（一）學習要求: 通過學習，了解中英兩國學校生活之異同，感悟世界風情，學會用英語就校園生活方面的話題進行交流。
（二）讀圖說圖:
Picture 1 is about ___________________________________________________________.
Picture 2 is about ___________________________________________________________.
Picture 3 is about ___________________________________________________________.
Picture 4 is about ___________________________________________________________.
（一）自學評價
Look at the four pictures on page 1 in the students’ book and find the differences between schools in China and the UK. Then fill in proper words in the blanks.
Aspects In the UK In China
Campus
and buildings We can see h_______ campus and l__________ buildings. Most school buildings are t_____ than those in the UK.
Lockers for students There’re r_______ of lockers by the classrooms for students to p_______ their stationary, books, exercise-books and other b_____________. Students usually bring their s_____ to schools and then take them back h_____ after school. Most schools in China do not have l_____ in the classrooms.
Number of students in each class There are f________ students in a class, no more than 30 per class. There are usually m_____ students in high schools, perhaps 40 to 50 per class. Recently some schools are beginning to limit the n_____ of students in each class.
Relationship between teachers and students Students have a c_____ relationship with their teachers. They feel at e___________ and c__________ with them. It is the s______ in China. Teachers are k_____ to their students but s______ with them as well. They respect each other.
（二）系列活動
I. Warming up
(Students make self-introductions.)
1. Introduce themselves.
2. Say something about the junior high school life.
II. Presentation
1. Pair work: Brainstorm:
When we are talking about our school life, what will we probably think of?
2. Group work
Here are four pictures that show some aspects of school life in the UK. Please read the instructions, look at the pictures and then tell your partner what’s the difference between schools in China and the UK?
3. Writing practice:
What is your imaginary school life like?
What kind of school activities do you enjoy?
What do you think of your life here in the new school?
（三）釋疑解難
1．locker n. [C] 有鎖的存物柜
There are rows of lockers by the classrooms in the UK. 英國的教室旁邊有一排排存物柜。
2．a(chǎn)t (one’s) ease 安詳，自在，隨便，不拘束
We are at ease with our teacher. 我們與老師相處隨和。
3．What’s…like? ……怎么樣？
What’s your school and teachers like? 你們學校和老師怎么樣？
（四）追蹤練習
Fill the blanks with correct words according to the Chinese. One word for each blank.
1、游泳池邊的存物柜都破損了。
The _____ by the swimming-pool are broken.
2、她發(fā)現(xiàn)他不自在。
She found that he was not _______ ________.
3、上海春天的天氣怎么樣？
________ is the weather ___________ in spring in Shanghai?
（一）背景介紹
英國中學教育制度
英國教育制度素來在學術品質與提供完善照顧方面享有盛名。英國針對五歲到十六歲的小孩實施義務教育而父母有責任讓子女按時上學。英國有百分之九十的兒童上公立學校，其經(jīng)費完全來自政府。剩下的百分之十則上私立學校，這些學校不拿政府的經(jīng)費。
英國教育系統(tǒng)包括五部份：學前教育：五歲以下學童。五歲以下的兒童沒有義務教育。雖然有些地區(qū)的地方教育當局辦有學前教育課程，但是大多數(shù)的小孩上私立學校或是由父母或熱心人士組織所辦的學前教育班。初等教育：五歲至十二歲之間學童(某些情況包括十二歲學童)。小學常分為幼年部和少年部，有些地區(qū)則采用三級制，區(qū)分為初級、中級和高級小學，結業(yè)年限分別是八或九歲和十二或十三歲。中等教育：十一歲(或十二歲)至十八歲的學生。一般認為私立小學是幫助學生準備私立中學入學考試的預備學校。這些預備學校通常招收七歲到十三歲的學生，但有些則附招年齡較小的小孩之先修部。公立中學學生入學年齡為十一或十二歲，而最低離校年紀則為十六歲；那時學生就可以參加中等教育普通證書(GCSE)考試。擴充教育：十六歲以上義務教育后學生。各類學術或職業(yè)訓練課程。高等教育：包括大學部準備課程。
（二）網(wǎng)絡搜索
如果你有意向留學英國，請到網(wǎng)上查尋有關要求、留學的有關準備工作以及你所心儀的某個英國中學的情況，并試用英語向你的同學做簡要介紹。
I. Fill in proper words in the blanks. One word for each blank.
My school life
I still clearly remember the day when I first went to school at the age of six - happy and excited. In my eyes, all the things on c______ were so wonderful that the school was simply a beautiful garden home. My childhood dream came t______.
How time f______！Now I have been at school for seven years. Every morning I get up early. On my way to school, the rising sun greets me with a smile. In class I enjoy r_____ aloud, answering q______ and listening to teachers. In the evening, I do my homework, as if I were a farmer working hard in my fields, expecting to have a good h______.
We have many s______ to learn, so we are always busy. During the b______, I often go out for a rest in front of the classroom buildings, talking with my friends, or looking into the d__________. The blue sky, the white clouds, the flying birds and the green mountains make me happy. What a beautiful view！What a h_______ school life we have！
II. Reading comprehension.
Robert and Joanna like school very much. At school they can talk to their friends but Robert and Joanna cannot see their friends. They live 100, perhaps 300 miles away and like Robert and Joanna, they all go to school by radio.
Mount Ebenezer is in the centre of Australia. Not many people live in “The Centre”. There are no schools with desks and blackboards and no teachers in “The Centre”. School is a room at home with a two-way radio. The teacher also has a two-way radio. Every morning she calls each student on the radio. When all the students answer, lessons begin…. Think of your teacher 300 miles away!
1. The children in “The Centre” are not able to see each other at school because ______.
A. they live too far away from each other
B. they do not like school
C. they are not old enough to go to school
D. their families are too poor
2. In order to send their children to school, parents in “The Centre” of Australia need to provide ______.
A. a desk B. a car C. a school room at home D. a special radio
3. Teachers in “The Centre” of Australia teach ______.
A. not in a classroom but at the homes of the students
B. by speaking only and not showing anything in writing
C. without using any textbooks or pictures
D. without knowing whether the students are attending
4. When the children are having a lesson, they can hear their teacher, ______.
A. but their teacher cannot hear them
B. and their teacher can hear them too
C. but cannot hear their classmates
D. and see him or her at the same time
Reference key for Period 1
一、（二）
Picture 1 is about the huge school campus and low-rise buildings in the UK.
Picture 2 is about the lockers by the classrooms for students to put their things in the UK.
Picture 3 is about the number of the students in a class in the UK.
Picture 4 is about the close relationship between the students and teachers in the UK.
二、（一）
Aspect 1: Campus, low-rise, taller
Aspect 2: rows, put/place, schoolbags, home, lockers
Aspect 3: Fewer, more, number
Aspect 4: close, comfortable, same, kind, strict
（四）1. lockers 2. at ease 3. What, like
四、I. campus, true, flies, reading, questions, harvest, subjects, break, buildings, happy
II. 1. A 2. D 3. B 4. B