新必修一unit1课文THE FRESHMAN CHALLENGEHi! My name is Adam and Im a freshman at senior high school. Going from junior high school to senior high school is a really big challenge. The first week was a little confusing.First, I had to think very carefully about which courses I wanted to take. The school adviser helped me choose the suitable ones: maths, English, chemistry, world history, and Chinese. I know that Chinese is a very difficult language, but I hope to be fluent when I graduate. My adviser recommended that I should sign up for advanced literature because I like English and Im good at it.I had to choose extra-curricular activities, too. I tried to join the school football team, but the coach told me that I didnt play well enough. Obviously, I was unhappy, but I wont quit. Ill find a way to improve on my own so that I can make the team next year. I joined a volunteer club instead. Every Wednesday, we work at a soup kitchen and hand out food to homeless people in the community.I know Ill have to study harder as a senior high school student and get used to being responsible for a lot more. Im a bit worried about keeping up with the other students in my advanced course, and itll be quite difficult to get used to all the homework. Still, Im happy to be here. Studying hard isnt always fun, but Ill be well prepared for university or whatever else comes in the future.新生的挑战这就跟你问声好！我的名字是亚当，我是一名高一学生。
从初中到高中是一个非常大的挑战第一周有点混乱首先，我必须非常仔细地考虑我想选什么课程学校的指导老师帮我选择了合适的科目:数学、英语、化学、世界历史和语文我知道中文是一门很难学的语言，但我希望毕业时能说一口流利的中文我的导师建议我报考高级文学，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的足球队，但是教练告诉我我踢得不够好显然，我不开心，但我不会放弃我要自己想办法提高自己，这样明年我就能进队了我加入了一个志愿者俱乐部每个星期三，我们都在施粥所工作，把食物分发给社区里无家可归的人我知道，作为一名高中生，我必须更加努力地学习，习惯承担更多的责任我有点担心跟上高级班的其他同学，而且要习惯所有的家庭作业会很困难不过，我还是很高兴来到这里努力学习并不总是有趣的，但是我会为将来的大学或其他事情做好准备junior adj. 较年幼的 be junior to sb. “年少于某人（比某人年轻）” He is two years junior to me. = He is two years younger than me. adj. 资历较浅的，地位较低的 be junior to do sb. 比….资历浅 注：senior 用法相同。
confuse【例句】It is important to explain this again or we will confuse the students．把这再解释一遍是很重要的，否则的话我们就会使学生们犯糊涂P13)【点拨】 confuse vt. 使糊涂，使迷惑；混淆，混同；使更难于理解They confused the teacher by having the same names．他们同名同姓，这把老师搞糊涂了Her unexpected arrival confused all our plans．她的突然到来把我们所有的计划都打乱了I always confuse the twin sisters．They look so alike．我总是分不出这对孪生姐妹，她们看上去简直一模一样拓展】confused adj. 糊涂的，迷乱的confusedly adv. 迷乱地，糊涂地confusing adj. 莫名其妙的，难以理解的confusion n. 迷乱，迷惑fluent【例句】I find I cant speak English correctly and fluently. Julie was good at German, French and Russian, all of which she spoke fluently. 茱莉擅长德语、法语和俄语，这三样她都说得流利。
graduate 【例句】After graduating from college, we finally got the chance to take a bike trip. 大学毕业后，我们终于有机会进行自行车旅行点拨】graduate vi. 毕业；vt. 授予某人学位；n. 大学毕业生 He was a college graduate. 他是个大学毕业生[中译英] The university ____________(graduate) 3000 students last year. 这个大学去年有3000位学生毕业 keys：graduated graduate from 从……毕业 graduate in 毕业于……专业[中译英] He was _______________________ a normal college. 他是一个师范学院的毕业生University _______________________ Electronics Engineering or equivalent. 本科以上学历，电子工程或相关专业优先 keys：1. graduated from 2.graduate preferably in【拓展】undergraduate 本科生；postgraduate研究生；graduation 毕业recommend vt.推荐；建议[重点用法]recommendation n.推荐，介绍(信)，劝告，建议on ones recommendation经某人介绍follow sb.’s recommendations听从某人的劝告recommendation(s) for．……的推荐write／give sb．a recommendation为某人写推荐信／介绍信提示1.该词意为“建议”时，注意三种句型：(1) recommend+(sbs)doing；(2) recommend +that(从句) (从句用虚拟，由should+动词原形构成)；(3) recommend +sb. to do2.该词做“推荐；介绍”时，常用句型是：(1) recommend sb．sth． (2) recommend sth．for(doing) sth.[典例] 1. Can you recommend me a good novel? 能给我推荐一本好小说吗? 2. What would you recommend for the ink stains?有什么办法能除掉墨水汁吗?3. It is recommended in the regulations that you(should)not tell others the password of your e-mail account. 条款有提示,不要将邮箱密码透露给别人。
[练习]根据括号里的汉语补全句子 1.The teacher recommended that________________． The teacher recommended us__________________. (老师曾建议我们读这本小说)2. I went to the new hotel_______________________.(经你的介绍我去了这家新旅馆)3. ___________________________so that I can cover the company? (你能给我写一封介绍信以便采访那家公司吗?) Keys: 1.we(should)read the novel; to read the novel(reading the novel. 2.on your recommendation 3. Would you write me a recommendationadvance vi.前进 vt. 预先发放，提前 n. 进展 advanced adj. 高级的；先进的[典例]1). Our troops have advanced two miles. 我们的部队已经前进了两英里。
2). We benefit from the continued advance of civilization. 我们得益于文明的不断进步[重点用法] advance on/towards sb/sth 向某人/物前进 advance in sth 改进/改善某物in advance (of sth) = beforehand = ahead of time 预先，事先，事前[练习] 根据句子的意思在括号里填入适当的词或翻译1). We are proud of the recent advances _______ (介词) medical science. 2). The airline suggests booking tickets 21 days _______ ________(预先). 3). I should warn you _______ ________(事先) that I’ m not a very good dancer. 4。