Unit 1
School Life
Starting a new schoolclub
If you could start a school clubwith your schoolmates, what clubwould you have?
English club
Reading club
Band club
Youth Rugby club
Folk music club
Hockey club
International club
Netball club
Interact club
Cosplay club
Environmental club
Read the first passage and answerthe questions.
1. Who started the radio club?
Kate Jones, the writer.
2. When was the radio club started?
3. Why was the radio club started?
Two years ago.
Because the students want toplay music during break time.
Read the second passage and answerthe questions.
1. What’s the name of the schoolclub?
Poets of the Next Generation.
2. Who started the school club?
3. When do the members of the schoolclub meet?
Mr. Owen, the English teacher.
On the last Friday of everymonth.
4. What do the members of the schoolclub do?
They talk about poems and poetsthey like, select poems and readout aloud, discuss and write poems.
Discussion
How do these two activities attractthe students?
How do they help the students?
Would you like to start a club to dosomething you are interested in?
Language points
1. It is great because it is run by thestudents for the school.
run在这句话中是“管理；操作”的意思
They ran the kindergarten extremelywell.
He has no idea of how to run a business.
2. He approved the idea, and two years laterI am in charge of the radio club as the oldeststudent member.
approve v. 批准, 赞成, 同意, 称许
The city council approved the building plan.
You can join the class if your parentsapprove.
Do you approve of her choice?
approval n. 同意, 批准, 认可, 赞同
agree, approve均含“同意、赞同”之意。
agree: 普通用词，侧重指对某事同其他人有相同的意见或想法。
approve: 侧重对认为正确或满意的事表示赞同或批准。作不及物动词用时，常与of连用。
in charge of 负责, 主管 (主语是人)
I am in charge of financial affairs.
He was left in charge of the shop while themanager was away.
in the charge of 由……管理 (主语是物)
The documents are in the charge ofProfessor Li.
in charge 负责，看管 (用作表语或后置定语，主语是人)
Who is in charge here?
3. Our club is much more than just music.
more than在这句话中意思是“不仅仅；不只...”
He is more than kind.
Jason is more than a lecturer; he is a writer,too.
more than的用法还有几种
● “more than＋数词”含“以上；不止”之意 I have known David for more than 20 years.● “more than＋形容词”等于“很；非常”的意思
I assure you I am more than glad to help you.●在“more...than...”中，肯定more后面的而否定than后面的，意思是“是……而不是……”
Catherine is more diligent than intelligent. Hearing the loud noise, the boy was more surprised than frightened.
4. In the club meetings, we select poems thatwe love, ...
select v. 选择, 挑选
She selected a diamond ring from thecollection.
He selected a team for the special task.
choose, select, pick, prefer均含“选择”之意。
choose: 普通用词，侧重根据个人意愿和判断从众多的对象中进行选择，着重被选者的优点。
select: 书面用词，具有庄严、正式的感情色彩。强调精选。
pick: 口语用词，多指从个人角度仔细挑选，也含任意挑选之意。
prefer: 强调个人偏爱，不一定有选择的行动。
A poster is a sign posted in a public placeas an advertisement.
Posters are designed to be both eye-catching and convey
information.
How to design a poster for school?
planning
preparing
producing
presenting
What school club would you like to start?Discuss and choose one, designing aposter in groups.
