Issue 478 For Junior 2

福建省石狮市中英文实验学校 孙丽平

 

 

Learning the lessons of money P(3)

I. Pre-reading   

As a middle school student, do you know how to manage money?

Would you like to experience how to manage money?

 

II. While reading

Judge true (T) or false (F). 

1. “Had an eye opening experience” in Paragraph 2 means “亲身经历” in Chinese.

2. Dillion’s essentials did not include childcare.

3. Scamihorn learnt from the Let’s Get Real event that childcare is expensive.

4. Few students liked the event “Let’s Get Real”.

Key: TFTF

 

Comprehension check 

1.  The event “Let’s Get Real” aimed to help students learn _____. 

A. how to make lots of money

B. how to save money

C. how to use money in proper

D. how to get money from others

2. According to Paragraph 3, Dillion _____.

A. is a 28-year-old engineer

B. earned $347 a month

C. wasted money on unnecessary things  

D. learned that managing money was not easy

3. The organizers organized Let’s Get Real because they hoped students could _____.

① know how to face real lesson when they grow up

② learnt about real life budgeting

③ have more respect for their parents 

 A. ① ②              B. ② ③

 C. ① ③              D. ① ② ③

Key: CDD

 

III. Post-reading

Discuss with your partner:

If you were a 28-year-old engineer and father, how will you manage your income?

 

 

Does sharing food make it tastier? P(5)

 

I. Pre-reading (discussion)

Do you often share food with your friends?

Does sharing food make it tastier?

 

II. While reading

1. If people share some bad food with others, the food will taste better.

2. Both scientists and female college students participated in the test.  

3. The participants thought the shared bitter chocolate was tastier than the piece they ate alone.

4. Sharing food with a friend may make a good day brighter.

Key: FTFT

 

 

Comprehension check  

1. What does the new study find out?

A. The best film is the one that you’ve watched with your friends.

B. The best meal is the one that you’ve had with your family.

C. Sharing your secrets with your friends can make you happy.

D. Your experiences are stronger if you share them with others.

2. Which of the following is NOT true about the chocolate experiment?

A. All of the participants were female college students. 

B. The scientists also took part in the eating process.

C. The two pieces of chocolate were from different bars. 

D. The participants thought the chocolate was yummier when eaten alone.

3. From the last two paragraphs, we learn that _____.

A. friends or family have much influence on us 

B. males have different feeling from females

C. male college students don’t like sharing things

D. sharing things with others can bring you luck

Key: DCA

 

III. Post-reading

Can you say some shared experience with your friends or your family?

 

 

Letting go of past stones P(6)

I. Pre-reading (discussion)

How do you remember the past?

 

II. While reading

Judge true (T) or false (F). 

1. When something good happens in her life, the bird picks up a stone while something bad happens, she throws away one.

2. Every day the bird sorts the stones out and takes them with her.3. When the bird walks on the earth, she still takes the stones with her.

3. When the bird walks on the earth, she still takes the stones with her.

4. When the bird can’t move with the heavy stone, she throws away some.

Key: FTTF

 

Answer the questions

1. What habit does the bird have?

2. Why does the bird keep on picking up stones?

3. What does the bird die of?

4. How was the bird before she took the stones with her?

   

III. Post-reading

What can you learn from the story?