Heaven and Earth Challenge

1. Heaven and Earth Challenge

2. Reading Strategies

3. Reading strategy: the pictures Predict from

4. A. The Travel Magazine B. The Sports Magazine C. The Cook Magazine

5. Contents(目录) Ad News Story • Kobe and Jay Team Up for Heaven and Earth Challenge…1 • Little Flying Warrior-- Kobe Bryant … ………………… 6 • Drink cool, Look cool!……………….……….……………12 • …. • ….

6. the pictures Predict from the titles Reading strategy(阅读策略) Predicting Predict what the passage is about from the title or the picture. 通过文章中的图片或标题来预测文章要叙述的内容。

7. Contents(目录) • Kobe and Jay Team Up for Heaven and Earth Challenge…1 • Little Flying Warrior-- Kobe Bryant … ………………… 6 • Drink cool, Look cool!……………….……….……………12 • …. • ….

8. Kobe and Jay Team Up for the Sprite commercial(雪碧广告) Heaven and Earth Challenge NBA superstar Kobe Bryant is currently starring with the multi-talented actor and singer Jay Chou from Taiwan in a Sprite commercial in China, as well as a music video in which Chou performs a song called The Heaven and Earth Challenge. The music video features Kobe and Jay dueling each other on the basketball court. Team Up multi-talented

9. Reading strategy(阅读策略) Guessing: Guess the meaning of the words according to your knowledge or the context. 根据你的知识或是上下文推测新单词的意思

10. Read and choose. Kobe Bryant, a celebrated basketball player is regarded as a major basketball ambassador in Asia, especially in China, where his Chinese nickname is Xiao Fei Xia ("Little Flying Warrior"). Now, no matter where he goes, almost everyone knows him. Many young people, especially boy students, regard him as an example in their lives. He’s their icon. celebrated 1.The word “celebrated” means_______. A. busy B. famous C. friendly D. hopeful

12. Choose the right answers (1 minute). 2. What is his nickname? A. Kobe B. Bryant C. Been D. Black Mamba 3. How many languages can he speak fluently? A. One B. Two C. Three D. Five

13. Reading strategy(阅读策略) Scanning : (寻读法) Scan the passage to find the information that you are looking for. 快速阅读从文章中找到符合的信息 Read the questions first for key words. key words,especially the BIG lettersor numbers,may help a lot.

14. Choose the right answers (1 minute). 2. What is his nickname? A. Kobe B. Bryant C. Been D. Black Mamba 3. How many languages can he speak fluently? A. One B. Two C. Three D. Five fluently It’s not necessary to read every word, especially reading diagrams(表格) and ads.

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16. Choose the right answers(1 minute). 1. On which channel and which day can Kobe learn Sports Chinese ? A. CCTV-5 Wednesday B. CCTV-9 Monday C. CCTV-5 Saturday D. CCTV-9 Sunday 2. If Kobe goes to the theater with two students, how much should they pay? A. $ 10 B. $ 15 C. $ 35 D. $40 channel day Kobe two students

18. You are allowed 2 minutes. (2分钟完成以下3题) 1. What does “gifted” mean? A. 礼物 B. 有才华的 C. 给予 D. 友好的 2． When did Jay Chou start learning the piano? A. In 1979 B. In 1998 C. In 2000 D. In 1982 3. How many music awards has Jay Chou won in Asia? A. Four.B. Five. C. More than 350.D. Less than 350.

19. Guess from the context. 1. 1. What does “gifted” mean? A. 礼物 B. 有才华的 C. 给予 D. 友好的 … singer, songwriter, actor, and movie director as well as agifted composer

20. Scan the passage and choose. 2． When did Jay Chou start learning the piano? A. In 1979 B. In 1998 C. In 2000 D. In 1982 3. How many music awards has Jay Chou won in Asia? A. Four. B. Five. C. More than 350 D. Less 350 … born in 1979…. sent him to learn piano when he was only three years old. in Asia He has won more than 350 music awards in Asia.

21. Read carefully and answer. 4. Why did the studio manager encourage Jay to be a singer? A. Because Jay Chou’s piano composition impressed him. B. Because Jay Chou was his best friend. C. Because Jay had spent two years in the studio. D. Because he believed Jay Chou had music talent.

22. Reading strategy(阅读策略) Inferring: (推理阅读) Read carefully and try to find out the facts that are behind the words and sentences. (仔细阅读并找出文字背后的事实)

23. Especially when we meet questions like these(尤其是当我们碰到这类题目): Which of the following is true? What can we learnfrom the passage?

24. Read carefully and answer. 4. Why did the studio manager encourage Jay to be a singer? A. Because Jay Chou’s piano composition impressed him. B. Because Jay Chou was his best friend. C. Because Jay had spent two years in the studio. D. Because he believed Jay Chou had music talent.

25. Read carefully and answer. 5. From the passage, we know _____________. A. Jay Chou is a well-known pianist in Asia. B. Jay Chou did very badly in all his subjects. C. Jay Chou’s mother made the right decision. D. Jay Chou was outgoing when he was young.

26. Kobe’s another friend, Obama.

27. Read the story and design questions. Obama was born in 1961, to an African father and a white American woman from a small town in the US. But he grew up in Indonesia (印度尼西亚) and Hawaii. This unusual experience made him want to know who he was. Ten-year-old Barack Obama was one of only three black students at his school in Hawaii, US. He felt very different from most other students. White girls wanted to touch his hair to see whether it was true or not. A white boy asked him if his father ate people and he never took a shower. “I lied to them that my father was a Kenyan (肯尼亚) prince. But I kept asking myself who I was. ” said Obama. After he left high school, he once turned to alcohol in the bar to help himself forget his question and he was often drunk. Thanks to the help of his friends, Obama finally changed his life at university. His hard work made him a star at Harvard (哈佛大学). Later, he became only the third black senator(参议员) in US history. And then, 37 years later after he said he was a prince, the boy made history. He was elected to be the first black president in US history. During his race to the highest place in the US, Obama talked about his experience. He said the United States of America was both white and black people’s America. “Obama’s success has made Martin Luther King’s dream come true. That is: A man should not be judged by the color of his skin. ” his supporter said.

28. DIY! DIY (Design It Yourself!) Read the passage and design questions to test others’ abilities of using the reading strategies. (阅读文章并设计问题检验使用阅读策略的能力) Requirements(要求): Questions should be designed to test students’ abilities of getting information using Guessing, Scanning or Inferring. (问题的设计应检验学生使用猜、寻读以及推断的能力)

29. Examples. 1. What does “supporter” mean? A. 支持者 B. 选民 C. 仆人 D.奴隶 2. What made him a star at Harvard? A. His smile B. His confidence C. His hard work D. His parents Guessing Scanning 3. We can learn from the passage that____. A. it took Obama 37 years to become the president B. at the age of 10 Obama didn’t know his own name C. Obama achieved Martin Luther King’s dream D. in Obama’s eyes, USA is black people’s America Inferring

30. Self-check team up, multi-talented, celebrated, supporter, … Words Predict what the passage is about from the title or the picture. Guess the meaning of the new words according to your knowledge or the context. Reading strategies Scan the text to find the information that you are looking for. Inferthe facts that are behind the words and sentences.

31. Have a Discussion What do they have in common? What can we learn from them? No matter what happens, work hard. Your hard work will lead you to success.

32. Reading is the key to the wisdom.

33. Homework Read some passages using the strategies we’ve mentioned.