1、Listening and speaking however, in English, it refers to something.,美国的孩子每年在学校的时间大约是180天，他们有很多假期。在假期期间,他们喜欢参加各种各样的活动。除了和父母一起旅行外，一些孩子也喜欢夏令营和户外冒险的旅行。 Naturally, American schoolchildren love holidays. And they get a lot of them each year. Besides having national holidays such as Thanksgiving and Presid
2、ents; Day off from school, students get longer breaks in the USA only go to school for about 180 days a year. To students, holidays are perfect. However, parents think there are advantages and disadvantages.,Picture one,On the one hand, school holidays allow families to spend time together. Many Ame
3、rican parents take time off from work during June, July or August to travel with their children on vacations either in the USA or in a foreign country. On the other hand, schoolchildren get much more time off school than parents get vacation for an time. This means that parents with young children m
4、ay have to pay more in the babysitting or day care coats. As well, the long summer holidays mean that students sometimes get bored.,Picture two,Picture three,Besides going on trips with their parents , American students enjoy taking part in different kinds of activities during the holidays. For exam
5、ple, some kids enjoy summer camps and outdoor adventure holidays. Such trips are great adventurous students. They also have a lot to offer students who arent usually interested in traditional PE activities . You can do courses in survival skills, for example .Students learn how to make a camp in the
6、 forest ,which wild food they can eat and how to find their way to make a camp in the forest, which wild food they can eat and how to find their way back to the center.,What people could do in the future? What would be tomorrows world like? Think about the questions and discuss the following four pi
7、ctures.,Thinking,What else do you know school life in other country? Suppose you are studying in the USA now. How will you deal with your problems at senior high school? Many people think they can make friends with other country teenagers. What will you do?,What kind of life do you wish to live?,Discussion,Read the words in this unit. Think about how to deal with the freshman challenge at senior high school.,Homework,Goodbye!,
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