Extensive readingExtensive reading

Reading

What must a judge do in a trial?

What are the differences between a

fact and an opinion?

Discussion

What is a fact?

What is an opinion?

It is anything that can be proved.

An opinion is what someone believe is true but has not been proved.

Task 1: Read a man’s story about what happened to the Amber Room quickly. Do you think it is a fact or an opinion?

I think it is an opinion that what is in boxes is gold or the Amber Room because Jan Hasek did not see what was in the boxes. He listened to other people’s ideas of what might have been inside. So his evidence is an opinion.

Name Job

Place Time

What he heard

What he saw

something exploded at midnight

1. Some German soldiers put wooden boxes in the mine;

2.The entrance to the mine was closed.

Task 2: Read the story again and fill in

the forms.

Jan HasekCzech Republic

a minerApril,1945

What he

believes

The Amber Room and some

gold were buried in the mine.

Listening

Now you are going to hear another

two people talk about what happened

to the Amber Room. Listen to the

tape and fill in the blanks.

NAME Hans Braun JOB A sailor

PLACE Konigsberg

One

night

during

the war

He was told to ___________

_______ put some ________

_____ onto the ship. The

soldiers said that the heavy

boxes _____________________

help the German

soldiers big wooden

boxes

were full of treasure

One night during the war

The ship _____________. On the

voyage, the ship___________ and

sank. Almost _____________.

went out to sea

was attacked

everyone died

He had to swim three kilometres

before _____________

____________.

he was saved by a

German ship

Name Anna Petrov JOB a maid

Place Konigsberg

One night in 1941

___________ came to the castle with __________. ___________________ took the boxes into the castle.She heard that a special ___________ in the castle was shown to ________________.

large boxesThe German soldiers

Many trucks

art treasure

important visitors

At the

end of

August,

1944

She heard ________________, And she saw _________________. She found some melted pieces of something that looked like _______.The soldiers told her that the melted pieces could have come from ________________.

the castle was on firesomething explord

honey

the Amber Room

1. consider

(1) 考虑 consider sth. / doing sth.

We are considering going abroad.

Have you considered his decision?

Explanations

(2) 认为 consider +that-clause

consider…as/ (to be)…

They all consider that we should start

now.

He is considered as / (to be) the best

player.

(3) considering 鉴于 , 考虑到 , 就…而言 She did very well, considering his age.

( 注意 : 此处不可以改成 considered)

2. rather than 而不是 other than 除了…(1) He would die rather than give in.(2) He prefers to stay at home rather

than go outing.(3) What I need now is money rather

than advice.(4) Other than England, there are no

other places like this.

I. 根据下列各句句意及所给单词的首字母或汉语提示，写出该单词的正确形式。

1. The murder _______ ( 审讯 ) lasted six weeks.

2. The _______ ( 船员 ) are asked to take their positions by their captain.

3. Her _______ ( 女仆 ) helped her to dress up for the party.

4. I’ll meet you at the e_______ of the zoo tomorrow.

trial

sailors

maid

entrance

5. After a long d_______, the bill was passed.

6. There wasn’t enough e_______ to prove his guilt.

II. 用所给单词的适当形式填空。1. The horse was frightened by the sound

of the _________ (explode).2. Several days later, the flood water

_______ (sink) and life returned to normal.

evidence

debate

explosion

sank

3. Yesterday they were invited to a _______ (form) party.

4. Your boss speaks very _______ (high) of your work.

III. 根据括号内所给的提示将下列句子翻译成英语。

1. 老师对他评价很高，他很高兴。 (think highly of)

formal highly

He is delighted that his teacher thinks highly of him.

2. 这是个他们相互之间常争论的问题。(debate)

3. 20 世纪 70 年代早期人口急剧增长。(explode)

The population exploded in the early 1970s.

This is a question that they have often debated with each other.

4. 这所房子有一个前门和一个后门。(entrance to)

There is a front and a back entrance to the house.

Reading task (P45)Reading task (P45)

Task 1: Fast reading---main idea.

Why does Big Feng want to save

cultural relics?

(Big Feng and his friends offer each

other help whoever needs help. So Feng

believes that his work to save cultural

relics is a way to thank his friends.)

Task 2: Careful reading –

details.

Answer the questions on

Page 45.

1. What does Big Feng think about cultural relics?

He thinks that saving cultural relics is more important than writing his novels.

2. What does he do to protect the

cultural relics of his hometown?

He asks the local government to

protect things of cultural interest.

He works very hard to save all the

old building of his hometown,

Tianjin.

3. What are his two successful projects? His successful projects are: ※protecting the oldest street in Tianjin; ※persuading the city government to buy

some land in the centre of the city so it could not be sold for businesses.

4. Why does he think it is more important to do this than to write novels?

He thinks that people will forget their great past if they do not preserve it.

5. It is very time-consuming and expensive for Feng Jicai to take care of cultural relics. Try to think of two other ways to help him with his projects.

◎put up posters announcing his latest campaign;

◎make speeches to support Feng Jicai; ◎go with him when he goes to meet with

the local government.

What should we do protect our

cultural relics?

DiscussionDiscussion DiscussionDiscussion

Do a research about one of the

cultural relics in China.

Homework