Module One 配套閱讀材料

1、.Eight Ways to Have a Good School-lifeYour schooldays should be some of the best and happiest days of your life. How can you gain the most from them, and ensure you do not waste this wonderful opportunity to learn?1. Be positive about school! Don't say things are difficult or boring. Be interest

2、ed in school-life and your school subjects. Join lots of activities. Be quick to put your hand up. Go round the school with a big smile.2. Expect to work. School is not a holiday camp. If you are not working, you are not learning, and you are wasting your time at school. Teachers cannot make everyth

3、ing enjoyable.3. Keep fit. If you do not eat a good breakfast, you will be thinking about food in class. If you go to bed late and do not have enough sleep, you will be sleepy in class. Play some sports to keep your body strong.4. Do today's work today. Do not say you will do things tomorrow. If

4、 you get behind the class, it is very difficult to get back in front. You cannot finish a race if you rest all the time.5. Don't be too disappointed if things sometimes go badly. Everyone fails some tests, loses some matches and has bad days. Friends are not always perfect, and they sometimes sa

5、y and do unpleasant things. Don't let small problems seem very big and important.6. Talk about problemssometimes they are only the result of misunderstanding. Don't be too embarrassed to ask for help. You are young. No one thinks you can do everything!7. Plan your time. Don't waste life

6、lying in bed on Saturday morning. Go and play a sport, learn the piano, work on a project, read a book, practise English, or help someone with problems. There are always a lot of things to do.8. Set targets. If your last grade was a D, work for a C. Try to make progress bit by bit. Think of small ta

7、rgets: "I will speak in class four times this week", "I will finish my project on Wednesday" or "I will get two more marks this week".Follow our advice, and have a happy school-life!Choose the right word from the text to complete each sentence.1. Try to be interested in

8、 things at school, and not always say that things are_.2. Try not to be too _if something goes wrong. You are not expected to be perfect!3. Don't be too _to talk about your problems. Everyone needs help sometimes.4. You will make good _if you set small targets.Afraid of SchoolSeptember 4Today wa

9、s my first day at my new school. Luckily, there are a few of my old classmates in my new class. I don't like all these new people around me. When they speak to me I feel very shy, so they misunderstand and think I am unfriendly. In our English class the teacher asked us to stand up and introduce

10、 ourselves. I could feel everyone looking at me. I went very red and could only say a few words quietly. The teacher will think I am a bad student, but I am hard-working. My problem is that I'm easily embarrassed.September 7Some of the older students came to our classroom today to tell us about

11、the clubs and teams in the school. They are very enthusiastic and they speak fluently in front of lots of people. To me it is amazing. Why aren't they embarrassed? I want to be like them. I want to improve and not sit as quiet as a mouse in my corner of the classroom hoping no teacher will ask m

12、e a question. I like subjects where we can do our work quietly. The English teacher always wants me to talk. She must be disappointed at my attitude. When I am sitting at a computer, I do not feel shy. I am embarrassed when there are a lot of people watching me.September 12Last night I could not sle

13、ep thinking about making a speech in today's oral lesson. I felt so shy when I went to the frontthe teacher knew this and gave me a lot of encouragement. Really, it was not as difficult as I thought. Some of the class seemed interested in my talk. I know I cannot change in one day, but I can try

14、 to improve all the time. I will join some clubs and talk to more people. I must stop being afraid. It is not the end of the world if I make some mistakes, and corrections help me to do better. I like our new literature teacher. She is very serious and quiet. I think she will understand me and be pl

15、eased that I like reading a lot.Complete these sentences with the following correct adjectives.bad; embarrassed; enthusiastic; shy; disappointed; quiet; afraid; encouraged; pleased; serious; unfriendly· He doesn't speak to people so they think he is u_, but really he is s_. · He doesn&

16、#39;t introduce himself well so the teacher may think he is s_, but really he is e_.· He is too s_ to join clubs and teens, so people think he is not e_. · He thinks the teacher will be d_ he is so q_. · He was a_ before he made his speech, but he felt e_ when it was a success. ·

17、 He is p_ to find his literature teacher is quiet and s_.At School in the 1950s . TodaySmith.A boy stands up. Stand straight.Yes, sir.What's 63×84?A short silence. There are no calculators.5 292, sir.Yes. Sit down.This is a scene from a 1950s British classroom. The boys, all in their u

18、niform and all with short hair, sit at their desks in the classroom. The teacher stands at the front and gives instructions. The boys write what he says or writes on the blackboard into their books. No explanation is given. They use old ink-pens and most of them have plenty of ink on their hands.The

19、 lesson isn't very exciting. Aren't they bored?All these boys really live in the 21st century. They are part of a reality television programme that gives teenagers the experience of what it was like to go to school in the past. Fifty years ago, boys and girls in Britain usually went to diffe

20、rent schools. Rules about uniform and behaviour were usually stricter, and handwriting, spelling and pronunciation were even more important. Of course, there were no computers, and the textbooks and many teaching methods were less interesting. They had History, Literature, Mathematics and Geography,

21、 though there were less people studying science subjects like Physics, Chemistry and Biology. Printing and photocopying was difficult, so most notes had to be written out by hand.If we go back 200 years in Britain, there is even more difference. Not everyone went to school, or they only went for a f

22、ew years to learn to read and write. Girls were taught at home. Often the teacher taught the senior boys; they taught the boys in the middle and then the juniors, so progress was slow. Most of the time was spent learning languages, like French and German, and English literature. There was very littl

23、e physical education in schoolsthat started about 150 years ago. We would be very bored in one of these schools, and we might be frightened. If a student could not answer a question, he would get into a lot of trouble. Classrooms would not be comfortable, and they would probably be very cold in wint

24、er.It's really amazing how much the world has changed!Check the true statements.1. In the 1950s classroom, _.A. students copied notes by hand B. the boys had short hair C. students used calculators2. The writer thinks that _.A. copying notes is a good idea B. lessons were less interesting in the

25、 past C. teachers were stricter in the past3. In Britain around 1800, _.A. there were not many subjects on the school timetableB. the girls went to different schools than the boysC. older students often taught younger onesLowood SchoolThere were about eighty girls in the schoolroom, divided into fou

26、r classes. The oldest girls were in the fourth class, and the youngest were in the first class. I was in the first class.All four classes had their lessons in the same large and very cold schoolroom. We had to sit there quietly, not saying a word, until the teachers came into the room together. The

27、lessonsMath, History, Frenchwere not at all interesting, and always followed the same pattern. First, we read some pages in a book and then our teacher asked us questions. I tried to listen, but I soon got bored.After four hours, there was a lunch break, and we all went outside. Because it was winte

28、r, it was very cold. Very soon, a bell rang, and lessons started again.Three weeks passed. One afternoon, the head teacher, whose name was Miss Temple, came into the schoolroom. Mr. Brocklehurst was with her, and we all stood up as they entered. I stood behind an older girl because I did not want Mr

29、. Brocklehurst to see me.Mr. Brocklehurst walked slowly round the room. Everybody was very quiet. I closed my eyes and wished he would leave. My hands started to shake, and I dropped my book.Mr. Brocklehurst stopped walking and looked straight at me."Ah! The new girl," he said. "Come

30、here, Jane Eyre!" Then he pointed at two of the older girls. "You two girlsput Jane Eyre on that high chair!" he said."Look at Jane Eyre, everybody!" Mr. Brocklehurst said. "This child is bad. She will be punished! Miss Temple! Teachers! Girls! Do not talk to this child

31、."Then he spoke to me again. "Jane Eyre, you must stand on that chair for two hours," he said. "You are a bad girl!"That evening, as I cried and cried alone, Miss Temple saw me. She came to me and held my hand. She was very kind."You are a good pupil, Jane," she sa

32、id. "And you are not a bad girl. I am your friend.""Thank you, Miss Temple," I said.Choose the correct answer to each question according to the story.1. What were the lessons at the school like? A. Short. B. Interesting. C. Expensive. D. Boring. 2. How did Jane try to hide from M

33、r. Brocklehurst?A. She left the room. B. She went to the back of the class. C. She stood behind another girl. D. She covered her face.3. Why did Jane drop her book?A. Another girl pushed her. B. She was very tired. C. Mr. Brocklehurst shouted at her. D. She felt very nervous.4. Who put Jane on the c

34、hair?Mr. Brocklehurst . A teacher. Two other girls. Miss Temple.5. When did Miss Temple try to comfort Jane?A. That evening. B. That morning. C. After Mr. Brocklehurst left. D. That afternoon.A Lonely ChildPrince Edward was born in 1894. His father, King George V, was a tall, cold man who did not li

35、ke children. "Why does Edward talk all the time?" he once said. "He's a very noisy child!"His mother, Queen Mary, agreed. "It doesn't matter if Edward is happy or unhappy," she said. "A child must be silent and strong."The family lived in Buckingham Pa

36、lace, which had 600 rooms. There were 8 kitchens, 19 bathrooms, 24 toilets, 11 dining rooms, 17 bedrooms and 21 sitting rooms.Edward once told a story about the house:Buckingham Palace was very big, and people sometimes got lost. One night my mother, my father and I were sitting in the dining room.

37、We were waiting for our dinner. We waited and we waited, but the food did not come. After twenty minutes my father was very angry. He stood up and went to the kitchen. "Where is the cook?" he shouted, "and where is my food?""But, Sir," the cook replied, "your dinne

38、r left the kitchen fifteen minutes ago. Hasn't it arrived yet?""No, it hasn't," my father shouted, "and I'm hungry," The King left the kitchen and began to look for the food.Ten minutes later he saw a woman who was carrying three plates of meat and potatoes. &quo

39、t;What happened to you?" my father said. "Why didn't you bring us our dinner?""I'm sorry, Sir," the woman replied. "There are a lot of dining rooms. I couldn't remember where to go. But if you return to the table, Sir, this time I can follow you to the right

40、 room."Edward did not go to school with other children. He stayed in Buckingham Palace where he had a special classroom just for him.This is how Edward described his lessons:My teacher, Mr. Hansell, was a thin man. He never smiled and his nose was very red. We had lots of books but they were al

41、l very boring. They were full of words and they didn't have any pictures."Sometimes I stopped reading and looked out of the window. Mr. Hansell got very angry. He took a stick and hit me on the arm. "Don't look out of the window, little boy," he shouted. "Look at the book

42、." He hit me many times and my arm was red."Every Friday the teacher took me to my father's room. "And what has my son learnt this week, Mr. Hansell?" the King asked.And the answer was always: "Not very much I'm afraid, Sir. Edward doesn't like his lessons. He ne

43、ver listens to what I say."When Mr. Hansell left the room, my father was angry with me. "What's wrong with you, child?" he said. "Are you stupid? Why can't you learn anything?""But the lessons are so boring, Sir," I replied. "And Mr. Hansell hits me.&q

44、uot;"I don't understand you, Edward. You're a baby. You're so weak. You'll never be a good King. A King must be strong. Go to your room and stay there until the morning.""I spent many days alone in my room," Edward wrote later. "I never played with other chil

45、dren and I didn't have any friends. I lived in the most beautiful house in England but I was always lonely and sad. I saw my mother once a day at dinner time and I saw my father three or four times a week, but they never gave me any love. I was afraid of them and everything I did was wrong."

46、;Club ActivitiesClub activities after class hours are an important part of our school life. There are a number of sports and cultural study clubs that students may join. Students are free to choose the clubs they are particularly interested in. Some students do not join any clubs at all, and some jo

47、in two or more. But only a very few do not take part at all. Our school has the following sports clubs: football, volleyball, basketball, handball, hockey, tennis, badminton, gymnastics, judo, and kendo. They take place in the school gym or the school playing fields. There are also cultural activiti

48、es such as the school orchestra, the school choir, and dance clubs. The students organise all the clubs themselves without the help of teachers.The clubs meet two to four times a week after school. Sports coaches and club leaders are often school graduates who come back to help.Many students feel th

49、at club activities are the most enjoyable part of Senior High school life. When we asked students in our school the question: "What interests you most in daily life?" These were their answers:Classes: 28%; Teachers: 24%; Club activities: 38% and others 10%.Young people spend a lot of time

50、together in club activities and they often become true friends. These friendships often last a long time after graduation. Some become lifelong friends. In China, there's a popular belief that true friends are people who have similar life experiences, such as they have eaten rice from the same p

51、ot or they have lived under the same roof. Many graduates say that their best memories of Senior High school life are the days they spent in the mountains during the summer vacation, practising and training with other club members.The Education System in England and WalesIn England and Wales, childr

52、en must go to school by law from age 5 to 16, that is, they have to complete their six years of compulsory education, unless their parents should prove that they can provide an adequate education for them at home. There is a choice between the State System and the Private System, which are known as Public Schools. The State System is free of charge to all children, while Public School education is very expensive. The maj