Appreciating good food (P1)

山东烟台二中 赵娜娜

I. Lead-in

World Food Day

Theme(2017): Change the future of migration. Invest in food security and rural development.

World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world on 16 October in honor of the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1945. 

The day is celebrated widely by many other organizations concerned with food security, including the World Food Programme and the International Fund for Agricultural Development.

II. Understanding-fast reading

Read the passage quickly and find out the main idea of the passage.

With many of us taking food for ____ , World Food Day is held each year to  remind us of the progress _____ has been made _____ hunger, and the awful amount of progress _____ still needs to be made. 

Read the passage thoroughly and answer the following questions.

What does “that” in Para.1 refer to?

________ air and water, food is a necessity (必需) for human beings to _______ and thrive (蓬勃发展). 

List the examples of food being a hobby, an enthusiasm and even something fashionable. 

•Turn on the TV in the US, UK or France, and you’ll find at least one channel_____ this popular obsession (迷恋). 

•And most of us know at least one person who thinks of themselves as a “foodie”. It’s almost impossible nowadays to check our social media apps without at least two or three photos of delicious meals ________on our screen － however annoying we may find it.

What are the problems with food in some places?

•  This East African nation ____________ terrible droughts (干旱), some of the worst in recent years. Children ___ particular are suffering, with some of them even _____.

•  But even in developed nations in the West, families on low incomes (收入) are  _____ to use food banks － organizations that hand out donated (捐赠) food to those who can’t _____ to pay for it themselves.

What can we do on World Food Day?

One good way  ___ spend it would be to feel humble (谦卑的) and ______ what we have. After all, food is ________ for our survival, but not everyone is as lucky as 

we are _________ 

dinner time.

Analyze the following sentences and pay attention to the words in bold/red.

1. The most intimate (亲密的) relationship we will ever have is not with any fellow human being. 

2. It’s almost impossible nowadays to check our social media apps without at least two or three photos of delicious meals appearing on our screen － however annoying we may find it.

3.The day allows the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization to highlight (强调) both the progress that has been made against hunger, and the awful amount of progress that still needs to be made. 

Understanding-sentences

1.The most intimate (亲密的) relationship we will ever have is not with any fellow human being. 

  we will ever have 定语从句

我们有的最紧密的关系不是和其他人。

2. It’s almost impossible nowadays to check our social media apps without at least two or three photos of delicious meals appearing on our screen － however annoying we may find it.

•to be/ to do 动词不定式做主语  

•with 复合结构

•however 引导让步状语从句

with + n. +  adj./adv./prep-phrases/doing/done/to do

with homework to do

with the door open

with the light on

3.The day allows the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization to highlight (强调) both the progress that has been made against hunger, and the awful amount of progress that still needs to be made. 

that 引导定语从句

定语从句：

先行词+关系代词/关系副词+其他成分

Language points

•和..一起；与..一道prep.

•不仅仅；多于

•同道的 adj.

•一个富裕的国家

•热情  n.

•时尚的 adj.

•至少

•喜欢的食谱

•社交媒体

•遭受...的痛苦 v.

•尤其

•震惊  v.

•被迫做某事

•交出

•支付得起

•感激

•必备的 adj.

•当谈及

III. Discussion

As a teenager, what could you do to help solve world hunger?

IV. Homework

According to what you learned, write a composition describing the phenomena of world hunger.

 

Young broadcaster (P3)

山东烟台二中 赵娜娜

I. Lead-in

Have you ever reported something? 

Do you want to broadcast in front of others?

Do you have the courage?

Is it proper to be a television anchor at a young age? 

Carly Williams

Williams is one of several anchors on “Kid Time”, an educational program providing entertainment to an audience of children aged between 5 and 8. Williams provides viewers with her segment “Carly’s Critters.” Members of the “Kid Time” program were also picked up by the Teen Kids News crew, which gave them the chance to participate in the event as well. 

Future communication + journalism leader, University of South Carolina-Columbia class of 2018, Current On-Air Reporter at Teen Kids News.

The skills required to be a good reporter 

II. Understanding

Read the passage thoroughly, find out the answers to the questions.

How did Williams fall in love with broadcasting?

Williams says she _________broadcast journalism when she was in the sixth grade. One day, she heard that forest fires were burning_____. After PE, she went out into the forest and ________the fires. She fell in love with broadcasting, ________ she tried to do it as much as she could.

What was the first program Williams anchored about? 

The first program Williams ______was about an artist’s pumpkin patch. In the program she asked teenagers what they _________the artist’s work.

What is Williams’ advice to other young broadcasters?

Williams’ advice to other young broadcasters is to __________friends and family. “With every negative (消极的) comment, there’s five positive, and that’s _____I think about it,” she said.

III. Deep-reading 

What’s the purpose of the first paragraph?

To introduce the topic and arouse the reader’s interest.

What are some of Williams’ characteristics?

Understanding-sentences

Analyze the following sentences and pay attention to the words in bold/red.

1. Teen Kids News is a weekly show that airs across the US.

在全美播映

•There was a sense of excitement in the air. 到处洋溢着一种激动的气氛。 

•Our trip is still very much up in the air.   我们的旅行计划有许多事情尚未决定。

2. If it’s what you love to do, it will outshine and trump (比……更重要) everything else.” 

What引导名词性从句（表语从句）

Shine outshine

如果这就是你喜爱做的，那这就比任何事情都重要。

3. “I was a little nervous. I’m going through my lines thinking, ‘No pressure’,” Williams said.

a little= a bit

Go through my lines 浏览我的台词

thinking 伴随状语

IV. Post-reading 

Discussion

If you got the chance to be a broadcaster, what would you like to report on? 

V. Homework

Writing: Tell the story of Williams to you partners.