Section Ⅱ Reading and Thinking
①freshmann.(中学)九年级学生；(大学)一年级新生
②confusing adj.难以理解的；不清楚的
confuvt.使糊涂；使迷惑
confudadj.糊涂的；迷惑的
③advirn.顾问，提供意见者
④fluentadj.(尤指外语)流利的；熟练的
⑤小儿智力糖浆graduatevi.& vt.毕业；获得学位 n.毕业生
⑥recommendvt.建议；推荐；介绍
丰腴的拼音
⑦sign up (for sth.)报名(参加课程)曹操诗句
⑧advancedadj.高级的；高等的；先进的
红旗渠的儿女们
advance n．& v．前进；发展
⑨literature n．文学；文学作品
⑩extracurricular adj.课外的；课程以外的
extracurricular activities(世界经济形势＝afterschool activities)课外活动
⑪obviouslyadv.显然；明显地
⑫quitvi炸鸡翅的制作方法.& vt.(quit，quit)停止；戒掉；离开(工作职位、学校等)
⑬improvevi.& vt.改进；改善
⑭on one’s own独自(完成某事)，常作状语。
⑮make the team能够参加……队，
成为……的队员
⑯instead adv.代替，反而
⑰soup kitchen(救济穷人的)施粥所，施食处
a place where people with no money and no homes can get free food
⑱hand out 分发；给予(建议，惩罚等)
out是副词，如果作宾语的是代词，常常把代词置于hand和out之间。
⑲get/be 习惯于(后接名词、代词或v.ing)
⑳responsibleadj.负责的；有责任的
responsibilityn.责任；义务
be responsible for对……负责
keep up with跟上，不落在……后面
be prepared for 为……做好准备
come v． 发生
THE FRESHMAN CHALLENGE
Hi! My name is Adam and I’m a freshman①at nior high school. Going from junior high school to nior high school is a really big challenge. The first week was a little confusing②.
◆画线部分是v.ing短语作主语，谓语动词用单数形式。
First, I had to think very carefully about which cours I wanted to take. The school advir③ helped me choo the suitable ones: maths, English, chemistry, world history, and Chine. I know that Chine is a very difficult language, but I hope to be fluent④ when I graduate⑤. My advir recommended⑥ that I should sign up for⑦ advanced
⑧ literature春分秋分⑨ becau I like English and I’m good at it.
◆画线部分是which引导的宾语从句，作介词about的宾语。
I had to choo extracurricular⑩ activities, too. I tried to join the school football team, but the coach told me that I didn’t play well enough. Obviously⑪， I was unhappy, but I won’t quit⑫.I’ll find a way to improve⑬ on my own⑭ so that I can make the team⑮ next year. I joined a volunteer club instead⑯. Every Wednesday, we work at a soup kitchen⑰ and hand out⑱ food to homeless people in the community.
◆to improve为不定式作定语，修饰way; way后可跟不定式或者of doing作定语。
◆画线部分为so that引导的目的状语从句。
I know I’ll have to study harder as a nior high school student and get ud to⑲ being responsible for⑳ a lot more. I’m a bit worried about keeping up with the other students in my advanced cour, and it’ll be quite difficult to get ud to all the homework. Still, I’m
英特尔至强处理器happy to be here. Studying hard isn’t always fun, but I’ll be well prepared for university or whatever el comes in the future．
◆画线部分属于“it＋be＋adj./n.(＋for sb./sth.)＋to do sth.”结构。
◆画线部分是whatever引导的宾语从句，whatever在从句中作主语。
新生挑战
你好！我叫亚当，是一名高中新生。从初中过渡到高中真是一项巨大的挑战。第一周就有点儿令人困惑。
首先，我必须仔细考虑我想修哪些课程。学校的指导老师帮我选择了适合我的课程：数学、英语、化学、世界历史和中文。我知道中文是一门很难的语言，但我希望毕业时能说一口流利的中文。我的指导老师建议我选修高级文学，因为我喜欢英语，而且擅长英语。
我也必须选择课外活动。我想加入学校足球队，但教练说我踢得还不够好。显然，我很不
高兴，但我不会放弃。我会找到一个自我提升的方法，这样明年我就能加入球队。我加入了一个志愿者俱乐部。每周三，我们会在食品救济站里干活，把食物分发给社区里的无家可归者。
我知道作为一名高中生，我必须更加努力地学习，并且要适应承担更多的责任。我有点儿担心我在高级课程上跟不上其他学生，并且很难适应所有的家庭作业。不过，我还是很高兴来到这里。刻苦学习不总是那么有趣的，但我会为上大学或是未来其他的任何事情做好充分的准备。
Step one Warmingup
