Section A 第三课时(3a -4b)
Unit 14 I remember meeting all of you in Grade 7.
人教版 九年级下册
make a mess
弄得一团糟
graduate v.
毕业；获得学位
caring adj.
体贴人的；关心他人的
senior high (school)
高中
text n.
课文； 文本
1. What kind of writing is this?

2. What is the main subject of this writing?

3. Who do you think the writer is?
Poem.
The memory of the junior high school.
A student in Grade 3.
Read the passage and answer
the questions.
fear
pass
understand
cool
teachers
Read the poem again. Write the words
that rhyme with the words below.
Have you experienced any of the
following things? How did you feel?
How does the writer feel about them?
1.trying to be on time for morning
readings?
2.running to the dining hall when the
lunch bell rings?
3.training for sports day
4.starting the first day in Grade 7
5.slowly making some new friends
6.helping classmates with homework
7.preparing for art festivals
8.going to New Year’s parties
9.learning English
Grammar
Focus
Grammar
Focus

_____When I get to senior high, I will join the school swim team.
1 My time in junior high school has been enjoyable.
_____In Grade 8, I studied harder but I still got poor grades in English. I had problems with pronunciation and reading texts. So the next year, I worked much harder and got better grades.
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3
Number the sentences to make
a paragraph.
_____Next year, I will be in senior high school. I
can’t believe how fast the time went by!
_____This year, with Mr. Trent’s help, my English
level has been improving and I hope to get
good grades at the end of the year.
_____In the first year, I didn’t work very hard in
class, but I joined many different school clubs
and had a lot of fun.
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4
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1. What do you remember about Grade 7?
2. What happened in Grade 8 that was special?

3. What did you use to do that you don't do now?
I remember being friends with Jack in Grade 7.
I learned to play piano.
I used to fly kites but I don’t do it now.
Write your own answers to the questions.
4. How have you changed since you started junior
high school?
5. How do you think things will be different in senior
high school?

6. What are your plans for next year?

7. What are you looking forward to?
I become much mor outgoing/happy/hard-working...
May be there will be a lot of difficulties...
I will go to Peking...
I’m looking forward to learning English well.
1.Pride of overcoming fear
overcome可用作不及物动词，也可用作及物动词，意为“战胜，克服”。
如：She was trying to overcome her physical
repugnance for him.
她努力克制对他非常强烈的反感。
We need a confident leader to overcome these difficulties.
我们需要一个有信心的领导者来克服这些困难。
Language points
2. And making a great big mess
make a mess意为“弄得一团糟；弄得一塌糊涂”。
如：He contrived to make a mess of the whole thing.
他挖空心思反而把事情全盘弄糟了。
He managed to make a mess of it.
他真不错，把事情弄得一团糟。
She always makes a mess of things; she's a prize idiot.
她总是把事情弄糟；她是个不折不扣的大笨蛋。
If you cook, please just don't make a mess.
你要是做饭的话, 拜托别弄得一团糟。
Language points
3.And now it’s time to graduate
graduate可用作不及物动词，也可用作及物动词，意为“毕业；获得学位”，为非延续性动词，现在完成时的肯定式不与表示一段时间的状语连用。graduate作动词表示“从……毕业”用from，表示某科的毕业生用in，表示所获学位或成绩情况多用as 或with。
如：He graduated at Oxford.他毕业于牛津大学。
It is three years since he graduated.他毕业三年了。
The university graduated 1500 students last year.
该大学去年有1500位学生毕业。
Language points
4. I’m trying to keep my cool. 我试图保持冷静
keep one’s cool 意为“沉住气；保持冷静”。
如：One of Hal's great strengths is the ability to keep cool when start to go wrong. 哈尔最大的优点之一就是出问题时，他能保持沉着、冷静。
At this moment of truth, you must keep cool.
在这紧急关头，你要保持镇静。
John couldn't keep cool when he met his rival.
约翰见到他的对手就不能冷静下来。
Language points
5. And our kind and caring teachers
caring 作形容词，意为“体贴人的；关心他人的”。
如：He's a very caring person.
他是个非常体贴人的人。
You're very lucky to have a caring family.
你很幸运有一个温馨的家庭.
Are children and young people in school mastering the art of caring? 在校的孩子和年轻人是不是在掌握关心他人的艺术 呢 ?
Language points
1. There will be no difficulty in the world that they cannot ______.
A. conquer B. defeat
C. win D. overcome
2. ---Tommy, don't ______ in your room.
--- OK, mum, I will put away my toys at once.
A. take out B. make a mess
C. play with D. look for
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完成课后提升作业。
学习这件事不在乎有没有人教你，最重要的是在于你自己有没有觉悟和恒心。
—— 法布尔