Issue 456

福建省石狮市中英文实验学校 孙丽平

Painting an orange coat for the orphanage P(3)

I. Pre-reading  

1. Have you ever painted a house?

2. Have you ever been a volunteer?

II. While reading

Judge true (T) or false (F).

1. Before painting, volunteers used plastic cloth to cover the windows and floors.

2. The writer and her friend spent several days painting the house.

3. Painting the house was tiring, but the writer felt proud.

4. Cassie and Cinny did different tasks in the orphanage.

Key: TFTF

Comprehension check

1. What did the writer do in the Mexico orphanage according to the passage?

  A. She taught orphans to sing.

  B. She cooked food for orphans.

  C. She painted the house for orphans.

  D. She cleaned the house for orphans.

2. - How did the writer paint the house?

    - First, ____. Second, ____. Last, ____.

  ① she used a small brush to fill in the wall

  ② she put the roller into the paint bucket

  ③ she covered the wall with paint

A. ② ① ③        B. ② ③ ①

C. ③ ② ①        D. ① ② ③

 3. Who is Cassie?

  A. She was Cinny’s teacher.

  B. She was a volunteer.

  C. She was Cinny’s sister.

  D. She was a professional painter.

Key: CBB

Vocabulary in use

Fill in the blanks with the proper phrases.

1. Jenny’s _____ (任务) is to feed animals.

2. His parents didn’t _____ ____ (关心，在乎) him at all.

3. We are ____ (骄傲的) of our country.

III. Post-reading

1. What can you learn from Cinny and Cassie?

2. What can you do for orphans?

Great natural beauty faces big danger P(5)

I. Pre-reading discussion

1. Have you ever seen a reef?

2. Which is the world’s largest reef system?

II. While reading

Judge true (T) or false (F).

1. Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is less than 2,600 kilometers long.

2. The reef is also home to birds.

3. Coral reef experts think that the coral reef could be destroyed after 2030.

4. Everyone should try to stop air pollution.

Comprehension check

1. Which of the following is damaging the reef now?

  A. Climate change.

  B. Tropical storms.

  C. Water pollution.

  D. All of the above.

2. What will not give out greenhouse gases into the air?

  A. Driving cars.

  B. Using electricity.

  C. Planting trees.

  D. Running a factory.

3. Which of the following is NOT true?

  A. Warm gases are the main cause of climate change.

  B. 75% of all sea life lives on coral reefs.

  C. The warm water will kill coral.

  D. Sea life and coral both face big danger.

Key: DCB

Vocabulary in use

Fill in the blanks with the proper words or phrases.

1. Now more and more animals are ____ _______(处于危险之中).

2. Many houses were  ________ (破坏) by floods.

3. Prices are going up all the time. It seems they will never ___ _____ (下跌).

III. Post-reading

1. What can we do to stop air pollution?

2. How should we protect natural beauty?

Keep your F, I’ll keep my dream P(6)

I. Pre-reading discussion

1. What is a dream?

2. How do you keep your dream?

II. While reading

Fill in the blanks according to the passage. (每空一词)

   Monty Robert’s father was a ____ ____. Monty’s dream was to ____ ____ ____ ____.

   Monty wrote a _________ paper to describe his dream in detail. He even drew ____ ______ of a horse farm.

Fill in the blanks according to the passage.

  But Monty only got a large red _____. His teacher thought his dream would not ____ ____ because owning a  horse farm needed a lot of _____.

   So the teacher asked Monty to rewrite the paper with a _____ dream. Monty didn’t ____ his paper and wrote “You can keep the ‘F’ and I’ll ____ ____ _____”.

Fill in the blanks according to the passage.

  Many years later, Monty had his own  ____ ____ ____. His dream ____ ____.

    From the story, we know that nobody can ____ ____ our dreams. We should ________  our dreams, and never ____ ____.

Vocabulary in use

Fill in the blanks with the proper phrases.

1.       He _____ (花费) 150 dollars for this pair of running shoes.

2.       Please write an _________ (800字的) composition this evening.

3.       He ______ (决定) to go fishing this Saturday.

III. Post reading

What can you learn from the story?