Issue 465
福建省石狮市中英文实验学校 孙丽平

Google doodle for a greener world P(3)

I. Pre-reading  
1. Do you know what a Google doodle is?
2. What would you draw if your were asked to create a Google doodle?

II. While reading
Judge true (T) or false (F).
1. The Google doodle is on the home page of Google.
2. Lincoln designed a machine which can turn trash into compost.
3. Not only kids but also adults took part in the state Doodle 4 Google competition.
4. Lincoln Young is a clever and creative boy.
Key: TFFT

Comprehension check
1. What is a Google doodle?
A. It is a picture below the search box.
B. It is a logo designed by scientists.
C. It is to introduce the google functions.
D. It is to remember special events in history.
2. Who is Lincoln Young?
A. He is a ninth-grader from Montana, US.
B. He turned his doodle into real life.
C. He drew a google doodle for a greener world.
D. He succeeded in turning trash into compost.
3. How did Lincoln get interest in art?
A. His went to an art school.
B. His parents taught him to draw.
C. His teacher taught him to draw.
D. His father often painted at home.
4. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Lincoln won first place in the state Doodle 4 Google competition.       
B. Lincoln is learning art without practicing it.  
C. Lincoln hopes to study art at college in the future.       
D. Lincoln's dream is to be a real artist when he grows up.
Key: DCDB

Vocabulary in use
Fill in the blanks with the proper phrases.
1. I'm going to _____ my garage ____ (把......变成) a playroom for my children.
2. Jane ____________ (赢得第一名) in the high jump yesterday.
3. We had to stay at home _________ (因为) the rain.

III. Post-reading
Can you design a machine that can turn trash into compost?
 
How should I respond?  P(4)
I. Pre-reading (Discussion)
How would you respond to “thank you"?

II. While reading
Judge true (T) or false (F).
1. "You're welcome" is taught in the textbook.
2. Written English is quite casual.
3. Both "you're welcome" and   "my pleasure" are formal responses.
4. Australians like using "sure" or "it's fine" to respond to "thank you".
Key: TFTF

Answer the questions
1. What is the standard response to “thank you"?
2. What are the formal responses to  "Thank you"?
3. British people usually reply with   _______________ to their friends.
4. Americans like saying ________________ to respond to "thank you".
5. List five informal responses to  "Thank you".

Vocabulary in use
Fill in the blanks with the proper phrases.
1. ______ (两个都) his parents are teachers.
2. "My pleasure" is another _____ (正式的) response.
3. How should we _______ to (回复) "thank you"?

III. Post-reading
Find more reponses to "thank you".
  1) You are wecome;
  2) My pleasure;
  3) It's my pleasure;
  4) It was nothing;
  5) Anytime;
  6) Glad that I could help;
  7) Don't mention it;
  8) I'm glad that I could help;
  9) I appreciate it;
10) Not at all.

Octopus' arms don't make a mess P(5)
I. Pre-reading (Discussion)
1. How many arms does an octopus have?
2. How can octopuses control their arms ?

II. While reading
Judge true (T) or false (F).
1. An octopus has eight arms and eight legs.
2. The cut-off arm can still catch food for about an hour.
3. The grasp on the food with fish skin chemicals was 20 times stronger than the grasp on the food with octopus skin chemicals.
4. Humans have already built robotic octopus arms for surgery.
Key: FTTF

Comprehension check
1. Octopuses can control their arms without catching themselves, because _____.
A. their eight arms can control each other
B. eating cake helps control them
C. they have a special chemical in their brain
D. nervous systems on their arms can control movement
2. From the article, we learn the following EXCEPT _____.
A. an octopus’ arms can live for a while after being cut off from the body
B. the cut-off arms were not from the octopus in the test
C. the cut-off arm didn’t catch the live octopus
D. the cut-off arm caught the skinned cut-off arm
3. Why did the scientists offer food with chemicals of octopus skin and fish skin?
A. To test whether octopuses like to eat fish.
B. To test whether there were special chemicals on octopus skin.
C. To test whether octopuses can recognize other animals.
D. To test how important an arm is for an octopus.
Key: DBB

Vocabulary in use
Fill in the blanks with the proper phrases.
1. I can't  ______ (控制) the car.
2. The floods have _____ (切断) our supplies.
3. We can use an umbrella to _______ (保护) ourselves from the rain.
III. Post-reading
Find more information about octopuses on the Internet.