2020-2021学年度第1期总第800期
Avoid the next downpour (P6)

深圳市宝安中学    袁小林

Warm-up

1. You are walking down the street. Suddenly it starts to rain and you don’t have an umbrella. What do you do - run or walk?

2. Why do you run?

3. Will you run into more or less raindrops if you run?

Scanning

1. Why do most people choose to run when it rains?
It would get them out of the rain faster.

2. Who is Franco Bocci?
A professor at the University of Brescia in Italy.

3. What are the main factors to consider when deciding whether you should run or walk in the rain?
a) The wind’s direction.  
b) Your body’s shape.

4. According to Bocci, what is the best way to get out of the rain?
In general, the best way is to run.

Reading & Discussion
What to do when caught in the rain according to Franco Bocci

Fill in the blank with the proper word in the rewritten passage.
   Whether you should run or walk when it starts to rain depends on the wind’s direction and your body’s shape. When there is no wind and the rain falls on you directly, you should run as fast as possible. When the wind blows the rain on your back, you should walk at the same speed as the wind, so that your front and back will stay mostly dry. But when the wind blows in from the side, a larger person is hit by more raindrops than a thinner person, so it is better to run away from the rain.
    In general, the best thing to do in the rain is to run. If you have no umbrella, the best is to run as fast as you can.

Further thinking
Are you interested in studying problems like this?  
Run or walk in the rain?