1、第 - - 頁第- - 頁話題家庭、朋友與周圍的人Family, friends and people around ReadingClass : Name : Group : No : Learning ObjectivesReview the important words and expressions in the reading material:Learn the reading skills: scanning and skimmingLearning Key Points ：Grasp the important words and expressions in the rea

2、ding materialMaster the reading skills: scanning and skimmingLearning Difficult Points :Improve the reading abilityLearning Procedures :I. 【Pre-class homework Assessment:Read the passage and choose the best answer Every man wants his son to be somewhat of a clone, not in features but in footsteps. A

3、s he grows you also age, and your ambitions become more unachievable. You begin to realize tha t your boy, in your footsteps, could probably accomplish what you hoped for. But footsteps can be muddied and they can go off in different directions.My son Jody has hated school since day one in kindergar

4、ten. Science projects waited until the last moment. Book reports werent written until the final threat.I ve been a newspaperman all my adult life. My daughter is a university graduate working toward her master s degree in English. But Jody? When he entered the tenth grade he became a “ votech studen

5、t （ 技校學 生）.They re called “ motorheads by the rest of the student body.When a secretary in my office first called him “motorhead I was shocked. “Hey, he s a good kid, I wanted to say.“And smart, really. ”I learned later that motorheads are, indeed, differ ent. They usually have dirty hands and wear

6、dirty work clothes. And they don t often make school honor rolls（光榮榜）.But being the parent of a motorhead is itself an experience in education. We who labor in clean shirts in offices don t have the abilsititehat motorheads have. Ibegan to learn this when I had my car crashed. The cost to repair it

7、was estimated at $800.“ Hey, I can fix it, ” said Jody. I doubted it , but let him go ahead, for I hadnothing to lose.My son, with other motorheads, fixed the car. They got parts （零 件 ） from a junkyard, non-toasting toaster have been fixed. Neighbors and co-workers trust their car repair to him.Sinc

8、e that first repair job, a broken air-conditioner, a non-functioning washer and a non-toasting toaster have been fixed. Neighbors and co-workers trust their car repairs to him.These kids are happiest when doing repairs. They joke and laugh and are living in their own relaxed world. And their minds a

9、re bright despite their dirty hands and clothes.I have learned a lot from my motorhead: publishers need printers, engineers need mechanics, and architects need builders. Most important, I have learned that fathers don t need clones in footsteps or anywhere else.My son may never make the school honor

10、 roll. But he made mine. （NMET 2019 天 津 ）What used to be the authors hope for his son?To avoid becoming his clone.To resemble him in appearance.To develop in a different direction.To reach the authors unachieved goals.What can we learn about the author s children?His daughter does better in school.H

11、is daughter has got a master s degree.His son tried hard to finish homework.His son couldnt write his book reports.The author let his son repair the car because he believed that.His son had the ability to fix it.it would save him much time.it wouldn t cause him any more lossother motorheads would co

12、me to help.In the authors eyes, motorheads are tidy and hardworkingcheerful and smartlazy but brightrelaxed but rudeWhat did the author realize in the end?It is unwise to expect your child to follow your path.It is important for one to make the honor roll.Architects play a more important role than b

13、uilders.Motorheads have greater ability than office workers.(2)Two things changed my life: my mother and a white plastic bike basket. I have thought long and hard about it and it tsrue. I would be a different person if my mom hadn t turned a silly bicy cle accessory into a life lesson I carry with m

14、e today.My mother and father were united in their way of raising children, but it mostly fell to my mother to actually carry it out. Looking back, I honestly don t know how she did it. Managing the family bu dget must have been a very hard task, but she made it look effortless. If we complained abou

15、t not having what another kid did, we d hear something like,“I don t care what so -and -so got for hisbirthday, you are not getting a TV in your room a car for yo ur birthday a lavish sweet 16 party. ” We had to earn our allowance by doing chores around the house. Ican still l remember how long it t

16、ook to polish the legs of our coffee table. My brothers can no doubt remember hours spent cleaning the house .Like thetwo littlegirls growing up at the White House, we made our own beds (no one left the house until that was done) and picked up after ourselves. We had to keep track of our belongings,

17、 and if something was lost, it was not replaced.It was summer and ,one day ,my mother drove me to the bike shop to get a tire fixedand there it was in the window, White, shiny, plastic and decorated with flowers ,the basket winked at me and I knew I knew I had to have it.“ It bseautiful, ”my mother

18、said when I po inted it out to her, ” What a neat basket. ”I tried to hold off at first, I played it cool for a short while. But then I guess I couldn tstand it any longer: Mom, please, can I get it? I ll do extra chores for as long as you say, I ll do anything , but I need that basket, I love that

19、basket. Please, Mom. Please? ”I was desperate.“Youknow, she said , gentlybelieves was the coolest thing ever,“ Bythe time I make en ough itrubbing my back while we both stared at what IIf y ou save up you could buy this yourself.”Maybe Roger here could hold iHecan thold it for that longt for you,she

20、 smiled at Roger, the bike guy.,Mom. Someone else will buy it. Please, Mom,lbe gone! ”Please? ”she said.“There might be another way,And so our paying plan unfolded. My mother bought the beautiful basket and put it safely in some hiding place I could n t find. Each week I eagerly counted my growing s

21、aving increased by extra work here and there (washing the car, helping my mother make dinner, delivering or collecting th ings on my bike that already looked naked without the basket in front). And then, weeks later, I counted, re-counted and jumped for joy. Oh, happy day! I made it! I finally had t

22、he exact amount we d agreed upon .Days later the unthinkable happened. A neig hborhood girl I dplayed withto her shiny, new bikemillions of times appeared with the exact same basket fitted that already had all the bells and whistles. I rode hard and fast home to tell my mother about this disaster. T

23、his horrible turn of events.And then came the lesson I vetaken with me through my life:Honey, Yourbasket is extra- special, Mom said, gently wiping away my hot tears.Your basketis special because you paid for it yourself.(NMET 2019浙江)What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?The children enjoy

24、ed doing housework.The author came from a well-off family.The mother raised her children in an unusual way.The children were fond of the US president s daughters.When the author saw the basket in the window,she.A. fell in love with itB. stared at her mother第 - - 頁第- - 頁C. recognized it at onceD. wen

25、t up to the bike guyplease to her mother?Why did the author say manyShe longed to do extra work.She was eager to have the basket.She felt tired after standing too long.She wanted to be polite to her mother.58. By using naked ” (Paragraph12),the author seems to stress that the basketwassomething she

26、could affordsomething important to herC. something impossible to getD. something she could do withoutTo the author, it seemed to be a horrible turn of events thatsomething spoiled her paying planthe basket cost more than she had saveda neighborhood girl had bought a new bikesomeone else had got a ba

27、sket of the same kindWhat is the life lesson the author learned from her mother?A. Save money for a rainy day.B. Good advice is beyond all prices.C. Earn your bread with your sweat.D. God helps those who helpthemselves.II.【While-class Assessment:Stepl. Lead-inStep2. Group discussion and presentation

28、Step3 . Consolidation: Read the following passage and choose the best answerGrandparents Answer a CallAs a third generation native of Brownsville,Texas, Mildre d Garza neverpleased move away. Even when her daughter and son asked her to move to San Antonio to help their children, she politely refused

29、. Only after a year of friendly discussion did Ms Gaf finally say yes. That was four years ago. Today all three generations regard the move to a success, giving them a closer relationshipthanthey would have had in separate cities.No statistics show the number of grandparents like Garza who are movin

30、g closer to the children and grandchildren. Yet there is evidence suggesting that thetrend is growing. Even President Obama s mother-in-law, Marian Robinson, has agreed to leave Chicago and into the WhiteHouse to help care for hergranddaughters. According to a study grandparents com. 83 percent of t

31、he people said Mrs. Robinson s decision will influence the grandparents in the American family. Two-thirds believe more families will follow the example of Obama s family.“In the 1960s we were all a little wild and couldn t get away from home far enough to prove we could do it on our own, ” says Chr

32、istine Crosby, publisher of grate magazine for grandparents. We now realize how important family is and how important to be near them, especially when youre raining children. ”Moving is not for everyone. Almost every grandparent wants to be with his or her grandchildren and is willing to make sacrif

33、ices, but sometimes it is wiser to say no and visit frequently instead. Having your grandchildren far away is hard, especially knowing your adult child is struggling, but giving up the life you know may be harder. （NMET 2019 全 國 I） 25. Why was Garza s move a success?It strengthened her family ties.I

34、t improved her living conditions.It enabled her make more friends.It helped her know more new places.What was the reaction of the public to Mrs.Robinson s decision?17% expressed their support for it.Few people responded sympathetically.83% believed it had a bad influence.The majority thought it was

35、a trend.What did Crosby say about people in the 1960s?They were unsure of raise more children.They were eager to raise more children.They wanted to live away from their parents.They bad little respect for their grandparent.What does the author suggest the grandparents do in the last paragraph?Make d

36、ecisions in the best interests of their own.Ask their children to pay more visits to them.Sacrifice for their struggling children.Get to know themselves bett er.Papa, as a son of a dirt-poor farmer, left school early and went to work in a factory, for education was for the rich then. So, the world b

37、ecame his school. With great interest, he read everything he could lay his hands on, listened to the town elders and learned about the world beyond his tiny hometown. Theres so much to learn, hed say. Though were born stupid, only the stupid remain that way. ” He was determined that none of his chil

38、dren would be denied an education.Thus, Papa insisted that we learn at least one new thing each day. Though, as children, we thought this was crazy, it would never have occurred to us to deny Papa a request. And dinner time seemed perfect for sharing what we had learned. We would talk about the news

39、 of the day; no matter how insignificant, it was never taken lightly. Papa would listen carefully and was ready with some comment, always to the point.Then came the moment the time to share the days new learning.Papa, at the head of the table, would push back his cha ir and pour a glass of red wine,

40、 ready to listen.Felice, hed say, tell me what you learned today.”I learned that the population of Nepal is ”Silence.Papa was thinking about what was said, as if the salvation of the world would depend upon it. The population of Nepal. Hmm. Well he d say. Get the map;lets see where Nepal is. And the

41、 whole family went on a search for Nepal.This same experience was repeated until each family member had a turn. Dinner ended only after we had a clear understanding of at least half a dozen such facts.As children, we thought very little about these educational wonders. Our family, however, was growi

42、ng together, sharing experiences and participating in one anothers education. And by looking at us, list ening to us, respecting our input, affirming our value, giving us a sense of dignity, Papa was unquestionably our most influential teacher.Later during my training as a future teacher /1 studied with some of the most famous educators. They were imparting what Papa had known all along the value of continual learning. His technique has serve