牛津英语初级教程
牛津英语初级教程
Lesson 7 Talking about school lives (B)
Joining the clubs
What is a school club?
Usually a school club is a group in which students who have the same hobby get together regularly to do their favourite things. There are many different kinds of clubs in a school. Some are for skill training, some are for knowledge studying, others are just for fun.
Why do we need these clubs?
Everybody knows that studying in a middle school must be very hard work. However, there are many different clubs for students to join. They can not only relax themselves in there but also learn a lot in the groups. For example, they may learn what teamwork is by making a project and finishing one of the tasks together. That is, To play is to learn.
Helping Hands Club-Hot
'Helping Hands Club', also called 'Buddy Clubs' in the States, has been set up in many schools. Students in lower grades may meet some problems in their new schools. They need to tell the seniors and ask them for help. Older students in this club will talk to their little sisters and brothers about school lives. They may even help with the homework. One word to describe it: Hot!
Studying outside class
Students can surely learn much knowledge in class. But they will learn more if they attend a club. In a club, you can do some small experiments to test whether something is true or not. In this way, things are learned almost entirely by your experience, not from books. We have many clubs for studying purposes, such as 'English Learning Club', 'Cooking Club', 'Reading Club' and many many more.
Come here just for fun
If you are only interested in entertainment, you can also choose a club which is just for fun. For example, 'Chess Club' is a good idea. In this club, you can freely play (Chinese) chess with your fellows. You don't have to worry about your lessons. 'Drama Club' is also attractive and many students are crazy about it. To make a show in the stage is really exciting. Come on and have fun!
Vocabulary
relax 放松 teamwork 团队合作 project 规划 task 任务 the States 美国 senior 高年级学生 describe 描述 regularly 定期地 attend 参加 surely 肯定 experiment 实验 test 测试 entirely 完全地 purpose 用途 entertainment 娱乐 freely 无拘无束地 fellow 同学 drama 戏剧 attractive 有吸引力的 crazy 着迷的 stage 舞台
Exercise
Please match the words on the left with the meanings on the right and write the correct letters in the blanks.
1, club ______ a a close friend 2, tasty ______ b amusement 3, as well ______ c too 4, attend ______ d a group in which people have the same hobby and do their favourite things 5, fun ______ e a plan 6, buddy ______ f delicious 7, describe ______ g a student in a very high grade 8, teamwork ______ h join 9, senior ______ i people in a group work together 10, project ______ j tell what it is
Answer key
Lesson 6
Daniel is talking to John and Nancy online about different school subjects. Use the following words to complete their conversation.
Computer Studies, popular, useful, Home Economics, tasty, PE, softball, Geography, Science, simple, difficult, important, Art, Modern Languages, History, boring, interesting, heroes
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