Making leaders (P2)

沈阳市第二中学 吴俣

I. Warm up

1. Can you recognise the three people in the picture?

2. Why do you think these leaders don’t usually appear in cartoons?

3. What do you think of their cartoon figures?

II. Vocabulary

it depends    取决于......；视情况而定

care a lot about    很在乎......

a closer link between ... and...    在......和......之间更紧密的联系

step by step    一步一步的

check it out    看一看，核对

III. Reading

Fast reading: read the article quickly and try to get the answers.

1. What’s the hottest animated video clip on the Internet at the moment?

2. Find an example to prove how popular the video clip is.

3. Who made this video clip, according to the article?

4. How many leaders can you find in the video clip? Who are they?

5. How did people react to the video clip?

Answers:

1. How Leaders Are Made

2. It was viewed over 1 million times in just two days after being uploaded to Youku in both Chinese and English on Oct 15.

3. The video comes from a studio called On The Road To Revival.

4. Three current leaders: President Xi Jinping, US President Barack Obama and UK Prime Minister David Cameron.

5. Many people enjoy the video’s humor.

Careful reading: read the article carefully and decide whether the following sentences are TRUE or FALSE.

1.  How Leaders Are Made is an episode of Japan’s hottest animated TV show on the Internet at the moment.

2. How Leaders Are Made keeps track of the journeys of three current leaders.

3. Some people wonder who actually made the video clip.

4. There are no other cartoons that feature Chinese leaders.

5. An animation is much more appealing than a serious political lesson.

Answers: F T T T T

IV. Practice

Translate the following sentences into Chinese.

1. Just like Mario in the popular video game Super Mario, Xi’s cartoon figure hops (跳跃) from a county, to a city, to a few different provinces, before eventually hopping to the job of Party chief and president.

2. While many people enjoy the video’s humor, some wonder whether it was actually made by an independent studio or whether official agencies (机构) created it as a new form of publicity.

3. Compared to serious political lessons, an animation certainly appeals more to the public.

答案：

1. 就像在流行电脑游戏《超级马里奥》中的马里奥一样，习近平的卡通形象从乡村、城市，再一步步跳到不同省份，最终跳到党主席和国家主席的位置。

2. 虽然很多人喜欢视频里的幽默，但还有人在想是否它真的是由一个独立的工作室制作，还是官方机构创造的、来作为新形式的宣传。

3. 与严肃的政治课相比，动画当然更能让公众喜欢。

At Harvard, students line up for Chinese philosophy courses (P4)

山东泰安第十九中学 张波

Warm up:

As a Chinese, have you ever read Confucius’ Analects (论语) or the Mencius? Do you think they are boring or interesting?

Fast reading:

1. What are the three most popular courses at Harvard University?

Intro to Economics, Intro to computer science and Classical Chinese Ethical and Political Theory.

2. What did Puett promise to his students?

That the course would change their lives.

Careful reading:

1. Why did Harvard have to move the class to its biggest lecture hall?

Because the course has drawn too many students.

2. What does Puett teach in the course?

Puett introduces his students to ancient Chinese philosophy.  He also puts Chinese thought “in the context of contemporary American life to help 18- and 19-year-olds figure out how to be good human beings and become successful people”.

3. Why is it bad to be totally calculating about one’s plans according to Puett?

It makes it harder for you to remain open to other possibilities and you won’t pay enough attention to daily life.

Summarizing:

What can you learn about Chinese philosophy from Puett’s class?

Language points:

1.       …claim the two top spots.

(v) 自称，声称：

Claim to do/to be doing/to have done

eg: Mike claims to have finished all his homework, but no one believes him.

要求，索取：

Every citizen may claim the protection of the law.

认领：

Has anyone claimed this umbrella?

(n) 要求，索取，认领，声称

make a claim for sth

2.       …requires his students to…

require sb to do/ require sth of sb/require sth

物作主语时： require doing/require to be done (同need)

eg: Mr Wang requires his son to read English every morning.

   This demanding job requires patience from workers.

   You are required to show up two hours early.  

(n) requirement     meet one’s requirements

3.       …figure out how to be ….

figure: 身材 Lily has an attractive figure.

          人物：Chairman Mao is a famous historical figure.

      数据：Could you please add up these figures for me?

figure out: 理解，弄清楚 Can you figure out what he is talking about?

          计算出：figure out the travel cost

          想出：figure out a way to solve the problem

Smoking harms others (5a)

哈尔滨市第一中学校  张婳

I. Pre-reading

Do your parents smoke? Where do they smoke: outside, at work or at home when you are around?

II. Reading

1. What is the article’s main point?

A. There are lots of places where people smoke.

B. Many smokers don’t realize the damage they do to those around them.

C. Second-hand smoke can be harmful to children.

D. It’s not important to limit children’s exposure to second-hand smoke.

Answer:

C

2. True or False:

1) Half of US children are exposed to second-hand smoke in the country.

2) Most smokers know the damage their smoke causes but still don’t quit smoking.

3) Children have a greater risk than adults because they breathe more slowly.

4) There aren’t enough policies to protect children from second-hand smoke in homes and cars.

FFFT

III. Vocabulary

Look at some sentences and try to figure out the meanings of the underlined words.

1. About 70 of them can cause cancer, not to mention other diseases.

更不用说

2. What’s most scary is that there is no safe level of contact with second-hand smoke. 

scary可怕的    contact 接触，联络

3. Policies have been launched around the world to ban smoking in public places.

开展，发射

4. So what can we do to limit children’s exposure to second-hand smoke? Parents should quit smoking for good.

exposure 暴露   quit 退出

Translate the following sentences.

1. 他总是对大家很和气，更不用说对自己的妻子了。

2. 我们看了几部恐怖片。

3. 他一直和Tom保持着联络。

4. 这家公司开展了一个新的旅游服务。

5. 身体受烈日暴晒会造成伤害。

6. 他十多年前就已经戒烟了。

Key 

1. He is always kind to everyone, let alone to his own wife.

2. We watched several scary movies.

3. He regularly contacts Tom.

4. The company has launched a new travel service.

5. Exposure of the body to strong sunlight can be harmful. 

6. He quit smoking more than ten years ago.

IV. Structure

Look at the sentences below and pay attention to their structures.

What’s most scary is that there is no safe level of contact with second-hand smoke.

What’s most scary 主语从句，当从句作主语时，谓语动词用单数。

is 系动词

that there is no safe level of contact with second-hand smoke. 表语从句

1. 我所说?