Unit 12 Period 4 Reading

You are supposed to write quickly !

一. Learning aims:

1.Words:

rubbish;form;symbol ;mark; experiment;proper ; normally;type; combine;emotion;punctuation;

colon;bracket

2.Phrases:

look ….unfamiliar to; learn….by oneself;at the proper time;be supposed to do;

3.Skills:

1)To practice reading; 2)To learn to work together

二. Importances or difficulties:

1.Key words or phrases: 2.Key sentences;

三. Learning course:

Before reading

1.warm –up

Read some sayings.

2.Quick reading

Read a short passage and answer a question.

While reading

1.Read the passage once without looking up the new words, then answer the question.

a.What is e-mail English?

________________________________________________________

b.What types of word does e-mail English mostly use?

____________________________________________Guess the meaning of “abbreviation”and “homophone”.

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c.Can you use e-mail English in class or in a test?

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2.Read again then finish 3a,3b on Page101.

3. Make one or more phrases or sentences with the following:

type:_______________________________________ e-mail:_____________________________________

pleased:___________________________________ experiment:_________________________________

Read then finish the following in groups.

1.Exchange and help each other to deal with the difficulties.

2.Work together:

a.To finish Go for it on Page 101.

b.To discuss in your group.

What information about e-mail English have you got after reading the passage?

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c.Make sentences with “be supposed to do”,using the information in this passage:

For example:

1.We are supposed to use e-mail English to help us write quickly when we e-mail a friend.

2._____________________________________________________

After reading

A.補全句子。

1.E-mail English is being_________（使用）to save time.

2. Many e-mail English words might ___________（看起來像垃圾）

3.Many people_________（花）much time having online conversations with friends. It’s a waste of time.

4.”Homophone’is created by combing letters and__________ (標志) or numbers to sound like other words.

5.I think it fun ___________ (試驗) e-mail English with our own ideas.But it’s important to use it only ____________(在合適的時間)。

B. 閱讀理解

1.

Different countries have different customs in giving presents.

IN CHINA you must never give a clock to a Chinese person, because the sound of the word for “clock” is similar to the sound for “death” in Chinese. Also. Don’t wrap(包裹)a present in white ,black, or blue paper, because these are the colors for funerals(葬禮). Don’t give a knife, because something sharp(鋒利的) can cut a friendship.

IN RUSSIA if we give flowers as a present, we have to give an odd number of them (one, three, five, etc) because even numbers of flowers (two, four, six, etc) are for funerals.

IN GERMANY flowers are a good present to take to your dinner hostess, but don’t take red roses because it means you are in love with her. Don’t take thirteen of anything because it’s an unlucky number. Don’t take an even number of anything, either. Don’t wrap your present in white, brown or black paper.。

1) What’s the Chinese for the Underlined words?

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2)You may take------- flowers to a party in Russia or in Germany.

a.10 b.13 c.9 d.12

3)Neither Chinese nor Russians wrap present in black or white paper. Right or wrong?

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2.

The idea of what shaking the head means is not always the same in different countries. Maybe some visitors would be surprised when they first came to India. When they talked to an Indian, he would often shake his head. The visitor might think that the Indian did not like what they said. But, in fact, they would be completely wrong.

Indians always shake their heads when they talk to others. It does not have the same meaning as our “No”. If someone wants to visit India, he should know this, or, it will give him some trouble.

One day, a foreign officer went to India on business. He rented(租) a car and an Indian to drive it. When he told his driver to send him to his office, the Indian shook his head again, At last, the officer, of course, got angry.” How dare you refuse my order? ”he shouted. ”Drive me to my office at once!” The driver answered in a quite loud voice, too,” Yes, sir.” But to the officer’s surprise, the driver shook his head at the same time.

The car started, and the foreign officer was now too surprised to say a word. He thought about it for a while , and then he nodded with a smile, ”No means Yes here!”

1) An Indian would shake his head when ___.

a. he didn’t do anything

b. he agreed with others

c. he talked to others

d. other people were wrong

2) The sentences “No means Yes here!” means ___.

a. in India the words Yes and No have the same meaning

b. Indians don’t say No when they don’t agree with each other

c. there is no difference between Yes and No

d. we shake our heads to say No, but Yes as Indians do

3) Which of the following sentences is not true?

a. Shaking heads doesn’t always the same meaning in different countries

b. When an Indian shakes his head, he really means No

c. In India shaking the head means Yes.

d. In China shaking the head means No.