外研版必修1Module Cultural Corner

Module 1 My First Day at Senior HighPeriod 4 Cultural Corner

What's Chinese school system like?

Chinese School System covers high school(years) semesters first semester second semester 6 years 3 years 2 Sep.---Jan. Feb.---July 7:00 17:45 yes

American School System

school starts atschool finishes at

any after-school activities?

Listen to the tape of a letter from a Senior High student in the US. What's similar and what's different in the American and Chinese school systems?7 years 4 years 2 Sep.---Dec. Jan.---May

7:5015:00 ? yes

A Letter from a Senior High StudentDear Li Kang, How’s it going? I thought I’d write to tell you about the American school system. Secondary school in the US usually covers seven years, grades six to grads twelve. Ninth to twelfth grades are high school. At the end of twelfth grade, American students revieve the high school diploma. Students need a high school diploma if they want to go to university.

The school year is devided into two semesters, the first of which is September through December, and the second Janurary through May. We have a LONG summer vacation! We start school at 7:50 am and we finish at 3 pm. I take part in all kinds of after-school activities—I play football, bascketball, volleyball, table tennis and I go to theater club. Will you tell me something about your summer vacation and the chinese school system in your next letter? Best wishes, Rob Marshall

system ['sist m] 体系，系统 cover ['k v ] This English book covers 6 modules. (包含，包括) His reading covers a lot of subjects. (涉及) I use my hand to cover my face. (遮盖) This is the cover of the book. (封面n) Ex. page 12 at the end of At the end of this term, we will learn more than 3, 000 English words. That boy sits at the end of the classroom. in the end/at the end at the end 后面可接of 也可不接of, in the end 后面不接of ,意为最 后，终于 eg In the end, he reached the end of the mountain. Ex. Page 12

be divided in to 被分成·· ·· eg The students are divided into many groups. take part in 参加，加入 I’ll take part in the sports meeting tomorrow. take part in/jion/jion in jion 多指加入组织，团体，党派等 eg jion the army jion the League jion the party 也可用jion sb. 表示和某人一起参加某活动 Eg come on, jion us, let’s have fun. Jion in 指参加某项活动，游戏，讨论等 eg jion in the game /jion in the conversation take part in 指加入群众性的活动，运动，战争等，强调以主人翁的态度加入并起到一定 的作用 eg She tooke part in WWII last century. would you tell me something about your summer vacation? Ex. 13

would you tell me something about your summer vacation? =Would you mind telling me something about your summer vacation? Would you mind doing sth. 不介意 of course not./certainly not/ not at all 介意的时候用 I’m sorry, but…/you’d better not/I prefer you not to do… Eg

would you mind openning the window. I’m sorry, but I feel a little could. Ex. 14

Homework:1.练习册，15-16页2. Write a letter to Rob and tell him about the Chinese school system.(给Rob写一封回信， 告诉他关于中国的学校体系)