广州陈嘉庚纪念中学 张妮妮

辽宁省实验中学北校 董冰

 

Can you hear me now? (P3)

Are you good at speaking? Why do you think so?

When you talk with your friends, do they often ask you to repeat?

Will you take any classes to improve your speaking skills?

 

Reading

( B ) 1. The key words of this article are____

A. speech specialist    B. good speech

C. speech classes       D. speech test

 

( C ) 2. The writer used to ______. 

A. speak well

B. think good speech was important

C. repeat himself a lot

D. go to interviews for jobs

 

( A ) 3. Which of the following problems did the writer have? 

A.      speaking too fast   

B.      speaking too much

C. giving too much eye contact  

D. misunderstanding others

 

( B ) 4. Because of the speech classes, the writer __.

A. understands others better  

B. has improved his speech skills 

C. is often stopped by the specialist

D. talk with his friends more often

 

Post-reading activities

1. Group discussion:

 

*One of the 4 should take notes on the other members’ ideas.

Post-reading activities

Role play:

 

1. Work in pairs. One plays the writer and one plays the specialist.

2. Together, come up with a dialogue in a speech class.

3. Act out the dialogue.

 

Use the phrases in the article to complete the sentences

1. 请考虑一下我的建议。

Please ______ some _____ ____ my suggestions.

2. 当你和别人交谈的时候要有眼神交流。

You should _____ _____ ______ ____ others when you talk to them.

3. 活到老学到老。

It is ____ ____ late _____ learn.

 

The words that make the world turn (P4-5)

What do people use to communicate?

What languages can you speak?

How much do you know about your mother language?

 

Reading

( F ) 1. Animals can only communicate with sounds.

( F ) 2. People in China speak Chinese as their mother language.

( T ) 3. Chinese has the most speakers in the world.

( F ) 4. About 2000 years ago, Chinese people wrote on animal bones.

( T ) 5. The ancient Chinese thought of pigs as a kind of treasure. 

( F ) 6. 15% of people in the U.S.A. would like to learn Chinese. 

 

Post-reading activities

Use the key words to make sentences:

1) Chinese, most speakers; 1/5 of the world’s population

2) oracle bone scripts, Shang Dynasty

3) Chinese characters, combine

4) thousands of words, develop; a few thousand, people’s daily lives

5) people from other countries, interested, Chinese

Post-reading activities

 

Write an abstract of the article:

 

1. Summarize the main ideas of each paragraph.

2. Combine the main ideas together logically, briefly and clearly.

 

Use the phrases in the article to complete the sentences

1. 这是已知最早的化石。

This is the ______ _____ fossil.

2. 在遇到危机的时候，人们应该保持冷静。

People should keep calm ______ ____ _____ ____ crisis.

3. 他把他父亲当成榜样。

He _____ ____ his father _____ his role model.

 

This man is really heartless (P5)

1. Why is it important for people to have a beating heart?

2. Can a man live without a heart? What’s your opinion?

 

1. Craig Lewis was the first man in the world to die of heart disease.

2. There was no way to save Lewis’s life.

3. Two doctors removed Lewis’s heart and put a device in his chest.

4. Linda didn’t know the operation was risky at first.

5. The two doctors only tested the device on a small cow.

6. After the operation the animals did the same daily things as before.

 

2. What does the underlined word “it” refer to in Paragraph 2? ______

   A. a human heart     

 

3. After the operation, Lewis stays alive ____

 

 

 

 

1. Mrs Wang is absent today. We’ll have to find someone to ______ her for the time being.

2. During World War II, many people ________ hunger.

3. Buying a TV set on the internet is a little ____ .

4. The teacher with his students _______________ frogs in the lab.

5. The little boy’s life is in danger and the ________ is the only hope to save him.

1. Scientists are finding ways to make people live longer, cure diseases, work more easily, etc. If you were a scientist, how would you make people’s lives better?

2. Discussion

 

A place in my sister’s heart (P6)

Pre-reading

1. Do you keep a diary? What do you like to write in your diary?

2. Would you feel sad or angry if some read your diary? What would you do?

I looked for my sister’s diary while cleaning the house.

2. My sister wrote something worse than I thought.

3. My sister liked me very much.

4. I felt ashamed because I was not honest.

5. I made a decision to get to know my sister again after reading her diary.

 

While reading

 

1. While ______ (clean) the house, I found my lost watch.

2. I opened the drawer, _______ (search) for my gloves.

3. I like him because he is a man of _______ (honest).

4. Finishing this task alone is quite an _________ (achieve).

5. I _______ (decision) to be a teacher when I was in middle school.

Post-reading

Imagine you are the writer in the story. After reading the diary, you find your little sister. What would you do or say to her?

 

2. Tell your own story.

 Everyone has something important in his/her life. What is important to you? Share your story with us.