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初三教案 第293期
发布时间:2010-04-06

Issue 293
北京爱迪外语学校 王海侠
北京八十中学     孟英
Life without water (P2)
Pre-reading
Discussion:
Do you know about the big drought in southwest China?
What are the serious effects of the drought?

Fast reading
Why do the students get washing water?
What probably caused the drought?
What are local government officials doing to solve the water problem?

While reading
Judge True or False and correct the mistakes.
Students in the school used to get water from a river near the school.
Crops have died because of the blood.
There’s no sign of the drought ending anytime soon.
In some areas, farmers are beginning to grow crops that don’t need water.

Fill in the blanks according to the passage.
The students are holding _______ to get their washing water.
The drought began  _________.
It’s _______ to find washing water, let alone have a bath.
The Chinese government has taken measures to solve the _________.

Choose the best answer.
1. What do students need to do when they want washing water?
A. Save water.                  
B. Buy water from elsewhere.
C. Dig a well and get it.   
D. Store water.
2. How many people need safe drinking water according to the passage?
A. Over 20 thousand        
B. 20 million.
C. Over 20 million.            
D. Over 20 billion.
3. People can’t plough their land because___.
A. the land is too wet
B. the land is too dry
C. they don’t want to plant
D. they have a lot of other work to do

Vocabulary in use
Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words below.
used to, enough, have a bath, because of, even
My brother always ___________in the morning.
Linda ______be short, but she is tall now.
The garden is ____more beautiful than the house.
We won’t go fishing _________bad weather.
There isn’t________ food for supper.

Learn to understand how others feel (P3)
New words
wheelchair  n. 轮椅
identify  v. 识别
empathy   v. 同情,感情移入    show ~ to sb.
autistic   adj.  孤僻的
bully   n. 恃强凌弱者     v. 欺侮
violence  n. 暴力      adj. violent
gossip   n. 流言蜚语,gossiper 爱说闲话的人
retard  n. 弱智,迟钝的人     v. 减缓

Pre-reading
What does the word “empathy” refer to?
What do the empathy lessons make the young people do?
What did Sarah tell her soccer coach?

While reading
Fill in the blanks.
1. The students were asked to interview the __________ladies and people in wheelchairs.
2. Empathy lessons can stop ______and ______.
3. Annie is _________ of what she says about other students now.

Judge True or False and correct the mistakes
The school wants to help students identify (识别) with the young and the disabled.
Scarsdale Middle School hasn’t seen the effect of these empathy lessons.
Many educators see the lessons as a way to help children become better citizens.
Annie is now more careful of what she says about other students.
Vocabulary in use
Fill in the blanks.
as if, receive, be about to, compared with
The red dress is softer _________ the green one.
We _________leave when it starts to rain.
I ________Tom’s letter yesterday.
The little kid speaks loudly _______ nobody were here.

Post-reading
Every student at Scarsdale Middle School, New York, had a ______task after school recently. The school wants to help students identify (识别) with the elderly and the________. This is part of the school’s empathy (移情) lessons. Similar tasks included sharing snacks and board games with autistic (患自闭症的) classmates. Empathy lessons in schools across the US are the latest in a ___________project to stop bullying and violence (暴力).  
At Weber Middle School, nearly ____students of the school, are happy to sit with a new girl at lunch or help a terrified classmate during a climbing exercise.  
Scarsdale Middle School has also seen the effect of these classes..  
Annie Gevertz described ________as putting herself in someone else’s shoes.

A rose for her mother (P6)
Pre-reading (Discussion)
Have you ever bought some flowers?
Who have you bought the flowers for?
3.  How do you usually show your love to your mother?

While reading
Judge true or false.
The gentleman planned to buy flowers and then give them to his mother in person.
The gentleman was very kind to the little girl.
The little girl had a long journey to get a rose for her mother.
The gentleman just drove the little girl home and then returned to the flower shop.

Choose the best answer:
1. The word “deliver” in paragraph 1 can be replaced by _____.
A. give         B. take      C.  send        D. bring
2. Why was the little girl crying?
A. Because her mother died.
B. Because she lost her money.
C. Because she lost her way home.
D. Because she couldn’t afford a rose.
3. The little girl asked the gentleman to drive her ____.
A. to her home
B. to her school
C. to a cemetery
D. to a mountain
4. The gentleman returned to the flower shop in order to ____.
A. buy the flowers for the little girl’s mom
B. cancel the bouquet for his mom
C. buy flowers and bring them to his mom by himself
D. ask the shopkeeper to deliver flowers to his mom    
We can tell from the story that ____.
The little girl loves her mother very much
B. The gentleman doesn’t care about his mother
C. The little girl’s mother lives far away from her home
D. The gentleman’s mother passed away a month ago

Vocabulary in use
Fill in the blanks with correct forms:
be about to,  be far away ,  in order to,  plan to, buy…for sb
1) His home __________ his school.
2) Peter _____ a new computer ____ his son as a birthday present yesterday.
3) She got up earlier________ catch the first bus.
4) His dad came in when he __________ play computer games.
5) We are __________ have a birthday party next week.

Post-reading
What does the gentleman learn from the little girl?
After reading the passage, what do you think real love is?

Working kids (P8)
Pre-reading (Discussion)
1. Have you ever had a part-time job?
2. What do you think of part-time jobs?
3. Do you think part-time jobs are bad for your schoolwork?

While reading
Judge true or false.
Many American teens can get a lot of skills from part-time jobs.
The US Department of Labor allows teenagers to apply for jobs at the age of 16.
The favorite job for many teens is working at camps.
Work experience can help American teens get good jobs.

Answer the following questions:
Is a part-time job getting more and more popular in America?
How many part-time jobs are mentioned in the passage?
What can the teens get from part-time jobs?

Choose the best answer:
1. US kids can work when they are ____ years old by law.
A. fourteen    B. thirteen    C. twelve   D. eleven
2. Where do US teenagers like to work most in the summer?
At a shop.             B. In the office.
C. At a camp.        D. At a clothing store.
3. US kids like to baby-sit because they ____.
A. can start before age 14
B. can make more money
C. like to play with children
D. have lots of freedom

Vocabulary in use
Write the words according to the meaning:
______ 1. judge the worth of something
______ 2.  have a good time
______ 3. become larger in size or quantity
______ 4. win something through one's efforts
______ 5. be in equilibrium
______ 6. fill in a form and hand it in to get something

Post-reading
1. Do you plan to get a part-time job?
2. Can you give some advice on how to balance schoolwork, homework and a part-time job?

 

Key: P2 FFTF buckets, last autumn, difficult, water problem, BCB has a bath, used to, even, because of, enough
P3 80-year-old, bullying, violence, more careful FFTT compared with, are about to, received, as if, special, disabled, 10-year-old, 75, empathy,
P6 FTTF, CDCCA, is far…away, bought… for, in order to, was about to, planning to
P8 TFFT ACD value, have fun, expand, gain, balance, except for


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