第14/757期初一课件

作者：尹丽恒

 

Best ‘seat’ in the house (P4)

 

 

I. Pre-reading

Predict (预测):

Read the title and guess what the ‘best’ seat is in the house.

 

Guessing game

We all use them every day.

It would be hard to live without them.

They could be in different shapes and different colors.

Sometimes, pet dogs or cats may use them too.

 

II. While reading

Fast reading

True or false

1. All the people in the world have safe toilets to use.

2. There are 11 million viruses (病毒) in one gram of human waste.

3. A person uses the toilet for seven minutes every day. 

4. Many people like to study or work when they use the toilet.

 

 

Careful reading

Why do we celebrate World Toilet Day?

 

celebrate v. 庆祝

 

1. What can we learn about World Toilet Day from the story?

A. People first celebrated it this year.

B. People build new toilets to celebrate it.

C. People celebrated it on Nov 19 this year.

D. It is a day for people to live without toilets.

 

waste  n. 废物

take away  带走 

community  n. 社区

 

2. According to the UN, how many people worldwide need safe toilets?

A. 1 million                    B. 3.6 billion

C. 10 million         D. 19 million

 

3. According to Paragraph 4, toilets are important because _____.

A. they bring diseases

B. people don’t care about them

C. they help kill viruses in our homes

D. they take away dangerous human waste

 

famous  adj. 著名的

poem  n. 诗歌

 

4. What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A. Why people spend so much time on toilets.

B. What people usually do while using toilets.

C. What toilets look like in different places.

D. Why great artists wrote poems on toilets.

 

 

III. Post reading

余平生所作文章,多在“三上”, 乃“马上” “枕上”  “厕上”也。                

-- 欧阳修

 

Do you usually use this time to do other things?

 

What do you usually do on the toilet?

 

 

Further reading

 

 

IV. Words in use

 

Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.

celebrate,   waste,    poem,  famous,  scientist

1. The ______ writer published a picture book.

2. The young girl wants to be a ________ .

3. They disposed (处理) of the city’s ______ in the sea.

4. Students recited the whole _______ in one breath.

5. Peter ________ his 60th birthday on Monday.

 

Complete the sentences with the phrases in the box.

take away, spend … on, talk with, be hard to do, in total

1. The teacher ________ the boy about his grades.

2. Mike________ lots of time _____ doing his hair.

3. It ________ finish all the work on time.

4. I'll give you some medicine to _______ the pain.

5. ________, there were two hundred visitors.

 

 

参考答案：

I. Pre-reading

toilets

III. While reading

Fast reading

FFFT

Careful reading

1. C。细节题。根据第一自然段最后一句，对‘世界厕所日’的日期描述为 Nov. 19，因此答案为C。

2. B。细节题。根据文章第二自然段最后一句，需要使用安全厕所的人数为3.6 billion，因此答案为B。

3. C。细节题。第四自然段最后一句提到为什么我们要重视厕所，往上追溯，排泄物携带的病毒和细菌会导致人们生病甚至是死亡。

4. B。总结归纳题。本段第一句是主题句，概括人们用上厕所的时间做其他的事情，因此答案为B。

IV. Words in use

1. famous

2. scientist

3. waste

4. poem

5. celebrated

 

1. talks with

2. spent, on

3. is hard to

4. take away

5. In total

 

 

 

 

Lost in our world (P6)

 

I. Warm up

How could robots help us?

Robots may ...

 

explore outer space 探索外太空

do dangerous jobs

help with homework

help with housework

help take care of the elderly

 

Pre-reading

What can a robot do?

Can it talk?

Can it walk?

Can it pick things up?

Can it understand our world?

 

II. While reading

Fast reading

1. Robots are smart and do everything better than humans.

 

2. Robots may need more time to learn about our world.

 

3. Picking things up is easy for robots. 

 

4. It is hard for a robot to open a door.

 

Careful reading

Read the passage quickly again and find out the three tasks that are difficult for robots to do.

 

skill  n. 技能

task  n. 任务

 

1. What do robot scientists say about robots?

A. They can pick up a chess piece quickly.

B. They learn movement skills from human babies.

C. They are smarter than 1-year-old human babies.

D. They can't move as freely as 1-year-old human babies.

 

roll  v. 滚动

 

2. What might happen when a robot tries to pick up a pencil?

A. Its brain might stop working.

B. It might not find the pencil.

C. It might stop to watch the pencil roll.

D. It might roll the pencil around the room.

 

corner  n. 角落

 

3. To find a door, a robot will _____.

A. stay in a corner

B. drop itself in a building

C. look everywhere, even on the ceilings

D. first think about what the door might lead to

 

common sense  常识

 

4. Why might a robot hold the hot part of a cup?

A. Because it doesn't have common sense.

B. Because it cannot find the handle.

C. Because it doesn't want to break it.

D. Because it is strong enough.

 

5. What can we learn from the story?

A. Robots are not helpful at all.

B. Robots are good at training themselves.

C. Robots don't follow human orders.

D. Robots have trouble understanding our world.

 

III. Post-reading

Do you think robots are important for the future?

 

Will robots improve their skills?

 

 

IV. Words in use

Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.

seem,  drop,  corner,  distance,  train

1. The robot ________ the cup on the floor.

2. He ________ to know everything.

3. It's relaxing to drive long ________ along seaside.

4. My little sister is standing in the _____ of the room.

5. The teacher ____ her students to speak English again and again.

 

Complete the sentences with the phrases in the box.

pick up,   get stuck,   look for,  be hard for sb,  because of

1. It _______ a little girl to lift such a heavy box.

2. She bent (弯腰) forward to _______ the newspaper.  

3. Our car ________ in the middle of the road.

4. He turned on the torch to ________ his keys.

5. The game was canceled (取消) ________ the rain.

         

 

 

参考答案：

II. While reading

Fast reading

FTFF

Careful reading

1. D。细节题。第二自然段中提到一岁孩子的运动技能和机器人的对比，better这个词说明，孩子的运动技能胜出，因此，答案为D。

2. D。细节题。由题干中pick up结合副标题，定位在第三自然段最后一句，机器人可能会在房间一直滚动铅笔，因此，答案为D.

3. C。细节题。由题干中to find a door，定位文章第四自然段，为了寻找门，机器人会四处张望，甚至天花板和地板，因此答案为C。

4. A。细节题。最后一个自然段中提及机器人会拿反杯子或握住烫的地方的原因是缺少常识，因此答案为A。

5. D。总结归纳题。根据副标题和第五段关于常识的介绍，了解到机器人即使经过了学习，对常识的理解仍有困难，因此答案为D。

 

 

IV. Words in use

1. dropped

2. seems

3. distance

4. corner

5. trains

 

1. is hard for

2. pick up

3. got stuck

4. look for

5. because of