Issue 322
山东师大第二附中 房静
南京市第三中学 王玉香
Kids do good deeds (P1)
Pre-reading (Discussion)
1. Have you ever taken part in community service?
2. Do you think it is important for teenagers to do community service?
3. If you have a chance to do community service, what would you like to do?

While reading
True or False:
1. Qian Lijun did some community work this summer.
2. In China, high school students need to finish 40 hours of community service before graduation.
3. Through doing the community work, the teenagers feel they grow a sense of responsibility.
4. Li Xiaotian used to clear flyers from telephone poles.

While reading
Comprehension check:
1. Community service is an important part of education for teenagers _____.
A. in the US           B. in Canada
C. in China             D. around the world
2. The story gives _____ examples of the community service that Chinese teenagers have done.
A. 1  B. 2  C. 3  D. 4
3. _____helped keep order and stopped people from jaywalking.
A. Qian Lijun         B. Li Xiaotian
C. Li Ruyan            D. Nobody
4. In America, if you have finished 1,400 hours of community work, you can be awarded nearly ____.
A. $33,000 B. 5,000yuan  C. $5,000  D. 3000yuan

Post-reading
1. Imagine you will go to the Elder Care Home to do community service, what will you do?
2. Make a post to ask for some volunteers to do community service.
3. Discuss in groups: How do you feel about doing community service?

I got an interview with Eminem (P3)
1. Do you have a favorite musician? Who do you like best?
2. If you have an opportunity to interview your favorite star, what kind of questions will you ask him/ her?
3. Do you know anything about rappers?

While reading
Read the article and finish the following tasks:
• Why did Annie Reed want to interview Eminem?

____________________________

• Translate the sentence into Chinese:
However, she didn’t think she’d get a reply “in a million years”.
____________________________

While reading
3. Annie Reed tried to contact Eminem’s spokesman by ____.
A. e-mailing          B. Calling him
C. Writing to him   D.talking to him

4. Annie Reed and Eminem chatted for about _____.
A. a month             B. 10 minutes
C. a few minutes    D. We don’t know.

5. Put the following sentences in order:
① Reed got a call from Dennehy.
② Reed tried to find Dennis Dennehy.
③ Annie Reed started her newspaper class.
④ Reed asked Eminem some questions.
⑤ Reed will interview Michael Phelps.
The right order should be:_________

Post-reading
1. Role play: Work in pairs. Imagine one of you is an interviewer and the other is a super star. Now, complete an interview. See how much you can learn.
2. Write a newspaper story about Eminem according to the story.
3. If you were Annie Reed and you interviewed Michael Phelps, what would you ask him?

Friendship saves life (P6)
1. Do you have any good friends? What will you do if they are in trouble?
2. Do you often chat with your friends? What do you usually talk about?

While reading
1. What happened to Bill on his way home one day?
     A. He had too many books to carry.   
     B. He dropped all the things he carried.
     C. He dropped his sweaters.
     D. He dropped a glove.

2. What’s Bill’s problem at school?
    A. He played too many video games.
    B. He played too much baseball.
    C. He was not good at history.
    D. He was poor at some of his subjects.
 3. What didn’t the two boys do that afternoon?
     A. play video games
     B. drink some Coke
     C. watch some television
     D. chat and laugh

4. What’s the Chinese meaning of the phrase “miss out on many good times”?
     A.  错了好多次
     B.  错了好多倍
     C.  错过许多好时光
     D.  错过了许多时代

5. The passage mainly tells us that _____.
A. students should spend lots of time talking and laughing.
B. students should leave school when they have trouble with their subjects.
C. friendship is important in life.
D. Mark and Bill are not good at their studies.

Vocabulary in use
have trouble with          wonder         miss out on   
 remind sb. of  sth.        along with
1.  I sent her a letter ________ a box of chocolate.
2.  No one should ________ a chance to play sports.
3. He ______ where his old friend is now.    
4. That story you have just told ______ me _____ an experience I once had.
5. I hope you won’t _____ any _________the work.

Post-reading
1. Do you have any trouble with some of your subjects in school? How do you deal with it?
2. What do you think of helping others?

Real life history lesson (P8)
Pre-reading
Discussion:
1. Are you a good history student? How does your teacher give you history lessons?
2. Do you often give shows in class?

While reading
Choose the best answer:
1. Why was the girl locked into a set of paper stocks?
 A.  Because she slept on the hard floor.       
 B.  Because she ate the boiled potatoes.
 C.  Because she stole a horse.     
 D.  Because she didn’t wake herself up.

2.  Which of the following are examples of re-enactments?
     a. reading about historical people
     b. having battles on the soccer field
     c. tasting hard tack
     d. pretending to discover a new land
     e. taking tests and writing essays
     f. making dishes the way people did before electricity
      A. abde          B. bcdf          C. bdef         D. acef

3. What’s the meaning of the sentence “Instead of just reading about someone’s shoes … wear them.”? 
A. We should wear other people’s shoes.
B. We should read the words on people’s shoes.
C. We should learn history just by reading.
D. We can learn about history by “living”.

4. Which of the following is not true according to the story?
   A. It’s very tiring to re-enact in class.
   B. It’s fun to learn history by re-enacting.
   C. Reading is not the only way to learn history.
   D. The lesson learned by “living” will be unforgettable.

Vocabulary in use
be sure to do…             take part in           sound like            instead of doing…         pretend to do…
1. Mary was playing something that John didn’t know. It _________Beethoven.
2. We walked down the stairs _________ taking the elevator.
3. She ________ pass the test.
4. He __________ be dead when he saw the bear.
5. The Swiss did not _________ the two World Wars.

Post-reading
 Discussion:
1. Do you like learning history by “living”?
2. If you were a history teacher, how would you give lessons?

Key: P1: FFTT DCCC
P3: AB 3-2-1-4-5
P6: BDACC
P8: CBDA