Top street trend (P4-5)
邯郸市第一中学 李 松

I. Warming up  
Do you care about fashion? Do you know what the latest fashion trend is?

II. Pre-reading
Read the title and the first paragraph and find what the top street trend in recent years is.
Top street trend
Look inside any fashion lover’s closet and you’re likely to find baseball caps, sneakers, hoodies , and T-shirts, as the rise of streetwear has become one of the biggest storylines in fashion in the last few years.

III. Fast-reading
Read the article and divide it into three parts, then find the main idea of each part.
 

IV. Close-reading
Read the article and answer the following questions.
1. Why do teenagers love to buy streetwear?
Wearing streetwear is cool and helps people gain recognition.

2. What is the example given to show young people's passion for streetwear items?
When a popular brand releases a streetwear item like a hip hop artist drops a mixtape, chances are that there will be a lot of young people queuing to buy it.

3. How is streetwear related to hip hop?
The relationship between streetwear and hip hop dates back to the 1990s. Streetwear became the uniform of young black and Latino people in the US who experienced racial and class inequality.

4. What strengthened the relationships among hip hop, skating and streetwear?
In a music video, US rapper Pharrell Williams wore a skate T-shirt, and performed with skaters all around him. It was a hit and went on to strengthen the relationships among hip hop, skating and streetwear.

5. What do hip hop and skating have in common in their influence on streetwear fashion?
They both value individual expressions.

words and expressions
 
Sentence analyzing
1.When a popular brand releases a streetwear item like a hip hop artist drops a mixtape, chances are that there will be a lot of young people queuing to buy it.
翻译：就像一个嘻哈艺术家发布一个混音磁带时一样，当一个流行品牌发布街头风服饰的时候，很有可能会有很多年轻人排队购买。
仿写：可能的情况是：如果你善待他人，那么他们同样也会善待你。
Chances are that if you treat other people well, they well treat you well in return.

2. Valuing individual (个人的) expressions, both hip hop and skating have their own styles that influence streetwear fashion.
分析：valuing作伴随状语，它和主句的主语both hip hop and skating 是主动关系。
翻译：嘻哈和滑冰都重视个人表达，它们都影响了街头风穿搭。

V. Post-reading
Discuss in groups of four about a kind of clothing that’s preferred by a certain group of people or is influenced by a specific culture. Your discussion may include its features, history, and the people who wear it, etc. 
You may refer to:
cheongsam (旗袍)
Chinese tunic suit （中山装）
sportswear
business casual
...

Build your character (P6)
邯郸市第一中学   王永仙

I. Warming up  
Do you want to go to university?

II. Pre-reading
What are the benefits of a university education?

III. While-reading
A first look
Read the article and try to find out what it is about.
What is the main idea of this article?
A recent study from Australia found that a university education helps people build a more outgoing personality. 

A closer look
Read the article and answer the following questions.
1.How was the research carried out? What happened to participants of the study?
The researchers studied 575 young Australians over eight years, measuring certain non-cognitive abilities at different stages of their education, such as how confident each person was and their willingness to help others.
It was found that most students’ non-cognitive skills improved greatly every year in university.

2.What did the 2016 analysis by the Sutton Trust find?
Those with good non-cognitive abilities were more likely to work in a well-paying job than those with poor or average ones.

3. What helps students develop their character in university?
The developments in character were a result of the students’ surroundings, rather than the content of their courses.

4. What are people without a university education advised to do?
Those without a university education should  make the effort to expose themselves to character-building situations.

IV. Sentence analyzing
1. Indeed, it’s believed that higher education allows students to not only build their knowledge of a certain subject, but also strengthen their so-called non-cognitive  abilities, which include interpersonal  and communication skills.
解析：1. it为形式主语，that引导主语从句。
      2. not only...but also连接两个不定式结构。
      3. which引导定语从句，修饰先行词 non-cognitive  abilities。
译为：事实上，研究认为高等教育不仅让学生增长了学科知识，还加强了他们的非认知能力，包括人际交往和沟通技巧。

2.The researchers studied 575 young Australians over eight years, measuring certain non-cognitive abilities at different stages of their education, such as how confident each person was and their willingness to help others.
解析： 1. measuring 为现在分词做状语，其逻辑主语为the researchers。
       2. how 引导名词性从句，做such as的宾语。
译为：研究人员用了8年时间研究了575位澳大利亚年青人，评估了他们在不同的教育阶段的非认知能力，例如信心和帮助别人的意愿。

V. Post-reading
Try to fill in the blanks with proper words.
1. Indeed, it’s believed_____ higher education allows students to not only build their knowledge of a certain subject, _____ strengthen their so-called non-cognitive  abilities, _____ include interpersonal  and communication skills.
2.The researchers studied 575 young Australians over eight years, ________ (measure) certain non-cognitive abilities at different stages of their education, such as _____ confident each person was and their willingness to help others.
Key: that, but also, which; measuring, how

Discussion
What’s your understanding of the quote, “Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education”？