2019-2020学年度第26-32期总第780-786期
Time to try new things (P18-19)
石家庄二中实验学校    赵志敏

Pre-reading
1. What do you do every day during this period?
Study, sleep, eat, play on your mobile phone …

2. How do you like staying at home after such a long time?

While reading
Task 1: Skimming
Skim and find the main idea of the article and divide it into 3 parts.
main idea:______________________ ________________________
(You can try many new things to ease your boredom while staying at home.)
Part 1: para____  ____________ (1, Introduce the topic)
Part 2: para____  ____________ (2,  Suggestions about new things)
Part 3: para____  ____________ (6, Encouragement)

Task 2: Careful reading
Read part 1 and find the topic of the article.
We’ve got some suggestions for you to beat the blues.

Task 2: Careful reading
Read part 2 to find the topic sentence and the key information from each paragraph.
 

Translate the following sentence
While it can be tempting (诱人的) to sit down all day, make sure you get up to get your blood flowing.
尽管每日闲坐可能比较诱人，但是要确保起来走动让血液流动起来。
while: although 常用于句首，引导让步状语从句

Task 3: Review the article by filling the blanks.
In order to____ ___ ____, we can try some new things.
Keep active. ____it can be tempting to sit down all day, make sure you get up to get your blood ____. You can keep up a daily exercise ____. You can even find live-streaming _____ classes online, so you aren't alone.
Learn a new skill. You have endless _____. Browse  how-to videos online to learn just about anything.
Cook your own food. Take the _________ for making your own food. You can ____ ___ ____ ____ folding the perfect dumplings or prepare ___ ____ __ meat and vegetables for a homemade hot pot.
Maintain _ ____ ___ humor and stay positive. Internet users have been ______ the internet _____ memes about the virus.
Staying at home will _____ boredom sometimes, but it's also an opportunity to try new things. What are you waiting for? Get to it! 

Post-reading
The virus outbreak is terrible, but it also teaches us a good lesson. What have you learned from it?