山东青岛天龙中学 刘睿君

Do you know what animal this is?

In which country does this animal live?

Have you ever been to Australia? What comes to your mind when people mention this country?

2. How did the author feel about Christmas in Australia?

She looked forward to it and enjoyed it along with good weather and her friends.

3. Translate the following sentence into Chinese:

The Santa I pictured was in shorts and sandals, drinking fruit juice underneath a colorful beach umbrella while baking in the sun.

我心目中的圣诞老人穿着短裤和凉鞋，在五彩的海滩遮阳伞下品尝果汁晒太阳。

4. How did the author feel when she first saw Santa in Australia? (No more than five words)

She felt a little disappointed.

 What stereotypes do you think Chinese people have of people from different foreign countries? What do you think of them?

山东青岛天龙中学 刘睿君

1. What is the greenhouse effect, and how is it affecting our climate?

2. Is the global climate getting hotter?

    Global surface temperatures have increased by about 0.74°C (plus or minus 0.18°C) since the late 19th century. The linear trend for the past 50 years of 0.13°C (plus or minus 0.03°C) per decade is nearly twice that of the past 100 years. Global warming has not been uniform in all places in the world.

1.                   List two examples of how plants, animals and people are responding to climate change.

Plant: 43 plants’ flowering dates now come earlier.

Some plants have completely disappeared.

Animal: Animals are moving to cooler places.

Baby bears have to swim further to find stable sea ice.

People: People are turning their attention to resources below the melting ice.

More military actions have taken place in the arctic region.

2. Translate the following sentence into Chinese:

国家公园的“旺季”期也随着春天的提前而发生了变化， 自1979年以来平均提前了4天之多。

increase by表示按多少增长

increase to表示增长到

The population has increased from 1.2 milion to 1.8 million.

The rate of inflation increased by 2 percent

Give examples of global warming affecting your daily life and say what people should do to try and cope with these effects.

山东青岛开发区一中 李田田

Ask some questions to lead in the topic:

T or F questions:

You finally get food - then wish you hadn’t. But you eat it because otherwise you starve.

3. Hiking up the hill is designed to challenge people physically.----F

The hill is meant to physically, spiritually , and emotionally break you.

4. The author gets along well with the counselors.----T

My technique was to befriend the counselors.

5. The author doesn’t take fat camp seriously.------F

Fat camp is no joke – it’s a whole world of drama, hardships and revelations.

Question:

What does the author think of his experience at fat camp?

He thinks of it as an unforgettable experience, through which he made friends and gained an appreciation of life.

Have you had any similar experiences when you made friends and had life experiences through hardship?

Share your experiences.