Sickness can’t stop this brave girl (P3)

唐山市玉田县大安镇中学 吕建忠

I. Pre-reading:

Imagine if you only had?12 months to live. How would you feel and what would you do?

II. While reading:

Judge true (T) or false (F).

1. Greer got an incurable disease when she was just 14 years old. (?)

2. Finally Greer had to give up and she lost all hope. (?)

3. At 10, Greer chose to race a kind of small motorbike to challenge herself. (?)

4. The Loretta Lynn is a professional national motocross competition in America. (?)

Comprehension questions:

1. Where does Greer come from?

_______________________________________.

2. What is she suffering from?

_______________________________________.

3. What did she do instead of giving up?

_______________________________________.

4. What does she want to be in the future?

_______________________________________.

Key: II. 1-5 F F T F?

III. 1. She comes from America.

2. She is suffering from an incurable illness.

3. She decided to do something to make her life more fun.

4. She wants to be a professional racer.

Hard way to success (P5)

唐山市玉田县大安镇中学 吕建忠

I. Pre-reading:

1. Do you want to be a successful person?

2. How do you think one can be successful?

II. Reading Comprehension

How long had the writer worked in that restaurant?

A. 22 months.?B. 5 weeks.

C. 7 years.?D. 1 day.

2. When the writer saw Fred Hasbrook walking towards the restaurant, she _____.

A. came into the living room at once

B. gave him a big smile

C. had a long talk with him

D. prepared his food as soon as possible

3. The writer dreams of _____.

becoming a famous actor?B. taking a long vocation?

 

C. having her own restaurant?D. buying a beautiful house

4. The next day, Fred Hasbrook handed the writer _____.

A. a short message?B. checks totaling ＄50,000

C. a mobile phone?D. some beautiful flowers

5. According to the passage, which one is right?

The writer’s family was rich enough to run a restaurant.

B. Fred Hasbrook was a famous actor.

C. The writer failed in her first investment.

D. Fred was not satisfied with the writer’s achievements.

III. Language in use:

1.She made everyone smile and feel good.

make使役动词用时,其后可以接动词原形、名词、形容词等做复合宾语，如：

（1）make+宾语+动词原形，“让……做……”。

He made me work ten hours a day. 他让我一天工作10小时。

（2）make+宾语+名词，意为“使……”。如：

We made him class monitor.我们选他当班长。

（2）make+宾语+形容词，意为“使……”。如：

What he said made me happy.他的话使我很高兴。

2. I tried to have the food on his table as soon as he sat down.

as soon as “一……就……”，引导时间状语从句。

注意：主句用一般将来时，从句要用一般现在时态。?例如：

We began to work as soon as we got there.

我们一到那儿就开始工作。

I'll telephone you as soon as I get there. 我一到那儿就给你打电话。

3. I dreamed of having my own restaurant.

dream vt. & vi.做梦，梦见。常见用法有：dream of/about sb./sth.梦见某人/事，dream of doing sth.梦见做某事，dream that...梦见……。

I had a terrible dream last night. 昨晚我做了一个恶梦。

I dreamed that I was at sea.我梦见我在航海。

He dreamed of becoming a scientist. 他梦想成为科学家。

4. “Good people with a dream should have the opportunity to make that dream come true.”

come true (愿望等)实现,(梦想等)成真,成为现实(不可用于被动)

The 12-year-old boy’s dream came true in the end.

这名十二岁男孩的梦想最终成为现实。

My dream of visiting the West Lake has come true.

我参观西湖的梦想已经成真。

5. I decided to get a job as a stockbroker and ended up becoming a pretty good broker.

end up with 意思是“以……结束”，其中up可以省略掉.例如：

He ended up his speech with a funny story．

We ended the dinner up with fruit．

与之反义的有：begin with. 例如：

He closed his speech with “Thank you，Mr. Chairman”．

The teacher began the class with a song．

Key: II. 1-5 C D C B C

 

You’re not my friend (P2)

1. 河北省迁安市首钢矿业第四中学 贾守忠

I. Pre-reading:
1. How do you usually talk to your friends or a stranger on the Internet?
2. Why do some people prefer talking online to writing a letter?
II. While reading:
Answer the following questions.
1. How do we add a new friend online?
2. What would you do if fall out with a person?
3. Why is the word “unfriend” chosen to be the word of the year in 2009?
Keys:
1. We can add a new friend by sending someone a friend request.
2. You could unfriend him.
3. Because it is popular now and may stay popular for a long time.
III. language in use
1. such as 比如
用来列举同类人或事物中的几个例子。插在被列举的事物与前面的名词之间,as后面不可有逗号。
例如: Some of the rubbish, such as food, paper and iron, rots away over a long period of time.
有些废物,如剩饭、废纸和废铁,时间一久就烂掉了。
辨析：for example用来举例说明某一论点或情况,一般只列举同类人或物中的一个,作插入语,可位于句首、句中或句末。
例如: For example, he is a good student.
2. by sending someone a friend request
by 用来表示用某种手段
We often make friends with others by beginning a conversation.
3. unfriend 这是一个新词，意思是把某人从自己的MSN网站，QQ或其他聊天工具上解除好友关系，一般用作动词。
If you go on talking like that, I will unfriend you.
IV. Fill in the blanks with the words or phrases in the passage.
1. He knows four languages, _______ Japanese and English.
2. We can make ourselves strong ____ doing exercise.
3. If you don’t want to talk to the person, you can ____ him or her from your friend list.
Keys:  1. such as     2. by      3. unfriend
V. Post- reading
Do you know the meaning of the following? Try to give more examples.
A. 886  B. 5555    C. +U
(keys: A. Bye   B. 呜呜呜呜（哭）~~~  C.表示不满  )

 

A special day for giving thanks (P8)

1. 河北省迁安市首钢矿业第四中学 贾守忠

I. Pre-reading:
1. Which festival takes place in America each November ?
2. What do people usually do on that day?
II. While reading:
Judge true (T) or false (F).
1. Americans and Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving Day on the same day.
2. Most students like Thanksgiving Day because they can have a long weekend instead of going to school.
3. They don’t eat turkeys on Thanksgiving Day.
4. Thanksgiving Day is nearly 400 years old in US.
5. The first Thanksgiving Day was held by American Indians.
Keys: 1. F    2. T    3. F    4. T     5. F
III. Gramma r:
在本文中出现了几处动词不定式, a time to gather with family and friends, a chance to get out of school,too late to grow crops. 在中考中，动词不定式（非谓语动词）是一个很重要的考点。它的本领非常大。在句子中可以做主语、宾语、表语、定语、状语、补语。
It’s important to learn English well. (to do 是主语，it为形式主语。)
He wants to buy another dictionary. (to buy… 做want的宾语。)
Our teacher often tells us not to play in the street. (to play…做us的宾语补足语.)
It is a time to gather with family and friends. ( to gather…做time的定语.)
IV. Language in use
1. To many kids, it is a chance to get out of school for a long weekend and eat a great dinner.
to many kids 对于孩子们来说
To him, it is a lot of trouble. 对他来说, 这是个麻烦。
2. Thanksgiving has a history of nearly 400 years in US.
have a history of 拥有…的历史
China has a history of thousands of years.
3. Without fresh food, half of them died.
with，without 非常常见的两个介词，一般表示伴随状态。
With his help, we finished the work in time.
Fish can't live without water.
4. They invited the Native Americans to a dinner to thank them for their help.
thank somebody for, thanks for 因为…而感谢某人，后边如果是动词，需改为动名词。
Thank you for helping me.
Thanks for your advice.
5. They arrived too late to grow crops.
too…to 太…而不能
He is too young to go to school.
They are too tired to walk any farther.
V. Fill in the blanks.
In the United States, the  1 Thursday in November is called Thanksgiving Day. On that day, Americans give 2 for the blessings they have enjoyed during the year. People usually spend Thanksgiving Day with their families . People always 3 with big dinners and happy reunions. Pumpkin pie and roast turkeys are 4 Thanksgiving foods.
Key: 1.fourth   2. thanks    3. celebrate    4. traditional   
VI. Post- reading:
Different nations have different festivals. List some American festivals and try to find out how they came into being.