第4/748期初一课件

作者：尹丽恒

 

Fast transport of the past (P4-5)

 

I. Warm up

1. What can you see in this picture?

2. Are they busy?

3. What are they doing?

 

II. Pre-reading

Predict (预测):

Read the title and guess what this passage is about.

transport n. 运输

 

What do you know about the Grand Canal? 

 

III. While reading

Fast reading

Status:

Age:

Length:

Influence:

 

Careful reading

1. What is the difference between a canal and a river?

2. What happened with the Grand Canal at different times?

3. Why was the Grand Canal so important in ancient times?

4. What needed to be sent between north and south?

 

 

IV. Post reading

Is the Grand Canal still used now? 

What is it used for?

 

Further thinking

Do you know any other Chinese engineering miracles (工程奇迹) from the past?  What are they?

What were they used for? Are they still in use today?

 

What about modern projects? 

Let’s watch a video.

 

V. Words in use

Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.

stamp,   build,    province,  capital,  man-made

1. The old man lived in Shandong ________ .

2. The Grand Canal is the longest ________canal in the world.

3. He likes collecting ________ with his friends.

4. Shenyang is the _______ city of Liaoning province.

5. David ________ a tree house for us in the back yard.

 

Complete the sentences with the phrases in the box.

kinds of, learn about, more than, be able to do, send ... to

1. I know him for ________ twenty years.

2. Mum________ Tom _____ buy some milk.

3. We ________ learn English in Teens Junior.

4. There are many ________ books in this bookshop.

5. Sam likes to ________ Chinese history.

 

 

 

参考答案：

III. While reading

Fast reading: 

world’s longest man-made waterway

more than 2,500 years old

3,200 kilometers

the development of Chinese economy (经济)

 

Careful reading

 

1. A river is a natural waterway, but a canal is man-made.

2. 

3. 1). It made things faster and easier to move across long distances.

2). It also made the economy grow fast.

4. Silk, tea,pottery, coal  and fine grains were all sent between north and south.

 

V. Words in use

1. province

2. man-made

3. stamps

4. capital

5. built

1. more than

2. sent, to

3. are able to

4. kinds of

5. learn about

Silly science prizes (P6)

 

I. Pre-reading

Finish the sentence and tell us why.

Science is possibly ... (serious? boring? Funny?)

 

What kind of prize is silly?

 

II. While reading

Fast reading

Read the passage quickly and fill in the blanks.

 

Careful reading

Choose the answer:

1. What do we know about the Ig Nobel Prize?

A. It is the biggest prize in scientific studies.

B. It shows that science can be fun.

C. It gives out prizes every Sept 9.

D. It praises funny scientists.

 

2. According to Schotz, why might cats make high-pitched sounds?

A. To make their owners guess their feelings. 

B. To show they understand human language.  

C. To ask for food.

D. To show their worries.

 

3. What did Beseris find about beards?

A. Men with beards love to fight.

B. Women prefer men with a full beard.

C. Beards can protect men’s faces in fights.

D. Men with beards have more energy.

 

4. What question does Radcliffe’s study answer?

A. Why is the number of rhinos dropping?

B. What can people do to protect rhinos?

C. How do people move rhinos to safer places?

D. Will hanging rhinos upside down hurt them?

 

5. Which two of the following scientists are from the same country?

a. Susanne Schotz

b. Charles Darwin

c. Ethan Beseris

d. Robin Radcliffe

A. ab                   B. bc

C. ac                    D. cd

 

Further thinking

搞笑诺贝尔奖（the Ig Nobel Prize）是对诺贝尔奖的有趣模仿, 是Ignoble（不名誉的）和 Nobel Prize（诺贝尔奖）的结合。

2021年的奖金是: 10 000 000 000 000 津巴布韦币（约合人民币 0.18 元）

 

 

III. Post-reading

If you were a scientist (科学家), what would you like to study? Why?

 

IV. Words in use

Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.

winner,  praise,  boring,   hang,  uncomfortable

1. The teacher ________ her for her courage (勇气).

2. I'll ________ these pictures as high as I can.

3. He was the ________ of the 100-meter race.

4. I sometimes feel _________ after eating fast food.

5. It is ________ to listen to the same story.

 

Complete the sentences with the phrases in the box.

come out,  worry about,  in front of,  be bad for,   take a look

1. Too much screen time  ________ your eyes.

2. Please call me after the result ________ .

3. Let’s ________ at an example.

4. We took many pictures ________ the hotel. 

5. Mothers always________ their children. 

    

 

 

参考答案：

II. While reading

Fast reading

10

Sept 9

laugh

think

 

Careful reading

1. B。解析：根据文章第一段第一句可知，科学不总是严肃而枯燥的，也可以是很搞笑的。

2. C。解析：根据文章第二段第四句可知猫在想要食物的时候，他们就会提高音量。

3. C。解析：根据问题中的beards一词，快速定位到副标题为Bearded protection的段落，根据本段第三句可知胡子可以在打斗中保护男人的脸。

4. D。解析：根据问题中的人名 Radcliffe, 定位副标题为Flying rhinos的段落。本段第四句表明大家会觉得上下颠倒的方式令犀牛非常不舒服，因而提出这个研究问题：这种方式是否会对犀牛有害？。

5. D。解析：此题需要快速找到科学家的名字，标注科学家的基本信息，再次进行对比。根据后两段中关于科学家的信息，他们都来自美国，可以判断答案选D。

IV.

1. praises

2. hang

3. winner

4. uncomfortable

5. boring

 

1. is bad for

2. comes out

3. take a look

4. in front of

5. worry about