辽宁省沈阳市辽中县第一私立高级中学高中英语必修一课件：Module 1 Cultural Corner.pptVIP

Their classes are lively and interesting． Their after-school activities are colorful. Read the passage carefully and answer these questions Module 1 Question：What’s the differences and  similarities between American and  Chinese school systems? Similarities: A school year is divided into two semesters. Differences: American schools have long vacations. 2. Which grades are high school? 2. What do they need if they want to go to college? Ninth to twelfth grades. A diploma. Questions: 1.How long does secondary school cover in the US? zxxk Seven years. 4. How many semesters are there in the school year? Two semesters. 5. What are they? The first of which is September through December, and the second January through May. 6.What is the school schedule? They start at 7:50 am and they finish at 3 pm. Discussion Task What do you think of the American school system? And what about China? (Please express your own opinion and discuss with your partner.) Language points 1. cover v 覆盖;走完; 看完;占地面积;报导;包含; 1) Cover the sleeping child with your coat. 2) The mountain was covered with snow all the year round. 3) He covered the distance in 15 minutes. 4) How many pages have you covered? 5) The city covers ten square miles. 6) I want our best reporters sent to cover the trial (审讯). 7) The dictionary does not cover the whole English vocabulary. 2. The school year is divided into two semesters, the first of which is September through December… divide （使某物）分割开；分开；分隔 divide… into…, 如： divide a large house into flats 把一所大房子分隔成若干套间 divide a novel into chapters 把一部小说分成若干章节 divide the class into small groups 把那个班分成几个小组 the first of which is… 引导的是非限制性定语从句。 这是由“名词/代词+of+关系代词”引导的定语从句。这种形式可以用于指人，也可以用于指物。指人时关系代词用whom，指物时用which。又如： Her sons, both of whom work abroad, ring her up every week. 她的两个儿子，都在国外工作， 他们每周都给她打电话来。 He went with a group of people, few of whom were correctly equipped for such a climb. 他和一队人一起去了，其中没有几个人配有进行这样一次登山的适当装