选修7 Unit 5 Warming up and reading

澳大利亚大堡礁 Great Barrier Reef
Eiffel Tower
France
The Statue of Liberty U.S.A.
What should we take into account before we decide to travel abroad?
Money
Make plans Travel abroad Apply for a visa Weather Local conditions and customs Accommodation
of having a tutor 1. to explain about why you cannot ___ use other people’s work without _____________ acknowledging it 2. to _________ encourage you to express your own ideas with reasons
2). Why is she doing a preparation course first? Because studying in England is different from studying in China and she needs to learn about these differences and improve her English.
Benefits
of doing a preparation course
1. to learn how to fulfill _____ Western
________ academic ____________. requirements 2. to get used to a new _______________________________. way of life and improve her English
Xie Lei boarded _______ a plane for London six months ago to complete a business ___________. qualification She is now halfway through preparation year. At the beginning, she the __________ had to learn almost everything again. She host family, which gives her the lives with a ____ opportunity __________ to learn more about everyday life and ________ customs in her new country.
4). Which two types of people have
helped Xie Lei most since she came to England? Xie Lei’s host family and her teachers.
5). Why has Xie Lei decided to join a few clubs? Because she thinks it’s important to have a balance between study and a social life, and she wants to make new friends.
Warming up
If you have chance to go abroad, which country would you like to visit and why?
埃及金字塔 The Pyramids
美国大峡谷 The Grand Canyon
新西兰 New Zealand
巴黎 Paris
3). Why did she feel like a child when she first arrived in England? Because she had to learn how to do everyday things like using a telephone, paying on a bus, finding her way around a strange city; understanding English as spoken in real life; learning how to write essays acceptable to her British lecturer.
of a new way of life 1. finding a balance _______between study and a ________. social life 2. making new _______. friends
Summary passage.
Fill in the blanks according to the
ID card
Transportation
Do you want to go abroad for a further study?
Oxford University
Cambridge University
Harvard University
Princeton University
Yale University
Glance quickly through the magazine article and find out the answers to these questions.
1. Which country is Xie Lei studying in now? England 2. How old is she now? 21years old
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Paragraph 4
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Main idea She lives with a(n) __________, host family which gives her the opportunity to learn customs more about everyday ___________ life and _______ in the new country. From the first essay ____ she did for her tutor, she has understood that she has to give her own opinions _______and explain them by referring to other authors. She feels much more _______ at home in England and realizes it’s important to have a(n) balance _______ between study and life a(n) social ________.
Difficulties
at the university
1. learning to read widely _____ and
_______ analyze the texts.
2. _________ expressing one’s own opinion with
_______. reasons
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Discussion
What are the advantages of studying in a foreign country? What are the disadvantages of studying in a foreign country?
人教课标版 高二选修7 Unit 5 Travelling abroad
Warming up and reading
Do you like traveling? If you have enough time and money, where do you want to go most? Why?
Reading
Keep it up, Xie Lei Chinese student fitting in well
Skimming
What is the main idea of the article? Give one sentence to describe it. It talks about the Chinese student Xie Lei’s experience in the UK.
Scanning
Answer these questions about the text. 1). What is Xie Lei in England for? How long has she been in England? She is in England to study at a university. She has been in England for six months.
Match the main idea with each paragraph.
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 No.1 XieLei’s preparation year(一年预科) No.2 Benefits of her preparation course No.3 The author’s best wish for XieLei No.4 Benefits of living with a host family No.5 Xie Lei’s new plan No.6 Xie Lei, a Chinese girl, came to study in London No.7 Xie Lei’s difficulty getting used to a new way of life