第18/761期初一课件

作者：凌红珊

 

Talent is everywhere (P5)

 

I. Warm up

What’s this?

How many stories do you know about the animal?

 

 

II. Pre-reading

Predict (预测):

Read the title and guess what this passage is about.

talent  n. 才能，人才

 

III. While reading

Fast reading

What kind of passage is it?

Who is in it?

What are they talking about?

 

 

Careful reading

1. In Guo’s story, how did the king feel about buying horse bones with 500 pieces of gold?

A. He was excited.           B. He stayed calm.

C. He got really angry.     D. He got interested in the dead horse.

 

2. What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 4 refer to (指代)?

A. Looking for qianlima.

B. Buying a live horse.

C. Asking someone else for help.

D. Buying horse bones at a high price.

calm adj. 沉着的；平静的       let alone更不必说

 

3. How did King Zhao of the State of Yan show that he valued Guo?

a. By buying him a dead horse.

b. By building houses for him.

c. By seeing him as a teacher.

d. By sending more people to help him.

A. ab            B. bc      C. ac      D. bd

be willing to 乐意，愿意

 

4. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. It's easy to find talented people.

B. King Zhao used to look down on Guo.

C. Talented people are important to a country.

D. The State of Yan used to be the weakest state.

 

 

IV. Post reading

What are the key points when reading a story?

Try to retell the story according to the mind map.

 

Further reading

What can we get from this short passage?

 

 

Further thinking

What do you learn from the story?

How can we become a talent like Guo Wei?

As a student, what can we do to develop our all-around abilities?

 

V. Words in use

Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.

talent, with, such, true, alone

 

1. Tu Youyou is ____ a great scientist. 

2. We fear no death, let _____ difficulties.

3. I am ________ sorry for what I’ve said to you.

4. Liu Wei, an armless pianist and singer, was the winner of the reality show China’s Got ______.

5. China is a great country______ a long history.

 

Complete the sentences with the phrases in the box.

be willing to, pay for, see as, of course, be angry with

 

1. - Can I just say something about the game on Saturday?  

  - Yes, ________ you can.

2. Jack _________ join us to the old people’s home.

3. Lucy often helps me with my English. I _____ her ____ my teacher .

4. He is late again. His teacher __________ him.

5. I ____ 26 yuan _______ a book I really like.

 

参考答案：

III. While reading

Fast reading

It’s a story.

King Zhao of the State of Yan and Guo Wei.

The story of buying horse bones and how to get talents.

 

Careful reading

1. C。细节题。根据第四段第一句可知国王非常生气。

2. D。代词指代题。根据this前（第四段第三句）可知这里代替的是郭隗讲得故事中高价买死马这件事。因此答案为D。

3. B。细节题。根据第六段第三句，燕昭王拜郭隗为师并给他建房子。因此答案为B。

4. C。段落主旨题。根据第六段最后一句可知很快有更多有才干的名人贤士纷纷前来帮助燕昭王。燕国变得强盛 。因此推知答案为C。

 

IV. Words in use

1. such

2. alone

3. truly

4. Talent

5. with

 

1. of course

2. is willing to

3. see; as

4. is angry with

5. paid

 

 

 

 

Bamboo peek-a-boo! (P6)

 

I. Pre-reading

Guess what they are?

What color are they?

Why are they black and white?

 

Look at the picture.

Who are playing peek-a-boo in the bamboo forest?

Is it easy to see them?

peek-a-boo 躲猫猫

 

II. While reading

Fast reading

Why do pandas have black-and white color?

 

Careful reading

 

1. According to Paragraph 1, what does the writer want to know?

A. What pandas’ lives are like at the zoo.

B. Why pandas like to eat green bamboo.

C. How tigers catch and eat pandas in the wild.

D. Whether tigers can see pandas easily in the wild.

 

Can tigers see pandas easily in the wild?

Why or why not?

 

2. According to Caro, what is important in understanding animal colors?

A. Their eating habits.

B. Their living environment.

C. The color of their enemies.

D. The cultural meaning of their colors.

 

3. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?

A. How Cara studied pandas in the wild.

B. Why Caro was interested in studying pandas.

C. How pandas’ colors help them hide in the wild.

D. Why pandas choose to live in mountain forests.

 

4. To go through winter, pandas have to _____.

A. go out to look for food

B. store enough fat in autumn

C. move to a warm place

D. hide away in snowy areas

go through 经受

have to 不得不

 

According to the last two sentences, why can't other animals see pandas easily?

store v. 储存

fit v. 适应

break up 打破

 

 

Further reading

Pandas are called living fossils (活化石). Read the following part. What can you learn about them from it?

 

 

III. Post-reading

The color of some animals can change according to their living environment. Can you name some?

 

What do you learn from it?

 

 

IV. Words in use

Fill in the blanks with the right forms of the words in the box.

quickly, help, need, break, fit

 

1. Whenever you _____ me, I am here for you.

2. Selina often _____ me with my math. She is really kind.

3. He gets dressed _____ and goes to school happily.

4. The woman often plays sports to keep _____.

5. We need a _____ after our busy work.

 

Complete the sentences with the phrases in the box.

go out, look for, go through, stand out, as well as  

 

1. Michael plays basketball _________ baseball.

2. Let’s ______ the details (细节) of our travel plan. 

3. I lost my book. I’ve ______ it everywhere but I can't find it. 

4. She practices so hard. She wants to make herself ______.

5. I will ______ with my friends tonight.     

    

 

参考答案：

II. While reading

Fast reading

The color helps them hide in the wild.

Careful reading

1. D。根据文章第一段可知黑白色的熊猫在竹林里很容易被发现，那如果熊猫在野外是否会很快被吃掉呢？故答案选D。

 

No.

Pandas' black-and-white color helps them hide in the wild.

 

2. B。根据文章第三段可知Caro认为动物的居住环境对动物的颜色很重要。故答案选B。

3. C。根据文章第四段可知熊猫的白色帮助他们在雪地隐藏，黑色帮助他们在阴影中隐藏。故答案选C。

4. A。根据文章第五段第三句可知熊猫全年都得出去找吃的。故答案选A。

 

Because they usually see just part of a panda's body.

 

 

IV. Words in use

1. need

2. helps

3. quickly

4. fit

5. break

 

1. as well as

2. go through

3. looked for

4. stand out

5. go out