Suzhou High School Fan Xiuqin

Reading

First Impressions

Jenny appeared to be sensitive, friendly, but acted selfishly.

Jane

Jane was in a bad mood and behaved rudely.

Jenny

Jane

What was she doing?

Why was she annoyed?

What was the last straw for Jane?

She was studying for an important science exam.

Because people kept disturbing her.

She heard someone humming behind her.

Jenny

What was she doing ?

What did she look like?

What did Jane say to her?

She was reading a poem.

She looked sensitive, friendly.

“Thanks to your noise, I have been unable to study. You’re so selfish.”

JaneJenny

friends

?

JaneJenny

friends

1 I looked at the person angrily who was humming.

2 I was getting more and more angry and of course, the more displeased I got ,the less I was able to direct my thoughts to what I was studying.

3 The humming was so loud that I could even know the song she was humming!

glared at

annoyed/ concentrate

recognise

Choose the word from the text to replace the underlined phrase.

5 I was incredibly relieved and would like to thank her for it.

6 I couldn’t help chuckling at this.

7 I was trying to study for an important exam in a local library and people kept interrupting me.

4 How could she be not caring so much about the feelings, needs, or comfort of other people?

so inconsiderate

was grateful

couldn’t resist

disturbing

10 I grabbed my books, made an angry, unhappy, or confused expression at her…

9 … and out of interest I quickly looked at the book’s cover.

8 I grabbed my books, frowned angrily at her and said very quietly in the meanest voice I could, …

whispered

glanced

frowned angrily

Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the following words

glance annoy

recognise concentrate

disturb resist

whisper, glare,

inconsiderate grateful

Janet was 1) 　　 on writing an

essay when a noise 2) her. She

3) 　　　 her brother’s whistling.

“Shh” she 4) ,5) at

him quickly. The noise didn’t stop. Janet

6) the urge to scream and instead 7)

_____ at him . “Please stop it, Simon.

concentrating

disturbed

recognised

whispered glancing

resisted

glared

You are being very 8) ,”

she said. But still he didn’t stop. Janet

was now very 9) . Just then her

father called Simon out of the room.

Janet smiled, feeling 10) to her

dad.

inconsiderate

annoyed

grateful

Language practice

Find out phrases from the passageaccording to the Chinese meanings

情绪很糟糕

不停地打扰我

出于感兴趣

朝…瞥了一眼

把…擦掉

便利店

… 因 而道歉

因害羞而脸红

be in a terrible mood

keep disturbing me

glance at

out of interest

apologise for …

blush with shame

wipe … off

convenience store

be in a terrible mood

be in a good/bad mood 今天我心情很好 .I am in a good mood today.

mood n. adj. moody

Moody people are difficult to deal with.喜怒无常的人很难相处 .

mood/temper/spirits

in high/low spirits

keep your spirits up

我们要保持高昂的情绪 .

We must keep our spirits up.

keep disturbing me

resistimagine

suggestfinish

enjoy

avoid

…

+doing sth

I couldn’t resist making jokes about his baldness.

risk

我忍不住拿他的秃顶开玩笑 .

do something out of interest

habitsympathypitykindness

generosity

curiosity

fear

greed……

out of

我们出于同情帮助了那个孩子 .

We helped the child out of sympathy.

convenience store/science exam/poetry section

经济舱科幻小说历史课语法书

economy classscience fiction

history lesson

grammar book

语法错误方便的时候历史性的时刻科学研究经济发展 economic development

scientific researchhistoric momentconvenient timegrammatical mistake

Task-based Reading

根据文章提供的信息用恰当的词语 ( 每空一词 ) 完成以下图表

Title: First Impressions

Characters

PlotJane Jenny

(1)_____

·Unable to focus on her study because of people’s (2)_____ disturbance

· Lost her temper at last and (3)______ Jenny for her humming

·(4)______ of Jane’s annoyance

·(5)_____ to be absorbed in a poem

BeginninBeginningg constantconstant

blamedblamed

UnawareUnaware

Appeared/Appeared/SeemedSeemed

Development

· Found she forgot to (6)___ her most important textbook home

· Was close (7)___ tears because of frustration

· Noticed the book that Jane left behind

· Got in

(8)______ with Jane by phone

·(9)______ to bring the book around to Jane

bringbring

toto touchtouch

OfferedOffered

Ending

· Made an (10) _______ to Jenny for her rudeness· Invited Jenny for a cup of tea

· Glad to see that Jane was no longer in a bad mood

They became bosom friends.

apologyapology