Children’s book about Beijing (P3)
I. Pre-reading
1. How well do you know Beijing?
2. What books have you read about Beijing?

II. While reading
Answer the following questions:
1. Who wrote the book What a Place!?
  ___________________________
2. What is the book about?
  ___________________________
3. How did Sultan try to write about things in the book?
  ___________________________
4. Who could be potential readers of the book?
  ___________________________

III. Grammar point
Whether you have been to Beijing or not, this book may strike a chord with you.
  分析：句中划线部分的意思为“无论你是否到过北京”，whether… or not 可以引导让步状语从句。
  e.g. Whether it rains or not, we are going to watch the movie Angry Birds. 

IV. Words in use
Fill in the blanks with the words from the text.
1. By the age of 18, he had already ________ (出版) a novel of his own.
2. Japanese Kimonos are greatly ______ (赋予灵感) by dresses of the Tang Dynasty in China.
3. Beethoven created many masterpieces with his ______ (激情).
4. Readers love his book because of the ____ (富于艺术性的) sentences in it.

V. Post reading
1. What do you expect to read about in the book?
2. Would you like to read books about small things in Beijing?
3. What is Beijing like in your eyes?

Cicadas take over parts of US (P5)
 
I. Pre-reading
1. What annoys you most during summer?
2. What do you know about the annoying and noisy bugs?

II. While reading
True (T) or false (F):
1. All kinds of cicadas go aboveground every 17 years.
2. Brood V cicadas go aboveground so they can mate.
3. After laying hundreds of eggs, the female cicadas go underground again.
4. The noise cicadas make can harm trees and bushes.

III. Grammar point
While they can be kind of gross, these bugs aren’t harmful to humans, but they do make a lot of noise during their time aboveground.
   分析：助动词do在此处用于强调动词，语意上接近indeed（确实），根据不同的时态和人称，还可以使用does，did等。
   e.g.  I did see him at the bank yesterday.

IV. Words in use
Fill in the blanks with proper forms of the words.
1. _____ (billion) of birds fly south in China to enjoy the warm winter.
2. Hillary is likely to be the first ____ (female) president in American history.
3. Bad habits will _____ (harm) the children’s growth.
4. To be ____ (exact), she turns 18 years old tomorrow, not today.

V. Post reading
  Fun facts about cicadas:
For some species of cicada, the males remain in one location and call to attract females. Sometimes several males aggregate and call in chorus. In other species, the males move from place to place, usually with quieter calls while searching for females. After mating, the female cuts slits (裂缝) into the skin of a tree where she lays her eggs.

Get confidence for yourself (P6)
I. Pre-reading
1. Are you satisfied with yourself?
2. What makes you confident?
3. How can a person build confidence?
   
II. While reading
   Read the passage and fill in the blanks:
   From my second year of primary school, I _____ the piano recital. I was _____ to perform in front of strangers, but my father said it was a way to _____ confidence. I was _______ when my father had his first piano recital in church. He was nervous but he did what music teachers always tell their new students to do: _____on the music and pretend the rest of audience isn’t there. My father lacked skills, but he made up for it in _____, and he is the best in his grandson’s eyes.

III. Grammar point
   What he lacked in skill, he made up for in feeling.
   分析：what he lacked in skill 在句中作made的宾语，前置于句首，表示强调。短语make up for意思为“弥补；补偿”。
    e.g. What she bought for her son, she made up for not being with him all the time .

IV. Words in use
Fill in the blanks with proper forms of the given words.
[pretend, satisfy, stare, peak, skip]
1. You shouldn’t ____ things even if they are difficult.
2. The businessmen always try to ______ their clients in a special way.
3. It’s considered to be rude to ____ a lady in the eyes.
4. At the ____ of Mount Tai, no mountains can be called mountains any more.
5. The fox _________ to be very powerful by being followed by the tiger.

V. Post reading
   Share your experience of overcoming a fear and building self-confidence.
   
Key:
【P3】
II. 1. Lana Sultan.
2. The story of a little girl’s trip to Beijing.
3. In an artistic way.
4. Anyone, including people living in Beijing, people who don’t live in Beijing and those who have been before.
IV. 1. published   2. inspired   3. passion   4. artistic
【P5】
II. 1-3 ADC
【P5】
II. 1–4 FTFF
IV. 1. Billions 2. female 3. harm  4. exact
【P6】
II. hated, scared, build, satisfied, focus, feeling
IV. 1. skip  2. satisfy  3. stare  4. peak   5. pretended