课程内容

Unit 2《School life》（2）
baseball game  棒球运动
buddy club  好朋友俱乐部
mixed school  混合学校
reading week
Language:
French   English   Chinese
German   Japanese
interesting books  有趣的书本
practice hard  专注苦练
在英国，中等教育通常在11-16岁，并按照year划分（Years 7-12）。Year 8相当于中国的8年级。学生16岁时要参加普通教育证书（GCSE）的考试，通过后才能在学校或私立中学接受两年的中等教育，之后要参加A级考试。
美国的中等教育通常分为初中（6th-8th grades）和高中（9th-12th grades）。9th grade相当于中国的九年级。
Daniel is visiting on on an online club called Schools Around the World.
Here are two articles on the website about different school lives.
Life in a British school
Hi, everybody.
My name is Nancy. I am in Year 8 at woodland school near London. It is a mixed school. Boys and girls have lessons together. Among all my subjects, I like French best. Learning foreign languages is fun.
Best是well最高级形式，表示最好。
Among表示“在……中”，最高级形式要用在一定范围之内。
Our school has a Reading Week every year. During the week, we can borrow more books from the school library. We can also bring in books and magazines from home. I often read more books than my classmates.
Near the end of the week, we discuss the books with our classmates in class. Time seems to go faster when we are reading interesting books.
Life in an American school
Hi guys.
I'm John and I'm 14 years old. I'm in the 8th grade at Rocky Mountain High School near Denver.
Every Monday, I go to the Buddy Club. In the club, older students help new students learn more about the school.
My friend Tony is in the 12th grade. He often listens carefully to my problems and offers me help. He is my hero.
1. Help sb (to) do sth.  帮助某人做某事
2. Listen to sb or sth  听……
3. offer sb sth  为某人提供……
We have different classes every day. On Friday afternoon, our school ends earlier than usual. My friends and I often do sports together.
Twice a week, I play baseball after school. I love this game and practice hard every time. Our team won two games last month.
Listen and answer
Life in a British school:
Who wrote the first passage?
What activity does the school have every year?
Life in an American school:
Who wrote the second passage?
Who else are mentioned in the passage?
T or F
1. In a mixed school, boys and girls have lessons together.
2. Nancy's favourite subject is English.
3. Students at Nancy's school can read magazines during the reading week.
4. Students must not talk in class during the reading week.
5. Nancy always brings in more books than her classmates.
6. John plays baseball twice a week.
7. The classes at John's school are not the same every day.
8. John and his friends often go shopping on Friday afternoon.
Daniel does not know the meanings of some words in the article. Help him match the words on the left with the meanings on the right. Write the correct letters in the blanks.
1. foreign      a. talk about something
2. language     b. give something to someone
3. discuss      c. be best or first in a competition
4. offer        d. not in or from your own country
5. win          e. words used in speaking
On the way home, Daniel tells Kitty about John's school life. Complete their conversation with the words in the box.
   baseball      ends        hero
   offers        sports      twice      won
Daniel: I read an article by a boy from the USA. His name is John. He's in the 8th grade.
Kitty: Really? What's his school life like?
Daniel: Every Monday, he goes to the Buddy Club. His friend Tony is in the 12th grade. Tony listens to John's problems and (1)______ him help. He's John's (2)______.
Kitty: What else do you know about John?
Daniel: On Friday afternoon, their school (3)______ earlier than usual. They often do (4)______ together.
Kitty: Does John like sports?
Daniel: Yes. His favourite sport is (5)______. He plays it (6)______ a week. Their team (7)______ two games last month.
Grammer - Compare amount(比较数量)
Millie has more flowers than Amy.
Amy has fewer flowers than Millie.
Daniel has fewer CDs than Kitty.
Kitty has more CDs than Daniel.
Consolidation:
  more/fewer + 可数名词 + than
翻译下列句子：
1、Millie的朋友比Daniel多。
   Millie has ______ ______ ______ Daniel.
2、Daniel读的书比Kitty少。
   Daniel reads ______ ______ ______ Millie.
3、Daniel学的科目比John多。
   Daniel studies ______ ______ ______ John.
Sandy has more orange juice than Simon.
Simon has less orange juice than Sandy.
Hobo has more bread than Eddie.
Eddie has less bread than Hobo.
Consolidation:
  more/less + 不可数名词 + than
Comparing two things:
many（修饰可数名词）  more
much（修饰不可数名词）  more
  more ... than （比……多）
few（修饰可数名词）  fewer
little（修饰不可数名词）  less
  fewer ... than （比……少）
  less ... than （比……少）