1、1Unit 2 School lifePeriod 2 Reading (I)Learning Aims 1. Learn to use how to read, understand the middle school life in western countries.2 To learn the personal feelings and ideas by reading comprehension.Learning ActivitiesActivity one Preview一、写出下列单词的词性、词义和划线部分的音标。1. mixed 2. subject 3. sew 4. tas
2、ty 5. even 6. practice 7. hero 8. close 9. taste 10.article 二、将下列词组译成汉语。1.in Year 8 2.a mixed school 3.do things for oneself 4.a Reading Week 5.near the end of 6.in 9th grade 7.have driving lessons 8.drive somebody to 9.twice a week 10.talk to somebody about something 11.help somebody with/do someth
3、ing 12.have a great time doing something 2三、理解下列句子。1.Boys and girls have lessons together. 句意： _ 2.I like learning how to cook and sew. 句意： _ 3.I know how to cook healthy and tasty meals. 句意： _ 4.This is great because it takes less time than taking the bus. 句意：_ 5.We always have a great time talking
4、 to each other. 句意：_ 6.What does the word “hero” mean ? It means someone you admire very much. 句意：_ Activity two Pre-reading Step 1 Look for some information about schools around the world on the Internet, especially the school lives in a British school and in an American school._ Step 2 Describe yo
5、ur school life. Try to answer the following questions1. How many lessons do you have everyday?_2. What subjects do you learn? _ _3. How often do you have a class meeting?_4. What after-school activities do you have? _5. Do you join any kinds of clubs in school? _6. A hero is someone that you respect
6、 or admire. Do you have a hero?_Activity three While-reading Step 1 Listen to the first article and then skim(略读) it. Answer the questions:1. Who wrote the first passage?_2. What activity does the school have every year? _Step 2 Scan(寻读) the first article. Decide if each of the following sentences i
7、s true.1. John is in Year 9 at Woodland School, a mixed school. 2. John likes Home Economics best of all. 3. He knew how to cook healthy and tasty meals before coming to this school. 4. There is a Reading Week in his school every year. 5. The students can read any books from the school library, but
8、they cant 3bring in books from home. 6.They think a Reading Week is too short because they want to read more books.Step 3 Listen to the second article and then skim(略读) it. Answer the questions:1. Who wrote the second passage?_2. Who else are metioned in the passage?_Step 4 Scan the second article f
9、or details. Answer the following questions.1. What did Jim do in school last year?_2. How does Nancy go to school every day? What does she think of it?_3. Why does Nancy say Julie is her hero? _ 4. What do American students do during lunchtime?_5. What do the students do in the Buddy Club? _ 6. What
10、 do the students sometimes do after school? _Step 5 Read the whole text and do the exercise C1 on Page26.Step 6 Read the whole passage after the tape.Activity four Post-reading Step 1 Fill in the table.Name John NancySchoolFavourite subjectsSchool activitiesIdeas about school lifeStep 2 Do some exer
11、cises.Decide which of the following are about Johns school life and which are about Nancys.1. a mixed school 2. go to school in a car 3. cook healthy and tasty meals4. talk to each other 5. H ome Economics 6. play softball7. go to a bubby club 8. a reading week 9. go to shopping malls10. talk to fri
12、ends about booksJohn_Nancy_ _Exercises【检测反馈】 4阅读理解。Nasreddin was cutting a branch off a tree in his garden.While he was sawing, another man passed in the street.He stopped and said, “Excuse me, but if you continue to saw that branch like that, you will fall down with it.”He said this because Nasredd
13、in was sitting on the branch and cutting it at a place between himself and the trunk of the tree.Nasreddin said nothi ng.He thought, “This is some foolish person who has no work to do and goes about telling other people what to do and what not to do.”The man continued on his way. Of course, after a
14、few minutes.The branch fell and Nasreddin fell with it.“My God!”he cried. “That man knows the future !” and he ran after him to ask how long he was going to live.But the man had gone.根据短文内容，判 断正（T）误（W）：( ) 1.One day Nasreddin was cutting a branch off a tree in the forest.( ) 2.While Nasreddin was sa
15、wing, another man told him he would fall down. ( ) 3. Nasreddin thought that the man knew how long he could live.根据短文内容，选择正确答案：( ) 4. After the man went away,Nasreddin thought that_.A. that was a silly fellow B. that was a wise person C. that was a proud person D. that fellow cheated him ( ) 5. What
16、 happened to Nasreddin after a few minutes? A.The branch fell . B.Nasreddin fell down to the ground. C.Nasreddin was hurt himself. D.Both A and B.( ) 6. Nasreddin fell with it. Here “it” means _.A. the tree B. the branch C. the foolish person D. God根据短文内容，回答问题：7. What is the story about?_Exercises【巩
17、固提升】 一、经过本节课的学习，你能介绍一下 John 和 Nancy 所在的学校吗？(A) Johns school:John lives in _. He is a _ _ student in a school called _School. It is a _ school. Boys and girls have lessons _. John and his friends have many _ at school. Johns favorite one is Home Economics because he can learn how to _ and _. He knew
18、_ about this _ he cam e to this school. He even didnt know how to _ _ himself. But now you see he can cook _ and _ meals.Johns school has a _ _ every year. They _it very much. They read books from the school _ or from their _. They must tell their _ what they are reading. Near the _ of each class, t
19、hey _ about the books of their friends with their friends. They all think the 5reading class is too _ because they want to read _ the books of their friends _ _.(B) Nancys school:Nancy is an _ girl. She is in _ _ at Rocky Mountain _ _ in the city of _. She has a _ _ Jim. Jim is 17 _ old. He had _ le
20、ssons in school last year. Now, he can drive on his _. He _ Nancy _ school every day. Nancy thinks it is _ because it is _ than _ the bus.Nancy likes _ very much. She _ it after school _a week. She _ lots of time _. When _ comes, she always goes to a “Buddy _”. _ students tell new students about sch
21、ool _ there. Nancy _ it a lot. Her _ is Julie. Julie is also Nancys _ because she helps her with her _ and often listens to her _. _ lunchtime, Nancy _ her friends and they always have a great time _ to each other. Sometimes, they go to _ _ after school.二、阅读理解。A judge（法官）was working in his room one
22、day when a neighbour ran in andsaid, “If one mans cow kills anothers, is the owner of the first cow responsible?”“It depends,” answered the judge. “Well,”said the man, “your cow has killed mine.”“Oh,” answered the judge. “Everyone knows that a cow cannot think like a man,so a cow is not responsible,
23、and that means that its owner is not responsible, either.”“I am sorry,Judge,” said the man. “I made a mistake.I meant that my cow killed yours.”The judge thought for a few seconds and then said, “When I think about it more carefully, this case is not as easy as I thought at first.” And then he turne
24、d to his clerk and said, “Please bring me that big black book from the shelf behind you.” ( ) 1.The neighbour asked the judge_. A. whether the first cow was responsible B. whether the owner of the first cow was responsible C. whether both cows were responsible D. whether both the owners were respons
25、ible ( ) 2.When the neighbour reported that the judges cow had killed his,the judge answered that_. A.a cow was reponsible B. its owner was not responsible C.neither a cow nor its owner was responsible D. his cow was responsible ( ) 3.When the neighbour heard this, he told the judge that_.A.there wa
26、s nothing happened B. his cow had been killed 6C.it was his cow that had killed the judges D.both cows had been killed ( ) 4.When the judge heard that his cow had died, he_.Agot angry B.said nothing C.put his neighbor into prison D.changed what he had said at first ( )5.In this story the judge was_. A. a clever judge B.a humorist C.unfair D.foolish
