Issue 514 For Junior 2

福建省石狮市中英文实验学校 孙丽平

Future world goals P(2)

I. Pre-reading (discussion)

1. What could help if two countries are having a disagreement?

2. What do you know about the United Nations?

II. While-reading

Comprehension check 

1. What does the United Nations do?  

A. It helps with international disagreements.

B. It helps keep world peace.   

C. It helps encourage worldwide development.

D. All of the above.

2. How often do member countries take part in the UN's General Assembly?

A. Once a year.

B. Twice a year.

C. Every two years.

D. Every month.

3. The world still faces the following problems, including ____. 

①hunger and poverty

②disease and pollution

③developing too fast 

④climate change

A. ①②③B. ②③④

C. ①③④D. ①②④

4. The article mainly tells us about _____.

A. the UN’s founding history

B. the UN’s work and achievements

C. the UN’s 70th celebrations

D. the UN’s Secretary-General

Key: DADB

III. Post-reading

Search more information about the United Nations on the Internet?

Diving into mid-autumn legends and customs P(4)

I. Pre-reading (discussion)

1. What do you usually do during the Mid-Autumn Festival?

2. What legends and poems do you know about the moon?

II. While-reading

1. What does the full moon mean on Mid-Autumn Festival?

A. It means a big family.

B. It means being together with family.

C. It means making peace with friends.

D. It means making friends with others.

2. The right order for the legend Chang'e is _____. 

①The Empress of Heaven gave Hou Ye a magic pill.

②Chang'e flew to the moon and lived there.

③Chang'e took the magic pill by accident.

④There are ten suns in the sky and Hou Yi shot down nine of them.

A. ①②③④          B. ④①③②

C. ②③①④          D. ④②③①

3. Which of the following is NOT true about Wu Gang?

A. He was a woodcutter. 

B. He made the Jade Emperor angry.

C. He had to work endlessly.

D. He took a magic pill by accident.

Key: BBD

III. Post-reading

Read and understand Su Shi's Prelude to Water Melody.

Prelude to Water Melody

                         Su Shi 

When did the brilliant moon come into being?           

       明月几时有？把酒问青天。

Raising my cup I ask the azure sky.

And what year’s tonight in, I wonder, in light of         

      不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年？

the calendar of the palace on high? 

The dread that it’d be too cold in the firmament           

      我欲乘风归去，又恐琼楼玉宇，高处不胜寒。

Gives me pause ---otherwise riding on the zephyr

To the crystalline palace I would fly.

And further; whom might I dance with up there but my shadow?  

起舞弄清影，何似在人间？

With this regard the fancy for celestial life seems wry.

Creeping from th’ other side of th’ mansion,   

      转朱阁，低绮户，照无眠。

hrough the carv’d window on the sleepless

The moon mischievously casts its light.  

     不应有恨，何时长向别时圆？

Why should she ironically grow full when people part, 

As if upon men she were venting a spite?

Ay, but who can e’er change the course of nature?

As the moon may wax or wane and grow dim or bright,  

      人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺，此事古难全。

So men thrive or decline and part or reunite.                 

‘Tis only wish’d that we may all live in good health       

And share ---though far apart ---the Beauty’s gentle light.

      但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。

Replacing pets with machine P(5)

I. Pre-reading (discussion)

1. Do you have animals as pets at home?

2. Have you imagined you would have a robotic pet?

II. While Reading

Read the passage and answer the following questions:

1. What is the first robot pet?

    It was the Tamagotchi in the early 1990s.

2. List three benefits for a robotic pet?     

    (1) People don't have to feed or walk it.

    (2) It won't make a mess at home.

    (3) People can go on holidays without feeling bad.

3. What could Paro do to help hospital patients?

   It helped improve their moods and build social bonds.

4. What did Rault worry about?

   He worried that a robotic companion will change how humans care about other living beings.

Comprehension check 

1. What does the underlined pronoun “their” refer to in Paragraph 5?

A. The patients. 

B. The robot experts.

C. The robotic pets.

D. The animal pets.

2. From the passage, we know that Rault believed _____.

A. robot pets would completely replace real ones

B. robot pets would become more and more popular 

C. humans should care more about other living beings

D. robot pets would be the best gift for sick people

Key: AB

III. Post-reading

Look for more information on robotic pets and make a comparison (对比) of real pets and robotic pets.