Period two Reading (I)8A Unit 2牛津版牛津版 八年級八年級 (8A) Revision: Please answer these questions 1. How many lessons do you have every day?2.What subjects do you learn?3.Which is your favourite subject?4. Does your school have a reading week every term?5. What after-activities do you have?6. Does your school have any clubs? 7. Do you have a hero?8. Can you tell something about British school?School livesPre-readingTry to say something aboutlife in a Chinese school. life in a British schoollife in an American schoolCan you tell the differences among these schools?ReadingTask IMr. Wu tells his students to visit the website of on e-friendship club called School Around the World. Two members of the club write about their school lives. Lets read what John and Nancy say about their schools.1. What do you think British and American school would be like?2. Listen to the tape and answer the following questions.(1) Who wrote the first passage?(2) What activity does the school have every year?JohnThey have a Reading Week every year.Skim the first part of the passage and judge the following statements whether they are true or false.(1) John likes Home Economics best of all (2) John is in Year 9 at Woodland School , a mixed school.TFYear 8(3) He knew how to cook healthy and tasty meals before coming to this school.(4) They think Reading Week is too short because they want to read more books. FTafterRead Life in an American school , and answer the following questions.(1) What did Jim do in school last year?(2) How does Nancy go to school every day?(3) What do the students do in the Buddy Club?He had driving lessons.Her brother drives her to school.Older students talk to new students about school life.(4) Why does Nancy say Julie is her hero?Because Julie helps Nancy learn all about her new school, helps her with her homework and listens to her problems.(5) What do American students do during lunchtime?(6)What do the students sometimes do after school?They meet their friends and they have a great time talking to each other.Sometimes, they go to shopping malls after school.Read after the tape and finish Part C1 on P26. According to the reading, write a T if the sentence is true, write an F if the sentence is false and give the right answer.( ) 1. In a mixed school, boys and girls have lessons together.( ) 2. Johns favorite subject is English. ( ) 3. Students at Johns school can read magazines during the reading week.TFTHome Economics4. Students must not talk in class during the reading week. ( )5. You can have driving lessons at age 16 in the USA. ( )6. Nancy plays softball twice a week. ( )7. Every Monday, Nancy meet Julie to talk about school. ( )tell our English teacher what we are readingFTTT8. American students go to shopping malls at lunchtime. ( )can meet their friends and have a great time talking to each otherFWho?What?Where?When?Why?John Nancy Home EconomicsReading week softball buddy clubWoodland School, LondonRocky Mountain High School, Denverevery yeartwice a week every Mondaylikes learning to cook and sew can read anything he likes loves the gameenjoys it a lotTask II1. Please listen to the tape and find out the new words that you dont know.2. Can you try to find the right meaning of these words in English?3. Lets go over them.1. a mixed school (line 4) : a school for members of both boys and girls2. Home Economics (line 5): a subject about cooking and sewing3. tasty (line 8): with a pleasant taste4. as well (line 15): too/ also5. softball (line 23): a kind of ball game6. buddy (line 25): a close friend7. senior (line 27): a student in the year before graduation from a school8. hero (line 28): a person who is admired by many people for his/her special qualitiesFurther readingTask III(A) Read Life in a British school and answer some more questions1) How do boys and girls have lessons in a mixed school? Boys and girls have lessons together.2) What subject makes John know how to cook? Home Economics.3) Why can John read many books at school? Because his school has a reading week every year.4) Where are the books which John and his classmates read from? From their library and home.5) They can read any books in their reading week. But what should they do? They should tell their teacher what are reading.6) What can they do near the end of each class? They can talk to their friends about their books.7) What do they think of their reading week? And why ? They think the reading week is too short. Because they want to read all their friends books as well.(B) Read Life in an American school and answer some more questions8) Which school is Nancy in? She is at Rocky Mountain High School in Denver.9) How does Nancy go to school ? Why? Her brother drives her to school. Because her brother drives her to school every day.10) What did Jim do in school last year? He had driving lessons in school last year.11) What does Nancy think of softball? She loves this game and she spends a lot of time practicing .12) What do the students do at the buddy club? Older students talk to new students about school life.13) Why does Nancy say Julie is her hero? Julie helps Nancy learn all about her school life , helps her with her homework and listens to her problems.14) What does Julie help Nancy to do? She helps Nancy learn all about her new school and helps her with her homework and listens to her problems.15) What does Nancy think of Julie? She thinks Julie is her hero.16) What does Nancy do during lunchtime? She meets her friends and they always have a great time talking to each other.Read the passages again and then fill the blanks. (A)Task IVJohn is in a _school. It is _ Woodland School. It is a _ school. That means boys and girls have lessons _. Johns favourite _ is Home Economics. Britishcalled/namedmixedtogethersubjectHe likes learning how to _ and _. Now he knows how to make _ and _ meals.His school has _ every year. The students all love it. They can read _ the school library. They can even _ books and _ from home but theycooksewhealthytastya reading weekany books frombring in magazines_ tell their English teacher what they are reading. Near _ each class they can _ their friends about their books. The reading week is always too short because they want to read all their friends books _.have to the end of talk to as well(B)It is about an _ girl called Nancy. She is in _ grade in Rocky Mountain High School. She likes _ best. And she goes to the _ club every Monday. She has a special friend in _ grade called Julie. American9thsoftballbuddy12thJulie _ Nancy a lot. So Nancy says Julie is her _. At lunchtime, Nancy _ with her friends. After school, they sometimes go to _ _. helpsherochatsmallsshoppingTask V用括號內(nèi)所給詞得適當(dāng)形式填空用括號內(nèi)所給詞得適當(dāng)形式填空1. If you want to be in _ ,you should cook _ food and eat _ .(health)2. Every day, I spend lots of time _ (practice) _ (speak) English.healthhealthyhealthilypractisingspeaking3. John lives in _ , he studies in a _ secondary school. 4. (Britain) After the Home Economics, I learn how _ (cook) and _ (sew). Our school is a _ (mix) school, boys and girls can have lessons together.BritainBritishto cooksewmixedHomework 一、一、Listen to the tape. Read or recite Passage 1.二、二、Translation. 1. 我們在男女混合的學(xué)校里學(xué)習(xí)可以我們在男女混合的學(xué)校里學(xué)習(xí)可以 幫助。幫助。 2. 約翰最喜歡的科目是家政和數(shù)學(xué)。約翰最喜歡的科目是家政和數(shù)學(xué)。 3. 我姐姐喜歡學(xué)習(xí)如何烹飪和縫紉。我姐姐喜歡學(xué)習(xí)如何烹飪和縫紉。4. 我媽媽總喜歡為我們做健康和美味的我媽媽總喜歡為我們做健康和美味的飯菜。飯菜。 5. 我們都喜歡看學(xué)校圖書館的書和雜志。我們都喜歡看學(xué)校圖書館的書和雜志。 6. 在閱讀課快結(jié)束時，我們都必須告訴在閱讀課快結(jié)束時，我們都必須告訴語文老師我們在讀什么。語文老師我們在讀什么。