ___________________________________________________________.
Picture 2 is about ___________________________________________________________.
Picture 3 is about ___________________________________________________________.
Picture 4 is about ___________________________________________________________.
（一）自学评价
Look at the four pictures on page 1 in the students’ book and find the differences between schools in China and the UK. Then fill in proper words in the blanks.
Aspects In the UK In China
Campus
and buildings We can see h_______ campus and l__________ buildings. Most school buildings are t_____ than those in the UK.
Lockers for students There’re r_______ of lockers by the classrooms for students to p_______ their stationary, books, exercise-books and other b_____________. Students usually bring their s_____ to schools and then take them back h_____ after school. Most schools in China do not have l_____ in the classrooms.
Number of students in each class There are f________ students in a class, no more than 30 per class. There are usually m_____ students in high schools, perhaps 40 to 50 per class. Recently some schools are beginning to limit the n_____ of students in each class.
Relationship between teachers and students Students have a c_____ relationship with their teachers. They feel at e___________ and c__________ with them. It is the s______ in China. Teachers are k_____ to their students but s______ with them as well. They respect each other.
（二）系列活动
I. Warming up
(Students make self-introductions.)
1. Introduce themselves.
2. Say something about the junior high school life.
II. Presentation
1. Pair work: Brainstorm:
When we are talking about our school life, what will we probably think of?
2. Group work
Here are four pictures that show some aspects of school life in the UK. Please read the instructions, look at the pictures and then tell your partner what’s the difference between schools in China and the UK?
3. Writing practice:
What is your imaginary school life like?
What kind of school activities do you enjoy?
What do you think of your life here in the new school?
（三）释疑解难
1．locker n. [C] 有锁的存物柜
There are rows of lockers by the classrooms in the UK. 英国的教室旁边有一排排存物柜。
2．at (one’s) ease 安详，自在，随便，不拘束
We are at ease with our teacher. 我们与老师相处随和。
3．What’s…like? ……怎么样？
What’s your school and teachers like? 你们学校和老师怎么样？
（四）追踪练习
Fill the blanks with correct words according to the Chinese. One word for each blank.
1、游泳池边的存物柜都破损了。
The _____ by the swimming-pool are broken.
2、她发现他不自在。
She found that he was not _______ ________.
3、上海春天的天气怎么样？
________ is the weather ___________ in spring in Shanghai?
（一）背景介绍
英国中学教育制度
英国教育制度素来在学术品质与提供完善照顾方面享有盛名。英国针对五岁到十六岁的小孩实施义务教育而父母有责任让子女按时上学。英国有百分之九十的儿童上公立学校，其经费完全来自政府。剩下的百分之十则上私立学校，这些学校不拿政府的经费。
英国教育系统包括五部份：学前教育：五岁以下学童。五岁以下的儿童没有义务教育。虽然有些地区的地方教育当局办有学前教育课程，但是大多数的小孩上私立学校或是由父母或热心人士组织所办的学前教育班。初等教育：五岁至十二岁之间学童(某些情况包括十二岁学童)。小学常分为幼年部和少年部，有些地区则采用三级制，区分为初级、中级和高级小学，结业年限分别是八或九岁和十二或十三岁。中等教育：十一岁(或十二岁)至十八岁的学生。一般认为私立小学是帮助学生准备私立中学入学考试的预备学校。这些预备学校通常招收七岁到十三岁的学生，但有些则附招年龄较小的小孩之先修部。公立中学学生入学年龄为十一或十二岁，而最低离校年纪则为十六岁；那时学生就可以参加中等教育普通证书(GCSE)考试。扩充教育：十六岁以上义务教育后学生。各类学术或职业训练课程。高等教育：包括大学部准备课程。
（二）网络搜索
如果你有意向留学英国，请到网上查寻有关要求、留学的有关准备工作以及你所心仪的某个英国中学的情况，并试用英语向你的同学做简要介绍。
I. Fill in proper words in the blanks. One word for each blank.
My school life
I still clearly remember the day when I first went to school at the age of six - happy and excited. In my eyes, all the things on c______ were so wonderful that the school was simply a beautiful garden home. My childhood dream came t______.
How time f______！Now I have been at school for seven years. Every morning I get up early. On my way to school, the rising sun greets me with a smile. In class I enjoy r_____ aloud, answering q______ and listening to teachers. In the evening, I do my homework, as if I were a farmer working hard in my fields, expecting to have a good h______.
We have many s______ to learn, so we are always busy. During the b______, I often go out for a rest in front of the classroom buildings, talking with my friends, or looking into the d__________. The blue sky, the white clouds, the flying birds and the green mountains make me happy. What a beautiful view！What a h_______ school life we have！
II. Reading comprehension.
Robert and Joanna like school very much. At school they can talk to their friends but Robert and Joanna cannot see their friends. They live 100, perhaps 300 miles away and like Robert and Joanna, they all go to school by radio.
Mount Ebenezer is in the centre of Australia. Not many people live in “The Centre”. There are no schools with desks and blackboards and no teachers in “The Centre”. School is a room at home with a two-way radio. The teacher also has a two-way radio. Every morning she calls each student on the radio. When all the students answer, lessons begin…. Think of your teacher 300 miles away!
1. The children in “The Centre” are not able to see each other at school because ______.
A. they live too far away from each other
B. they do not like school
C. they are not old enough to go to school
D. their families are too poor
2. In order to send their children to school, parents in “The Centre” of Australia need to provide ______.
A. a desk B. a car C. a school room at home D. a special radio
3. Teachers in “The Centre” of Australia teach ______.
A. not in a classroom but at the homes of the students
B. by speaking only and not showing anything in writing
C. without using any textbooks or pictures
D. without knowing whether the students are attending
4. When the children are having a lesson, they can hear their teacher, ______.
A. but their teacher cannot hear them
B. and their teacher can hear them too
C. but cannot hear their classmates
D. and see him or her at the same time
Reference key for Period 1
一、（二）
Picture 1 is about the huge school campus and low-rise buildings in the UK.
Picture 2 is about the lockers by the classrooms for students to put their things in the UK.
Picture 3 is about the number of the students in a class in the UK.
Picture 4 is about the close relationship between the students and teachers in the UK.
二、（一）
Aspect 1: Campus, low-rise, taller
Aspect 2: rows, put/place, schoolbags, home, lockers
Aspect 3: Fewer, more, number
Aspect 4: close, comfortable, same, kind, strict
（四）1. lockers 2. at ease 3. What, like
四、I. campus, true, flies, reading, questions, harvest, subjects, break, buildings, happy
II. 1. A 2. D 3. B 4. B