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TEENS 初三20-21年第17期总第647期教案

Iris

 

 

Light to guide you (P4)

 

 

I. Warm up

Look at the pictures:

 

1. What can you see in the pictures?

2. What are the three Chinese idioms shown in the pictures?

3. Can you guess what we are going to read about?

 

 

II. Pre-reading

Look at the title and predict.

1. What does the title tell you?

2. Can you guess what the article will be about?

 

 

light 

1. n. 光；光线

e.g. The light of the moon softens the night.

2. adj. 明亮的；轻的；浅的

e.g. A light breeze was blowing.

    

 

 

III. While reading

Part 1

Read the first story in the passage. Then answer the following questions.

1. Who was Che Yin?

 

2. What did he like to do?

 

3. What was his problem?

 

4. How did he solve it?

 

Key sentences

 

 

5. What did Sun Kang use to read outside?

A. A lamp.

B. A campfire.

C. A bag of fireflies.

D. Light that reflected off the snow.

D

 

Read the rest of the passage. Think about the following questions:

6. What do we know about the two children?

A. They wasted their time during the day.

B. They were hard-working and smart.

C. They invented a Chinese idiom.

D. They helped each other read.

B

 

7. Which idiom was inspired from these two stories?

 

8. What does this Chines idiom mean?

 

Key sentences

 

 

Explain the story behind “nangying yingxue” by answering these questions.

1. Who was Che Yin?

2. What did he like to do?

3. What was his problem?

4. How did he solve it?

5. What did Sun Kang use to read outside?

6. What do we know about the two children?

7. Which idiom was inspired from these two stories?

8. What does this Chinese idiom mean?

 

Part 2

 

1. What does the underlined word “tough” mean?

A. new

B. rare

C. hard

D. weak

C

 

Read the rest of the passage. Think about the following questions:

2. What other Chinese idioms can you find in this part?

3. What do these stories tell us?

 

4. What might Xie Cun agree with?

A. These stories are not real.

B. These stories are encouraging.

C. People used to read more books.

D. Having a good teacher is important.

B

 

IV. Post-reading

Compare the two groups of pictures and discuss the following question with your partners.

What can you do to create a better learning environment?

 

 

 

V. Word in use

Complete the sentences using the given words and phrases.

 

afford    use up    inspire   reflect   come up with

 

1. After ______ all his money, he began begging.

2. The poor little boy couldn't ________ the toy in the shop.

3. Teachers should ________ their students to think creatively.

4. Suddenly, the girl ________ an idea.

5. The ocean can ________ heat and light.

 

 

using up

afford

inspire

came up with

reflect

Language Points

Learn the following useful phrases.

1. hang up 挂起

2. wake up 醒来

3. government officials 政府官员；公务员

4. pursue knowledge 追求知识

5. in spite of  即使

6. light up  照亮

 

It was said that he spent all of his summer nights reading like this.

 

1. It was/is said that ... 据说……

    e.g. It is said that the scientists have found some evidence.
 

2. spend time doing something

    e.g. He spent all his spare time playing computer games.

 

However, these tough conditions did not stop young minds from pursuing (追求) knowledge.

 

stop... from...  

    e.g. The failure didn't stop him from being an actor.

 

类似搭配

    prevent ... from...         keep... from...

 

    e.g. The pandemic might prevent companies from creating new jobs.

 

Another child named Sun Kang who lived during the same period also loved reading.

 

长难句辨析：

本句的主要结构为“Another child also loved reading”. “named Sun Kang” 做后置定语修饰 “child”; Who 在这里引导的是限制性定语从句 “lived during the same time period”，指代的内容是前面的先行词 “child”。

本句译为：另一个生活在同一时期的名字叫做孙康的孩子也喜欢读书。