Girl’s Ebola test (P3)
北京市陈经纶中学 蔡芸
I. Warm-up
Do you know anything about Ebola?
Since the first recorded clinical description of the disease during 1976 in Zaire, the Ebola outbreak that started in March 2014 had killed more than 8,000 people as of January 2015. This outbreak has been centered in West Africa, an area that had not previously been affected by the disease.

II. Brief reading: Read the passage quickly and answer the following questions.
1. Who is the girl?
2. What did she achieve?
3. What does she want to do in the future?

III. Careful reading
1. What was her research based on?
Her research was based on looking at and using previous (之前的) research and her own creative ideas.

2. In what ways is her research better than the previous methods?
Her tests are less time-consuming and less expensive than current tests.

3. What kind of person do you think she is according to the last paragraph?
Ambitious、caring、creative …
According to what she said in the last paragraph; what she did in the test; what’s her dream…

IV. Learning words – fill in the blanks
make a difference, someday, be based on, by contrast, thanks to
1. What you have told me may __________to my own position.
2. John, ________, reacted calmly to events.
3. _________you, I could find my bag!
4. The movie ___________a true story.
5. _________I'll pay you back for this!

V. Retell
Name:    gender:   age:
She won ……with her invention of ……
Her method takes ….. cost……
By contrast, present tests ……
What’s more, ……thanks to……
She began working on the test…..
Her research was based on ….
She deserves….
Her project is ….
She is a ….person.

Why people see double (P5)
江西省南昌外国语学校 朱庆鹏
I. Word bank
curve                     n.曲线
doppelganger        n.面貌相似的人
literature                n.文学    
celebrity                n. 名人；知名人士
ongoing                 adj. 正在进行的
shuffle                   v.洗牌
forensic                 adj. 法庭的
perception             n. 洞察力
prosopagnosia       n. 脸盲症       

II. Fast reading
—What is the passage mainly about?
   It talks about “doppelgangers”, which refers to people who have similar appearances.

III. Careful reading
1. What does “doppelganger” mean?
Literally, it means “double walker”, and it’s come to mean anyone who looks very similar to another person.
2. According to Michael Sheehan, why is he in favor of the idea that doppelgangers exist?
Because humans have a limited number of genes that shape our faces and bodies and there’s only so much genetic diversity.
3. What is Daniele Podini’s opinion on “doppelgangers”?
Most doppelgangers are the result of perception – the way each individual sees the world.
4. What else affects one’s looks besides genes?
Their lifestyle choices.

IV. Post reading
Whose idea are you in favor of? Why?

V. Words and sentences
You run up to someone, thinking it’s your friend, only to realize that the person is a stranger.
  此处用(only)to do表示意外的的结果。更多的例句如：
He hurried to the station, only to find that the train had gone.
He rushed to school that day, only to be told that it was a Sunday.

But forensic scientist Daniele Podini from George Washington University, US is not convinced true doppelgangers exist.
此处convince表示确信，常用be convinced (that)的结构。如：
Scientists are now convinced that there is water on Mars.
常用的结构还有convince sb. of sth. 如：
How can you convince everybody of your honesty?

In other words, your doppelganger may be somewhere in the world, but it’s far more likely that your genes and your decisions have made you one of a kind.
   in other words, 换句话说，如：
   Joe doesn’t like to work -- in other words, he's lazy!
   one of a kind, 独一无二的，如：
   Greece may be an exception, but it's one of a kind.

Game breaking me (P6)
I. Lead-in
1. Do you like playing computer games? Why or why not?

II. Reading     
1. General reading
Read the article quickly and answer the following questions.
 1) What’s the article mainly about?
   The author’s game addiction and how she overcame it.
2) What is the author’s tone in the article?
Humorous.

2. Detailed reading
Read the article carefully and answer the following questions.
1) Why does the author say she’s a loser in the beginning?
   She lost a life when getting to level six.

2) What is Brickbreaker?
 Brickbreaker is a game in which you bounce a little ball around and break bricks.

3) What does the author think of James’ high score?
She has two ideas about James: he is either lying, or he has a different version of the game.

4) Why does the author say she’s a winner in the end?
Because she thinks she can stop playing the game.

III. Words in focus
1. Alex, my husband, has no response.
Response 回答，回应
用法：in response to
The number of groups varies ________ the needs of current residents.
 A．in addition to    B．in terms of
 C．in honor of    D．in response to
 【解析】 D　考查短语的用法。in response to“随……而……；对……作出反应，回应”。句意为：团队的数量根据现有居民的需要而不同。in addition to除……之外；in honour of为了纪念……。

2. Oh, for heaven’s sakes, I am not addicted.
1) for heaven’s sakes 看在老天的份上
2) Be addicted to doing 对……上瘾
eg. He is addicted to playing computer games.
addict vt.  (药物等)使上瘾；使沉迷
addiction n.  热衷，专心，上瘾
addictive adj.  (药物等)成习惯的；上瘾的

3. James overhears.
overhear 无意中听到
She overheard what her boss said to his secretary.

IV. Further thinking
—Have you ever had the experience of game addiction? What do you think of computer games? Write a short passage about your opinion of computer games.