Learning to code (Page 3)

山东泰安东平高级中学 蔚晓华

I. Lead-in

Have you ever imagined being a hacker or learning to code?

II. Fast reading

How has SOUL changed Raymond Royas?

It has awakened a new passion in him.

Geekwise is the only place where he gets time with a computer.

He could definitely see himself doing a professional-level computer coding job and is interested in it.

III. Careful reading

What are advantages of the School of Unlimited Learning?

•The school’s partnership with Geekwise is helping students follow their dreams. 

•At Geekwise nobody cares about students’ backgrounds. They say that if you can code, you can code.

•The class helps some with no Internet access and no computers at home to gain a profitable skill. 

IV. Discussion

Why is America encouraging students to learn to code?

It teaches you how to think and improves your problem-solving skills.

It teaches you an iterative approach to solving problems and testing out ideas.

Computer skills are becoming more and more important in the modern world.

It sharpens your ability to troubleshoot and solve problems.

V. Language points

1. She welcomed the chance.

Welcome v.    欢迎                ~  sb / ~sb to sth

欣然接受        ~ sth           

eg:  I'd welcome any suggestions.

adj. 令人愉悦        a ~ sight   赏心悦目的景象

    受欢迎的  

    表示感谢的    You're ~.

n.  迎接，欢迎      give a warm ~

    outstay/overstay your ~

    做客太久而不受欢迎     

2. But on a sunny afternoon last month, she was all ears – and fingers – during her class at Geekwise.

A detective must be all eyes and all ears. 

侦探就得眼观六路耳听八方。

I'm all ears. And eyes. 

我会倾听而且全神贯注

at one's fingertips　

了如指掌

Iceland’s DNA checked (Page 5)

山东泰安东平高级中学 蔚晓华

I. Lead-in

What do you know about DNA and genetic variations ?

II. Fast reading

What are the benefits of the study?

•The study will help researchers draw more direct lines between genes and diseases.

•That will help them see how some DNA variants contribute to particular diseases.

•When scientists can see exactly how an illness comes from a specific genetic variation, it should speed up the process of finding treatments for those problems.

III. Fast reading

What do mutations (突变) in the BRCA genes lead to ? 

•They lead to a much higher risk of cancer and led the Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie to have her breasts and ovaries removed.

IV. Discussion

What are genetic variations?

•Most variations are 'meaningless', they do not affect our ability to survive or adapt.

•Some variations are positive – they improve our ability to survive or adapt.

•And, of course, some variations lead to diseases.

V. Language points

take advantage of=make use of

be convinced that    相信

contribute to 导致；有助于；捐赠；撰稿

speed up

the age of 

thanks to

well-preserved historical documents

lead to 导致= result in

1. It was the first time that the genetic code of “an entire nation” had been investigated, according to the BBC.

It is/was +序数词+ time + that...had done第...次做...

v. investigate

n. investigation

adj. investigative

2. promising  adj. 有希望的；有前途的

He was voted the most promising new actor of the year for his part in the movie.

promisingly     adv.

estimate  v.估计，估算  ~ that 

n.估计，估价

Finding meaning (Page 6)

山东泰安东平高级中学 蔚晓华

I. Warming up

Do you ever think about what deadly diseases you might have one day?

If someone you knew had cancer, what do you think he or she would feel like? 

The writer in the passage had cancer. What happened?

Do you think she lost hope in her life?

II. Fast reading

Where did the writer made such a speech?

A. at a big cancer center

B. in a hospital

C. at a profitable conference 

D. at TED

III. Careful reading

1. “... sometimes, it feels like people go a little overboard and they start telling us how we’re going to feel”. The underlined word can be replaced by ____.

A. mad  B. too nice   C. too far  D. crazy 

2. How did the writer feel when she got the news that she had cancer?

A. she thought it was natural because her mother also had it.

B. She felt lucky her disease was not serious.

C. She took it for granted, because she could compete with her mother.

D. She was probably surprised and sad.

3. Hearing what her house guest said, how did the writer feel?

A. she thought she had to decide what her experience meant.

B. she thought it was crap because the houseguest had stayed for too long.

C. she was very grateful because the houseguest was so helpful.

D. she felt lucky that she had someone who was in the same situation as her.

IV. Consolidation

•Fill in the proper words and try to fully understand the writer’s feelings.

I learned a lot being a patient, and one of the surprising things was that only a small part of the cancer experience is about____. Most of it is about feelings and _____and losing and finding your ____and discovering____  and _____  you never even knew you had. It’s about realizing that the most important things in life are not things at all, but ________. It’s about ______in the face of uncertainty and learning that the way to get out of almost anything is to say: “I have cancer.” 

V. Language study

1. And in 2005, I was working at a big cancer center when I received the news that my mother had breast cancer.

•when 此处意为“突然正在这时”，常用句型：

•Sb was doing …when…

•Sb was about to do… when…

•Sb had done… when …

I was wandering along the road ___ suddenly I heard someone scream.

I was about to go out when the telephone rang.

I had just finished my homework when my mother let me play the piano.

2. It was at that point where I felt like…

当定语从句的先行词为point，case，situation，stage，condition等，且这些词在定语从句中作状语时，关系词通常用where。

他陷入一种老婆要离婚的困境。

He has gotten into a place in his life where his wife has decided they should get divorced.