Issue 314

南京三中 王玉香

广州五中 高苑蘅

 

1. What is WikiLeaks?

2. What have you heard about the documents released by WikiLeaks?

 

While reading

1. How many documents did WikiLeaks release last month?

2. Why do the secret documents say Silvio Berlusconi “a weak leader” ?

A. He is not tall and strong.

B. His working ability is not good.

C. He always stays up late.

D. He is not a good leader.

 3. Why was the release of the documents a big headache for the US government?

 A. They cover lots of big news.

 B. They are all from past four years.

 C. They made the US government embarrassed.

 D. They made WikiLeaks world famous.

4. What can we learn from the passage?

 A. WikiLeaks is an organization built by the government.

 B. WikiLeaks is popular with some newspapers in Europe and the US.

 C. Everyone in the government is corrupt.

 D. The documents released by WikiLeaks have no effect on the US government.

 

 

1. _________ he’s a thief.

2. How can I ____________?

3. The news ___________ before it was officially announced.    

4. We _________ until midnight talking about our work.

5. You shouldn’t have met the man __________.

 

Post-reading

1. If you had a government’s secret documents, would you give them to WikiLeaks?

2. If you were a leader of a country in Europe, what would you do to WikiLeaks?

 

Pre-reading

1. What do you usually do when you see people begging?

2. What do you think of these poor people? 

While reading

Lexi Grimmer used to think the begging people were ____.

2. The volunteers at shelters do lots of things except _______.

3. Which statement is not true about the project? 

 

Vocabulary in use

1. We should always help those ________.

2. It was what he meant _________ what he said.

3. They ________ play golf, didn’t they?

4. I _________(not) being treated like that.

5. We saw a Mickey Mouse cartoon ________ the cowboy movie.

Post-reading

 Discussion:

 1.Do you want to be a volunteer at a shelter?

 2.If you visit the local shelter, what will you do?

 

1. Did you have a hard time in life?

2. What will you do if you meet trouble?

 

While reading

Judge true or false.

1. The girl went to her friend to ask his advice.

2. For the girl, it seemed that as soon as one problem disappeared another one appeared in its place.

3. Her father told the girl how to solve the problem directly.

4. Her father just did some cooking without saying a word the whole time.

5. After the water boiled, her father put some carrots, eggs and coffee into the same pan.

6. Each thing reacted differently to the boiling water .

 

Comprehension check

1. Her father has cooked three things except ______.

2. If you meet trouble, you should _____.

3. According to the passage, which statement ISN’T true? _____

4. The main idea of this story is ____.

 

Put the sentences in correct order

After the water boiled, her father put some carrots, some eggs and coffee into different pans.

‚Her father took her into the kitchen.

ƒA girl went to her father to ask his advice.

„After 20 minutes, her father put carrots and eggs in a bowl and poured the coffee into a cup.

…The girl found the differences of the carrots and eggs by touching them.

The correct order should be ___________.

 

Vocabulary in use

 Fill in the blanks with the proper new words.

1.   Her picture a________ on the front page of the newspaper.

2. Would you like me to p_____ you some wine?

3. How do you think she’ll r_____ when she hears the news?

4. Is there anything s____ you’d like to do today?

5. I would have done things d______ if I had the chance to do them over again.

Post-reading

1. What do think of the girl’s father? And why?

2.   When trouble knocks at your door, how do you react? Are you carrots, eggs, or coffee? Share your points with your classmates.

 

Pre-reading (Discussion)

1.   Do you have your own idol（偶像? Who is he or she?

2. Do you dream of being an idol one day? What kind of the idol?

 

3. Have you ever seen the American Idol show ?

 

While reading

Judge true or false.

1. Some have called the American Idol show the most influential show in the history of television.

 2. American Idol has been extremely successful in the country since 2000.  

3. Only stars get a chance to show their singing talents to the world and become an “American Idol”

4. The winners are regular people who sang in churches or bars.

5. The winners of the contest will get a great deal of money.

6. It is the idea that anyone can be a mega-star that draws people to this program.

 

Comprehension check

1. What does the word “regular” mean in the story?___ 

2.   At what age can a person in the country have a chance of becoming a world famous pop star?

3. According to the passage, which statement ISN’T true? _____

4. According to the story, we know that ___

 

Vocabulary in use

 Fill in the blanks with the proper forms.

1.   At last, he could _____________ in front of the class.

2. You’d ________________ catching the train if you got a but to the station instead of walking.

3. Her beautiful roses ____________ at the flower show.

4. Who _____ you _____ believe I was ill?

5. There’s an important matter I want to ________ with you.

Post-reading

1. Imagine you are the reporter of the Times. Tony is the latest American Idol. Think of at least five questions to ask him.

2. What would you do to get fame and fortune?

 

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