第28/571期初一教案
北京171中学 徐晶

US says bye-bye to Bao Bao (P2)

I. Pre-reading
What do pandas like to eat?
How many hours a day does a panda spend eating?
Do you know baby pandas are blind for the first two months?

II. While Reading
Choose the answer:
1. Which of the following is TRUE about Bao Bao?
A. Many US people came to see her off.
B. She is 17 years old.
C. She traveled to the US in 2013.
D. She was born in Chengdu, China.

2. According to the agreement, Bao Bao has to _____ before she is 4.
A. come back to China
B. travel around the US
C. move to another US city
D. make friends with a Chinese panda

3. How did Bao Bao come home?
A. By truck.  B. By ship.  
C. By train.  D. By plane.

4. What is the news point of the story?
A. The panda’s life in the United States.
B. All pandas belong to China.
C. A little panda comes back home.
D. Pandas play a big part in the world.

III. Words in use
根据中文提示完成下列句子：
1. 你能来火车站跟祖母道别吗？
Can you come to the train station to _________ Grandma?
2. 每天晚上,我都会花一个小时的时间读故事书。
Every evening I ______ one hour reading storybooks. 
3. 这是你和我之间的秘密。
This is a secret ____________.
IV. Post-reading
Have you ever watched a movie about pandas?
What is it called?
What is it about?

Quick way to learn about history in museum (P4)

I. Pre-reading
Do you know anything about the British Museum?
Where is it?
How large is it?
What is in it?

II. While reading
Choose the answer:
1. What do we know about the 100 objects?
A. They show the best of British culture.
B. They show the history of the world.
C. Most of the objects are from China.
D. They are from the same time, but from 100 different countries.

2. Which of the following objects will NOT be in the exhibition?
A. An Indus seal from around 2500 BC.
B. A Flood Tablet from the Middle East.
C. A banknote from the Ming Dynasty.
D. The first piece of paper money in the world.

3. Which is TRUE about the exhibition, The History of the World in 100 Objects?
A. It shows 8 million objects in Britain.
B. It is in China for the first time.
C. People still need to go to Britain to see it.
D. The objects are not rare in China.

4. How long will the exhibition go for in China?
A. For about two months.
B. For about three months.
C. For about 29 days.
D. For about one year.
     
III. Words in use
Fill in the blanks:
1. I hope to make money ____ (通过) writing books.
2. There are ________ (远超) 600 students on the playground.
3. The Forbidden City is _________ (举世闻名).
4. Now you _________ (不必) walk there by yourself. I can take you there.

IV. Post-reading
Do you have the habit of collecting anything?
Coins? Stamps? Tickets?
Or other things?
Would you like to tell us more?

Finding a new Earth (P6)

I. Pre-reading
What is a star?
What is a planet?
What is a moon?
How many stars are there in the universe?

II. While reading
 Choose the answer:
1. How many Earth-like planets did NASA find?
A. Three.
B. Four.
C. Seven.
D. Eight.

2. Which is NOT true about Trappist-1?
A. It is about the same size as Earth.
B. It is much cooler than our Sun.
C. It is about 39 light-years from Earth.
D. It is the sun of the newly found planets.

3. There could be liquid water on three of the planets because _____.
A. they are at the perfect distance from their sun
B. scientists found there is life on the three planets
C. the three planets are very close to one another.
D. scientists found clouds around the three planets

4. What does the story tell us?
A. We are not alone in space.
B. Earth is not the only planet that has life.
C. There are three planets like Earth.
D. There are no atmospheres on the three planets.

III. Words in use
根据提示完成下列句子：
1. This coat is ____________ (与……尺寸同样大小) that one.
2. Trappist-1 is much _____________ (更小且更冷的) than our sun.
3. The seven planets are very _______ (与……靠近的) each other.

IV. Post-reading
Why are people always looking for another Earth in the universe?
Do you think there is somewhere else in space that we can live?
Why?

参考答案及解析
【P2】
II. 1. A。根据文中第一段的内容Many US people were at the airport and said goodbye to her可知，很多美国人都来给Bao Bao送行。
2. A。 根据第3段It’s because all the pandas born in foreign countries must come back to China before they turn 4.可知，有协议规定，熊猫须在4岁前回到中国。
3. D。根据最后一段第一句Bao Bao spent about 16 hours on the plane home.可知，是用飞机送熊猫回国的，所以选D。
4. C。这篇新闻报道的主要内容是，小熊猫Bao Bao要回家了，所以选C。
III. 1. say goodbye to 2. spend 3. between you and I

  
【P4】
II. 1. B。根据文中第1段Can you learn about the history of the world by looking at only 100 objects? The answer is yes.可知，这100件展品可以展示出世界历史。
2. D。根据文章第3段的内容可知，A、B、C都是其中的物件；第4段There is a banknote (纸币) from the Ming Dynasty. It shows that China was the first country to use paper money. 显示，这张明代的纸币显示中国是第一个使用纸币的国家，但并非说这张纸币就是世界上的第一张纸币。
3. B。根据文章最后一段It comes to China for the first time.可知，这是大英博物馆的这些物件第一次来到中国。
4. B。从最后一段最后一句It will be open from March 2 to May 31可知，展出时间大约为三个月。
III. 1. by 2. more than 3. world famous  4. don’t have to

【P6】
II. 1. C。根据第二段第一句On Feb 22, NASA said they found seven Earth-like planets.可知，C正确。
2. A。根据第2段最后一句They are all about the same size as Earth可知，这些行星和地球大小相似，而根据第3段首句The planets go around a dwarf star called Trappist-1说明， Trappist-1是这些行星围绕运行的恒星。
3. A。从倒数第2段可知，这些行星与恒星的距离适中，成为星球可能有水的推断元素。
4. C。从倒数第2段可知，有三颗类地行星与地球相似。
III. 1. the same size as 2. smaller and cooler
3. close to