A. Lead in:

Play our National Anthem for the students to listen to and ask these questions:

 1. What comes to your mind when you hear this song or our National Anthe m?

 2. Describe your “school life” to us, will you? ( joys, excitement, challenges, successes, sorrows, dreams ….).

B. Discussion:  School life

1. Show the students the four pictures on page 1 of the textbook.

  Question:  1) What do the pictures show us?

P.1  Huge campus and low-rise buildings

              P.2  Locke rs for every student

              P.3  Fewer students in each class

              P.4  At ease with our teacher

         2) What about the situation in China or here?

2. Discussion: Discuss each of the pictures and tell me the differences about schools in the UK

and in China.  (in four groups, one picture for each group)

  Yes, students in the UK enjoy smaller classes and various activities after class.

3. Discussion:

a.       What kind of school activities do you enjoy?

b.       Do you know any further differences between the schools in the UK and China?

c.       Besides the differences in school life, what other differences do you know between the