1. How much do you know about Facebook?

 2. What do you know about Mark Zuckerberg?

Age: _____

Nationality: _____

Social position: _________

His aim: ____________

Recent act: ___________

 

1. Mark Zuckerberg made a famous speech “Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country”. ( )

2. Mark Zuckerberg played the leading role in the film The Social Network last month. ( )

3. As a billionaire, Zuckerberg lives a simple life. ( )

4. Facebook makes money mainly by selling advertising. ( )

5. Once you have registered at Facebook, you can share personal information with your friends. ( )

 

( )1. quote            a. immediate

( )2. fortune           b. recently elected or chosen

( )3. instant           c. notice

( )4. spot             d. a group of words or a short piece of writing taken from a book, play, speech, etc.

( )5. incoming         e. a large amount of money

  agree with   donate to   set up   base on  come out   keep…out of

1. Her new novel _______ next month.

2. He _____ thousands of pounds ____ charity.

3. The social networking site Facebook _______ in 2004.

4. Please ____ the cat ____ my room.

5. My father _______ me about my decision to go abroad.

6. This film ________ Zuckerberg’s story.

1. 一个5岁的孩子

2. 两个星期的假期

3. 一条800米长的桥

4. 人们在网上共享的信息越多，公司赚的钱就越多。

5. 他越忙感到越高兴。

 

II. Reading

A. Find more information about Mark Zuckerberg.

Age: 26

Nationality: American

Social position: founder and CEO of Facebook

His aim: “to make the Internet a more connected place”

Recent act: donating $100 million to the public schools in New Jersey, US

 B. Decide whether the following sentences are true or false.

1. F   John F. Kennedy made the famous speech “Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country”.

2. F   The film The Social Network is based on Zuckerberg’s story.

3. T     4. T     5. T

III. Language study

A. 1. d   2. e   3. a   4. c   5. b

B. 1. will come out     2. donated / has donated…to    3. was set up 

C. 1. a 5-year-old child   

2. a two-week vacation/holiday

 3. an 800-metre-long bridge

 4. The more information people share online, the more money the company will make.

5. The busier he is, the happier he feels.

 

合肥世界外国语学校 谢冰

Have you seen Monga or Fated to Love you?

 

1. What has Ruan achieved recently?

2. Did his career take off early?

3. According to the article, what kind of boy was Ruan when he was young?

4. Why did he once appear in a newspaper as a missing child?

5.Based on the article, briefly describe Ruan’s hard life before his career took off.

6.  What does he say happened to change his life?

 

Possible Keys:

1.        He was named best new performer by GQ magazine in September and he was nominated for best leading actor at the Taiwan Golden Horse awards for his role in Monga.

2.        He claims his article was hard before his career took off.

3.        He was rebellious. He wasn’t a good student, did well in sports and once won a triathlon title.

4.        Because he played so many video games; he once  played them for seven successive days in an Internet café. His mother didn’t know where he was.

5.        He took a variety of odd jobs, from waiter to swimming coach, and only managed to get minor roles in TV dramas. He claims he had to sell his vintage sneakers because he was so short of money..   

6.        He took the lead role in a TV series, Fated to Love You in 2008.

 

Find the chunks in the article and give their Chinese meanings.

1.        be addicted to       沉迷于

2.        a variety of         多种的，各种各样的

3.        take off            (事业)腾飞

4.        manage to do       达成；设法(做成某事)

5.        rather than         而不是

6.        be supposed to      应该,被期望

7.        be short of         缺……

8.        make ends meet     使收支相抵

 

1. We are short of skilled labor.

2. She is addicted to television.

3. Spielberg's career really took off when he began to shoot short films.

4. She just managed to hold back her anger.

5. They were supposed to be here an hour ago.

6. The widow was reduced to letting rooms to make ends meet.

7. His lecture ranged over a variety of topics.

8. He is an explorer rather than a sailor.

 

 

合肥世界外国语学校 谢冰

Are you impressed by the skills of tennis stars?

Do you know that tennis stars had interesting habits?

 

1. Tennis players are the most superstitious people in sport.

2. Wearing red underwear is believed to bring good luck.

3. It is superstition that brings athletes success.

4. Psychologists say that the superstition of athletes doesn’t work.

Keys:

1. F “Some believe tennis players are among the most superstitious stars in sport.”

2. T “… they’re wearing red underwear that day of triumph and they associate the red underwear as part of the reason for the success.”

3. F“… it was you and your calmed nerves, and not the superstition, that work.”

4. F It may help the athletes improve their performance because “they are feeling less anxious or stressed.” when they are superstitious.

 

Fill in the blanks.

 

 

Write out other forms of the following words.

1.        powerful    n. power

2.        serve    n. service

3.        athletic n. athlete

4.        ability   adj. able

5.        competition   v. compete

6.        repeat   n. repetition

7.        superstitious   n. superstition

8.        advantage   (the opposite) disadvantage

9.        especially   adj. especial

10.    editor   v. edit

11.    psychology adj. psychological

12.    unrelated   (the opposite) related

13.    performance v. perform

14.    success   adj. successful

15.    anxiety   adj. anxious

16.    nerve   adj. nervous

 

 

 1. Which word in the text has the same meaning as “dogs”?

 2. Why did the farmer nail a sign to a post?

 3. How did the boy feel when he saw the dogs out of the doghouse?

 4. What was wrong with the smallest dog?

5. Why did the boy buy the runt?

 

What does the story have to say about life?

  set about pull out   let out   attach to   roll up

1. Karen _______ her sleeves and began to wash clothes.

2. Ruby _____ a scream of terror when she saw a snake on her bed.

3. It’s a serious problem. We need to _______ finding a solution.

4. Before posting a letter, you must ____ a stamp ____ it.

5. Reaching deep into his pocket, the boy _______ a handful of change and held it up to the farmer.

1. ____ (look) up at the farmer, the little boy said, “I want that one,”____ (point) to the runt.

2. The little boy noticed something ____ (stir) inside the doghouse.

3. The farmer painted a sign ____ (advertise) the pups and set about ____ (nail) it to a post on the edge of his yard.

4. Out from the doghouse ran Dolly ____ (follow) by four little balls of fur.

5. The little boy rolled up one leg of his trousers and revealed a steel brace ____ (run) down both sides of his leg ____ (attach) itself to a specially ____ (make) shoe.

6. The little pup began ____(hobble) toward the others, ____(do) its best to catch up…

 

1. Out from the doghouse and down the ramp ran Dolly followed by four little balls of fur. (Paragraph 7)

2. Down the ramp it slid. (Paragraph 8)

    第一句的主语部分是Dolly followed by four little balls of fur（其中followed by four little balls of fur是定语修饰Dolly），谓语动词是ran，句首的out from the doghouse and down the ramp是状语，这是一个倒装句。在英语中，表示方向、地点和时间的词（in, out, down, up, off, back, away, here, there, now, then…）位于句首，如果主语是名词而不是代词时，主谓要倒装。第二句中的主语是代词it，故主谓没有倒装。例如：

    Here comes the bus. 车来了。

    Here he comes. 他来了。

    Then out rushed a pack of dogs. 接着跑出了一群狗。

    In came a girl, wearing a white skirt with two long pigtails. 进来一个小姑娘，留着两条辫子，穿着白裙子。

    Away flew the plane. (= Away it flew.) 飞机飞走了。

    Out rushed the children. (= Out they rushed.) 孩子们冲了出去。

 

I. Reading and answering questions

1. puppies/pups.

2. Because he needed to sell some puppies.

3. He was delighted.

4. There was something wrong with its legs. / It couldn’t run well / It could only hobble. / It was lame.

 5.He could understand the runt because he had the same difficulty running.

III. Language study

A. 1. rolled up   2. let out   3. set about   4. attach…to   5. pulled out

B. 1. Looking; pointing   2. stirring   3. advertising; nailing   4. followed