初二16-17年第7期总第554期教案
北京市八一中学  马青

Differences between our schools (P3)
Pre-reading
1.Have you ever been to America?
2.Do you know any difference between schools in the US and in China?

While reading
Choose the answer:
1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A. The author has been in the US for a few years.
B. The author kept worrying about her life in the US.
C. The author showed no interest towards her new school.
D. The author quickly fits into her new school.

2. What is the topic sentence of the second paragraph?
A. I found many differences between schools here and in China.
B. In China, students often wait for the teacher to come into the classroom.
C. But in the US, teachers wait for students to have different classes.
D. Classrooms are also in different parts of the school.

3. What do US students take a “hall pass” for?
A. To get special help from teachers.
B. To allow them to go out during the class.
C. To allow them to raise questions in class.
D. To help them make friends with other students.

Words in use
Fill in the blanks:
1.You need money and time; _______, (此外) you need work hard. 
2.The plane arrived in Beijing two minutes ahead of  _________ (时刻表) ？
3.Well, we shall ___________  (期待) seeing him tomorrow.
4. Can you _________ (适应) yourself to the new job?

Post-reading
Fill in the chart according to the information from the passage, and introduce the differences to your partner.

Dark side to children’s books (P4-5)
Pre-reading
1.Do you know the writer Roald Dahl?
2.Where is he from?
3.What is he famous for?

While reading
Choose the answer:
1. Where did Roald Dahl come from?
A. The US.
B. The UK.
C. France.
D. Italy.

2. What is the main difference between Dahl and other children’s book writers?
A. Dahl’s books focused on the bright and beautiful.
B. Dahl never touches children’s soft hearts.
C. Dahl mentioned the dark side of the world.
D. Dahl paid attention to children’s inside world.

3. What did the bad giants do in the book The BFG?
A. Grow vegetables.
B. Help people.
C. Eat people.
D. Collect dreams.

4. What does the comment from the TNS website actually mean?
A. The darkness in Dahl’s books came from his own life.
B. Dahl’s experience changed the way he saw the world.
C. Dahl knew bad things do happen in the real world.
D. Dahl always made his characters powerful and creative.

Words in use
根据首字母提示完成下列句子：
1.Now the city will ________ （著名）holding the Olympic Games.
2. It was the most ____ （暴力的）film that I have ever seen.  
3. The book _________ (出版) this week. 
4. It inspired me to be more ______ （独出心裁）with my own cooking.

Post-reading
Write an introduction about the writer according to the information in the chart.

Science behind note (P6)
Pre-reading
1.What is Chinese RMB made of?
2.What if you tear the paper money by accident?

While reading
Choose the answer:
1. What material does Australia use first to make banknotes?
A. Paper.                 B. Wood.
C. Polymer.               D. Cotton.

2. What makes the new five dollar note different from the old one?
A. It has the color of pink.
B. It has the Queen’s picture.
C. It does not easily get wet.
D. It has a window in the middle.

3. Why does Australia make those features on notes?
A. To make them user-friendly.
B. To show it’s high-tech.
C. To make them hard to fake.
D. To promote its culture.

4. Which feature is special for blind people?
A. Two small dots.
B. The flying bird.
C. The little building.
D. The Queen’s picture.

Words in use
根据中文提示完成下列句子：
1. 他的生活圈子和我的似乎有天壤之别
His world seemed so ____________mine.
2. 他说他要提高足球技.
He said he was going to _______ his football.
3. 大花园是这个房子的特色。    
The spacious gardens are a special ________of this house.
4. 他们不允许我吸烟。
They wouldn't _________ smoke.

Post reading
Choose one of the notes and describe it in English by answering these questions.
1. What is the banknote made of?
2. What can you see on both sides of the banknote?
3. What is the special feature of the banknote?
4. How can blind people tell the value of the banknote?

答案解析
P3
1. D。文中一段However, everything went well. I knew the school and made some good friends.  可知，作者很快地熟悉了学校，并且结交了新朋友。故答案选D。
2. A。 由第二段第一句During these days at school, I found many differences between schools here and in China.可以看出这句是第二段的主题句，主要介绍中国学校和美国学校的区别。故答案为A。
3. B。文章的倒数第二段there is no need to worry about when to go to the restroom. We can go out during the class, as long as we take a piece of card called a “hall pass”. 提到如果学生想要去厕所，需要用到hall pass 卡，故答案为B。

P4-5
1. B。 从第一段第二句This is what British writer Roald Dahl tried to tell us in his children’s books.  可以得知Roald Dahl 是英国的作家。故答案为B。
2. C。第三段Dahl was famous for writing about the dark and violent. This makes him different from other children’s book writers.提及Dahl和别的作家不同的地方是他会在书中涉及社会的黑暗面和暴力。故答案为C。
3. C。从第五段第一句And in The BFG, the giants (巨人) spend every night eating people，可以得知书中的巨人每天晚上出来吃人。故答案为C。
4. D。文章的最后一段这样写道 “They’re brave, they’re inventive and they’re the ones who are empowered,” wrote the TNS website. 
其中inventive的意思是有创造力的，are empowered则是powerful的同义词，所以选D。

P6
1. C。文中第二段第一句提到Australia was the first country to use polymer  banknotes in 1988. 可见澳大利亚钱币的材质是Polymer，故答案为C。
2. D。从文章中第四段 “The new one has the same pink color and picture of Queen Elizabeth II on the front as the old one. But look closer and you will notice a clear window in the middle…”可以得知新旧钞票有着相同的颜色和图案， 不同的是中间有一个窗子。所以选择D。
3. C。 从文章第六段The Australian government spent 10 years on these features, trying to make a note that was impossible to fake. 可知澳大利亚政府花10年的时间，努力制造出很难伪造的钱币。故答案为C。
4. A。从文章倒数第二段第二句 It has two small “dots” to allow blind people to feel and tell the value of it.可知钱币上的“点”可以让盲人辨别出钱的面值。 故答案为A。