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高二教案 第597期
发布时间:2015-05-18

‘Star Wars’ back on film (Page 4)
江苏锡山高级中学 陈虹秀
I. Pre-reading discussion
Do you like the Star Wars film series? Why or why not?
II. Reading comprehension
Answer the following questions.
1/ When is the 7th movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens scheduled for release?
At the end of this year.
2/ What does the phrase “May the force be with you" from the films now mean?
It means “may you have strength and power”, a wish of "good luck".
3/ Why is the film series such a hot topic?
a. its impact on popular culture; b. its presence in the English language; c. it redefined modern movies
III. Practice on words
Give the correct words according to the explanations.
1/ a long and difficult search for something;
2/ so famous that many stories are told about them;
3/ a work that continues the story of an earlier one;
4/ spending too much time thinking about something;
5/ a long book, poem, or film whose story extends over a long period of time or tells of great events;
6/ very good, very large, or very impressive
1/ quest       2/ legendary         3/ sequel 
4/ obsession    5/ epic   6/ mega
IV. Post-reading discussion
As Richard Corliss from Time magazine put it: "Star wars opened the door for grand schemes like the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and for the not-so-grand idea of making a sequel to nearly every mega hit movie."  What is your understanding of what she said? Do you agree? Why or why not?
Share your point of view with the whole class.
Phones makes us lazier (Page 5)
江苏锡山高级中学 陈虹秀
I. Pre-reading discussion
1/ What are the advantages of using smartphones?
2/ What are the disadvantages of using smartphones?
3/ Do you think smartphones make people smart? Why or why not?
II. Detailed reading
Answer the following questions:
1/ What kinds of facts do users turn to smartphones to find out?
Users turn to smartphones for both essential and trivial facts.
2/ What does the new research suggest?
Smartphones allow users to be even lazier.
3/ Why do smartphones allow their users to be even lazier?
Smartphones allow users to rely more on their phones than their own brainpower.
4/ What’s the difference between intuitive and analytical thinking?
Intuitive thinkers rely on gut feelings to make decisions while analytical thinkers rely on logical analysis.
III. Detailed reading 
1/ Which group of people does ‘they’ refer to in the last sentence of Paragraph 4?
“Smart phones allow them to be even lazier than they would otherwise be,” commented Science Daily.
2/ Which group of people does ‘participants’ refer to in the second sentence of Paragraph 7? “In three studies involving 660 participants, the researchers examined different thinking styles.”
3/ What does ‘gadgets’ refer to in the first sentence of the last paragraph: “It is important to think beyond our gadgets,”
Key:
1/ Smartphone users.
2/ People who took part in the research.
3/ Smart phones.
IV. Vocabulary practice
Find the correct word in the passage according to the given explanations.
1/ completely necessary and important   (Para. 2)
2/ objects or pieces of equipment that have been designed to do a particular job (Para. 3)
3/ to examine the nature or structure of sth, especially by separating it into parts, in order to understand more about it (Para. 4)
4/ seemingly natural, reasonable, or sensible  (Para. 4)
5/ a spoken or written answer to sb or sth    (Para. 6)
6/ sth that happens often   (Para. 7)
7/ shown by your actions that you have a particular quality, feeling or opinion  (Para. 9)
Key:
1/ essential       2/ devices          3/ analyze           4/ logical
5/ response      6/ frequent         7/ demonstrated
V. Further thinking 
What bad habits do some people have when using mobile phones? Give advice to help them avoid or remove those bad habits.
Part of the family (Page 6)
21ST
I. Warming up
What do you know about Romania?
Location: on the Southeastern portion of the European continent
Capital and largest city: Bucharest
Population: 21,296,000 (By the year of 2013)
Area: 238,391 km2
Official languages: Romanian
Climate: Romania has a climate that is temperate and continental, with four distinct seasons. The average annual temperature is 11 °C in the south and 8 °C in the north. In summer, average maximum temperatures in Bucharest rise to 28 °C, and temperatures over 35 °C are fairly common in the lower-lying areas of the country. In winter, the average maximum temperatures are below 2 °C.
Forest coverage: A high percentage (47% of the land area) of the country is covered with natural and semi-natural ecosystems. Romania has one of the largest areas of undisturbed forest in Europe covering almost 27% of the territory.

II. Reading
Read the article and choose the best answer for each of the following questions.
1. When the author arrived in her husband’s hometown, _____.
A. his family showed no respect for her at first
B. she intended to talk to his family in English
C. she got extra attention from his family for her nationality
D. she found that she hadn’t brought enough gifts for his family
2. What surprised the author most during her visit to her husband’s family?
A. Most of his family members didn’t travel a lot at the time.
B. Women in his family had dinner in only their underclothes.
C. Most of her husband’s relatives didn’t like doing laundry.
D. They had old-fashioned washing machines but no dryers at home.
3. On the last night of the author’s stay, the family applauded her because _____.
A. the author disrobed for dinner as the family did
B. they just wanted to show their love for the author
C. the author could finally understand them easily
D. it was time for the author to give a speech
Key:
1. C。从第四段“They had great interest in me. Few Americans visited Romania at that time...”可知,这个罗马尼亚家族对作者非常感兴趣,很大一部分原因是因为作者是美国人。
2. B。从文中“Their solution was as simple as it was startling: The women dined in their bras and slips…”可以看出,妇女吃饭时只穿文胸和衬裙这件事让作者感到非常惊讶。
3. A。从倒数第三段“I pulled my dress over my head and placed it on the chair behind me. The table applauded.”可以看出,作者在最后一晚的晚餐上,把上衣也脱掉了,家人认为她已经真正融入了这个家庭,因此给与她掌声。
III. After reading
Writing:
What’s the most unforgettable trip you have ever had? Write a short article describing the trip and what made it so impressive.
 


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