Issue 415

21st Century Teens

Craze of Mi phones (P2)

Pre-reading questions:

1.     Do you have a cell phone?

2.     What brand is your cell phone?

3.     Do you know Mi phones?

Who is this man?

1.     He is a businessman.

2.     He is 44 years old.

3.     He is the co-founder and CEO of Xiaomi.

4.     He is Lei Jun.

While reading

Fill in the blanks to finish Lei Jun’s profile.

1.     ______, he was born in Xiantao, Hubei.

2.     At the age of _____, he went to college.

3.     After graduation, ________________.

4.     After 16 years, _____________________________.

5.     At the age of _____, he co-founded Xiaomi.

Life without your cell phone (P3)

Pre-reading

Discuss and answer the following questions:

Do you bring your cell phone to school?

Are there any school rules for using cell phones in school? If yes, what are they?

Could you imagine what life would be like without cell phones?

While reading

Choose the best answer:

1. Students who took part in the “tech-free” challenge _____.

A. couldn’t use their computers at school

B. were not allowed to use their cell phones for two weeks

C. could use the Internet at school for free

D. couldn’t take any high-tech products to school

2. The aim of the “tech-free” challenge was to _____.

A. help students focus on their study

B. reduce the use of technology in school

C. make studying more difficult for students

D. help students understand how technology has affected their lives

3. Uhl’s survey on technology usage showed that _____.

A. students liked to play games together on their cell phones

B. some students felt that they couldn’t live without cell phones

C. many students felt annoyed when others were on their phones

D. some students believed that technology improved their studies

4. After taking part in the activity, students found that _____.

A. technology was actually boring

B. they became closer to their family

C. they lost a way to keep in touch with their friends

D. going on the Internet was the only interesting thing to do

Serving life with grace (P6)

Pre-reading questions:

1.     Do you have a pet animal? If yes, what is it?

2.     Do you often play with your pet animal?

3.     What can a pet animal offer us?

While reading

Choose the best answer:

1. According to the story, Prana is a _____.

A. dog

B. bird

C. squirrel

D. friend of the writer

2. When Prana took the apples into the house, the writer felt _____.

A. excited

B. surprised

C. happy

D. annoyed

3. One day, Prana dug out all the apples to _____.

A. play a game

B. enjoy them herself

C. give them to her owner

D. share with her friends

4. With the story, the writer wants to _____.

A. teach us a lesson about how to treat our friends

B. recall all the good memories of her pet dog

C. remind us how to prepare for winter

D. call on us to prepare food for animals

Post-reading

1.     Pets are animals we love. We usually keep them in the house.

2.     Dogs, cats, parrots, pigeons, hamsters and fish are popular pet animals.

3.     A pet is a responsibility as well as a companion.

4.     Pets can be good friends when we are lonely. They can also help us manage stress, and make us exercise more than we normally would.

Key: P3: BDCB

P6: ADDB