Issue 439 For Junior 3

大连第五十五中学 宋文静

 

Teenage chef’s menu P(3)

I. Pre-reading

1.What is your hobby?

2.Do you know the boy?

3.Can you guess what his hobby is?

4.If you want to be a cook, will your parents support your idea?

 

II. While reading

Choose the answer:

1. What do we know about McGarry?

A. He doesn’t like to help his mother in the kitchen.

B. He works for a restaurant.

C. He learned to cook by himself.

D. He loves playing baseball.

2. According to the New York Times, McGarry’s dishes are _____.

A. strange

B. cheap

C. creative

D. spicy

3. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. McGarry won the title of culinary prodigy before he hosted Club Eureka.

B. Sedlar is a famous chef in McGarry’s restaurant.

C. McGarry hosts Club Eureka for his friends.

D. McGarry has loved cooking since he was very young.

4. From what Sedlar said we know______.

A. Sedlar is not only the relative of McGarry but also his teacher  

B. Sedlar speaks highly of McGarry and appreciates (欣赏) him very much

C. McGarry is full of imagination and energetic

D. McGarry is a very unusual young chef in Los Angeles

5. What is McGarry’s dream for the future?

A. To become an experienced cook.

B. To open his own restaurant.

C. To cook for movie stars.

D. To own a Michelin-starred restaurant.

Key: CCDBD

 

 

III. Post reading

As teenagers, you may have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize, or they can be small. You may just want to become one of the ten best students in your class. Once you find a dream, try your best to make your dream come true. 

Do you have dreams?

What are your dreams?

Have you ever tried to make your dream come true, like McGarry?

 

Secret of the human brain’s GPS P(5)

I. Pre-reading

★What is this?

★What do you know about it?

 

II. While reading

Answer the questions:

1. Do people know where they are and where they are going to?

2. Who can help answer the question?

While reading

3. Where do people store their memory of a place according to John O’Keefe? 

4. What did the research of Edvard and May-Britt Moser find? 

5. What’s the difference between place cells and grid cells? 

6. What kind of disease can the findings help to treat?

 

III. Post reading

As we know our brain has two parts. The left (rational 理性的brain) and the

right（emotional情感的 brain).

Let’s have a test.

Let’s find ways to develop our left brain and right brain.

 

Act of helping turns full circle P(6)

I. Pre-reading

How do you understand the saying below?

Helping others is helping ourselves!

 

II. While reading

1. How did the man ask the old lady to thank him?

A．He asked her to pay him．

B．He didn't ask her to do anything.

C．He asked her to help people in need．

D．He said she could pay him back next time.

2. What did the old lady do in the cafe?

A．She told her story to the pregnant waitress．

B．She rewarded the kind waitress with a small tip．

C．She helped the pregnant waitress lay the table．

D．She taught the pregnant waitress how to help others．

3. What ’s the relationship between the waitress and Bryan Anderson?

A．Strangers．

B．Friends．

C．Relatives．

D．Couple．

4. What does the writer want to tell us with this story?

A. The best way to pay back kindness is to pass it on.

B. Helping others can help us make more friends.

C. Not everybody can live an easy and comfortable life.

D. Everybody should know how to help others in the right way.

Key: CBDA

 

III. Post reading

Think of people who need help.

What can we do for them?