Issue 493 For Junior 1

山东省济南实验初级中学 刘俊艳

Restless actress P (1)

I. Pre-reading

1. Who is your favorite actor? 

2. Why do you like him or her?

II. While reading

True (T) or false (F):

1. Tang Yan is an actress from Shanghai.  

2. Tang Yan took part in Zhang Yimou’s movie in 2004.

3. Tang Yan didn’t enjoy the show at the Closing Ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games. 

Key: TFF

Words in use

用所给单词的正确形式填空：

1. Who is _____ (act) the part of Queen?  

2. The class all ____ (join) together to sing “Happy Birthday” to the teacher.

3. We didn’t enjoy the day _____ (because) the weather was bad. 

4. You shouldn’t _____ (believe) everything you read. 

III. Post-reading

Do you know Tang Yan? Which of her TV series have you watched? Do you like her acting or not, and why?

Interview practice makes perfect P (3)

I. Pre-reading

1. You must have heard about an interview or seen an interview on TV. One day, if you have to take an interview, how would you feel it? 

2. What do you think is important in an interview?

II. While reading

Answer the following questions:

1. Who had the interview?

2. What did Amy Zipperer think of the interview?

3. What was Malaya Merriwether's answer to his question?

4. How did the interviewers mark the students?

Words in use

用所给单词或短语完成下列句子：

1. 你通过所有的考试了吗？(pass)

2. 她每天都练跳舞。(practice)

3. 他在等待一个介绍自己的机会。(chance)

4. 他不仅是一个歌手，他还是一个演员。(not only, but also)

III. Post-reading

Role play: Play as an interviewer or an interviewee: what questions would you ask? And how would you answer the questions they ask? Take notes.

Who pays for this? P (5)

I. Pre-reading

1. When you and your friends have dinner together, how do you pay for the meal?

2. Have you ever invited your friends to dinner?

II. While reading

Choose the answer:

1. “Going Dutch” in Paragraph 2 means _____.

A. going to another country 

B. splitting the paper money

C. paying for yourself

D. paying for all the people

2. One reason for the difference between the East and the West is _____.

A. Chinese people often share dishes

B. there are more rich Chinese people 

C. Western people are less friendly

D. Western people are not good at math

3. What does the writer think of the two ways?

A. The Western way is better.

B. The Eastern way is better

C. Neither way is better.

D. Both ways are good.

Key: CAD

Words in use

用方框中所给单词或短语的正确形式填空：

sudden, fight, pay for, work out

1. Mom ______ my guitar lessons. 

2. We’ll have to ______ how much food we’ll need for the party. 

3. ______, the kid cried loudly. 

4. Are you _____ with your brother again? 

III. Post-reading

Which bill-paying style do you like best, and why?