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必修一Unit1A NewStartMy firstday at senior highMonday4September()(重要的日子)After Ipicture itover andover againin mymind,finally arrived:my firstday(冲出)(迫切地)at senior high!I wokeup earlyand thedoor toget toknow my new school.The campuswas stillquiet whenI arrived,so Idecided toexplore abit.I waslooking at the photos(转过身),on thenoticeboard Iheard avoice behindme.New here”(一位白发苍苍的老人).I saw“Yes,I replied.Tm wonderingwhat lifeis going to belike here.”“Dont worry,“he gaveme asmile.Youll soonfind out.”How truethese wordswere!When myEnglish teacherstepped into the classroom,I wassurprised to(我之前遇到的).see thesame man“Good morning,everyone.Before westart,please cometo thefront oneby oneand introduceyourselftotheclass.Til gofirst...“What!”I triedto turnon mybrain but the enginejust wouldntstart“I shouldsay myname,of(留下好的第一印象)?course.But whatelse Whatcould Isay toSomething aboutmy insectcollection,perhaps9(我正在组织语言)in myhead whenthe girlnext tome(轻推了我一下).Itsyour turn!^^(我情绪紧张,心里发慌),[()印breath dely.“Hi,Im MengHao.^^Everyone startedlaughing.(害怕地).I lookedat themNice toknow weshare thesame name,“said mynew teacher.I hadbeentoo nervouspay attentionwhen he(尴尬的),introduced himself!Although I was hiswords mademe alot morerelaxed!When wehad allintroduced ourselves,Mr Mengsaid,“Well done,everyone!I knowthis isnteasyfbr manyof you.But thisis justthe kindof thingyou aregoingtoface atsenior high.Challenges likethis(让你倍感压力).might sometimesBut itall dependson whatyou do.Keep calmand beprepared.Thatway,youll make the mostof yourtime atsenior high,“(好的开始是成功的一半)()People say,I guessthis was a goodbegin tomynewschool life.High SchoolHintsInterviewer:Hello andwelcome toSchool Talk!Today Imjoined bya formerstudent ofour school,LisaOsborne.Lisa graduatedfrom ourschool lastJune andis aboutto goto collegein NewYork.Lisa,thankyou forcoming toshare yoursuggestions forhigh schoolwith us.Lisa:Hi,everybody.Vm veryglad to be back.I feelas ifhigh schoolwas onlyyesterday!Interviewer:Sowhat helpedwhen youfirst startedhigh schoolLisa:Orientation Daywas reallyhelpful.Its afantastic opportunityfbr newstudents toget toknow theschooland theother students.I evenmade somenew friends!Just keepan openmind andtake partin asmuchas possible.Interviewer:Thafs soundadvice fbrsure.But how did you deal withnew challenges,like startinga newcourseLisa:I hada chemistrytest rightatthe end of the first week.I wasfrightened atthe sightof thetest paper.But thenI figuredFd betterjust goall outand seewhat happens.If youfail,no problem——next timeyoucan failbetter!Interviewer:So,hold yourhead up,then.But lifeis notalways easy.You musthave hadsome momentswhenyou weredisappointed.If so,howdidyoudealwith themLisa:As amember ofthe schoolvolleyball team,I wasntselected fortheend-of-year competition.Atfirst Iwas reallysad,but laterI realizedthat I joined theteam forthe loveofthesport.It wasntjust aboutwinning.So Ikept workinghard tosupport myteammates duringour training.There9s alwaysa waytobe partof somethingyou love,isnt thereInterviewer:Yes,I totallyagree.Is thereanything elsein particularthat youdlike toshare withusLisa:Looking backon myhigh schoollife,the mostimportant adviceId giveis thesewonderful wordsfromthe writerMaya Angelou.She said,Be arainbow insomebody elsescloud.So,give your friendsa handwhen theyneed it.And thiswill makeyou feelgood,too.Interviewer:Neat!Well,thanks againforcoming tospeak tous,Lisa.And goodluck withcollege!Lisa:Thank you.THE FRESHMANCHALLENGEHi!My nameis Adamand Vma freshmanatseniorhigh school.Going fromjunior high school to(挑战).()seniorhighschool isa reallybig Thefirstweekwasalittle confusion.First,I hadto thinkvery carefullyabout coursesI wantedto take.The schooladviser helpedme choosethe suitableones maths,English,chemistry,world history,and Chinese.I knowthatChinese isa verydifficult language,but Ihope tobe fluentwhen1graduate.My adviserrecommended(选修)that Iadvanced literaturebecause Ilike Englishand Imgood atit.I hadto chooseextra-curricular activities,too.I triedto jointhe schoolfootball team,butthecoach(彳艮显然),told methat Ididnt playwell enough.Iwasunhappy,but Iwont quit,ril finda waytoimprove onmy ownso thatI canmaketheteam nextyear.Ijoineda volunteerclub instead.EveryWednesday,we workat asoup kitchenand(把食物分发给社区里的无家可归者).I knowril haveto study harder asa seniorhighschoolstudent(习惯承担更多的责任).and(我有点担心在高级课程上无法跟上其他同学),and itllbe quitedifficult toget usedto allthehomework.Still,Im happytobehere.()studyhardisnt alwaysfun,but Illbe wellprepared foruniversity orwhatever elsecomes inthefuture.Dear WorriedFriend,(我完全理解彳尔的焦虑和担You wrotethat you are veryworried aboutyourfriend,Chen Lei.忧).You thinkthat yourfriend playscomputer gamestoo oftenand spendstoo muchtime online.(我建议你直接和你的朋友谈谈他的行为).It isnot unusualfor teenagersof yourgenerationto beattracted tocomputer gamesand theonline world.But spendingtoo muchtime onlineis unhealthy(有些学生甚至上网成瘾,无法把精力集and makesit verydifficult tofocus onother thingsin life.中在学习和家庭生活上).I thinkyou shouldencourage yourfriend totry newhobbies.Why notdiscussthe problemtogether Iam surehe willlisten toyou,youarehis goodfriend.All thebest,Susan Luo。