Issue 468 For junior 2

福建省石狮市中英文实验学校 孙丽平

 

Cruel or cultural? P(2)

I. Pre-reading   

1. Have you ever eaten dog meat?

2. What do you think after seeing these pictures?

 

II. While reading

Judge true (T) or false (F). 

1. The dog meat festival falls twice a year.

2. Yulin people think dog meat is good for their health.

3. Sun Li stopped people from eating dog meat.

4. Dog eaters call for respect for their diet choices.

 

Answer the questions

1. Where and when is the dog meat festival?

2. What do people eat during the dog meat festival?

3. Who calls on the organizers to stop eating dog meat?

4. What are dog eaters’ opinions?

  

Vocabulary in use

Fill in the blanks with the proper phrases.

1. The flower show is a _____ (一年一度的) event in our town.

2. I can’t stand people who are ____ (残酷的) to animals.

3. You’d better ______ (号召) your friends to help you.

 

III. Post-reading

Discuss with your partner:

Is eating dog meat a cruel thing?

How can we protect animals?

 

 

Sleep after learning new skills P(5)

 

I. Pre-reading (discussion)

When you learn a new skill, how do you remember it?

 

II. While reading

Judge true (T) or false (F). 

1. Scientists suggest to go to sleep right after learning a new skill.

2. According the paragraph 3, the more dendrits that grow on mice’s brain cells, the less they learn.

3. Sleep is good to help learn a new skill.

4. Scientists previously knew about the relationship between learning, memory and sleep.

 

Comprehension check 

1. What does the new study find out?

A. The longer you sleep, the better you learn a skill. 

B. You can get a new skill during your sleep.

C. Going to sleep right away helps you remember a skill. 

D. You’re likely to sleep when learning a new skill.  

2. According to paragraph 2, dendrites _____.

A. are proteins in the brain

B. are brain cells 

C. teach people how to learn  

D. have connections with brain cells

3. Which of the following is NOT true about the experiment?

A. The scientists taught the mice to run on a spinning stick. 

B. Some mice were made to sleep after the running lessons.

C. The sleepless mice didn’t grow new connections in their brains.

D. The mice that slept did much better than they had the first time. 

4. What does the article mainly talk about?

A. Learning and sleep. 

B. Learning and memory.

C. The functions of brain cells. 

D. The differences between mice and human brains. 

 

Vocabulary in use

Fill in the blanks with the proper phrases.

1. I ________ (建议) putting off the sports meeting.

2. Her mother _____ (教) her to cook last Sunday. 

3. She had a _______(失眠的) night.

 

III. Post-reading

Could you find other ways to help remember a new skill?

 

Ticket to a bright future P(6)

I. Pre-reading (discussion)

1. What is the most important thing for a student?

2. What is the ticket to a bright future?

II. While reading

Judge true (T) or false (F). 

1. The writer's parents didn't think school was important.

2. At first, the manager in the store thought the writer was suitable for the job.

3. After studying hard, the writer got a diploma.

4. According to the story we know that education is the ticket to a bright future.

 

Comprehension check

1. The writer thought school was _____ in the past.

A. helpful

B. important

C. necessary

D. useless  

2. The phrase “one thing” in paragraph 1 means _____.

A. the writer didn't pass an exam

B. the writer failed to get a job

C. the writer had an accident

D. the writer fought with his parents

3. What did the writer do after he left the mobile phone store?

A. He went to find another job.

B. He opened a store on his own.

C. He went to school to continue his study.

D. He went back to the store every day. 

4. What is the main message of the story?

A. In doing we learn.  

B. School education helps in life.

C. Better late than never.

D. Do well and have well.

 

Vocabulary in use 

Fill in the blanks with the proper phrases.

1. Jack ______ (过去常常) get up late in the morning.

2. They ________ (继续) to meet every week.

3. You should be _______ (羞愧的) to tell such lies.

 

III. Post-reading

1. How can a person get a good job?

2. What can you learn from the story?