第2/550期初二教案
北航实验学校 姜瑶

US youth aren’t voting (P2)
I. Pre-reading
What’s the biggest event in the US this fall?
What do you think most people will do then?
Who will probably get the most votes, Clinton or Trump?

II. While reading
Choose the answer:
1. What can we learn about the US voting?  
A. Lots of Americans will go to run for the voting.
B. The final result will come out this autumn.
C. Children also should vote between the two candidates.
D. Every person in the US should take part in the activity.

2. What percentage of voters aged 18-35 wouldn’t go to vote?
A. 9 percent.
B. 12 percent.
C. 20 percent.
D. 55 percent.

3. According to Rodd Freitag, young people are less active to vote because _____.
A. they don’t like either of the candidates
B. traditionally they don’t like to vote
C. they don’t think it is a part of their life
D. they have no work and care little about living problems

4. According to the last paragraph, we learn many people think _____.
A. American youths haven’t got good civic education
B. American students should do more community services
C. it is necessary to educate American youths more about politics
D. youths can’t play a big part in any voting activities

III. Words in use
1.学校鼓励学生们选出自己心仪的校服类型。
The school encouraged students to ______ for their favorite uniforms.
2.最近，很多学生开始在社区志愿服务。
Recently, many students began to do the service in the _________.
3.科学家们将研究的知识与生活实际联系起来。
Scientists will ______ what they have studied to the real life.
4.参与活动中的任何一个人都能起到作用。
Anyone who takes part in it can _____________ in the activity.

IV. Post-reading
Why is voting for president important in the US?
What can politics be related to in an ordinary person’s life?
Can you talk about the presidential election in the US?

Who can be the president?
Be born in the USA.
At least be 35 years old.
Live in the US for more than 14 years.
Process
Primary election
National Representatives Conference
Running
Election
Inaugural address

Sweden full of surprises (P4)
I. Pre-reading
Are you familiar with these brands?

Volvo
IKEA
Spotify
Scania
What are Sweden and the Swedish people like in your opinion?

II. While reading
Choose the answer:
1. Which is NOT true about Sweden?
A. Sweden is a good place for tourism. 
B. Sweden won this year’s most reputable country.
C. Sweden is as large as Gansu province in China.
D. Sweden never makes military weapons.

2. Which of the following is a name for Swedish car brands?
A. AIP engine.
B. Volvo.
C. IKEA.
D. Spotify.

3. Sweden can be advanced in so many fields because of _____.
a. its rich resources
b. its good welfare system
c. its strong military weapons
d. its good education system

A. abc
B. abd
C. acd
D. bcd

4. With this story, the writer tries to tell _____.
A. why Sweden can be the most reputable country
B. how a small country develops its military weapons
C. that Sweden is the first choice for holiday
D. what we should learn from Sweden

III. Words in use
Fill in the blanks with the proper form of given words.
1. ________ (surprise), the old man in poor clothes turned out to be one of the richest guys in the world.
2. Most _______ (important), you must take your passport with you when you are in a  foreign country.
3. Everyone has _______(equal) rights to receive a good education.
4. _____ (talent) people seem to have more chances to be successful.
5. The strong ______ (economic) lay a good foundation for the development of education.

IV. Post-reading
Swedish are widely considered to live longer than any other nationality, with an average longevity of  81.4 for women and 76.3 for men.
Three reasons for their longevity:
Natural environment: more than 92, 000 lakes and rivers, numerous trees
Good welfare system: free for hospitalization
Emotionally stable: enjoy life to the fullest

Web opens the world (P6)
I. Pre-reading
How can you open a website?
What does www stand for?
Can you name some famous browsers?
II. While reading
Choose the answer:
1. When did the world wide web officially come to the world?
A. In 1989.
B. In 1991.
C. In 1964.
D. In 1960.

2. Which of the following is right about the internet?
A. People can watch funny videos or read news on it.
B. It is a collection of web browsers.
C. It is a network that makes computers connected together.
D. It is another way of saying web.

3. Tim Berners-Lee made the following EXCEPT _____.
A. the world wide web
B. the world’s first web browser
C. the world’s first web server
D. the internet

4. From the last paragraph, we learn that _____.
A. the internet was not open for everyone before the use of web
B. the internet has changed our life more like how we make friends
C. the web pays a lot of money for the Internet
D. there are more websites than web pages

III. Words in use
Choose the proper expressions to fill in the chart.
open up type in set up  come out
1. The web page will _________ in a few seconds.
2. The lady ________ a bookstore to make some money for her family.
3. The company was _________ in 2010.
4. We only need to _______ the keys in order to look for the information.

IV. Post-reading

HTML: Hyper Text Markup Language is the standard markup language for creating web pages and web applications.

URL: A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a reference to a web resource that specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it (指出文件的位置以及浏览器应该怎么处理它). 

HTTP: The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application protocol (协议) for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems (分布式，协同，超媒体信息系统). HTTP is the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web.

Key:
【P2】
II. 1. 本题为细节理解题。根据原文第一段“Lots of Americans will vote  this autumn for their next president.”可知，今年秋天美国将进行总统大选，故选B。
2. 本题为细节理解题。根据原文第二段“According to Fox News, one-in-five young voters between the ages of 18 and 35 said clearly that they wouldn’t vote for either of the two candidates.”可知，18-35岁的选民中五分之一会放弃投票权，故本题选择C。
3. 本题为细节理解题。根据原文第四段“Young people are not at an age in their life when they think politics (政治) or government have anything to do with them,” said Rodd Freitag可知，年轻人认为政治或政府与他们没有关系。故本题选择C。
4. 本题为细节理解题。根据原文最后一段可知，许多人认为对年轻人的公民教育因为只局限于在社区的义务劳动，所以他们不知道政治与真实生活的关系，应该帮助年轻人学会参与政治并见证自己的能力。 故本题选择C。
III. 1. vote  2. community 3. link  4. make a difference

【P4】
II. 1. 本题为细节理解题。根据原文第二段可知瑞典还制作stealth warship，radar, AIP engine等军事武器，所以本题选择D。
2. 本题为细节理解题。根据原文第2-5段可知AIP是军用引擎，Volve是汽车品牌，IKEA是家居品牌，Spotify是音乐播放器品牌，故本题选择B。
3. 本题为细节理解题。根据原文最后一段“Rich resources… may be one of the reasons… Sweden has a good welfare system. And children can get free education from kindergarten until university.” 可知，能源、福利体制和教育都是瑞典发达的原因，故本题选择B。
4. 本题为主旨大意题。根据原文第一段总起句“If you are looking for your next place for holiday, Sweden, this year‘s most reputable country, is a good place to go.”本文主要写了瑞典声誉好的原因，故本题选择A。
III. 1. Surprisingly   2. importantly   3. equal  4. Talented   5. economy

【P6】
II. 1. 本题为细节理解题。根据原文第一段“It has only been available to the public for 25 years.” 可知，互联网在世界范围内流行开来是在25年前的1991年。故本题选择B。
2. 本题为细节理解题。根据原文第二段“One important thing to note is that the web is different from the Internet. The Internet is a network of computers all connected together. The web is a collection of web pages and you can find these pages on this network of computers.” 可知，Internet是联系在一起的电脑群，而web是人们平时使用的网页。故本题选择C。
3. 本题为细节理解题。根据原文第二和第四段可知， Tim Berners-Lee发明了互联网，第一个浏览器和第一个服务器。故本题选择D。
4. 本题为推断题。根据原文最后一段“He also made the world‘s first web browser and web server. The web opened up the Internet to everyone.”第一个网络浏览器和网络服务器产生，互联网得以走进千家万户，可推测web使得Internet得以传播开来，本题选A。
III. 1. come out  2. opened up  3. set up  4. type in