Young girls tell stories (P3)
南昌市外国语学校  朱庆鹏
I. Word bank
digital           adj.电子的
depression     n. 抑郁
protest           v. 抗议
academy          n. 学会
trapped           adj.陷入困境的
grateful         adj.感激的

II. Know your root
1. Non-  not  否；不
nondescript adj.不可名状的      nonsense n.废话，胡说
nonaggressive adj.无腐蚀性的   nonfat adj.脱脂的
2. Intro-  into, inward 内部，向内
introspective adj.自省的，好反省的
introvert adj.内向的 intrude v.入侵

III. Lead-in
1. What is the main aim of GlobalGirl Media?
1) Teaching teenage girls digital storytelling skills.
2) Making it possible for girls to use documentaries to deal with subjects that matter to them.

2. What would you shoot if you had a camera?
Delicious food; places of interest; the process of hard work

IV. Skimming
Who is GlobalGirl Media for?
It’s for the teenage girls of the world.

V. Scanning
How does the program basically work?
By giving girls a voice, they can introduce a different story, and change the existing one.

VI. Detailed reading
1. How did GlobalGirl Media come into being?
It was started by award-winning filmmakers Amie Williams and Meena Nanji in Los Angeles in 2010.

2. How did Cheyenne Grisez feel when she got a camera?
She felt like she couldn’t lose, she was happy and she could do anything.

3. What is Prado’s film about?
It is about her fight against her eating disorder and asking people on the streets about their bodies.

4. According to Williams, how can this program help girls?
It gives them a way to look at the world in a different way and feel better about themselves.

5. What do girls who have been on the program have in common?
Those girls are from really difficult backgrounds and many of them had no experience, but had good storytelling skills.

VII. Language study
Now that newsrooms are becoming less popular in the US, young people have begun to tell their own stories.
now that是从属连词，意思和since(既然，由于)接近。
例如：Now that you are a college student, you should learn to be independent of your parents’ help.
Now that I live only a few blocks from work, I walk to work and enjoy it.

Differences in US and UK laughs
 深圳市宝安中学  袁小林
I. Warm up
Free talk
1. When do people usually laugh?
  a) When they are happy.
  b) When they see /hear something funny.
  c) When they see a comedy.
2. Why do people cry?
  a) When they are sad.
  b) When they see/hear something sad.
  c) When they see a tragedy.
3. What is a comedy?
A play or film that is intended to make people laugh.
4. What is a tragedy?
A play or film or book that ends sadly.
Comprehension

II. Scanning
1. Name one comedy in the article that British people like but Americans dislike?
  Little Britain.
2.  What TV series tends to end differently in its US and UK versions?
  The Office.
3. What does “Chinese cross-talk show” mean?
    相声表演

III. Comprehending
Reading and discussion
1. Why do British and American people treat the same plays or TV series differently?
  Because they have comic differences.
2. What is the last scene of an American play or show usually like?
  It usually has a happy ending.
3. What is the last scene of a UK play or show usually like?
  It is usually a sad scene.
4. Which sentence explains why British people and Americans have a different sense of humor?
  “Americans are brought up to believe they can be the next president of the United States … Brits are told, ‘it won’t happen for you.’”
5. How do you understand the sentence “Humor doesn’t always translate”?
  People don’t always understand the same humor.
  People don’t always have the same sense of humor.

IV. Language study
Ø Word study
用以下词汇完成句子。
character; originally; rewrite; turn
out; difference; bring up; mean (adj)
1. He is always very _____ with his money?  (mean)
2. Can you tell the ______ between rice and wheat?  (difference)
3. Who is the main_______ in the Hunger Games?  (character)
4. Where were you born and ______?   (brought up)
5. This building was ______  a church but now it is a museum。(originally)
6. The weather forecast said it would be fine today but it _____ to be rainy and cold.                                               (turned out)                           
7.The novel was a fairytale in China but it has been ______ and made into a cartoon film.   (rewritten)

Ø Sentences
1. He believes the differences between the American and British senses of humor are because of “our upbringing”.
他相信美国人和英国人幽默感上的区别是“来源于我们所受的教养” 。
different和difference的用法   
A is different from B
There is difference between A and B
a)美国幽默与英国幽默不一样。
American humor is different from British humor.
b) 美国幽默和英国幽默有一些不一样。
There are differences between American humor and British humor.

2. You are often left with the feeling that things just couldn’t get worse.
 你常常会有事情不能更槽糕的感觉。
leave 使…处于状态
Will you leave the piano alone?
你别碰那钢琴好吗？
The child was left with a model plane.
给那孩子模型飞机玩。
The feeling that things just couldn’t get worse
that 引导同位语从句
他有一种再也见不到她的感觉。
He had the feeling that he wouldn’t see her again.

Sing back to life (P6)
河北唐山开滦二中张书玲
I. Pre-reading
How do you understand the following quotes about love?
•    Love, like a river, will cut a new path
whenever it meets an obstacle.
•    Love that is true never grows old.
•    Love reminds you that nothing else matters.
•    There is only one happiness in life,
to love and be loved.
How do you show your love to your family and friends?

II. Skimming
Put the sentences in the correct order.
a. Michael was taken to the ICU.
   b. Michael’s parents prepared a room for the baby.
   c. Michael sang to his sister in hospital.
   d. Michael’s little sister was taken home.
   e. The little baby began to recover.
   f. Michael’s little sister was in a serious condition.

III. Careful reading
1. From the first paragraph, we can conclude that ______.
A. Karen wished that the baby had been a girl
B. Michael was unwilling to accept his new sibling
C. Michael liked his little sister immediately
D. Karen helped Michael adapt to the change

2. Why did Karen decide to take Michael to see the newborn baby?
A. She thought he might be able to save the baby.
B. She would hate it for him not to get his wish.
C. She dared not see the baby by herself.
D. She didn’t want to prepare a funeral for the baby.

3. What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A. the medical staff
B. the family members
C. the staff in the cemetery
D. the other patients

4. What probably brought about the miracle, according to the article?
A. The beautiful song lyrics.
B. Karen and Michael’s voices.
C. The beautiful tune (曲调).
D. Michael singing a familiar song to the baby.

IV. Sentence understanding
How do you understand the following sentences?
1. when Karen found out that another baby was on the way
2. It looked as if a funeral would come before the week was over.

V. Learn to use
Fill in the blanks with the right forms of the given phrases.
on the way, fix up, calm down, keep on, as if
1. If you ______ trying, you are sure to succeed in time.
2.  We waited inside until things ______.
3. The letter should be _______ to you.
4. They ______ the house before they moved in.
5. He behaved ______ nothing had happened.
 
Key:
Skimming: b, f, a, c, e, d
Careful reading:
1. D。从“she did what she could to help her 3-year-old son Michael prepare for a new sibling”可判断D正确。
2. B。从“Michael kept nagging (唠叨) about singing”和“If he wasn’t going to see his sister right then, he may never see her alive.”可判断B正确。
3. A。从上下文关系及最后一句话可判断，they指的是医护人员。
4. D。奇迹在于Michael给他的妹妹唱她熟悉的歌，拯救了她的生命。

Sentence understanding：
1. when she found out that she was pregnant and was going to give birth to another baby.
2. It seemed that the baby girl couldn’t survive the week.
Learn to use:
1. keep on 2. calmed down 3. on the way 4. fixed up 5. as if