作为牛津高中英语教材的首个板块,Welcome to the unit开篇意义显而易见,它不仅可以诱发学生头脑中与本单元话题有关的已有知识,而且还可以促使学生结合自己成长及生活经历进行有关话题的深入探讨。因此,在板块设计层面,教材注意从迎合学生心理出发,并基于调动学生学习热情的思考,体现了板块设计的建构主义特征,尤其漫画或图表的呈现给予学生耳 As the first section of the Oxford High School English textbook, Welcome to the unit begins with the obvious notion that it not only triggers the existing knowledge in the student’s mind related to the topic of the unit, but also enables students to engage in topics related to their growth and life experiences discuss in depth. Therefore, on the plate design level, the teaching materials should be catered to cater to students’ psychology and based on the consideration of arousing students’ learning enthusiasm, which embodies the constructivist features of plate design. In particular, comics or charts are presented to students’ ears