2018-2019学年度第35期总第749期

Prayers for beloved Paris icon (P4-5)
山东省烟台第二中学 赵娜娜
Lead-in
What do you know about Notre Dame Cathedral?
Notre Dame Cathedral
Built in 1163, it is one of the first Gothic cathedrals to have arched (拱形的) exterior (外部的) supports, known as “flying buttresses (飞扶壁)”. It also combined Gothic art with Christian architecture.
stained glass rose windows
These windows are made of many small panes (窗格) and feature various Christian images.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Victor Hugo began writing the novel in 1829, largely to make his contemporaries more aware of the value of the Gothic architecture, which was neglected and often destroyed to be replaced by new buildings. 

Unfortunately, while undergoing renovation and restoration, the roof of Notre-Dame caught fire on the evening of 15 April 2019 (local time). Burning for around 15 hours, the cathedral sustained serious damage, including the destruction of the spire and most of the lead-covered wooden roof above the stone vaulted ceiling.

Reading for main idea
Please find three words to conclude the article.
Notre Dame Cathedral
significance
fire

Reading for details
Answer the following questions:
1. Why is Notre Dame so important?
It’s more than a house of worship. It’s a symbol of French culture, architecture and history. The church itself, after all, is a historical and artistic treasure. The church is also home to many religious artifacts, paintings and sculptures.
2. What did Parisians do upon hearing the sad news?
They gathered around the giant church, singing hymns and praying for the hundreds of firefighters who fought the flames.
3. Which parts of Notre Dame survived the fire, according to the article?
The stained glass rose windows and most of the church’s holy relics including the crown of thorns and tunic of Saint Louis.
4. What did French President Emmanuel Macron say in a public speech following the fire?
He promised to reconstruct the historic building. “Notre Dame is our history, it’s our literature, it’s our imagery,” he said in a public speech following the fire.
5. Why did Hugo write the novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame?
He wrote the book to remind people of Paris’ forgotten Gothic architecture, with hope they would work to protect the beautiful old buildings of Paris.

Understanding sentences
1. For many in France, it’s more than a house of worship.
“more than ” 的意思是“不仅仅是”，还可译为“非常”
她不只是教师，她还是我们的朋友。
She is more than a teacher to us, she is our friend.
我非常高兴见到你。
I am more than glad to meet you.
2. Citizens gathered around the giant church, singing hymns and praying for the hundreds of firefighters who fought the flames.
Built in 1163, it is one of the first Gothic cathedrals to have arched exterior supports, known as “flying buttresses ”.
“singing”和“praying”为非谓语动词做伴随状语，和主句主语“citizens”之间为主动关系；“built”也为非谓语动词作状语，和主句主语“it”之间为被动关系。
3. Luckily, its world-famous stained glass rose windows survived the fire.
Survive:
a. to continue to live after an accident, war, or illness        
  eg. She survived the attack. 
b. to continue to exist for a long time
   eg. Several buildings in the town have survived from ancient times.
c. to live longer than someone else
   eg. He is survived by his wife.

Discussion
If you wanted to call on big companies to donate money to reconstruct Notre Dame, what would you do?

Homework
写作
假如你是李华，为巴黎圣母院的重建写号召信，字数不少于100词，要点包括如下：
1.巴黎圣母院的重大价值；
2.巴黎圣母院大量遗迹尚存；
3.共同为人类文明贡献力量。

2018-2019学年度第35期总第749期
Parrots really can talk (P6)
河北师大附中  赵乃平
I. Lead-in
Which of the following can speak?
Humans
Animals
Plants
What animals can mimic (模仿) human speech?

II. Skimming 
Parrots really can talk
What is the article mainly about?
It is about a piece of research that suggests that parrots talk with each other.
Why does the writer raise a question in the first paragraph? (C)
A. To give some examples.
B. To compare different ideas.
C. To arouse the interest of readers.
D. To ask readers to give the answer.
In the study, how did the parrots communicate with each other?
1. Parents gave nestlings signature calls.   Para 2-6
2. Parrots discussed with each other about their food, etc.  Para 7-8

III. Scanning 
True or False
1. Parents gave nestlings names which were used when they are young. F
through their whole lives
2. Parents communicated with each nestling in a unique way. T
3. Nestlings acquired signature calls when they were born. F
socially, not genetically.
4. Berg thought all those calls were just noise instead of communication. F
parrots were having conversations.
According to Berg, what might parrots be talking about?
They were sort of arguing or discussing, for example, where the food is, whether they wanted to go 3 km North-Northwest, or whether they wanted to go to that field, etc.

IV. Language focus
Translate the following words into Chinese
• unique唯一的，独一无二的
• identify确定
• acquire习得
• socially交际地
• genetically遗传上地
• switch转变，转换
• theory理论，看法，推测
• advance进步，前进，发展

IV. Language focus
前缀  non-，表示“不，非”
nonbiological 非生物学的
non-human 非人类的
non-smoker  不吸烟者   non-member 非会员
non-profit 非盈利  non-governmental 非政府的
non-stop 直达
1. On a Sunday morning traffic was almost non-existent.
星期天的早晨，路上几乎没有车辆行人。
2. It is to be a peaceful, non-violent protest. 
那将是一次和平的、非暴力的抗议行动。
acquire
acquire 强调获取的过程是缓慢的、连续的，必须通过一段时间的努力才能获得，常和knowledge, skill 等搭配。
辨析            A. got    B. gained    C. acquired
1. She has ____ more advanced managing skills.  C
2. I ____ a letter from Dave this morning.  A
3. She ____ a reputation as an international soprano (国际女高音).  B
After studying their sounds, the team identified slight differences in the calls parents used to communicate with each chick.
分析：After studying their sounds …相当于After they studied their sounds …
Hearing their teacher's voice, the pupils stopped talking at once. = When they heard…