Year of Raising Dog
制作人：南昌市外国语学校  朱庆鹏

I.Word Bank
gap year             n. 间隔年
visually-impaired     adj. 视力障碍的
enrollment           n. 登记
socialize             v.社会化
ecology              n. 生态学
mature              adj. 成熟的

II.Know your root
 Eco-      ecological  生态的；生态学的
ecosphere n.生态圈 ecosystem n.生态系统 ecocide n.生态灭绝  ecologist n.生态学家
 Bio-       life  生命；生物
biography n.传记  antibiotic adj./n. 抗生的；抗生素

III.Lead in
 What is the “Gap Year”?
A year before going to college or University and after finishing high school
The time students may engage in pre-college courses, volunteer work, travel, internships, sports and more
 What’s your plan in gap year?
Put on your backpack and travel to your dream place
Make contributions to the society.
Keep your body fit

IV. Skimming
 What did Camden Olson do in her gap year?
She spent the time raising a guide dog for Guiding Eyes for the Blind in Maine

V. Scanning
 What exactly does the Guiding Eyes do？
It provides trained guide dogs to blind and visually-impaired people without any profit.

VI. Detailed reading
 According the American Gap Association, what has changed?
 What had Olson done before she became a volunteer?
 What's Olson's job?
 Why Olson felt bittersweet at last?
 How does the gap year help students?
1. According the American Gap Association, what has changed?
The enrollment in gap year programs grew 27 percent between 2012 and 2013.
2. What had Olson done before she became a volunteer?
She had kept an eye on guide dog services until she came across the opportunity at Guiding Eyes and had gained the support from her friends, family and teachers.
3. What’s Olson’s job?
Raising Derby, a one-year-old black dog, to be well-mannered and socialized.
4. Why Olson felt bittersweet at last?
She was happy for him to become a working dog,but she had to say goodbye to him.
5. How does the gap year help students?
It makes students more mature and more focused and  prepared than before.

VII. Usage tip
 Many seniors feel pressured to go straight from high school to college – but Camden Olson,... didn’t give in.
分号的用法：
1. 用在一个解释性的分句或句子前面:
It's an environmental issue. — That's not a small matter. 这是个环境保护的问题，这不是一件小事。
2. 用在一个解释性的插入语的前面和后面（相当于一个括号）：  
During my vacation—I must have been insane—I decided I would ski. 假期中，我准是疯了，我决定去滑雪。
分号同时可以表达：
3. 表示意思的突然转折：
Many seniors feel pressured to go straight from high school to college – but Camden Olson,... didn’t give in. （即本文用处）
4. 总括前面列举的若干东西：  
News house, larger schools, more sheep, more pigs and chickens, more horses and donkeys—everywhere we saw signs of prosperity.  新房子，扩建的学校，更多的羊、猪、鸡，更多的马和驴，到处我们都看到一片繁荣景象。

Human to Change Look
制作人：南昌市外国语学校  朱庆鹏

I. Word Bank
Artificial Intelligence               n.人工智能
genetic engineering                n.基因工程
generation                        n.一代
evolutionary                      adj.进化的
radically                          adv.彻底地

II.Know your root
 -art  skill;non-natural  技术；非自然的
artifact n.人工制品 artfully adv.精妙地 artless adj.天真的  artisan n.工匠
 -nano  dwarf  微小的；纳
nanosecond n.毫微秒   nanometer n.纳米

III. Lead in
 How much do you know about genetic engineering?
A set of technologies used to change the genetic makeup of cells.
The transfer of genes within and across species boundaries to produce improved or novel organisms
 Have you ever imagined how the future human would be?
soldier with exoskeleton（外骨骼装甲）
With strange appearances
cyborg：a creature that is part human, part machine

IV. Skimming
 According to the passage, what would change human's shape?
Artificial intelligence, genetic engineering and climate change.

V. Scanning
 How the human in future predicted by the video would be like?
They will become a mixture of biology and machine on the inside.

VI. Detailed reading
 What is the consequence of global warming?
 Does it exactly take 1000 years to make mankind evolve?
 What will happen to people in recent four decades?
 What's the difference between our 80 or 100 with our grandparents'?
 What can we know from the complement of Cadell Last?
1. What is the consequence of global warming?
Humans will have darker skin,while being skinnier and taller.
2. Does it exactly take 1000 years to make mankind evolve? What’s the reason?
No, it dosen't,because mankind is already going through a major evolutionary change.
3. What will happen to people in recent four decades?
People will live longer, have children in old age and need artificial intelligence to finish daily tasks.
4.What’s the difference between our 80 or 100 with our grandparents’?
We will live slow and die old, but not live fast and die young.
5. What can we know from the complement of Cadell Last?
People could stop aging for some time using future technology.

V. Usage tip
 We could ... develop red eyes as our DNA changes, and have darker skin because of global warming.
在写作过程中，动词之间的并列要注意符号使用。
通常来说,“and"前后连接两个相同功能的词时,前面不加逗号；而连接两个独立的句子时,前面有逗号隔开.
 Instead of living fast and dying young, he believes humans will live slow and die old.
这个可以看做“Too fast to live, too young to die”的缩写。
常作为青少年的一种愤世嫉俗的表达：每天忙生奔死，只因为生活就像“鸡肋”；或是感觉生活被严重透支的空虚。

Coins for college (Page 6)
山东烟台二中 赵娟
I. Leading-in
1. Do you make a habit of saving coins?
2. How will you spend this money?
II. Fast reading
1. What were the coins used for in the passage?
They were used to pay for the author’s college education.
2. Why did the author’s parents take out the jar again?
To save money for Jessica’s college education.
III. Language learning
1. Translate the sentence below.
My Dad was a man of few words, and he never lectured me on the values of determination, perseverance or faith.
父亲是一个少言寡语的人，他从来不会滔滔不绝的跟我讲意志力，毅力或是信念的价值。
2. “Choked by emotion, I dropped them into the jar. Our eyes locked, and I knew he was feeling the same emotions.” What does “emotion” mean here?
Their realization that they will help Jessica have a good like just like the author’s father did for him.
IV. After reading
Do you have any similar stories about you and your parents? Would you please share them with your partner?