Issue 27/486 for Junior 3广州市陈嘉庚纪念中学 张妮妮

My feathered friends P (3)

Warm up
What pet would you like to have? Why?

Present
Outline of the story:
Part Paragraph  Main idea
Part 1 Paragraph 1 A general introduction about my feathered friends – chickens
Part 2 Paragraphs 2-4 Things you need to know about keeping chickens as pets.

Match the words with their meaning:
figure out
apart
immune
be prepared

A. be ready
B. find out
C. not together
D. not affected

Key: BCDA

长难句解析：
1. If you are considering getting chickens, there are a few things you need to know.
句意：如果你考虑养小鸡，必须了解几件事情。
分析：If 引导的条件状语从句一般使用一般现在时态。
2. So why not consider getting some of your own feathered friends?
句意：那么为什么不自己养上几个长羽毛的朋友呢？
分析：Why not do sth? 一般用于提建议。相当于What about doing sth?

Practice
Fill in the blanks with words from the story.
1.Have you _________ how to solve the problem?
2.She’s going to take a trip to Beijing _________ without anyone.
3.Parents want to _________ the food is safe for their children.
4.This kind of virus will attack the ________ system.
5. I ______ leave now, or I will miss my bus.

Key: 1. figured out 2. on her own 3. make sure 4. immune 5. have to

Practice
1. Interview three of your classmates and find out if they would like to keep a pet. Write down their reasons.
2. Write a report about this and post your report anywhere that is convenient for your classmates to see.

Family of elements gets new members P (5)
Warm up
1. What’s this?
2. Do you know any of the elements in English?

Present

Part  Paragraph  Main idea
Part 1 Paragraphs 1-2 A brief introduction of the periodic table and elements.
Part 2 Paragraphs 3-6 Scientists have found 4 new elements.
Part 3 Paragraph 7 Scientists’ future plans.

Match the words with their meaning:
element:
breathe:
row:
value:
medal:
A. award, honor
B. line, chain
C. part, component
D. worth, importance
E. take in air

Key: CEBDA

长难句解析：
1. Iron is one of the most common elements found within the Earth.
句意：铁是地球上发现的最常见的元素之一。
分析：found 在这里是过去分词作后置定语，有被动的意思。如：the girl called Mary那个名字叫玛丽的女孩。
2. Scientists are still looking for ways to use these elements, and other elements in the eighth row, in our daily lives.
句意：科学家们仍然在寻找可以在我们日常生活中利用这些元素以及第八行元素的方法。

Practice
Fill in the blanks with words from the story.
1. There are two kinds of ________ in water.
2. Fish can _____ under water, but humans can’t.
3. Students put the chairs in three ____.
4. This research is of great ____ to education.
5. He won the gold ____ in the 100-meter race.

Key: 1. elements 2. breathe 3. rows 4. value 5. medal

Practice
Writing:
Write a 100-word article to explain your opinions and share it with your classmates. It must include:
1. Will this discovery influence our lives?
2. In what way will it influence our lives?
    
Finding your happiness P (6)
Warm up
1. What do you do when you are sad?
2. Does it help?

Present

Match the words with their meaning:
meditation:
healing process:
soothing:
ignore:

A. comforting
B. thinking deeply in silence
C. overlook, pay no attention to
D. the development of recovery

Key: BDAC

长难句解析：
1. Hundreds of books, lectures and even the media tell us that happiness is within our reach.
句意：成百上千的书、讲座甚至媒体都告诉我们，幸福就在我们触手可及的地方。
分析：with one’s reach 在某人触手可及之处。
2. If you lost the ability to find any pleasure in your daily routine or the people around you, something deeper is going on.
句意：如果日常生活和身边的人们不能令你感到一丝的愉悦，那有些深刻的原因就出现了。
分析：我们可以用不同的句式来丰富对“不能够”这个意思的表达，lose the ability to do sth =can’t do sth = be unable to do sth

Practice
Fill in the blanks with words from the story.

1. You can try to relax yourself through ________ .
2. Crying helps release pressure. It is a natural part of our emotional ___________ .
3. I felt less worried after listening to her ______ words.
4. You mistakes will come back to you one day if you ______ them.

Key: 1. mediation  2. healing process 3. soothing 4 ignore

Practice
1. Try the author’s advice by yourself and see what will happen. Write about it in your diary.
2. Try to interview your classmates and family to find out how they relax. Write down as many ways of dealing with uneasiness as you can.