Issue 481

Hot pot more than food but a part of culture P (4)
Pre-reading
1. When you gather with friends in winter, what food do you like to eat?
2. Do you like hot pot? Why or why not?

While reading
Choose the answer:
1. What’s the main idea of the second paragraph?
A. Hot pot has a long history.
B. Hot pot is popular in China.
C. Why people love hot pot in China.
D. China has the most hot pot restaurants.

2. Which of the following about hot pot is NOT true?
A. Different food can be boiled in the pot.
B. It’s better to cook mutton for a long time.
C. There are different soup types for hot pot.
D. A hot pot meal doesn’t need great cooking skills.
 
3. What do people think of hot pot in China?
A. It’s just a kind of food.
B. It’s similar to other meals.
C. It creates a chance to relax.
D. It has taken the place of other meals.

Post-reading
1. What other foods do you think stand for a culture?
2. Do you know what the saying “you are what you eat” means?
3. Hotpot is different from hot pot.
Hotpot refers to a mixture of meat, potatoes and onions cooked slowly together.           

‘Mama’ and ‘papa’ unite the world P (5)
Pre-reading
1. How many different languages can you speak?
2. Are there some similar words between the language you are learning and your native language?

While reading
Choose the answer:
1. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. There are about 6,000 different languages in the world.
B. The further away from home, the more difficult the languages get.
C. “Mama” and “papa” around the world sound similar.
D. Proto-Indo-European is the origin of many languages.

2. What does the underlined word “random” in the second to last paragraph mean in Chinese?
A. 随意的 
B. 吸引人的
C. 响亮的
D. 吵闹的

3. Which one is quite different from the others in the way of making sounds?
A. ah     B. p 
C. d         D. t
 
4. What does the story mainly talk about?
A. The origin of languages.
B. How babies make sounds.
C. Differences between different languages.
D. Why some words in different languages are similar.

Post-reading
1. Although ‘daddy’ and ‘mommy’ sound similar in many countries, there are still some differences. Find out how to say “daddy” and “mommy” in at least 5 different languages. 
2. An interesting activity – can you say “I love you” in at least 5 languages?  

Think twice before yelling P (6)
Pre-reading
1. Who yells at you the most? For what?
2. When do you usually yell?
3. What happens after the yelling?

While reading
Choose the answer:
1. How do the Solomon villagers cut down a very large tree?
A. They use a special ax.
B. They yell at the trees day by day.
C. They use the powers of nature.
D. They use modern technology.
 
2. From Paragraph 3, we learn that the writer seems to be _____.
A. a nice husband
B. a patient father
C. an easy-going boss
D. a complainer

3. What does the writer think about yelling in life?
A. It solves traffic problems.
B. It helps people at the bank.
C. It makes machines work.
D. It does no good for people.
 
4. What does the story want to tell us?
A. Yelling hurts both sides.
B. Yelling is bad for our health.
C. Every living thing has its own spirit.
D. Solomon Islanders are very clever.

Post-reading
1. How do you understand the title “Think twice before yelling”?
2. After reading the story, what will you do?
3. What qualities do you want?