Issue 35/538 for Junior 2
北京陈经纶中学嘉铭分校顾妍

Two birthdays for the Queen P(4)
Pre-reading
1. What do you know about Queen Elizabeth II?
2. Where can you see Queen Elizabeth II?
3. What is Queen Elizabeth II’s daily life like?

While reading
Read the story quickly and answer the questions:
1. How many birthdays does the Queen of England get to celebrate?
2. How is the king or queen’s birthday celebrated in England?
3. Why does the royal family have the official celebration in the summer?
4. What does the Queen like to do on her actual birthday in April?
5. What will the queen do since she is turning 90 this year?

Key: 1. Two.
2. The king or queen’s birthday is always celebrated with a parade called Trooping the Color.
3. Because British weather in April is very rainy and cold.
4. She usually gets to relax and take a break from work.
5. She will make a birthday appearance at Windsor Castle, and then she will light a special beacon at night.

Post reading?
Did you know?
1.Windsor Castle    
位于英国英格兰东南部区域伯克郡温莎-梅登黑德皇家自治市镇温莎，目前是英国王温莎王朝的家族城堡，也是现今世界上有人居住的城堡中最大的一个。
2. Trooping the Color
英国皇家军队阅兵仪式是专为英国君主官方庆生举行的分列式阅兵仪式，每年六月吸引无数的伦敦市民和游客驻足围观，同时也有几百万的观众通过天使关注这一盛况。英国皇家卫队的5个团—掷弹兵卫队（Grenadier Guards）、冷溪团（Cold stream）苏格兰团（Scots Guards）、爱尔兰团（Irish Guards）和威尔士团（Welsh Guards）每年都会轮流进行阅兵表演。

When will you have the most friends? P(5)

Pre-reading
Appreciate the poem The Best of Friends.
The best of friends,
Can change a frown (皱眉),
Into a smile,
When you feel down.
The best of friends,
Will understand,
Your little trials (磨难),
And lend a hand.

The best of friends,
Will always share,
Your secret dreams,
Because they care.
The best of friends,
Worth (价值) more than gold,
Give all the love,
A heart can hold.

1. How do you get along with your friends?
2. What do you expect your friends to be like?

While reading
True or false:
1. People will have the most friends due to age not because of their character.               
2. People who are 25 and under talk less on the phone than other age groups.
3. Young girls like to talk to their peers on the phone more than boys.

Key: TFF

Answer the questions:
1. What are big life events that come with age according to the passage?
2. How do people stay in touch with friends nowadays?

Key: 1. Marriage and parenthood.
2. People use social media like WeChat.

Grammar point
But this study shows that the way we use our mobile phones to connect with others changes throughout our lives.
分析：句中that引导宾语从句。该宾语从句中又包括一个定语从句，即划线部分。该定语从句修饰先行词the way，省略了引导词that。    

Words in use
Fill in the blanks with the words from the text:
easygoing   specific  gender  focus on  parenthood  throughout
1.They thought she would be popular, warm and _____, and not demanding and difficult.
2. In this study, they take participants’ age and _____ into account.
3. The key is to ____ your one goal and put all your energy into achieving it

Key: 1. easygoing 2. gender 3. focus on

Post reading
Share some stories about you and your friends. Think about these questions:
1. What do you like to share with your friends?
2. What your friends have done for you?
3. How do you deal with conflicts (矛盾) between your friends?
 
Proverbs about friends:
1. A bosom friend afar brings distant land near.
海内存知己，天涯若比邻。
2. A faithful friend is hard to find.
益友难得。
3. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真交。
4. A life without a friend is a life without a sun.
人生在世无朋友，犹如生活无太阳。
5. A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman.        
远亲不如近邻。

Going after your dreams P(6)

Pre-reading
1. How do you understand the title “Going after your dreams”?
2. How do you think you can make your dream come true?
 
While reading
Read the story quickly and answer the questions:
1. What did Jean Harper want to be in the third grade?
2. Why did Jean Harper’s teacher give her a “F” on the paper?
3. How long did it take for Jean Harper to make her dream come true?
4. What did Jean Harper become in the end?  

Key: 1. She wanted to become an airline pilot.
2. The teacher told her this was a “fairytale”, and it wasn’t a job for a woman. 
3. It took her 10 years of hard work.
4. Jean Harper became a Boeing 737 captain for United Airlines.

Grammar point
Jean experienced years of hurt and fear because of this discouragement until she met her English teacher Mrs Dorothy Slaton in senior high school?
分析：experience 可作名词和动词使用。作名词“经验”讲时，是不可数名词；当“经历”讲时是可数名词。

Post reading
1. What can you learn from the story?
2. Appreciate some quotes about dreams:
* Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor. – Sholom Aleichem
* You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. – C. S. Lewis
* A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. – Colin Powell
* If you can dream it, you can do it.  – Walt Disney