Unit 2 Parents and Children Reading

Unit 2 Parents and Children Reading

Pre-reading:1.New Words for Reading • shade [ʃeid] n.荫; 阴凉处 • shelter [`ʃeltə] n.庇护物；遮蔽物 • branch [brɑ:ntʃ] n.树枝, 枝干 • sail [seil] v.启航；航行 • sailor [seilə] n.海员；水手 • trunk [trʌŋk] n.树干 • bite [bait] v.咬 • endless [`endlis] adj.无尽的；无穷的 • unconditional [ʌnkən`diʃənl] adj.无条件的 • condition [kən`diʃən] n.条件 • retell [ri:`tel] v.重述 • forecast [`fɔ:kɑ:st] v.预报；预测

2.Phrases and Expressions • go by: 过去；流逝 • grow up: 成长；长大 • chop off: 砍掉；砍下 • go sailing: 去航行 • show up: 现身，出现 • since then: 自那时以来 • lean on/upon: 倚；靠

3.Getting Ready 1.Do you know how many kinds of love in our life? Can you give us some examples?

Friendship

Parental love

Social care

2. From above, which kind of love do you think is the greatest one? Parental love

Reading: A Boy and His Tree

Fast reading: 1.Read the passage quickly and find out the main idea of each part.

introduction Part1 (para 1) Part 2 (para2-5) Part 3 (para6-7) A brief _____________to a boy and his apple tree. Whenever the boy needs something,he will__________________and the tree was glad to help him. come back to the tree meaning The _________of the story.

Intensive reading: 1.Read the following statements and decide if they are true (T) or false (F).

F the tree loved to play with him • True or False: 1.A long time ago,a boy loved his tree but the tree didn’t love to play with him. ( ) 2.The boy picked all the apples and sold them for a boat. ( ) 3.The tree was not excited when the boy chopped off its branches to build his house. ( ) 4.Finally, the tree had nothing left but some dying roots.( ) 5.According to the passage,not all of us treat our parents like the boy. ( ) F for toys F was so excited T F all of us

2.Listen to para2-5 and fill the chart sad a house for shelter its branches delighted A hot summer day a place to rest its stump

3.Multiple Choice C • (1).According to paragrah 1, which of the following is not done by the boy.____ A. ate the apples B. climbed to the top of the tree C. cut off the branches D. took a nap under the shade

B (2). “chop off” in paragrah 3 means____ • To take off. • To cut off • To throw away D. To leave off.

B (3).Why the tree often felt sad?___ • Because the boy picked all its apples. B. Because the tree didn’t like the boy. C. Because the boy became old . D. Because the boy did’t come back for a long time after he left.

B (4). The reading passage is most probably a _____ A. short story B. fable C. novel D. report

B (5). The passage means to tell us____ • Children can never really understand how much their parents love them until the themselves become parents. B. Parental love is always selfless,endless and unconditional. C. children’s love in return for their parents’ love is far from enough. D. Children should always play with their parents.

Post-reading: 1. Find some key words and expressions for each picture and arrange them in the correct order according to your understanding of the text.

B A _______________ house, chop off branches, tree stump, to have a rest _________________ _______________ lonely and sad. smile with tears _________________

C D _______________ ______________ pick apples, toy climb, play with, ______________ _______________ take a nap, happy sell, sad

______________ relax, trunk, boat, sail away ______________ E

A B C C D A E B D E

2.Let’s review the reading passage by a short video

3.Discussion: • 1.What does this story tell us? • 2.What do you think we should do for our parents? • do housework. study hard. • play with them. try to be success. • love them.

love your parents..... • Embrace your parents and say “love” to them the next time you see your parents……

Homework 1. Finish the related exercises on your workbook. 2. Underline some difficult points that you don’t understand in the text.

Unit 2 Parents and Children Reading