Clothes with dyed designs (P5)

Warm up

Do you like colorful clothes?

Do you know where the colors of your clothes come from?

Pre-reading

Read the title and guess what this passage will be about.

Where do the clothes in the picture come from?

How do tie-dyed clothes become so colorful?

Fast reading

Look through the passage and find out:

Where did dyes come from in the past?

They came from plants.

What is tie-dye?

It is a very old way of dyeing clothes in China.

Careful reading

What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A. Why tie-dye is popular.

B. Where the blue dye comes from.

C. How to do tie-dye.

D. What dyes are made of.

C

What makes each piece of

cloth have different colors?

A. Using special folding tools.

B. Using dyes in different colors.

C. Using many kinds of chemicals.

D. Folding the cloth.

D

Read this paragraph and fill in the blanks.

____________ recently held a tie-dying activity.

___________ and ________ got to try out tie-dyeing for themselves.

Dongguan Tsinglan School; Wen Yiqing; Feng Yuhan

 

What does Wen think of tie-dyed art？

It is like a kaleidoscope.

How did she feel while she tried it？

She was worried at first, but surprised later.

 

According to Feng,what do we need to use to tie-dye?

Imagination and creativity.

How did he feel when he saw how his tie-dye turned out?

He felt proud.

Words in use

Completion.

Complete the sentences with the phrases in the box.

need to do    feel like    try out

1. You should ____ the bike before buying it.

2. They made me ______ one of the family.

3. You ______ learn some manners.

1. try out    2. feel like   3. need to

 

Post reading

Do you know other kinds of  intangible cultural heritage？

Try to find out more about it and share what you’ve learned with your classmates.

 

Where to find bees?(P6)

Warm up

Humans and other animals need bees. They help us by pollinating (授粉) plants.

They are in great danger right now.

Pre-reading

Why was the bee map made?

Which places might have a lot of bees?

How was the bee map made?

Fast reading

Read this title and predict what the passage is about.

Look through the passage. What is the passage about?

Why bees are in danger and what scientists are doing to save them.

Careful reading

Look through the passage and answer this question.

Which place might have a lot of bees?

A. A forest with many animals.

B. A yard with many bushes.

C. A park with many flowers.

D. A grassland along a river.

C

Why was the bee map made?

A. To stop climate change.

B. To end the use of pesticides.

C. To protect bees.

D. Just for fun.

C

Post reading

Reading Comprehension.

Choose the correct answer.

1. What can people find by using the bee map?

A. How many bee species there are on Earth.

B. How many bee species live in a certain place.

C. How bees choose where to live.

D. What bees in different places. eat

C

2. How did Michael's team make their map?

A. They collected information from 6 million people.

B. They traveled around the world to make it.

C. They asked people in different places to draw it.

D. They studied public records to make the map.

D

Words in use

根据中文提示或首字母提示完成下列句子：

1. Loss of health is more serious than l_____ of wealth.

2. The plant is now _________(在危险中) of extinction.

3. Many animals will lose their homes and maybe_______(灭绝).

4. She must be _______(至少) 35 years old.

1. loss   2. in danger   3. die out   4. at least

 

Post reading

There are many other animals that are in danger.

What can we do to help them?