Reading
UNIT 1 Back to
school
Question 1: How do you think senior high school will be different
from junior high school?
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Question 2:
What’s the genre of this text?
Question 3:
What do you think the principal will talk about
according to the title?
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Genre: speech
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1. What challenges will students face at senior high school?
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2. What does the principal have confidence in?
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3. What school resources are mentioned in the speech?
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4. What positive attitude should students develop?
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Answer the following questions.
Speech Outline
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How does the principal try to keep his audience interested?
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What are parallel structures?
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Can you find out the parallel structures used in the speech?
Parallelism
Line 1: Today is the start of a new term, the start of a three-year
journey and the start of a promising future.
Line 5: The path before you leads to a world full of challenges: a new
environment, new knowledge and new ways of thinking.
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Line 15: Who knows what beautiful works of art you will create, what
medical advances you will make or what amazing
technologies you will develop!
Line 17: The possibilities are endless, and I have confidence in your
ability to make a difference to your family, to your
community and to our country.
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Supplementary reading
How can education make a difference to individuals, families,
communities and the country?
That’s what I want to focus on today: the responsibility each of you has
for your education.
I want to start with the responsibility you have to yourself. Every single
one of you has something that you’re good at. Every single one of you has
something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what
that is. That’s the opportunity an education can provide. Maybe you could be
a great writer -- maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a
newspaper -- but you might not know it until you write that English paper --
that English class paper that’s assigned to you. Maybe you could be an
innovator or an inventor -- maybe even good enough to come up with the
next iPhone or the new medicine or vaccine
—— Obama’s speech
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How can education make a difference to individuals, families,
communities and the country?
-- but you might not know it until you do your project for your science class.
Maybe you could be a mayor or a senator or a Supreme Court justice -- but
you might not know that until you join student government or the debate
team.
And this isn’t just important for your own life and your own future. What
you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this
country. The future of America depends on you. What you’re learning in
school today will determine whether we as a nation can meet our greatest
challenges in the future.
You’ll need the knowledge and problem-solving skills you learn in
science and math to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS,
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How can education make a difference to individuals, families,
communities and the country?
and to develop new energy technologies and protect our environment. You’ll
need the insights and critical-thinking skills you gain in history and social
studies to fight poverty and homelessness, crime and discrimination, and
make our nation more fair and more free. You’ll need the creativity and
ingenuity you develop in all your classes to build new companies that will
create new jobs and boost our economy.
We need every single one of you to develop your talents and your skills
and your intellect so you can help us old folks solve our most difficult
problems. If you don’t do that -- if you quit on school -- you’re not just
quitting on yourself, you’re quitting on your country.
Supplementary reading
The purpose of education
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the ability to unlock your
potential
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the sense of responsibility to
both yourself and your country
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the knowledge and problem-
solving skills
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the insights and critical-
thinking skills
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the creativity and ingenuity
Line 22: Take advantage of your classes, learn from your teachers
and classmates, and make use of our school facilities.
Line 25: Of equal importance are good study habits, useful skills and
a positive attitude.
Line 26: Carefully plan your study, set clear goals and balance your
schoolwork with other activities.
Line 34: Be confident, do your best and make us proud!
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读 足以怡情，足以博采，足以 才。书 长
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他欣慰；因 他是勇敢的，所以我尊敬他；因 有野心，所以为 为
我 死他。 杀 ——《裘力斯 3 撒》，莎凯
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20 years after your senior high school graduation, you are invited by
the principal to give a short speech to the school on the first day of
term. The topic remains the same “Realizing your potential”. Use
parallel structures to complete the speech and deliver it to the whole
class.
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