Soccer fans in UK make weekend trips (Page 4)
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I. Warm-up
Are you a soccer fan?
How much do you like it?  Why?
II. Skimming
Look through the article and find out:
1.What is the article about?
Serious soccer fans in the UK.
2.What do they do on weekends?
They usually head to soccer stadiums to cheer
for their favorite team.
III. Reading
According to the article, are these statements true or false?
1. __ Soccer games usually begin at 3 pm in England.
2. __ Some fans have to travel a long way to get to matches.
3. __ There are 230 soccer teams in the UK.
4. __ Soccer fans in England spend a lot of money.
5. __ Songs can only be heard during soccer games on Saturdays.
6. __ “You’ll never walk alone” is Liverpool's song.
IV. Language Practice
No soccer game in the UK is without a good amount of songs.
在英国所有的足球比赛都有大量的歌曲。
此句为双重否定句。双重否定句用否定加否定的形式，表达肯定的语意，其作用是加强语气。
eg.
Does anyone have anything to contribute to society?
人人对社会都有贡献 ?
You cannot make egg rolls without breaking eggs.
不打破鸡蛋，就无法做出蛋卷来。（即：有失才有得。）
Translate the following with a proper phrase from the article.
1.这不正是贤良的父母应该去做的吗？
Isn't that what good parents are supposed to do?
2.这列火车就像一个移动的城镇。
The train was like a town on the move.
3.他要作一次长途旅行。
He is going to make a long journey.
4.我爱我的祖国就像你爱你的祖国一样深。
I love my motherland as much as you love yours.
5.完成这项工作需要大量的时间。
It will take a good amount of time to finish this work.
V. Exploration
Why do you think soccer is so popular around the world?
Make a list of reasons.
Blasting off into space (Page 5)
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I. Skimming
Look through the article quickly and find out the answers to the following.
1.What's the topic of the first paragraph?
Some surprisingly weird and wonderful things have been sent into space.
2. What are the things mentioned in the article?
Monkeys, teddy bears, Hello Kitty, an American flag, a 91-cm statue of an astronaut, and a photograph.
II. Reading
Read the article carefully and complete the form.
Things Year Results or aims
Albert II 1949 died on impact
Able & Baker 1959 to test the safety of space travel
to study the effects of space on them
Teddy bears 2008 went through a four-hour journey and temperatures of -35 C
Hello Kitty 2014 push to promote its high-tech industry and engineer economic growth
flag&statue 1969 As a souvenir & a tribute to astronauts
who had died in space
Photograph 1972 as a souvenir
III. Language practice
Complete the following with a proper word or phrase from the article.
1.If something _____ to happen, it usually happens or it often happens.
2.To ____ sth. means to send it into the air or into space.
3.If you say sth. does not _____, you mean that it is not important to you or it does not have an effect on you.
4.If people _____ something, they help or encourage it to happen, increase, or spread.
5.If you ____ doing something, you do it even if you did not originally intend to.
IV. Translate the following with words or phrases from the article.
1.我毫不费力地解决了这个问题。
I figured out this problem without any effort.
2.飞机从空中掉下来撞击发生爆炸。
The plane fell from the sky and exploded on impact.
3.我们无论如何都要推进这项计划.
We should promote the project at all costs.
4.我更倾向于把那个想法放在第一位。
I tend to think her ideas are the best.
5.如果没有人帮助他，他最终可能会成为一个乞丐。
If no one helps him he may end up as a beggar.
6.我不想留下任何东西。
I don't want to leave anything behind.
V. Further thinking
In today’s space age, more and more space experiments are being carried out in space. What changes do you think these space experiments will bring about in space exploration？Will they influence our daily lives on Earth?
Learn from trees (Page 6)
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I. Scanning
Read the article to answer the following questions.
1. Who was Mr. Reid?
A gardener who took care of the author’s orchard.
2. What was the author's view of him?
He was more than a gardener and “did” far more than just the trees.
II. Reading for details
1.What does a gardener usually have to do in an orchard?
Spray and prune the fruit trees at the right time.
2.What did Mr Reid do for the author’s children that impressed the author?
He not only taught the children gardening knowledge, but also helped them to learn about life’s truths.
3.What does the author want to tell us in Para. 4?
Her understanding of Reid‘s words - that where there is pain, there is gain. Educating young people is the same.
4.What did Reid really want to tell the author about him removing the awkward knot in paragraph 5?
The way to raise and educate children - finding the cause and removing the negative things which affect the healthy growth of children.
5.What are the author's feelings toward Mr. Reid?
Respect and gratitude.
III. Language practice
Match the following with a proper word from the article.
express a personal opinion about
continue to happen gradually
stop from happening properly
force sth to no longer be straight
cut off unnecessary parts of plants
the quality of being worthy of respect
comment
progress
interfere
bend
prune
dignity
IV. Language practice
Translate the following with a proper word or phrase from the article.
1.随着夜晚的来临，观众变得兴奋起来。
As the evening progressed, the audience became more and more excited.
2.回馈社会是我们的责任。
It's our responsibility to give back to society.
3.有时事情不会按我们所期望的方式发展。
Sometimes things do not go the way we expect them to.
4.你的确不能在你知道事实之前进行评论。
You can’t really comment until you know all the facts.
5.还有什么比这更值得的呢？
What could be worth more than that?
6. 看到以为老奶奶上车，他马上为她腾出了座位。
Seeing an old granny on the bus, he made
room for her at once.
V. Further thinking
Mr Reid left a deep impression on the author and what he said and did influenced her a lot on her raising and educating her children.
So…
What impression did Mr Reid leave on you?
What did you learn from the story?