第17/760期初一课件

作者：王荆艳

 

Saying ‘goodbye’ to Cairo (P4)

 

I. Warm up

What’s the capital of a country?

 

How many capitals does each country have?

 

What kind of city will people choose as their capital?

 

II. Pre-reading

Fun facts about capitals

 

Predict (预测):

Read the title and guess what this passage is about.

Cairo  n.   开罗

 

 

III. While reading

Fast reading

What’s the capital of Egypt?

Will Cairo always be the capital of Egypt?

Careful reading

1. What can we learn about Egypt’s new capital?

A. It is far away from the desert.

B. It doesn’t have a name yet.

C. People have to pass a test to move there.

D. Public employees will start to work there to begin a trial in 2022.

 

2. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A. How Cairo became Egypt’s capital.

B. Why Egypt wants to have a new capital.

C. What other countries think of Egypt.

D. Why Egypt’s population grows so fast.

 

3. According to Paragraph 5, what is life in the new capital like?

A. People will live in skyscrapers.

B. There will be no traffic accidents.

C. People don’t have to buy things with cash.

D. There will be the largest park in the world.

 

4. What does the Egyptian president think of the change?

A. It happened too early.

B. It might bring more problems.

C. It is good for newborn babies. 

D. It will make a big difference.

 

Further thinking

What are the possible reasons why so many countries around the world have chosen to move their capitals?

A. In order to solve the problem of large population in the capital.

B. For the security of the country against foreign attacks.

C. To mark the founding of the new state.

D. All of the above.

 

 

IV. Post reading

Is Egypt the only country to move its capital?

 

 

V. Words in use

 

Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.

crowded,  double, cover, cashless, public

1. Water ____ a large proportion (比例) of Earth's surface.

2. We are moving toward a ______ society.

3. The population ____ within 50 years.

4. Most of us use ______ transport to get to work.

5. She accidentally stepped on his foot in the _____ nightclub.

 

Complete the sentences with phrases from the box.

deal with,       more than, according to, the size of, say goodbye to

1. Do not write ______200 words.

2. Just _______the place amazed her.

3. They find it difficult to ________ the past.

4. We must take steps to ______ the problem.

5. ________ the report, this disease has killed over 500 people.

 

 

 

 

参考答案：

III. While reading

Careful reading

1. B。

2. B。

3. C。

4. D。根据最后一段中引用的埃及总统的原话可知。

Further thinking

D。

IV. Words in use

1. covers

2. cashless

3. doubled

4. public

5. crowded

 

1. more than

2. the size of

3. say goodbye to

4. deal with

5. According to

 

 

 

 

Lesson from space (P6)

 

I. Pre-reading

Are you interested in science?

 

Do you want to know what life is like for astronauts in space?

 

What scientific experiments do astronauts do in space?

 

 

II. While reading

Fast reading

Who were the space teachers?

Where were they teaching?

 

Careful reading

What amazing science facts are mentioned in the passage?

How to prevent muscle loss

The water in space

 

1. What can we learn about the lecture from space?

A. It is a part of the astronauts’ daily work.

B. It took place in the International Space Station.

C. It is one of the astronauts’ ways to ask for help.

D. It took place 400 kilometers above Earth.

 

2. Why might astronauts become weak in space?

A. Because their bodies will stop growing.

B. Because they have to work for long hours.

C. Because they might lose some of their muscles.

D. Because their muscles have to support more weight.

 

3. What do astronauts do to prevent this loss?

 

4. Can we make a water ball like Wang Yaping on Earth? Why or why not?

 

5. Which is TRUE about water in space?

A. It has smaller molecules than on Earth.

B. It doesn’t have surface tension.

C. It does not flow downward.

D. It tastes like tears.

 

 

III. Post-reading

Let’s watch a video to learn more about the amazing lecture from space.

 

Why did the astronauts give a lecture from space?

What do you think of this lecture?

 

Further thinking

The space lecture was meant to get students interested in science.

The astronauts' experiments really amazed the students.

We believe there will be more teenagers taking part in our country's space exploration (探索) program in the future.

 

IV. Words in use

Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.

latest , above, pull, prevent, cause

1. The plane is flying ____the clouds.

2. We are taking steps to ______ air pollution.

3. This is the _____ news in robot technology.

4. It's hard to say what ____ the accident.

5. I gave the door a sharp _____ and it opened.

 

Complete the sentences with phrases from the box.

fly away, check out, up to, instead of, pour into

1. Now I can walk to work ______ going by car.

2. Thousands of tons of wastewater were ________ the river every day.

3. They travel at a speed of _____ 30 knots (节).

4. Maybe we should go down to the library and _____ it ___.

5. Keep silent (安静的), or the butterfly will _______.     

 

 

 

参考答案：

II. While reading

Fast reading

Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu

On China’s Tiangong space station.

Careful reading

1. D。文中明确写出他们是在离地球400公里的地方做科学讲座。

2. C。由于在太空中，我们的骨骼和肌肉不需要支撑我们身体的重量。这会导致骨骼和肌肉的流失，所以航天员会变得虚弱。

3. They wear "penguin suit" and exercise with many different tools every day.

4. It's hard. Gravity is too strong and the water ball will break easily.

5. C。水在太空中不会向下流动。这就是为什么宇航员通常在密封的袋子里用吸管喝水。

 

IV. Words in use

1. above

2. prevent

3. latest

4. caused

5. pull

 

1. instead of

2. poured into

3. up to

4. check; out

5. fly away