Warwickshire offers more than Shakespeare (P4-5)
山东省聊城第一中学  梁成锋

I. Warming up  
Discussion: What do you think makes a place worth visiting?

II. Pre-reading  
Warwickshire in England is known as the birthplace of the great dramatist William Shakespeare.
(Look at the following pictures.)
Stratford-upon-Avon
People in Stratford-upon-Avon celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday.
Warwick Castle
River Avon

III. Skimming
What is the article mainly about?
It mainly explains why Warwickshire is worth visiting.

IV. Scanning
1. What is the best way to see Warwick Castle?
Walking around the battlements and touring the grounds.
2. What can you visit in Stratford-upon-Avon?
You can visit Shakespeare’s birthplace, the cottage where his wife Anne Hathaway grew up and other places connected to the playwright. You can also walk along the River Avon and visit the theater of the Royal Shakespeare Company. 
3.What happens at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s theater?
The greatest English-speaking actors in the world act in and direct Shakespeare’s works there.
4. Why should people visit Stratford?
Because it is Shakespeare’s birthplace and an active cultural center.
5. Find a sentence in the article that can replace the following sentence.
You shouldn’t think that Warwickshire is a boring place for visitors.
In this case, however, no one should fear that a day or two spent in Warwickshire would make for dull or wasted time.

V. Language study
Filling the blanks using the proper forms of the following words and phrases. 
memorable   after all    flock   establish
1. I am not that ambitious when it comes to my salary. After all, money isn’t everything.
2. The company was established in 1960.
3. The graduation party was a memorable experience for me.
4. Every year, a large number of tourists flock to the Tower of London.

VI. Discussion
Group work:
Choose a tourist destination and explain why it is worth visiting. Share it with the whole class.

VI. Homework
Do more research into the tourist destination you have chosen and write an article about it based on the discussion and your research.

Look into our future lives (P5)
天津市第四十三中学  邵博雅
I. Warming up  
Can you imagine what your life will be like in the future?

II. Skimming
What might have been the author’s purpose in writing the text?
   A．To stress the importance of developing technology.
   B．To describe how advanced technologies will affect our future lives.
   C．To describe one new invention that will benefit our future lives. 
   D．To remind people not to depend too much on computers.
Key: B

III. Scanning
Read the article and answer the following questions:
1. How will you be able to control your apartment in 2033?
With simple moves of your hand and spoken instructions.
Clue: Para 3, the second sentence
2. Who or what will make your breakfast in the future according to the article?
An automatic oven.
Clue: Para 3, the last sentence
3. What will the central computer system be able to do in the future?
It will get the housekeeping robots to do housework and remind you of things you need to do.
Clue: Para 5
4. What will our brains focus on in the future?
More important things like preparing for a presentation or doing “deep thinking”.
Clue: Para 6, the third sentence
5. What disadvantage does the development of this technology have?
Others might be able to access, share or manipulate our personal information.
Clue: Para 7, the third sentence

IV. Structure
1.You’ll be able to look through the day’s news on glass-like screens…
look through 浏览
Translate:我想先浏览一下菜单。
I want to look through the menu first.

2. …and it will also remind you to buy a gift for your mother’s upcoming birthday .
remind sb. to do  提醒做某事
Translate:需要我提醒你做作业吗？
Need I remind you to do your homework?

3. Our brain will therefore be able to focus on more important things.
focus on   致力于,使聚焦于
Translate:这里我想着重讲一个问题。
Here I would like to focus on one question in particular.

4. That will increase the possibility of someone else accessing, sharing or manipulating our personal information.
the possibility of   …的可能性
Translate:我们预测了成功的可能性。
We predicted the possibility of success.

V. Homework
Make a poster of your dream future house.

A father’s love (P6)
山东烟台二中 赵娟
I. Skim-reading
   When did the author’s feelings toward her father change?
   KEY:  When he hugged her.

II. Careful reading
1. What does a hug mean to a child, according to the article? (no more than 24 words)
KEY: It tells them that the person hugging them loves them and cares for them and confirms to the child that they are lovable.
2. What change does her father’s hug bring for the author?
KEY: She felt her dad’s hug carried her from childhood to adulthood.

III. Fill in the blanks
1. Maybe that’s why I hated kissing people, and hugging made me feel awkward.
2. And yet standing beside the hospital bed, watching my father’s life slip away, I felt like a little girl.
3. Losing a father you don’t really know is difficult.
4. But I still desperately missed him being alive.
5. Looking at my father more objectively (客观地) allowed me to view him clearly

IV. Phrases
苏醒过来came round
弥补make up for
去世passed away
分裂，分离split up
以…结束end in
悄悄溜走slip away
关心，喜欢care for
博得他人的欢心gain the affections (喜爱) of others
关注focus on

V.  Translation
Looking at my father more objectively (客观地) allowed me to view him clearly: he was a man of few words; he was intelligent, kind and extremely modest.
更客观的看待父亲使我能够清楚地评价他：父亲是一个少言寡语的人，但是父亲智慧，善良而且非常的谦逊。

VI． Group work
Share with us a few stories about your relationship with your father.