ENG SCHOOL-LIFE P1

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Name：____________________

Topic: School Life

Contents Page
A. Passage Learning - R&W
B. Vocabulary, Phrases and Sentences - R&W
C. Grammar - W
D. Reading Passage
E. Text Type - W
F. Video Learning - L&S
G. Homework 2
H. Extra Knowledge

R：Reading（PI）W：Writing（PII）
L：Listening（PIII）S：Speaking（PIV）

Notes：

A. Passage Learning

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You are the President of the Student Union at your school. You are
preparing a speech to welcome new students on the first day of school.In
order to help students achieve success and have an enjoyable school life,
you want to talk about the following in your speech:
-importance of following school rules; and
-importance of interpersonal relationships.
The first part of the speech has been written for you to finish the speech.

Good morning Principal, teachers and fellow students,

1 On behalf of the Students’ Union, I’d like to welcome all of you to our
school. I am sure we all want to achieve success and have an
enjoyable school life, so this morning I’d like to give you some
advice.

2 Have you ever been punished by your teacher for breaching school
rules, ranging from being late to forgetting to submit your
homework? You must have found it annoying to follow strict rules,
right? However, have you considered the possible consequences of
violating the guidelines, which may lead to chaos in our school?
School rules demand us to hand in homework on time, to be a
responsible student, not to run in the corridor for the sake of our
safety. It is no exaggeration to say that schools are a miniature
society. If we have been taught about the concept of obeying school
rules, we’ll also follow the laws in society as a civilized and law-
abiding citizen. So, do you realise the importance of following
school rules?
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Similarly, following school rules also means mutual respect. As we

all know, speaking foul language and violence are prohibited in our
campus. With the clear regulations, we understand controlling our
temper is essential and using violence cannot solve the problems. If
you don’t want your conduct marks to be deducted, why don’t you

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respect others in all aspects, including your verbal and body
language? A harmonious schooling environment can lead to an
enjoyable school life.
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Apart from following school rules, much is now being said that going
to school is for acquiring knowledge, but many miss the direction
of developing interpersonal relationships. An all-rounded
education should not just focus on academics, instead socialization is
key to a wholesome development. Communication skills and team
spirit can be fostered via doing projects or interacting with peers in
school, which are the basic and useful surviving techniques in society
when we grow up. Making friends can also expand our social
network and gain new perspectives in our own lives. As an old
saying goes, “A friend in need is a friend indeed.” Who would
like to be an outcast and spend the rest of their life being alone?
Having a lifelong companion is one of the spellbinding things in our
life journey. No matter whether you are cheerful or frustrated, there
is always a group of friends who are willing to back you up and give
you hope when you encounter any difficulties. Especially for F.6
students, a pal can be your motivation to struggle through the
overwhelming DSE as you are with your friends overcoming the
obstacle together. Studies are important but friendship is also of the
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same value.

Overall speaking, adapting to a new environment of secondary

school life may be a challenging task for newcomers. But remember
‘where there’s a will, there’s a way’. After the first few months, you
can definitely find your own way to a fruitful school life!

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A1. Reading
1. What is the subject of this speech?
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2. Find an example which was used to prove students should not break
school rules. (Para 2)
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3. What is the main point of paragraph 3?

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4. Make a sentence by using “acquire knowledge”. (Para 4)

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5. What is the meaning of “A friend in need is a friend indeed.”? (Para 4)

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A friend who helps you when you are in trouble is your true friend.
6. Fina a phrase that is similar to “In conclusion”. (Para 5)
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A1. Speaking
1. Why was the first paragraph given to the candidates? What do you
think?
2. What grade should this passage deserve? Why do you think?
3. What is the difference between ‘advice’ and ‘suggestion’?
4. Please explain‘where there’s a will, there’s a way’(Para 6).

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B. Vocabulary, Phrases and Sentences
B1. Vocabulary
1. undeniably（adv）無可否認地
 Maintaining good interpersonal relationships plays an essential role
in our personal development and is undeniably important.
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Strong-tone words in:

(a) writing
I. Can be used to emphasize your point (same as oral) in the text
types: speech/argumentative
essay/article/diary/debate/email/letter/blog…

II. Guess the possible text types of the examples as much as you can.
eg1. It is undeniably that Hong Kong needs more housing estates to
alleviate the housing problem. However, this does not mean that we
need to get flats at the expense of polluting the environment. …
Text type: argumentative essay/article/debate/speech
(kind to semi-formal/formal)
eg2. I’m extremely sure to tell you that it’s undeniably his fault.
Text type: short story/email or letter (to friends)/diary/blog
(kind to semi-formal/informal)

(b) speaking
I. giving response: I (strongly/totally/absolutely/definitely)
(dis)agree.
II. refuting someone: (Undeniably/Undoubtfully/Surely/Indeed/I have
to admit that), this might be true in some cases. However, …

2. essential（adj）重要的（～important, significant）
 It is essential that participating in the book club can help us acquire
new knowledge to improve our academic result.
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3. alleviate（v）舒緩；減輕
 The drugs did nothing to alleviate her pain/suffering.
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I. Synonyms：1.eradicate（v）根除；杜絕
2.solve（v）解決（～overcome）
3.handle（v）著手處理（一般是某人處理某事）

II. Difference：problem（問題） can be alleviated/solved（舒緩/解決）；

difficulty（困難）can be solved（解決）；
corruption（重大問題例如貪污）should be eradicated（杜絕）
stakeholder/someone should handle the problem (their
responsibility)

III. Exercise
alleviate eradicate solve handle
1. Having at least 60 minutes of rest every day is an effective solution
to ___________ the problem of depression.
2. It is hoped that COVID-19 would be ___________ before next decades.
3. I am ___________ the question. Please wait for a while.
4. In order to help her ___________ the problem, I will ___________ this
case. Perhaps it can ___________ her anxiety when I give a helping
hand to her.

4. intensify（v）加強；強化【+】;激烈【+/-】
 Fighting around the capital has intensified in the last few hours.
Sentence making:
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I. Synonyms: 1.aggravate（v）更嚴重/加劇；激怒某人（～annoy）【-】
2.exacerbate（v）更嚴重/加劇【-】

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II. Different: they’re both the same but‘exacerbate’is more focusing

III. Exercise
1. Emission of carbon dioxide ___________ global warming.
2. It seems like he is trying to ___________ everyone by his rudeness.
3. Nearly all countries are ___________ their military power by
strengthening armies and renewing weapons.
4. Not seeking appropriate treatment and help from the professionals
further ___________ your depression problem.

5. all-rounded（adj）全方位（～wholesome）
 An all-rounded education should not just focus on academics, instead
socialization is key to a wholesome development.
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I. all-rounded 全方位：activities 活動；education；教育 talent 人才；
development 發展；learning；學習 expertise 專家
…

II. socialization（n）社教化
-ization words：eg. globalization 全球化 organization 機構

III. Exercise
globalization organization socialization
（1）___________________ is essential for teenagers development. But
under（2）___________________, teens are more easily to catch up with
international trends and some might be inappropriate. Thus, either
official or unofficial（3）___________________ should keep an eye on it.

Exercise 1（Vocab 1-5 excluding supplementary）

undeniably essential alleviate intensify all-rounded
（1）______________, it is（2）______________ for us to have an
（3）______________ development during secondary school life. However,
the number of overwhelming students is（4）______________ recently. We

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need to find ways（5）______________ this phenomenon.

6. develop（v）發展；發育；成長
 I'm looking for a job which will enable me to develop my skills.
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I. develop-related words:
develop（v）發展 developer（n）地產發展商 development（n）發
展
development area（n）開發區 developed（adj）高級的；發達的；強大
的

II. Exercise:
The（1）______________ decides to（2）______________
a（3）______________ （4）______________ in order to cooperate
the（5）______________ in future generations.

7. universal phenomenon（n phr）常見現象

 Nowadays, it has become a universal phenomenon that students
suffer from exceedingly/extremely high workload pressure and
expectations under the exam-oriented education system.
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I. Reading question: What is the function of the word “exceedingly”.
To emphasize the tone of the sentence that the students are really
overwhelming. / To show that students are very tired.

II. Oral question: Do you think the above mentioned it’s a universal
phenomenon for students nowadays?

III. exam-oriented（adj）考試導向的/以考試為主的
noun -oriented（adj）xx 導向的/以 xx 為主的

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8. boost their confidence 增加自信

 Students should join more extra-curricular activities to boost their
confidence.
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9. skyrocketing（數據）上升
 The suicide rate of adolescents in Hong Kong has been skyrocketing.
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10. a concerted effort 共同努力

 The government and the NGOs should make a concerted effort to
preserve the local natural landscape.
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Exercise 1（1-10）
undeniably essential alleviate intensify
all-rounded develop universal phenomenon
boost their confidence skyrocketing concerted effort
Recently, users of a new kind of social apps is（1）______________. These
apps aim to provide an（2）______________ protection to users
through（3）______________ a safe privacy network. For users, this
somehow（4）______________ as privacy is（5）______________
an（6）______________ thing for them. I guess this trend needs
our（7）______________ to be an（8）______________ in the future?

Exercise 2（1-10）
undeniably essential alleviate intensify
all-rounded develop universal phenomenon
boost their confidence skyrocketing a concerted effort
Green living needs to be an（1）______________（2）______________. First, it
is（3）______________ for us to give（4）______________ such as being

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aware of environment protection. As we can see, the number of people
having green lifestyle is（5）______________. Second,（6）______________
an（7）______________ awareness of environment to the younger
generations is （8）______________ important. We should try our best
to（9）______________ the environment problems and perhaps, younger
generations would（10）______________.
Exercise 3（Extra words）
globalization organization eradicate
solve handle aggravate development
World（1）______________ are trying to（2）______________ global problems
like hunger, public health and global warming. These problems have
been（3）______________ since 2000s. The world（4）______________ at that
time was skyrocketing. And nowadays,（5）______________ makes
problems more complicated. Thus, countries should（6）______________
the global topics together and find ways to（7）______________ them
hopefully in the future.

Exercise 4（All words）

 You may change some forms to make the answers grammatically
correct.
undeniably essential alleviate intensify all-rounded
develop universal phenomenon boost their confidence
skyrocketing a concerted effort organization eradicate
solve handle development exam-oriented

Education phenomenon - overwhelming students

1 Having an enjoyable and fruitful school life is（1）____enjoyable____ for
students. Yet so many of them are overwhelmed due to the（2）____exam-
oriented____ educational system. I would like to talk about how
this（3）____universal phenomenon____ was formed and how it could be
（4）____alleviate____ if we made（5）____a concerted effort____ together.

2 To start with, the（6）____intensifying____ expectations have tortured

our children for many years. For parents, they always hope their children

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to be the best, or not be the last at least. They compare their children
with others in order to motivate them. This helps nothing to（7）____
boost their confidence ____ at all. The original reason causes this
phenomenon is the system which makes learning become competing. It
emphasizes an（8）____all-rounded____（9）____development____.

3 （10）____Undeniably____, more and more（11）____organizations____

are（12）____developed____ to do students counselling, helping them to
overcome the pressure. For example, arranging school social workers and
organizing activities. The organizations claim that they will co-operate
together when（13）____handling____ this teenage problem, so as
to（14）____solve____ the problem one day.

4 It is obvious that this teenage problem could not

be（15）____eradicate____ as when there is competition, there is
pressure. However, it is hoped that their efforts can make a slow down to
the（16）____skyrocketing____ number of suicide students.

Reading question:
1. What attitude does the writer hold about the education phenomenon?
2. In paragraph 2, what is the original reason of the education
phenomenon?
3. In paragraph 2, what dose “it” refers to?
4. In paragraph 3, how can organizations help students?
5. In paragraph 4, what attitude does the writher hold about the teen
problem?

Homework:
Write 2 paragraphs about “The importance of interpersonal
relationships” by using the above learnt vocabulary. (at least 6 including
extras)

Example:
Many miss the direction of developing interpersonal relationships.

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Communication skills and team spirit can be fostered via doing projects
or interacting with peers in school, which are the basic and useful
surviving techniques in society when we grow up. Making friends can
also expand our social network and gain new perspectives in our own
lives.

Having a lifelong companion is one of the spellbinding things in our life

journey. No matter whether you are cheerful or frustrated, there is
always a group of friends who are willing to back you up and give you
hope when you encounter any difficulties. Studies are important but
friendship is also of the same value.
C. Grammar
Present perfect:
1. 曾經進行某動作/不曾進行某動作
e.g. I have been to Ocean Park. / I have never been to Ocean Park.

2. 完成了多少
e.g. I have just/already read 10 pages today.

3. 做過多少次
e.g. I have read the book three times already.
 通常使用 present perfect 的時候，都有"just", “yet", “already"等字
 使用 present perfect 的時候，不會有"ago", “when I was small"等字

提示詞
( i ) 表示狀況由過去持續至現在「for + 一段時間」或「since +某個時間」
例 1﹕I have learned English for ten years. (我學英語至今已有十年。)
例 2﹕I have learned English since (自從) 2003. (我從 2003 年開始學英語至
今。)

( ii )表示曾經或已完成的事﹕
just (剛剛), already (己經) ,ever (曾經), yet (未曾), before (之前), so far (到目
前為止)等。

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Present perfect continuous (Present perfect progressive)
1. 某動作進行了多久，而該動作現在仍然繼續進行
(可視為 present perfect + present continuous)
e.g. I have been waiting for John for an hour and he still hasn’t arrived!
 通常 present perfect continuous 句子都有 for, since, all morning 等字

常見問題：
1. 為甚麼常常看見"since"，都沒有用 present perfect continuous 呢？
eg 為甚麼是 John has known Mary since they were young, 而非 has been
knowing 呢
答案：英文的動詞，不全是指「動作」。非指動作的動詞，稱為 non-continuous
verbs，而 know 正正是其中一個例子。由於這些動詞沒有 continuous form，因此
理論上需要用 present perfect continuous 的時候，也只能用 present perfect 了。

Exercise

1. How long Gerry? (you/to know)

2. You look dirty. What all day? (you/to do)

3. How many times New York? (Charles/to visit)

4. She French words for hours, but she still doesn't

remember all of them. (to learn)

5. The children videos for two hours. (to watch)

6. hard today? (he/to study)

7. My father . (never/to smoke)

8. Sorry, I'm late. for long? (you/to wait)

9. We Lisa recently. (not/to see)

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10. He his essay all day, but he

yet. (to write) (not/to finish)

11. Judy: How long (be) in Canada?

Claude: I (study) here for more than three years.

12. I (have) the same car for more than ten years. I'm

thinking about buying a new one.

13. I (love) chocolate since I was a child. You might even call

me a "chocoholic."

14. Matt and Sarah (have) some difficulties in their

relationship lately, so they (go) to a marriage counsellor.

I hope they work everything out.

15. John (work) for the government since he graduated

from Harvard University. Until recently, he (enjoy) his

work, but now he is talking about retiring.

16. Lately, I (think) about changing my career because I

(become) dissatisfied with the conditions at my company.

17. I (see) Judy for more than five years and during that

time I (see) many changes in her personality.

D. Reading passage
Working parents’ woes deepen as schools shut down again
學校再次關閉 在職父母的麻煩加深

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Working parents of kindergarten and elementary school students are

struggling again to find suitable childcare options, as all schools in the
Seoul metropolitan area have been ordered to move classes online
until Sept. 11.
（南韓）幼兒園和小學學生的在職父母，正再次努力尋找合適的育兒選項。因為首
都圈的所有學校，均已被通令將課程改為線上，直到 9 月 11 日。

Although the measure was in response to the recent surge in the

number of infections among students, teachers and other education
workers, remote learning poses a burden to working parents as
younger children are less likely to stay focused on lectures for a longer
time.
儘管這些措施旨在因應最近在學生、教師與其他教育工作者中，感染人數激增的疫
情，但遠距學習對在職父母造成負擔，因為較年幼的孩童，比較不可能長時間專注
於課程。

The only option for working parents is sending their children to

"emergency child care" classes, set up at schools for kindergarteners
and younger elementary students who are in need of care during the
day.
在職父母的唯一選項，是將他們的小孩送到「緊急托兒」班，學校的緊急托兒班是
為了有日間照顧需求的幼兒園生及低年級小學生而設。
Source article: https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1396438

Thinking question
1. How does Covid-19 affect parents and children respectively in
educational aspect?
2. What do you think about the tendency of online teaching?

E. Text Type
Thinking about points
 Expand your points and every sentence is meaningful
 Structure:

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A. Introduction  B. Body paragraph(2-3points)  C. Conclusion
A. Introduction
 Background (Nowadays…)
 Problem (related to the topic)
 Briefly talk about how you will construct the article

B. Body paragraph
 Topic sentence (What facet would you like to talk about)
To start with,
 Explain (eg. possible consequences)
 Examples
For example, / For instance, / such as
 Explain
As we can see, / It is obvious to see that
 Conclusion (Repeat but change a little bit of your topic sentence)

C. Conclusion
In conclusion, … (summarize the points you have mentioned and claim
your statement once again)

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