2014-2015学年度第44期总第601期
苏州工业园区第二高级中学 孙炳芳
Barca celebrates (P4-5)
I. Lead in
What is your favorite sport? Why?
II. Fast -reading
Part 1 (Para 1-3) Brief introduction to the news of Barcelona’s victory
Part 2 (Para 4-9) The reasons why they were successful
Part 3 (Para 10) Comment from the coach Allegri
III. Detailed reading
1. How did the players celebrate their victory?
Cutting down a net from Berlin’s Olympic Stadium as a souvenir
2. What are Barcelona’s latest achievements?
Its fourth Champions League title;
The La Liga title for the fifth time in seven seasons;
The King’s Cup for the 27th time
3. What is the difference between the styles of Barcelona’s new coach and its former one?
The new coach encourages individual stars to play their best, while the former one trained Barcelona into a team that played together all the time and had no soloists.
4. What is a new part of Messi’s play?
Quick passes from one side of the pitch to the other have become a new part of his play.
5. Why did players such as Messi have success on the pitch?
The coach gave them freedom to move in attack.
6. Who makes great contributions to successful football teams, other than the players?
The coach also makes great contributions.
IV. Language points
title
n.
1.His poems were published under the title of Love and Reason. 题目，标题
2. The lord inherited the title from his father. 称号，头衔
3. She has three world titles. 冠军
v. Their first album was titled Ocean Drive. 定题目，加标题

Experiences make us better (P5)
I. Fast reading
Part 1 (para 1) The influences awe-inspiring experiences have on our lives
Part 2 (para 2-3) Explanations of the feeling of awe
Part 3 (para 4-6) The research conducted into awe-inspiring experiences
II. Detailed reading
1. What effects does an awe-inspiring experience have on our lives?
It can improve our prosocial behaviors, making us more generous and more humble. And it can also make us more empathetic, allowing us to recognize another person’s emotional expressions better and show concern. It can make us more willing to be trusting and connect with others.
2. What are some examples of awe-inspiring experiences?
Some examples are scuba diving, seeing the birth of a child, watching a meteor shower, visiting a forest, and working with homeless people, seeing their courage and kindness.
3. What did the research find?
The feeling of awe changes the way you think about time.
Awe makes you feel more patient, less materialistic, and more willing to help others.
Awe is powerful because it takes us out of our own heads.
4. What are the simple things in life that are awe-inspiring?
Listening to a piece of music you haven’t heard before, going on a nature hike and going to a pop concert are all awe-inspiring. All you need to do is start noticing and marveling at the world around you.
5. What does the word empathetic in paragraph 1 mean?
It means the quality of recognizing another person’s emotional expressions and showing concern.
III. Language points
1. Researchers have found that awe-inspiring experiences improve our prosocial behaviors, making us more generous and more humble.
Researchers have found that having awe-inspiring experiences improves our prosocial behaviors, which makes us more generous and more humble.
2. The feeling of awe is felt differently by different individuals.
The feeling of awe varies from person to person.
3. When you look at or experience something awesome, your mind is fixed on the present moment.
You looked at or experienced something awesome with your mind fixed on the present moment.

Driving her crazy (P6)
Talk about your personality
I. Fast reading
part 1 (para 1) Shows the author's personality and the fact that he likes to live on the edge
Part 2 (para 2-5) Gives an example to prove what his personality is like
Part 3 (para 6) The author is misunderstood by his pastor                
II. Detailed reading
What does on the edge mean in the first paragraph?
It means the point at which something especially bad may begin to happen.
What does Allen’s wife mean by saying that if his brains were gasoline, he wouldn't have enough to start the lawn mower?
She means her husband sometimes isn’t very intelligent.
Why does the author mention the pastor in the last paragraph?
He ends the article humorously, and at the same time shows the pastor criticizing his habit.
III. Language points
go unnoticed    _____________
go unreported   _____________
go unpunished   _____________
警方感到不安的是许多罪行发生后无人报案。
Police are worried that many crimes go unreported .
pickup
1. I drive a pickup truck. 轻型货车
2. Goods are delivered no later than noon on the day after pickup. 好转，改善
3. A group of kids started a pickup game of basketball on the street outside. 接人，提货
pick up
1. Trade usually picks up in the spring. 恢复
2. Let's pick up where we left off yesterday. 重新开始
3. The phone rang and rang and nobody picked up. 接
4. A lifeboat picked up survivors. 营救
5. Here's a tip I picked up from my mother. 学到，得到
6. A simple test now picks up early signs of the disease.    辨认出
7. I seem to have picked up a terrible cold from somewhere. 染上
8. He picked up the theme again in later chapters of the book. 回到