Unit1Sportingevents.docx

Unit 1 Sport events (reading)学习目标：1. 能根据文章的体裁特征快速把握语篇的主旨要义；2. 能在语境中理解词义；3. 能利用转折关联词理解和获取文段的重要信息。I Lead inII Reading1.Fast readingTask 1 What is the genre of the passage? A.Exposition(说明文). B.Narrative(记叙文). C.Argumentation(议论文).Task 2 What is the passage mainly about? Who:_ Where:_ When:_ What:_ Result:_ Main idea of the whole passage:_Task 3 What is the main idea of each part? Part 1(Para.1)_ Part 2(Para.2-3)_ Part 3(Para.4-5)_ Part 4(Para.6)_ Part 5(Para.7)_2. Careful readingTask 4 Think and answer(1) Why did the writer have the holiday?(2) How did her family feel when seeing the snow?(3) How did the writer like skiing?Task 5 Guess the meanings of the following words .(1) My dream was to see some real snow, so in the Christmas vacation we flew to Seoul, South Korea, and then took a shuttle bus which runs back and forth between Seoul and Muju Resort. _(2) At last, we reached the resort and quickly scrambled out of the bus. _(3) The slope was floodlit, so we watched people skiing until 10 p.m. _(4) However, the next day I definitely improved. _Practice:1. Stone Mountain isnt a particularly tall mountain and fortunately has walking trails to the top, but for two 5-year-olds, along with grandpa, its a formidable task.A. Relaxing B. Meaningful. C. Strange D. Difficult.2. Female mammoths, on the other hand, travelled in groups led by an older matriarch who knew the landscape and directed her group away from danger.A. figure head B. female leader C experienced animal D. mature mammoth3. It is reported that when asked whether they were adults, most people in their 20s answered they were not sure. This reflected a global economy in which people chased more papers to get better jobs that would comfortably support middle class living.A. money B. reputation C. qualification D. powerTask 6 Find the conjunctions(连词) or prepositions(介词) of adversative relation and discuss their functions in the passage. （在文中找出表示转折关系的连词或介词并分析其作用。）Task 7 Practice1. Find the topic sentence of the passages.(1) Languages have been coming and going for thousands of years, but in recent times there has been less coming and a lot more going. When the world was sill populated by hunter-gatherers , small tightly knit (联系) groups developed their own patterns of speech independent of each other. Some language experts believe that 10000 years ago, when the world had just five to ten million people, they spoke perhaps 1200 languages between them.31. What is the main idea of the text?A. New languages will be created.B. Peoples lifestyles are reflected in fewer languages.C. Human development results in fewer languages.D. Geography determines language evolution.(2) People who daydream are often thought of in negative terms, such as being lazy or not doing what they should be doing. However, scientists who study the brain have learned many interesting things from studying the brains of daydreamers. Far from being a waste of time, recent research has shown that daydreaming is a healthy and useful activity for all of our brains.24. Which question does the passage mainly focus on?A. Can daydreams reduce the hours we sleep? B. How is daydreaming different from sleeping?C. What is the right way to daydream? D. Why is daydreaming good for people?2. Choose the best statement.The average American consumer will spend about $805 on gifts. Thats about $630.5 billion between November and December an increase of 3.7 percent from last year. 40 That goes to Chinas Singles Day, celebrated on November 11, which posted record sales of $14.3 billion in 2015.AThat is the highest level in 27 years.BIt is the busiest shopping day of the year.CMore and more people shop online nowadays.DNonetheless, Cyber Monday is not the biggest online shopping day in the world.3.Choose the best answer.One of my teammates said it best on our last day of the season: “Guys, you are my family. We are all brothers.” Our tennis team is more than just a group of individual players thrown 41.together; there is a friendship 42.matched by no other group with which I have been involved. We are 43 , yet connected. We have student-athletes from all four years of high school, from different parts of the city, and from different families and social 44.backgrounds. Nevertheless, we are all 45 by a shared love of tennis. The tennis team 46 to me because it contains two things that I treasure most: tennis and 47.brotherhood.43. A. courageous B. diverseC. motivatedD. skillful45. A. disturbedB. sponsoredC. trainedD. united46. A. continues B. returns C. mattersD. occursConclusion: What can you learn from the conjunctions(连词) or prepositions(介词) of adversative relation?III Homework: Read the following passage and finish the exercises.At first sight, Alma Deutscher, a twelve-year-old girl from England appears to be like any other typical pre-teen. She loves to skip rope, read and play with her younger sister. But this modest youngster, who composed her first musical work at age six, first short opera at age seven, and first full-length opera based on Cinderella at age ten, is anything but average. Though her parents downplay her extraordinary talent, young Alma is being described as “little Mozart” by the music worldAlmas operatic take on the classic fairy tale, which she began writing at age eight, has a slight twist. Her Cinderella is a musician who meets her Prince Charming through a song. “In my Cinderella, she sings the beginning of a ballad - but at midnight she flees. Eventually, the prince finds her after asking all the maidens of the land to sing the end of the ballad.”The opera was first performed in Vienna, Australia on December 29, 2016, where the then eleven-year-old skillfully switched between the piano and the violin and receives enthusiastic reviews. The young genius has since performed two new piano works, once in Australia and the other in China.While this may appear to be a lot for someone so young, Alma is not worried. She says, “Of course I have to work hard. But all children have to work hard for exams, and at least when I work hard, I work hard for something incredibly exciting, like seeing my whole opera put on stage.Almas musical talent first came to light before she could even talk. Her parents recall that as an 18-month-old toddler, she was able to hum a pitch perfect version of the childrens rhyme Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.However, Almas abilities only gained international attention in 2012, after a family friend posted a video online comparing her to Mozart. The family was suddenly swamped with media requested and Alma became an overnight star, dubbed “little Mozart”. This nickname makes her parents unhappy because they believe it puts added pressure on the young girl. They would instead prefer her to be called “a composer and musician”.Alma does not want to be compared to the famous artist either, saying, “There was only one Mozart, and I prefer to be little Alma.” Regardless of what she calls herself, the twelve-year-old is changing the world of music forever!1. Genre:_2. Main idea: _3. Choose the best answer.1. What do we know about Alma Deutscher?A. She comes from a famous musical family.B. She has shown great musical talent from a young age.C. She regularly performs the classical music of Mozart.D. She has adapted some famous works of classical music.2. How did Alma get to be widely kno