Issue 26/530 for Junior 2
北京市太平路中学 任晓圆
Class on Young US pool player’s hard work (P3)
Pre-reading
Students get the background information of the text by looking at the picture and answer the questions.
1. What kind of sport is this?
2. What do you know about it? The rules? Any famous players?

While-reading
1. Read for general information
True or False
(1) Kaiden Hunkins is a famous young pool player.
(2) Kaiden began playing pool when he was very young, but he has never played with adults.
(3) Kaiden needn’t practice because he has great talent.
(4) His school knowledge helps him a lot while playing pool.

2. Read for details
Read again and fill in the time table about Kaiden Hunkins.

At the age of 5
He picked up  ________ for the first time and tried to _______.

At the age of 7
He beat _________ in a game.

At the age of 9
He beat ________ for the first time.

In 2015
He finished _____ in the ________ boys group at the BEF Junior National 9-Ball Championships.

Last November
He took part in ______________ in Shanghai.

At the age of 13
He is ___________________ in the US.

Post-reading
Discussion
What can we learn from Kaiden? Hard-working? Intelligent?
-- Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.
Free-talk
Tell us about one of your favorite sports players.
Introduce someone you know in your daily life who is good at something.

M&M’s to take out color dyes (P5)
Pre-reading
Students get the background information by talking about these questions
1. Do you like eating M&M’s?
2. Which color do you like best? Why?
3. Will you still eat M&M’s if they are not as colorful in the future? 

While-reading
1. Read for general information
(1) Why will Mars stop using artificial colors in M&M’s?
(2) Are people very sure of the bad effects of artificial colors?
2. Read for details
(3) People worry about these dyes in M&M’s because _____.
 A. they might cause health problems
 B. they might not be delicious
 C. they will cost a lot of money
 D. they will give children ADHD
3. True (T) or false (F):
(4) The Southampton Study made some people believe food coloring can cause kids’ behavioral problems.
(5) The FDA has the same opinion as the Southampton Study about food dyes’ influence on kids’ behavior.
(6) Michael Jacobson thinks food dyes have no health purposes.  

Post-reading
Discussion:
Is it necessary to get rid of colors in food? How about in drinks?

Making small influences (P6)
Pre-reading
1.Guess what this is according to these three hints:
--It is an insect.
--It can fly.
--It is colorful.
2. What do you know about butterflies?
3.What can they do for the world?

While-reading
Read and choose the answer:
1. Who wanted to go to the butterfly museum at first?
  A. The writer.
  B. Her daughters.
  C. Her husband.
  D. Her husband and daughters.
2. The mother thought they were right to go to the museum because _____.
  A. they didn’t know what to do next
  B. they saw thousands of beautiful butterflies
  C. their daughters were having fun there
  D. she found out what butterflies can do in ten days
3. From the passage, the writer wants to tell us ____.
A. to let children do what they want
B. to appreciate what others do for the world
C. that the butterfly makes the world more beautiful
D. that the museum is a place for learning more about butterflies

Post-reading
Make an English hand-copied paper. Use pictures and some words to tell this story. In the end, please add your feelings and ideas about this story.

Key:
【P3】1-4 TFFT
a pool cue; shoot;
his first adult;
his father;
second; 14-and-under;
the junior world championships;
one of the top young pool players
【P5】
1. Because most people want them to do so.
2. No, they aren't.
3. A
4-6 TFT
【P6】1-3 BCB