Menu confusion is part of China fun (Page 4)
山东泰安东平高级中学 蔚晓华
I. Pre-reading
1.Ask the students to talk about some customs at home and abroad.
2. Ask them to talk about funny experiences they have had while eating in strange places.
II. While-reading
Task 1. Skimming
Read the passage quickly and find the main idea of the passage.
Ordering is a fun game of trial and error, and the adventure begins before the food is even served in China.
Task 2. Scanning
Read the passage and decide if these sentences are true or false.
1.The author thinks it very difficult to order food in every country but China.
2.The pictures attached to the menu make ordering food more entertaining.
3.The author and her friend ordered food with curious names to learn about Chinese traditions.
4.They found that “lion head” was diced chicken with green pepper.
5.The author had no choice but to order one bowl of “crossing over the bridge noodles” because she knew nothing about the other food in the restaurant.
6.The author liked the noodles very much because of the pork in them.
7.The author was afraid to eat in a Chinese restaurant because the experience left her disappointed and nervous.
III. Listen and fill the blanks
At home, ordering food from a menu is a ____, everyday routine. In China, ordering is a fun game of trial and error, and the _______    begins before the food is even served! Many restaurants in central Beijing advertise “English language menus”, but the ________can just add to the confusion. Although accompanying pictures can be of help, the translations often make the whole experience even more_______. We learned that “lion head” was actually pork, and “students _____ to chicken gristle” was diced chicken with green pepper.
Recently, I came across a busy restaurant in a Beijing hutong. It was lunchtime and the small room was filled with people . I sat myself down and called out for a “caidan!” In ______, the waitress pointed to a wall at the back of the restaurant full of Chinese characters ________ numerous dishes. There was only one sentence in English: “Crossing over the bridge noodles”. Without knowing what it would taste like, I took a risk and ordered a bowl of it. It turned out to be very tasty. I always _____a restaurant in China feeling excited and a little nervous. I never know what the next ordering _______will be.
IV. Interview
Talk to your partner about the passage.
V. Language Points
1. add to  增加
add… to…把……加到……中去；往……中加.
add up to 总计达, 总共是 add up 把...加起来
eg, 1) The bad weather added to our difficulties.
2) If you want to spice up your food, you can add red pepper to it.
2. addicted to上瘾,沉迷于, addict oneself to 上瘾
eg: Jack became addicted to drugs at quite an early age.
3.people sitting on small stools slurping noodles.
sitting on small stools 在句中做定语修饰people，可以换成who sat，slurping noodles在句中伴随状语。
eg, 1) People traveling in the country were forced to go back due to the earthquake .
2) He sat at the table reading China Daily.
4. …had no idea what it would taste like
此句含有what 引导的同位语从句，从句解释idea 的内容。eg, News came through that house prices had gone down.
用下列短语的正确形式填空
add to，be addicted to， pack with, cross over, in response, call out, dig in
1. The city_________  universities and hospitals that attract many young people from all over the world .
2. This show no doubt  _______his growing reputation.
3. 50 million Americans are thought to ________ nicotine.
4. If you expect to finish all your work this morning you had better ______and get started.
5. Ronni merely smiled ________.
6.She ________ the border and entered Canada.
7. You must stand up when your name is _______.
New Stonehenge view (Page 5)
21ST
I. Lead-in:
Do you know anything about Stonehenge in Britain? What do you think it was used for in ancient times?
II. Fast reading:
P1 (           ): An introduction to Stonehenge
P2 (           ): A new theory about Stonehenge
P3 (           ): Some scholars’ attitudes
III. Detailed reading:
1. How have some experts explained Stonehenge?
Experts have said at different times that it was a temple, a calendar, or a graveyard.
2. What is the new theory put forward by Spalding?
In ancient times, spiritual ceremonies didn’t happen on the ground. In this way, they could get closer to the heavens. So the rituals at Stonehenge were performed not among the stones, but on top of them.
3. How did Spalding support his theory?
He listed examples from ancient civilizations worldwide. He also said the wood that would have been used for the platform had long since rotted away, leaving only the stone pillars that supported it behind.
4. What are other scholars’ attitude towards this new theory?
They have a fair degree of skepticism about the theory, saying there are a large number of stone circles around the country which didn’t have a platform on top.
IV. Language focus:
1. For thousands of years, Stonehenge has confused visitors with a seemingly unanswerable question…
看似复杂得问题
看似很好的朋友
看似冷漠的表情
2. Yet “all the ideas to date could be mistaken”…
   In the end, I found myself mistaken in thinking ____________.
3. In China, Peru and Turkey, such sacred monuments were build high up…
    What is sacred, in your opinion?
4. Spalding said the wood that would have been used for the platform had long since rotted away, leaving only the stone pillars…
In winter, everybody seems to hide inside their warm homes, leaving only ______.
Dyeing for youth (Page 6)
山东泰安东平高级中学 蔚晓华
I. Pre-reading
What do you think of dyed hair?
II. While-reading
Task 1. Skimming
Read the passage quickly and answer the question.
Why did the author dye his hair?
He wanted to look younger.
Task 2: Scanning
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions.
1.What did Maria agree with?
Maria agreed with the author’s theory that very few people know what their original hair color was.
2.After his hair was colored, what did the author look like?
He looked younger but not entirely different.
3. Did his younger daughter notice the change in his hair color?
No，she didn’t.
4. What was the author’s family’s reaction when he asked them if they had noticed something different about him?
They were too surprised to say anything.
Listen and put the following events in the right order, from the author’s point of view.
1. I gathered Katie, her husband and Sue and asked if they noticed anything different about me.
2. I helped my wife carry in some groceries and talked about my hair.
3. My barber told me about a new kind of hair coloring treatment.
4. Lauren failed to notice that I had colored my hair.
5. I decided to dye my hair.
The right order: 3-5-2-4-1
III. Summary
Retell the story using the words and phrases given.
dye, respond , treatment , go for, offer, notice, carry, came down, hair-aware, gather, catch on
IV. Language points:
1. respond vi. 回答；作出反应；承担责任
后常接to ，response n.
You can rely on him to respond to a challenge.
2. go for为…去，去请(或找、拿等)，争取
1) When her baby still had a high fever after twelve hours, she decided to go to a doctor.
2) I'd go for that job if I were a graduate.
3. catch on理解，熟悉情况(常与to用):流行起来
1) You'll catch on to what you need to do after you've been here a while.
2) The song really caught on, and before long people were singing it everywhere.
4…hair coloring treatment that covers enough of the gray …
that 在此句中引导定语从句，修饰先行词treatment，从句中缺主语故that不能省。
Eg. The dog that lives across the road bit my brother last year.
5. Or at least young enough so Boy Scouts wouldn’t start offering …
so 后省略了that ， so that 在此引导目的状语从句。
Eg. He got up early so that he would be able to catch the early bus.
补全句子
1. You might have to speak slower, he didn’t quite ______（弄明白）.
2. _________（回应） the news, Mr Watt appealed for calm.
3.I'll give you all the facts ______  you can judge
for yourself. 
4.Like many of you, I get an idea, and either _____ it or don’t. 
5.We should value water, __________（没有它）we could not live.