Potatoes to become a Chinese staple food (Page 4-5)

I. Lead in

1. What did you eat for your three meals yesterday?

2. What are some examples of common staple foods?

3. If one day we started running out of rice and wheat, which other foods would you like to become our new staple foods?

II. Fast reading

1. Why is it possible that potatoes will become a new staple food in China?

2. Which staple foods in the UK, the US and Mexico are mentioned in the article?

III. Scanning:

Read the article in detail and complete the chart with the information from it.

Answers: 1. fish and chips; 2. spread; 3. sandwiches; 4. tomatoes; 5. spices; 6. flour; 7. water

Ⅳ. Consolidation: (Do it with your newspaper closed)

True or false:

1.       Every Briton consumes 103 kg of potatoes every year.

2.       Potatoes have been a staple of Britain’s diet since the 16^th Century.

3.       The expression “bread and butter” refers to the basics of something.

4.       A burrito is made using a tortilla.

1. F  2. T   3. T   4. T

Language focus:

Look at these sentences from the article, and underline the clauses in them, distinguishing what kind of clause they are.

1.       Their love affair with the brown vegetable means the average Briton consumes 103 kg of potatoes every year.

2.       Perhaps that’s why “bread and butter”, a set expression, refers to the basics of something.

3.       People believe that Mexican civilization thrived on corn.

4.       Corn is also ground into flour, mixed with water and made into tortillas, which are soft, flat, round pieces of bread.

5.       When served soft, the tortillas are used to wrap beans, grilled beef or chicken and vegetables to make a burrito.

1.       Their love affair with the brown vegetable means the average Briton consumes 103 kg of potatoes every year. 宾语从句

2.       Perhaps that’s why “bread and butter”, a set expression, refers to the basics of something. 表语从句

3.       People believe that Mexican civilization thrived on corn. 宾语从句

4.       Corn is also ground into flour, mixed with water and made into tortillas, which are soft, flat, round pieces of bread. 非限定性定语从句

5.       When served soft, the tortillas are used to wrap refried beans, grilled beef or chicken and vegetables to make a burrito.

为由when引导的时间状语从句。这句话如果补充完整应该是：When the tortillas are served soft, the tortillas are used to wrap refried bean, ……

Growing food on Mars (Page 5)

山东泰安东平高级中学 蔚晓华

I. Warming up

1. Can you guess which planet this is?

How can you tell?

It's Mars. Its red color is unique.

This is the surface of Mars.

2. Do you believe humans will live on Mars one day?

Can you recognize what this is?

What do you think it has to do with Mars?

There is a new project called “Lettuce On Mars”. It could lead us to an exciting future.

II. Fast reading

For the project, what would the lettuce need to grow on Mars?

Are the statements below true or false? If false, correct them.

1. A British-led group is planning to plant lettuce on Mars before 2018.

2. On Mars the wind blows hard, and it often rains heavily.

3. The British-led group would be the first to send plants to the International Space Station.

4. The greenhouse would be launched from Earth with lettuce seeds, water, nutrients, and carbon dioxide.

5. On the way to Mars, it would have no power, and the lettuce seeds would be frozen.

III. Discussion

If you were going to settle on Mars one day, what would you like to grow? Give your reasons.

IV. Language study

1. A British-led group is planning to do just that, sending lettuce to the Red Planet as soon as 2018.

(1) 马航失事，导致200多人丧生。

The Malaysian flight MH370 crashed, causing over 200 people to lose their lives.

(2) 徐若瑄 ，周杰伦的前女友，收到邮件，邀请她去参加婚礼。

Xu Ruoxuan, Jay Chou's former girlfriend, received an e-mail inviting her to attend his wedding.

2. But the project, run at the University of Southampton, would put the lettuce in a greenhouse to protect it.

始建于1911年的清华大学已有100多年的历史。

Qinghua Universe，founded in 1911，has a history going back more than 100 years.

名词后置定语表被动时有三种形式：

done 表完成被动

to be done 表将来

being done 表进行

用 construct正确形式填空。

The building _________ now is going to be our library when it’s finished.

The building _________ last year is now our library.

The building _________ next year is going to be our library.

3. Carbon dioxide, which all plants need, would be taken from the atmosphere of Mars and put into the greenhouse.

take in: fool/trick sb

take up: begin a sport or a hobby

take after: be similar to or look like

take off: depart or leave the ground

take over: take control of

take away: carry sth away

take from: absorb sth from

take down: write down

Fill in blanks with the proper words.

1: When his father retires, he's planning to take _____ his factory in Beijing.

2: Our plane took ____ two hours late!

3: Why do so many men take ____ golf when they retire?

4: Roberto gets angry a lot. He takes _____ his father.

5: Please take ____ notes carefully in class.

6. I was completely taken ____ when he told me he was working late at the office.

Too much wisdom (Page 6)

山东泰安东平高级中学 蔚晓华

I. Lead-in

Do you know how many teeth a normal person has?

28-32 teeth

Do you know what wisdom teeth are? Can you point to them in your mouth?

II. Fast reading

Do you know how many wisdom teeth a person normally has, according to the passage?

Do you believe your wisdom teeth make you smarter?

III. Careful reading

1. Which of the following statements is true?

A. The writer hopes to turn into a vampire.

B. The writer’s parents believe that her smarts come from her extra teeth and not her hard work.

C. The writer is anxious to remove the extra teeth and be normal.

D. The writer talked about having extra teeth and watched people's reactions.

2. The extra teeth are also a good excuse for me being tongue-tied. I can now blame it on my overcrowded mouth rather than my slow brain.

Which of these choices has a similar meaning to the word in bold?

A. talkative            B. unable to speak

C. tight-mouthed       D. loose-tongued

3. Which adjective best describes the tone of the passage?

A. tragic              B. painful 

C. humorous             D. embarrassed 

IV. Consolidation

Use your own words to describe the writer’s feelings according to the passage.

•when I had a dull pain in the back of my mouth, I thought…

•when I heard that I had seven wisdom teeth, my first reaction…

•After the laughter stopped, I…

•Focusing on the positive, one of the great things about having extra teeth is…

•The extra teeth are also a good excuse for me being tongue-tied. I can now blame it on

• with wisdom teeth come the intellect (跟智力相关的) jokes, I've also thought about …

•About having surgery, I am …  I'm also…

V. Language study

1. This all started a few months ago, when I had a dull pain in the back of my mouth, around where one of my wisdom teeth was supposed to be coming in.

Ellipsis (for “around the place/area where”)

I looked around where I had heard the noise.

我朝门后看，从那里走出来一位姑娘。

I saw her again in 2013, around where we had first met.

2. However, during the next few weeks, the pain became more intense (强烈的), spreading to my teeth, gums and jaw.

She spread out her arms to welcome us.

The shade spread across the yard.

The birds are spreading their wings and flying.

The lady is spreading some cream on her face.

The disease spread quickly to nearby areas.

The news of our victory spread quickly.

The flag spread out in the wind.

She spread our lunch out on the blanket.