Issue 412

辽宁省实验中学分校 董冰

Smile for a selfie (P2)

Pre-reading

1. With the development of various kinds of media, many hot words have appeared.

2. What hot words do you know?

3. And what do they mean? (it may be a Chinese word, but you have to explain it in English)

4. Let’s meet some hot words.

‘Clean your plate’ campaign   光盘行动

WeChat 微信

Circusee 围观

Vegeteal 偷菜

While reading

True or false.

1. Selfie was first used in 2013.

2. People like to take selfies and send them online.

3. Both pop stars and average people love taking selfies.

4. People love selfies because they are narcissistic.

5. People can connect with others through selfies.

Vocabulary in use

Use proper words to fill in the blanks.

online     social     increase    

share     connect     agree

1.     Nowadays, more and more young people volunteer to do ____ services to show their care for society.

2.     They didn’t _____ with each other.

3.     Looking up a word in a(n) ____ dictionary is very convenient.

4.     Vocabulary in use

5.     It is helpful to  ______ a new word with a picture or a real object when trying to remember it.

6.     The number of people who use WeChat _______ a lot last year.

7.     _____ with others is a good virtue (美德).

Post-reading

Sate your opinion.    

Do you agree or not? And why?

Sharing selfies online is dangerous, so we should not do it.

Mark Twain: father of American literature (P4)

Pre-reading

1.     Who is the man in the picture?

2.     Why was he so famous?

While reading

Answer the questions.

1. Who is Mark Twain?

2. Mark Twain didn’t learn much from school, did he?

3. What job did he do before writing?

4. Which book made fun of the very wealthy people of the time?

5. What is Mark Twain famous for?

6. What was his unique writing style like?

7. How long did Mark Twain live?

8. How do you understand Earnest Hemingway’s words?

While reading

True or false.

1.     Mark Twain is his real name.

2.     His novels were inspired by his life experiences.

3.     Mark Twain was a serious man without a sense of humor.

4.     Jim was a black slave in the 1880s.

5.     Earnest Hemingway was a writer after Mark Twain.

Post-reading

True life of a great father (P6)

Pre-reading

1.     Is it easy to raise a child?

2.     What is one of the hardest things your parents have done to raise you?

While reading

True or false.

1. There were four boys and three girls in the family.

2. The grandparents thought it would be better if the father could give his children away.

3. The father raised all the children by himself.

4. The father was a good person and liked by others.

5. The father felt proud of his children.

6. The father died before his youngest daughter got married.

7. The writer was the father’s youngest child.

Vocabulary in use

Get to know these words and expressions.

make a living     decide to do     pride

serve     be popular with     personality

grow up     get married     success

Complete the following sentences with proper words and expressions.

1.     He felt  ____ (pride) to be the first one to finish the task.

2.     Thomas Edison tried many times before he was _______ (success).

3.     You need to make the _____ (decide) by yourself.

4.     The shop is famous for its fine _____ (serve).

5.     The happiest thing for a parent is to see the child  ________ happily and healthily.

6.     I attended my sister’s wedding ceremony when she _________.

7.     Jimmy __________ his classmates because he has a good _______.

8.     Some old people _________ by picking up rubbish on the streets.

Post-reading

1.     It’s not easy for your parents to raise you. There must have been a lot of things they have done for you. And as you grow up, they become older and older. It’s time for you to do something for your parents.

2.     What will you do for them? How will you take care of them?

Key: P2: FTTFT

P4: FTFFT

P6: FTTTTFF