Unit 3 School life,Welcome to the unit,Welcome to our school,How do you feel about your new life here in the first two days?,example: I feel so good in my new school . The school is beautiful. My classmates are very friendly.And all the teachers are kind,Enjoy some information about school life,Well-equipped classroom with fewer students,lockers,Playing table tennis,Dancing,Drawing,Dancing,Woodwork,Huge campus and low-rise buildings,Tall buildings and large campus,difference,fewer students in each class,crowded in a class,be at ease and comfortable with teachers,Besides,they also work hard every day for more knowledge.,What is made up of school life?,school life,excitement,challenges,discoveries,failures,successes,dreams,joys,sorrows,laughter,tears,in the United Kingdom,in China,Huge campus &low-rise buildings,Large campus and taller buildings,Lockers for every student,None have such equipment.,in the United Kingdom,in China,Fewer students in each class,40-50-60,At ease with our teachers,Be friendly to each other,Discussion,1. What kind of after-school activities do you enjoy?,a. Discuss in a group of 4(timer, note-maker, reporter, etc.) b. report to the whole class (Which group did best?),Background美国学生的课余活动（After-school Activities）,老师会要求学生定期写读书报告（report），例如：传记（biography）、动物故事（animal stories）、科幻小说（science fiction）、推理小说（mystery fiction）、历史事件（historic events）、家族史（family history）等。老师只是给读书报告搭个框架（outline），具体选题（topic）由学生自己来定。,比如写“传记”: 学生可以根据自己的爱好，或写林肯总统（President Lincoln），或写第一位登月宇航员（astronaut）、科学家（scientist）、体育明星（sports star）、歌手（singer）等一些有影响的人物。 学生确定了选题后，通常需要到图书馆（library）阅读书籍收集资料。,常见课外活动项目： 如游泳（swimming）、球类（ball games）、体操（gymnastics）、溜冰（roller-skating）等体育活动； 钢琴（piano）、小提琴（violin）等乐器；芭蕾（ballet）、踢踏舞（tap dance）、绘画（painting）、唱歌（singing）、棋类（chess） 每个社区（community）都有这样的青少年活动中心（youth center）。家长可以根据孩子的特点（character）和爱好（hobby），有选择地让他们参加某项活动。,美国孩子从12岁到法定工作年龄之前，会在课余、周末或假期里干些零活（odd jobs），挣些小钱。女孩子帮助亲朋或邻里照看小孩（babysitting）、打扫卫生（cleaning）等；男孩子则会每天清晨把当天报纸送到各家各户门口（delivering the newspapers），也会帮助街坊割草（mowing the lawn）、修饰庭院（renovating the yard）。这不仅让他们学会自己挣零用钱（pocket money），更能培养他们独立自主（independent）和社交的能力（social skills）。,School activities:,Morning reading, having lessons, examinations, self-study, academic reports, social consulting services, speech contests, poets club, painting clubs, singing and dancing groups and so on,School life,our school activities,Discussion,2. What is your dream school life like?,Teachers?,Classmates?,teachers,fair公平的,patient有耐心的,learned博学的,energetic有活力,understanding善解人意的,cooperative合作的,humorous. 幽默的,students,strong-willed意志坚强的,diligent勤奋的,open-minded虚心的,energetic有活力,Competitive 好竞争的,cooperative合作的,Civilized 有礼貌的,My dream school,In my opinion,- I think,- The perfect school in my mind is like this- The teachers should be-(adj) The students should be-(adj),teachers,students,love,understand,respect,learn,help,encourage,Confucius孔子,学而时习之,learning,不亦悦乎,practising,Life is a bumpy ride.,生活是一个颠簸的旅程,Where there is a will, there is a way.,Perseverance坚持不懈 is the only road to success.,百折不挠是通向成功的唯一道路,有志者事竟成,one dream,Homework,Write down your own opinion on what your dream school is like in about 100 words.,Different schools,1. pre-school education (2-5years old),2. primary education (5/6-12/13),3. secondary education (12/13-16/18),4. further/ higher education (18+),(China) kindergarten幼儿园,(UK) nursery school（托儿所） play school(幼稚园),(China) primary school小学,(UK) junior school【英】(供7至11岁儿童学习用的)小学,(China) junior and senior high school,(UK) comprehensive school综合制中学 / grammar school(英国)大学预科学校,college / university,Words about schools,president（大学校长） headmaster 中小学校长（英） Headmistress中小学校长（女） class teacher班主任 / headteachermonitor 班长 vice-monitor 副班长 League branch secretary 团支部书记 commissary in charge of studies 学习委员commissary in charge of entertainment 文娱委员commissary in charge of sports 体育委员commissary in charge of physical labor 劳动委员commissary in charge of organization 组织委员commissary in charge of publicity 宣传委员,Fill in the blanks according to what we discussed just now.,In the UK, very _ houses and huge campus can be seen. In China, each school also has a large campus, but the buildings are much _. In the UK, there are _for students outside the class- room, just like those in our _. In the UK, the classroom is very big, with a few students in it. Theyre usually,low-rise,higher,lockers,dormitories,_ in class, eager to answer the teachers questions. In China, we always have a _ number of students in each classroom and students are not so eager to answer the teachers questions, _ senior school students.,active,larger,especially,Students and teachers in both countries have established已建立的 a good _ with each other. Therefore, students feel _ with their teachers.,relationship,at ease,Many thanks Goodbye,