Our Daily Life

Reading I

brush my teeth go to school watch television

play table tennis

use the telephoneeat fish

ride a motor bike play computer

games

go to KFC

Which of these things do you do every day?Which of these things do you do once or twice a week?Which of these things do you never do?

Ask and answer in pairs:

I brush my teeth every day.I play table tennis once a week.I never ride a motorbike.

1. Wendy is probably most other

students. a. similar to b.

different from

2. I expect to find out about .

a. Wendy’s daily life b. Wendy’s

holidays

3.A “whizz-kid” is probably .

a. a good driver b. very

successful

课本 P16 Before you read the article（文章） on the next page, look at the title(标题 ), the subtitle（副标题） and the picture. Choose the right answers.

*Skills of predicting: Try to get a general idea of the topic by looking at the title, subtitle and the picture before you read the whole article. A good reader must be good at making predictions and intelligent guesses about what he or she is reading.

神童

P19 E1

1. Can Wendy write computer games?2. Does Wendy have breakfast at 7.30 a.m.?3. Does Wendy discuss her studies with her

parents at breakfast?4. Does Wendy drive herself to school?5. Does Wendy like her school friends?6. Does Wendy pass all of her exams?

Y

YY

N

NN

Time activities 6 a.m.

7.30 a.m.

8 a.m.

get up, wash and put on school uniformhave breakfast

discuss business

go to school

make phone calls

start school

What’s special about her?

one of the + 形容词的最高级＋ 名词复数

(1) Huck is one of the ______________ at our school. (tall student)

(2) Jay Chou is one of the ______________. (popular singer)

tallest students

most popular singers

discuss = talk over/talk about

(1)My friend Mark and I often ________ some problems together.

= My friend Mark and I often _____________________ some problems together.

discuss

talk over/talk about

at breakfast &have… for breakfast

(1)I usually have two eggs and one glass of milk ___________.

(1)Her father likes reading newspapers ____________.at breakfast

for breakfast

(1)My father _________ me to school every morning.

drive sb. to …

drives

make a phone call to sb.= call/telephone sb. =ring sb. up

• Wendy often __________________ her clients on her way home.

=Wendy often ______________________ her clients on her way home.

calls/telephones

makes phone calls to

on the way to … ; on one’s way to …

(1) Don’t play football _________________ school.

(2)He meets his uncle ____________ home.

on your way to

on his way

Peter is good at English and he always ______________________ English.

achieve A/B/C/good grades in…

achieves A grades in

fail an exam pass an exam

She didn’t ______ the English exam, so she was quite sad.

= Because she ______ the English

exam, she was quite sad.

pass

failed

Post-readingPlease talk about the differences between Wendy’s life and your life in pairs. Whose life do you like better? Why?

eg. Wendy has breakfast with her parents. I have breakfast with my friends/classmates/myself. I like my life better because…

Roles: Father / Mother of Wendy & reporter

Background: People are interested in Wendy’s daily life. They

want to know why she is so successful.Task:

The reporter (Student A) interviews Wendy’s father or mother (Student B).

You may start like this:Reporter: Good morning, Mr. / Mrs Wang. I am a reporter from Shenzhen Daily. All of us know your daughter Wendy is … May I ask you some questions about her?

Parent: Of course.

Reporter: What …

Reporter may ask about: her daily life

her interest ( you may add sth. to the text)

her secret of success

…

Homework

1. Write a passage about your own life.

2. Go over the new words and phrases in Reading A.