Issue 482 For Junior 2
福建省石狮市中英文实验学校 孙丽平

Helping blind people with Lego P(3)
I. Pre-reading (discussion)
1. What can you build with Legos?
2. Have you ever helped people in need?

II. While reading
Judge true (T) or false (F).
1. Banerjee is a great inventor in the US.
2. Banerjee decided to help blind people because of a letter.
3. In order to help blind people, Benerjee learnt Braille.
4. Banerjee’s creation is very helpful for lots of people.
Key: FTTF

Comprehension check
1. How did Banerjee build the Braille printer?
A. With pens.
B. With Legos.
D. With pencils.
2. What did Banerjee do for blind people?
A. He donated a lot of money.
B. He asked for others’ help.
C. He created the Braille printer.    
D. He helped them do housework.
3. Banerjee is a _____ boy.
A. naughty
B. lazy
D. brave
4. The article is mainly about ____.
A. how Banerjee built the Braille printer
B. what Banerjee did for blind people
C. how Legos were produced  by Banerjee     
D. who helped Banerjee build the Braille printer
Key: BCCA

III. Post-reading
What can you learn from Banerjee?

Computer feels human emotions P (5)
I. Pre-reading (Discussion)
1. How can computers help humans?
2. Do computers feel human emotions?

II. While reading
Judge true (T) or false (F).
1. The computer is a good helper to humans.
2. When the participants typed the novel Alice in Wonderland, they chose an emotional state they felt.
3. The new computer program is widely used at present.
4. The new computer program may be used for online teaching and online chatting.
Key: TTFT

Comprehension check 
1. How did the computer program recognize human emotions?
A. From what humans say.
B. From what humans do. 
C. From what humans type.
D. From how humans type.
2. The most accurate emotion the computer guessed was _____.
A. anger
B. sadness
C. joy
D. fear 
3. The article mainly talks about _____.
A. how computers can help humans
B. how computers recognize human emotions
C. how many emotions humans have
D. how computers influence human emotions   
Key: DCB

III. Post-reading
Search more information about the new computer program on the Internet.

Flow like the river of change P(6)
I. Pre-reading (discussion)
If you face difficulties in your study, what will you do?

II. While reading
Judge true (T) or false (F).
1. Before reaching the desert, the stream crossed many villages and forests.
2. The desert encouraged the stream to change her nature to cross the desert.
3. After the stream evaporates into the breeze, she will completely disappear.
4. The little stream finally crossed the desert.
Key: TFFT
 
Comprehension check 
1. Where did the little stream want to reach?
A. The desert.
B. The forests.
C. The ocean.
D. The river.
2. At first the little stream didn’t agree to evaporate into the breeze because she ____.
A. failed many times
B. couldn’t fly
C. hated the breeze    
D. couldn’t give up what she was
3. How could the stream cross the desert?
A. By evaporating into the breeze.
B. By disappearing into the desert.
C. By forming a river.
D. By changing her nature.
4. What is the main idea of the story?
A. Our lives can be as difficult as the little stream’s.
B. The road to success is not always that easy.
C. We should do the right thing no matter what others say.
D. To succeed, we should change the way we used to be.
Key: CDAD

III. Post-reading
What can you learn from the story?