第27/570期初一教案

By Tang Hongmei

No food goes to waste (P3)

I. Pre-reading

What do you do with leftover food?

Have you done anything to help homeless people?

II. While Reading

Choose the answer:

1. What special thing did the five students do?

A. They experienced life as a homeless person.

B. They started a national app design competition.

C. They designed an app for homeless people to get food.

D. They helped homeless people collect food from school.

2. What did they get from the competition?

a. Jobs at restaurants.

b. A $20,000 prize.

c. Tickets to Orlando.

d. Tickets for free pizzas.

A. ab            B. bc            C. cd            D. ad

3. Who was Winters traveling with when he got the idea  to make an app?

A. His father.

B. His grandfather.

C. His friends.

D. Some engineers.

4. They will show people the app in Orlando _____.

A. now

B. in June

C. in the coming years

D. in last June

III. Words in use

根据首字母提示完成下列句子：

1. What do restaurants do with l____ food?

2. I feel very sorry for those h______ people when everybody goes home for the Spring Festival. 

3. During a t_____ to Qingdao, I met with Lily and we became good friends.

IV. Post-reading

What else can we do for homeless people?

Why are there always homeless people?

Dragon brings start of spring (P4)

I. Pre-reading

What stories do you have about the Dragon Heads-raising Day?

What did you do or eat for the festival this year?

II. While reading

Choose the answer:

1. What is the meaning of Dragon Heads-raising Day?

A. It is a good time for sleeping.

B. It is the end of the Spring Festival.

C. It is the start of spring and farming.

D. It means the weather will become cold.

2. People won’t cut their hair during the first lunar month because _____.

A. they think it may bring bad luck to their uncles

B. they think it is not good for their coming farming

C. their hair won’t grow well

D. it may stop the Dragon King waking up

3. On Longtaitou, people traditionally eat the following EXCEPT _____.

A. noodles

B. dumplings

C. spring rolls

D. meat balls

4. What is the purpose (目的) of this story?

A. To introduce a traditional festival.

B. To tell people how to stay away from bad luck.

C. To make a traditional festival popular again.

D. To introduce some yummy food and fun activities.

III. Words in use

Fill in the blanks:

1. In my hometown, eating noodles always  ________________ (和……有关) birthdays.

2. I tried to ________ (叫醒) my son by ringing the door-bell, but he was fast asleep.

3. I don’t _______ (相信) that story for a moment.

4. You can use any two colors - _________ (比如), red and yellow.

IV. Post-reading

When did you have your haircut recently?

Does your family wait until Longtaitou to cut their hair?

Coming back to life (P6)

I. Pre-reading

What do you know about elephants?

What do we usually think elephants look like?

II. While reading

Choose the answer:

1. Which is NOT true about woolly mammoths?

A. They were like big, hairy elephants.

B. There aren’t woolly mammoths living now.

C. They could grow up to 3.5 meters tall.

D. They can’t live in cold places.

2. Where did scientists find the dead woolly mammoths?

A. In Harvard.

B. In Siberia.

C. In an Asian country.

D. In a US university.

3. What do we know about the “mammophant”?

A. It is the work of gene technology.

B. It looks exactly like a woolly mammoth.

C. It has the same DNA as an Asian elephant.

D. It will be even bigger than a woolly mammoth.

4. From the last paragraph, we learn that _____.

A. we can see a real woolly mammoth in two years

B. scientists have made the mammophant embryo

C. we can see a real mammophant in several years

D. scientists won’t make a real mammophant

III. Words in use

根据提示完成下列句子：

1. Dinosaurs ________ (灭绝) millions of years ago.

2. ___________ (在过去), there lived a very strong animal.

3. I will leave this middle school ________ (两年后).

IV. Post-reading

Do you know any other animals that died out on Earth?

Will human beings die out one day?

参考答案及解析

【P3】

I. 1. C。根据文中第二段第1句以及第2句They made an app to do it. 可知，正确答案为C。

2. B。 根据第3段最后一句The prize was $20,000 (137,000 yuan) and tickets to Orlando, Florida. 可知，他们既获得了金钱的奖励，也获得了去Orlando的票。

3. C。根据最后一段During a trip to Chicago, he and his friends saw a lot of homeless people. 可知，他和朋友们一起去旅行的时候，获得的这个想法，所以选C。

4. B。根据文章最后一段最后一句In June, they will show their app to people in Orlando.可知，在六月份这款应用程序将面世，所以选B。

II. 1. leftover   2. homeless       3. trip

【P4】

I. 1. C。根据第2段最后两句After the day, the Dragon King will wake up from his winter sleep and bring more rain. So that day is the start of spring and farming可知，选C。

2. A。根据文章第3段第1-2句People believe that a haircut during the first lunar month is bad luck. It may bring bad things to your uncles.可知，选A。

3. D。根据第4段可知，二月二，在传统上人们愿意吃龙须面、饺子、春卷等，并没有提到肉丸子，所以选D。

4. A。本文主要讲述了中国的传统节日——二月二，龙抬头的一些传统文化。

II. 1. has something to do with          2. wake up

3. believe    4. for example

【P6】

I. 1. D。根据第二段最后一句They can live in very cold places可知，D描述错误，所以选D。

2. B。根据第3段In the past, people have found dead woolly mammoths in Siberia.可知，科学家在西伯利亚找到了猛犸象的遗体，所以选B。

3. A。从第3段第1句Scientists from Harvard University will use gene technology to do the job.可知，A正确。

4. C。文章最后一段交代，两年后将可以看见mammophant embryo (胚胎). We may be able to see a real mammophant in another few years. 但是仍需几年看见真正的猛犸象。

II. 1. died out            2. In the past            3. In two years