Issue 458 For Junior 2

大连五十五中学 宋文静

Learning natural selection the fun way P(3)

I. Pre-reading

Do you have biology class in school?

Do you know who the biologist in the photo is?

What is he famous for?

II. While reading

Comprehension check

1. Where did the writer have her biology class?

A. In a classroom.  

B. In a lab.

C. Outside.

D. On the playground.

2. What was Mr Kwak’s aim of the class?

A. To play a game.

B. To learn natural selection.

C. To learn different kinds of finches.

D. How his class was different from others.

Comprehension check

3. According to the article, we learn that the writer’s group _____.

A. were given forks

B. were going hunting

C. had to use their tools to pick up beans

D. got good results for their work

4. We can infer from the passage that ________.

 A. it is not hard for birds to find food

 B. the birds mainly feed on beans

 C. it is easy for the teacher to pick up beans

 D. some of the students gave up on the game

Key: CBCB

III. Post-reading

Discuss together to talk about the pictures below.

Can you give us more examples about natural selection?

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.

How do you understand the words above after reading the article?

As students, what should you do now to adapt to a highly competitive society in the future?

5-second rule: what’s the truth? P(5)

I. Pre-reading (discussion)

1. Have you ever dropped food on the floor?

2. If yes, did you pick it up and eat it or throw it away?

3. Have you heard of the “5-second rule”?

II. Skimming

Answer the questions:

What is the “5-second rule”?

Food is OK to eat if you pick it up in five

seconds or less.

III. While reading

True or false:

1. Anthony Hilton is a professor from Ashton University, US.

2. Research has proved that the 5-second rule is wrong.

3. Bacteria are most likely to transfer from carpet.

4. The longer the food was on the floor, the more bacteria it had.

Key: TFFT

Comprehension check

1. Which of the followings was not found by Hilton and his students?

A. The wetter the floor, the more easily the food drops.

B. The wetter the food, the more likely it is to  pick up bacteria.

C. The kind of floor where the dropped food landed has an affect.

D. Food dropped for 5 seconds is cleaner than food that’s been sitting there for longer.

2. Hilton’s test wanted to find out _____.

A. if the “5-second rule” is true

B. the students’ favorite food

C. which food is easily dropped 

D. if different types of floor has different bacteria

3.From the passage we know _________.

A. scientists encourage people to pick up food as fast as they can                                                                                                       

B. scientists don’t think it is healthy to eat food dropped on the floor

C. scientists encourage people to drop food on the carpets

D. saving food on the floor is a virtue (美德)

Key: AAB

Vocabulary in use

Fill in the blanks with the proper phrases.

1. The player had a pain in his leg so he ________ lose the match.

2. His job is to ____business_____ with others.

3.The environment _____ a great _____ on the growth of children.

IV. Post-reading

What are you to do with that delicious piece of food that just slipped from your grip (紧握)?  

Drinking the coffee of life P(6)

I. Pre-reading

1.Do you like drinking coffee?

2.If you had a choice, which cup of coffee would you like to have? why ?

II. While reading

Read and answer the questions:

1.What did the students complain about?

A. The stress of life and work.

B. Their family and children.

C. Their coffee cups.

D. The coffee the professor provided.

2.What kind of cups were left by the students?

A. The crystal ones.

B. The nice-looking ones.

C. The expensive ones.

D. The plain and cheap ones.

3.What do all the coffee cups have in common?

A. They are all made of glass.

B. They are all nice-looking ones.

C. They serve the same quality of coffee. 

D. They are all very expensive.

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Life is like a cup of bitter (苦) coffee.

B. The professor went to the lab to fetch the coffee.

C. It is natural for people to take only the best for themselves.

D. The quality of those cups are very poor.

5. According to the article, if we want to be the happiest person, what should we do?

A. Drink and taste coffee every day.

B. Try our best to have the best of everything.

C. We should try hard to make more money.

D. Try to make the best of everything.

Key: ADCCD

III. Post reading

How do you understand

The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything. 

快乐的人并不是所有的事情都好，他们只是把所有的事情做到最好。

“Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. And speak kindly”?

简单的生活，慷慨的爱，深切的关怀，善意的表达