初三16-17年第27期总第518期教案

Poh’s speedy success (P3)

Pre-reading

1. What are the names of some extreme sports?

2. Have you ever tried one? Did you like it?

While reading

Choose the answer:

1. Which of the following about Kyra Poh is NOT true?

A. She is a 14-year-old girl.

B. She is good at indoor skydiving.

C. She comes from Spain.

D. She won gold medals at the Wind Games.

2. What did Kyra Poh tell BBC?

A. Skydiving is an easy job for her.

B. Skydiving is hard work.

C. Skydiving is the most difficult sport.

D. She has muscles that other people don’t.

3. When Kyra Poh’s mother asked her to try skydiving, she _____.

A. was afraid and refused

B. agreed, but was nervous

C. felt it was easy

D. loved the activity at once

4. To practice skydiving, Kyra Poh does some exercises, including _____.

a. long stretching exercises

b. gymnastics

c. dancing

d. powerful and fast movements

A. ab  B. bc  C. cd  D. ad

Words in use

用下列单词或短语的适当形式完成句子：

1. Are you ______ in the dark?

2. He tried hard to _________ the lost time.

3. The car went _________ 100 km/h.

4. The idea ____ only in the minds of poets. 

5. He has _________ with Mary.

Post-reading

1. What can you learn from Kyra Poh?

2. What extreme sport do you hope to try?

Dangers of Australian summer (P4)

Pre-reading

When it comes to Australia, what comes to mind?

While reading

Choose the answer:

1. What’s the main idea of the second paragraph?

A. The weather changes a lot in Australia.

B. There are more fire accidents in remote areas.

C. It is dangerous to smoke in a forest.

D. The Australian summer is also known as “bushfire season”.

2. According to the third and fourth paragraphs, we know that _____.

A. bushfires happen more often on farms

B. bushfires can cause a huge loss to people

C. Australian people are very rich because of their large farms

D. people have no way to fight against bushfires

3. The hot weather in Australia can bring the following problems EXCEPT that _____.

A. bats can die

B. people can get sick

C. power can go out

D. drinking water runs out

Words in use

用恰当的单词、短语或句型完成下列句子：

1. 昨天的会议上有很多人。

________ many people in yesterday’s meeting.

2. 他以成功的商人闻名。

He is ______ a successful businessman.

3.我要怎样为这些考试做准备？

How do I ________ the exams?

4. 有成千上万的我想做的事情。

There are ________ things I want to do.

5. 这本书值得一读。

The book is __________.

Post-reading

More about Australia:

•    Australia is the world's sixth largest country by area.

•    The name “Australia” comes from the Latin word “australis”, meaning southern.

•    Due to its large size and isolation from the rest of the world, Australia is sometimes known as the “island continent”.

•    The largest cities in Australia are Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

•    A desert area known as the “outback” covers much of the land.

Planet’s time to shine (P6)

Pre-reading

1. Are you interested in astronomy (天文学)?

2. What do you know about planets in our solar system (太阳系)?

While reading

Choose the answer:

1. Which of the following about Venus is NOT true?

A. It’s the only star that can be seen in daylight.

B. It’s the second planet from the sun.

C. It’s the brightest natural object in the night sky.

D. It’s the closest planet to Earth.

2. Venus is at its brightest when _____.

A. it can reflect about 35 percent of the sunlight

B. it goes further away from the sun and nearer to the Earth

C. it is closest to the sun and furthest from the Earth

D. the dates are Feb 17 and April 30 every year

3. What makes Venus a worse place for human exploration than Mars?

A. The closer distance to Earth.

B. The similar size to Earth.

C. Too much solar power to use.

D. The extremely high temperature.

4. According to the last two paragraphs, the new computer equipment _____.

a. was created by some UK scientists

b. can stand temperatures of 480 C

c. can work for about 22 days on Venus

d. will be sent to Venus by 2025

A. ab     B. bc   C. cd     D. ad

Words in use

根据首字母提示完成下列句子：

1. A man suddenly a______ from behind a tree.

2. Dan c____ his face with his hands.

3. She g____ up her job and started writing poetry.

4. Shakespeare c_____ many comic characters.

5. They both played the game a______ to the rules.

Post-reading

Some solar system facts:

•    The solar system includes the sun and all the objects that orbit (绕……运行) around it due to its gravity (阴历). This includes things such as planets, comets (彗星), asteroids (小行星), meteoroids (流星) and moons (卫星).

•    There are eight planets in the solar system. The four inner planets are Mercury (水星), Venus (金星), Earth and Mars  (火星) while the four outer planets are Jupiter (木星), Saturn (土星), Uranus (天王星) and Neptune (海王星).

•    The inner planets (also known as terrestrial planets, 类地行星) are smaller and made mostly of rock and metal.

•    The outer planets (also known as gas giants, 气体巨星) are much larger and made mostly of hydrogen, helium (氢气) and other gases.

参考答案及解析

P3

Choose the answer:

1. 答案：C。根据第1段第2句Kyra Poh, a 14-year-old girl from Singapore …可知，答案选C。

2. 答案：B。根据第3段第1句Poh所说的话…Even those muscles you never knew that existed, they will start to ache…可知，在训练过程中，肌肉、手腕酸痛，室内跳伞很辛苦，故选B。

3. 答案：B。根据第4段最后一句She said yes because she wanted to fly. 以及底5段第1句When I first jumped in, I was nervous.可知，答案选B。

4. 答案：D。根据倒数第二段第2句She also does long stretching exercises … 以及最后一句She practices some powerful and fast movements that men use.可知，答案选D。

Words in use:

1. nervous 2. make up for 3, at a speed of 4. exists 5. fallen in love

P4:

Choose the answer:

1. 答案：D。第2段主要讲了澳大利亚的夏季温度很高，夏季是丛林大火多发季节，故选D。

2. 答案：B。通读第3、4段可知，丛林大火常通常给人们带来巨大的损失，故选B

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