Unit 1 School Life（校园生活）
Learning Objectives
After learning this unit， you will be able to
get information about subjects;
make greetings in proper manners;
exchange ideas about school life;
write about personal data;
understand the benefits of vocational education.
Part I Warming Up
Task 1 Match the following subjects with the pictures.
1. Chinese
2. English
3. maths
4. chemistry
5. basic anatomy
6. basic nursing
Task 2 Work in pairs and discuss the questions.
1. What subjects do you study at school?
2. What is your favourite subject? Why?
3. How do you like your school life?
Part II Listening
Dialogue 1 Talking About Subjects
Task 3 Listen carefully and decide whether the sentences are true or false. Write T for true or F for false.
（ ）1. Mary is a student.
（ ）2. Tom has six classes every day.
（ ）3. Mary studies basic and specialized subjects at school.
（ ）4. Mary likes basic anatomy best.
（ ）5. Basic nursing is useful and interesting.
Task 4 Listen again and fill in the blanks with what you hear.
Mary has six classes every day. She studies 1.________ subjects such as 2.________， English， maths and art. She also studies 3.________ subjects such as basic anatomy and basic 4.________. She thinks basic nursing is her 5.________ subject.
Part III Speaking
Dialogue 2 We Major in Nursing
Lily: Hello， Mary! How was your holiday?
Mary: Hi! Lily! I had a very busy holiday.
Lily: Really? Oh， Mary， this is Sarah， my roommate. Sarah， this is Mary， my middle school classmate.
Sarah: Nice to meet you， Mary! I’m from the United States. What about you?
Mary: Nice to meet you， too! I’m from Canada.
Sarah: I major in nursing and I’m in Class 2， and you?
Mary: My major is nursing， too. I’m in Class 5.
Lily: We’re going to the training centre. Will you go with us?
Mary: Yes， certainly. Let’s go.
Task 5 Answer the following questions.
1. How was Mary’s holiday?
2. Is Mary Lily’s middle school classmate?
3. Where is Mary from?
4. Which class is Mary in?
5. Where are they going?
Task 6 Work in groups. Practise speaking and then act out the dialogue in front of the class.
Useful Patterns:
1. This is ， and this is
2. Nice to meet you. I’m from What about you?
3. Nice to meet you， too! I’m from
4. I major in and I’m in Class ， and you?
5. My major is And I’m in Class
Part IV Reading
A Good Example
My aunt Alice is a head nurse. She is working in a big hospital in Australia.
Being a nurse is her dream. After she graduated from a junior middle school， she entered a health school and became a nursing student.
During three years in school， she studied nursing knowledge hard and practised nursing skills diligently. At last， she passed the nurses’ qualification test. After she graduated， she became a registered nurse. She has been working in this big hospital for over 20 years.
Inuenced by my aunt， I came to a health school to choose nursing as my major. I take many classes at school every day. Sometimes， I practise my skills in the training centre. After school I often take part in school activities to relax myself. I like my school life. In the future， I want to be an excellent nurse to serve the people better.
Task 7 Choose the best answer.
My aunt Alice is a ________.
A. nurse B. head nurse C. doctor
2. Alice studied nursing for ________ years in a health school.
A. four B. two C. three
3. I am studying in a ________ school.
A. middle B. nursing C. health
4. Sometimes， I practise my skills in ________.
A. the classroom B. the training centre C. the ofice
5. I want to be an excellent ________ in the future.
A. nurse B. doctor C. teacher
Task 8 Fill in each blank with the proper form of the word given in the brackets.
1. She is ________（work）in a big hospital.
2. ________（be）a nurse was her dream.
3. After she ________（graduate）from a junior middle school， she entered a health school.
4. She studied _________（nurse）knowledge hard.
5. After she graduated， she became a ________（register）nurse.
6. Sometimes， I practise my skills in the ________（train）centre.
Task 9 Fill in the blanks with the phrases below. Change the form where necessary.
head nurse graduate from major in
in the training centre take part in in the future
1. I want to serve the people well _____________.
2. I often practise my skills ____________.
3. Being a ____________ is my dream.
4. After I ____________ a health school， I entered a big hospital.
5. I ____________ nursing and I like my major very much.
6. After school， I always ____________ some interesting activities.
Extensive Reading
A Great Nurse — Nightingale
Floren
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