Unit2 阅读能力提升单【Learning aims】After this lesson I will:1) improve my reading skills.2) know school life in other countries.3) be able to make a survey and write a report.4) work harder and value time.【Reading】You may feel curious about students in other countries: Do they also have so much homework? What do they do in their spare time?On April 8, a report came out on the lives of high school students in China, Japan, South Korea and the US. It surveyed(调查)around 6,200 students from the four countries last year. You will find the answers to many of your questions in this report.Who studies hardest(最努力)?Chinese students spend the most time studying. Nearly(将近) half of Chinese students spend more than twohours on their homework every day. That's much more than students of the US (26.4%), Japan (8.2%) and South Korea (5.2%). Who sleeps most often in class?Japanese students fall asleep in class most often. About 45% of them said they sometimes doze off(打瞌睡)in class. In South Korea, it's 32%; in the US, 21%; and 5% in China.South Korean students don't like taking notes. About 70% said they write down what the teacher says in class, many fewer than in Japan (93%), China (90%) and the US (89%).Who is the most distracted (分心的)?American students are the most active in class, but also the most distracted: 64.2% said they chat with friends in class; 46.9% said they eat snacks in class; and 38.9% said they send e-mails or read unrelated (无关的) books in class. What do they do after school?In their free time, most Chinese students study or surf the Internet. Most American students hang out with their friends. Most Japanese students do physical exercises. Most Korean students watch TV.Task 1 Scan the article and fill in the blanks in the following chart.Task 2Read the article again carefully and answer the following questions.1) Who are most hard-working and who arethe least(最少)? Why?_______________________________________________________________ 2) How many Chinese students sleep in class?_______________________________________________________________ 3) What do American students like to do the most(最喜欢做) in class?_______________________________________________________________ 4) Do Chinese students have many outdoor activities after school?_______________________________________________________________ 5) How do you feel after reading this report?_______________________________________________________________ Task 3 Summarize(总结) the report using “nearly, most often, just”.According to(根据) the report, ______half of Chinese students spend over 2 hours on homework, so they are the most hard-working;Japanese students sleep _________ in class, but ____ 5% of Chinese students do like that; most American students are active and distracted in class; in their free time, most American, Japanese and Korean students can do what they like; however, mostChinese students ______ study or surf the Internet.Task 4 Survey the students in your group about their after-school activities,1)Report:Hello, everyone. I’m from Group ____, according to our survey, _______ of the students in Group___________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 2)What do you want to say to them? (可多人参与)In my eyes, ____________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________【美句欣赏】●Life is short and we never know what will happen.生命很短暂，将来会发生什么皆未知●When life gives you lemons, sit down and make lemonade.当生活给你柠檬，那么就请歇下来将之做成柠檬水吧●Life is a candle, if burned out, there will be no chance for you tostart again. Let’s value life.生命就像一根蜡烛，燃烧完了就没机会重来。

所以让我们珍惜生命吧●There will be no regret and sorrow if you fight with all yourstrength.只要全力地拼搏，就不会有遗憾●No pains, no gains.吃得苦中苦方为人上人●Sharp tools make good work.工欲善其事必先利其器●A thousand-li journey is started by taking the first step.千里之行始于足下●Cease to struggle and you cease to live. 生命不息，奋斗不止●Challenge is needed for success.挑战铸就成功●It is often in the darkest skies that we see the brightest stars.在最黑暗的夜空里，我们往往能看到最闪亮的星星●Actions speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩●Always remember that your present situation is not your finaldestination. The best is yet to come.要记住你现在的处境并不是你最终的目的地，好戏还在后面●Everybody wants happiness, nobody wants pain, but you can'thave a rainbow without a little rain.人人渴望幸福，谁人喜欢痛苦，不经历风雨怎能见彩虹●Yesterday is history, tomorrow is mystery, but today is a gift.昨日已成历史，明日有未可知，今日诚为珍宝●May there be enough clouds in my life to make a beautiful sunset.愿你生命中有足够多的云翳，来早就一个美丽的黄昏。