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--- Issue 336 Newspaper Reading Presented by --- Wu Dijun From Gezhi Junior High School
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Page 1: --- Issue 336 Newspaper Reading Presented by --- Wu Dijun From Gezhi Junior High School.

--- Issue 336

Newspaper Reading

Presented by --- Wu Dijun

From Gezhi Junior High School

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21st Century

Search the news in the newspaper and find out the date of each event( 事件 ).

Earthquake shakes world

Page ⅣOn March 11

The wedding( 婚礼 ) of Britain’s Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Page /Page Ⅰ ⅧOn April 29

Help me, please!

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Column 1 Spring ThoughtsWhat do you usually do in

spring?

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Article 1 Spring Blossoms( 百花盛放 ) On pageⅠ

Countries

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SPRING is coming! How do children around the world celebrate this season?

Chinese children fly kites in spring. After staying inside for a whole winter, flying kites outside is good for your body and your eyes.

Students in Canada, the UK and the US are excited about spring break. Spring break is a week off of school. It is usually in late March. Some students take a wonderful trip to the beach. Others do volunteer ( 志愿者 ) work.

Japanese people enjoy cherry blossoms ( 樱花 ) with family or friends in spring. They chat, sing or just lie ( 躺在 ) under the cherry blossom trees.

Article 1 Spring Blossoms on pageⅠ

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Children from different countries celebrate spring in different ways…

Article 1 Spring Blossoms

Countries

China

Japan

Canada, the UK and the US

Flying kites

Taking a wonderful trip to the beach Doing volunteer work

Enjoying cherry blossoms with

family or friends

Ways of celebrating spring

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SPRING is coming! How do children around the world celebrate this season?

Chinese children fly kites in spring. After staying inside for a whole winter, flying kites outside is good for your body and your eyes.

Students in Canada, the UK and the US are excited about spring break. Spring break is a week off of school. It is usually in late March. Some students take a wonderful trip to the beach. Others do volunteer ( 志愿者 ) work.

Japanese people enjoy cherry blossoms ( 樱花 ) with family or friends in spring. They chat, sing or just lie ( 躺在 ) under the cherry blossom trees.

Article 1 Spring Blossoms

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Children from different countries celebrate spring in different ways…

Article 1 Spring Blossoms

Countries Ways of celebrating spring

China

Canada, the UK and the US

Japan

Flying kites

Taking a wonderful trip to the beach Doing volunteer( 志愿的 ) work

Enjoying cherry blossoms with

family or friends

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Column 2 Your First Part-Time Job

On page Ⅱ- Ⅲ

a. Being a secretary isn’t all easy all the time

b. If you want roses, you must plant them!

c. Guarding for a living

d. Baby-sitting is more than just kid’s play

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Title 3. Guarding for a living

Title 4. Baby-sitting is more than just kid’s play

Title 2. If you want roses, you must plant them!

Title 1. Being a secretary isn’t all easy all the time

A. Tom Jin from Grayslake High School in Illinois, US

B. Webber Ping, 15,an exchange student at a middle school in California, US

C. Richard Feng, 14, studies in Ontario, Canada

D. Alice Tang, 14, an exchange student in North Carolina, US

Scan and Match

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Scan each paragraph and answer the questions:

Paragraph 1 When did the writer take a part-time job?

_____________. Last summer

Last summer, I took a part-time job for the first time in my life…

Article 2 If you want roses, you must plant them!

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Para. 1 Where did he work for a month?

He worked _____________for a month .at a restaurant

… I worked at a restaurant for a month…

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Para. 2

What mistakes did he make in the first days?

____________________________________________

_____________________.He broke a few glasses and cut his hands while he was washing dishes

… But I made some mistakes in the first days. I broke a few glasses and cut my hands while I was washing dishes. And it was hard for me to hold a full tray with just one hand…

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What did his boss tell him when he was sad?

His boss told him “___________________________

___________________________________.”

It will never rain roses, if we want to have roses, we must plant them

… I was sad. “It will never rain roses,” my boss told me. “If we want to have roses, we must plant them.”…

Para. 3

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What did he try to do to the people in the restaurant?

He tried to ___________________ to the people in the restaurant.

Para. 4

give his best service

… I tried to give my best service( 服务 ) to the people in the restaurant…

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What did he learn from this work?

He learned from this work: _______________________________ the more I do, the better I’ll become.

… I learned from this work: the more I do, the better I’ll become…

Para. 5

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Article 3 on page Ⅲ Baby-sitting is more than just kid’s play 当保姆可得能受孩子的折腾

Gap-filling 1:

I thought it would be an _____ part-time job to baby-sit a __________son for a night.

easy4-year-old

Last school holiday, my friend’s sister asked me to baby-sit ( 当临时保姆 ) her 4-year-old son for a night. I thought it would be an easy part-time job. So I agreed.

Let’s try!

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2. The writer gave Jason _________________ when he said he was hungry.3. The writer had to give Jason _______________ at last.

an egg sandwich

a bowl of porridge

Gap-filling 2 and 3:

“I’m very hungry,” he said. I gave him a bowl of porridge ( 粥 ). Jason looked at it and said he was not hungry. “But you just said you were!” I said.“I want an egg sandwich,” Jason cried. I had to give him an egg sandwich.

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Gap-filling 4:I carried him to the _________and finally, I was as ______as he was.

bathroomwet

Later I said I had to give him a bath ( 洗澡 ), but he said “no”,cried again and wanted his mother. I had to carry him to the bathroom. In the end, I was as wet as he was.

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Gap-filling 5 and 6:

5. I felt _________ when I thought about how my parents never gave up looking after me though I was also a _________ boy. 6. After a hard day, I think we should ____________________________.

shameful

naughty

never say “never” to anything

What a hard day! I said to myself I would never baby-sit again.But then I thought about how my parents never gave up on looking after me, though I was as naughty( 调皮的 ) as Jason. I felt shameful ( 羞愧的 ). I think we should never say “never” to anything.

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Choose one of your favourite roles in the cartoon Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf, and answer the questions.

Bingo Game

Let’s Play

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Bingo Game

A B C D

1

2

3

4

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Page Ⅳ Earthquake shakes world Choice:

_______ hit Japan on March,11.

A. A snow-storm

B. An earthquake and a tsunami

C. An earthquake

D. A tsunami( 海啸 )

B

ON March 11, an earthquake and a tsunami( 海啸 ) hit ( 袭击 ) Japan. This was the worst natural disaster ( 最糟糕的自然灾害 )

in the history of Japan. Houses and buildings fell. In many places, the electricity went out and thousands of people are dead.

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T/F: This month, the NPC deputies and the CPPCC

members had their yearly meetings in Shanghai.

Page Ⅳ Big meetings in China

THIS month, the *NPC( 全国人民代表大会 ) deputies ( 代表 ) and the *CPPCC( 中国人民政治协商会议 ) members had their yearly meetings in Beijing.

--- FBeijing

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Gap-filling: _________, doctors, artists and __________ are the

members of the CPPCC.

Page Ⅳ Big meetings in China

Members of the CPPCC( 中国人民政治协商会议 ) are from different fields ( 领域 )– they are scientists, doctors, artists and sportsmen.

Scientists sportsmen

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Choice: The ______ in the city of Fukushima blew up.

A. The train station

B. The underground station

C. The nuclear power station

D. The airport

Page Ⅳ Earthquake shakes world

But Japan is facing even more danger. The nuclear power station ( 核电站 ) in the city of Fukushima( 福岛 ) blew up( 爆炸 ). It is putting dangerous materials ( 物质 ) into the air and water – humans and animals may get very ill or even die because of these materials.

C

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T/F: Spring break is usually in late April.

Page Ⅰ Spring blossoms

Students in Canada, the UK and the US are excited about spring break. Spring break is a week off of school. It is usually in late March. Some students take a wonderful trip to the beach. Others do volunteer ( 志愿者 ) work.

--- F

March

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Gap-filling: Japanese people often chat, ______ or just lie

under the cherry blossom trees.

Page Ⅰ Spring blossoms

Japanese people enjoy cherry blossoms ( 樱花 ) with family or friends in spring. They chat, sing or just lie ( 躺在 ) under the cherry blossom trees.

sing

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Choice: Every passenger car of the Ferris wheel can hold

_______ people. A. two to three B. three to four C. four to five D. four to six

Page Ⅷ The world’s highest Ferris wheel

THIS Ferris wheel ( 摩天轮 ) is 450 meters high. It is on the top of the Canton Tower ( 广州塔 ), a Guangzhou TV tower. Every passenger car ( 乘坐厢 ) can hold four to six people. The Ferris wheel takes 20 minutes to finish a circle ( 一圈 ). People may try it on National Day this year.

B

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T/F The carriage( 马车 ) has real gold on the surface( 表

面 ).

Page Ⅷ Royal wedding carriage

--- T

PRINCE William and Kate Middleton’s wedding ( 婚礼 ) will be on April 29. They will take a carriage ( 马车 ) on their wedding day. The carriage is hundreds of years old. It has real gold on the surface ( 表面 ).

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Gap-filling: The writer worked as a secretary in his school’s

______________ for a semester.

Page Ⅱ Being a secretary isn’t all easy

all the time

MY first part-time job began when I was 12. I worked as a secretary ( 秘书 ) in our school’s student office for a semester. Most of the time, I dealt with thousands of files ( 处理文件 ) and answered phone calls.

student office

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T/F: The writer felt relieved, as he saw the boss walk in.

Page Ⅱ Being a secretary isn’t all easy

all the time

Two hours passed and Ms Andrew got impatient ( 不耐烦的 ). She shouted at me: “How long do I have to wait?” I quickly made some calls and finally got an answer: A teacher was on her way. As I saw the teacher walk in, I felt relieved ( 放松的 ).

--- Fteacher

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Gap-filling: That day, the writer was _______ but _______.

Page Ⅱ Being a secretary isn’t all easy

all the time

That day, I was tired. But I was also very happy when Ms Andrew said “sorry” to me before I left the office.

tired happy

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Choice: Last summer, the writer got a part-time job as a

_______ in a park.

A. secretary

B. lifeguard

C. waiter

D. baby-sitter

Page Ⅲ Guarding for a living

I WANTED to be a lifeguard ( 救生员 ) at the swimming pool when I began to learn to swim. Finally, last summer, I got a chance to have a part-time job as a lifeguard in a park!

B

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T/F: When the alarm rings, it means a guard is

rescuing a kid in the pool.

Page Ⅲ Guarding for a living

We had to be very careful about the alarm ( 警报 ). When the alarm rings, it means a guard is rescuing( 营救 ) a kid in the pool. Once, a guard was making a rescue and the alarm rang. I found his zone ( 区域 ) was just next to mine, so I quickly ran there to watch over his zone until he was back. The manager came over and said I did a great job. Hearing that, I was excited!

--- T

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T/F: The writer thought being a lifeguard in the

swimming pool was a lot of pains( 痛苦 ).

Page Ⅲ Guarding for a living

Being a lifeguard in the swimming pool was a lot of fun. It also taught me to be a responsible ( 有责任的 ) man.

--- F

fun

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Gap-filling: At first, Jason wanted to play “_______”.

Page Ⅲ Baby-sitting is more than just

kid’s play

The child, Jason, was too naughty ( 调皮的 )! At first, he wanted to play “train”. I helped him put the train set together. But after a short while, he got bored ( 无聊的 ).

train

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Choice: The writer worked at a restaurant _______.

A. for a month

B. for a week

C. for a year

D. for two months

Page Ⅱ If you want roses, you must

plant them!

LAST summer, I took a part-time job for the first time in my life. I worked at a restaurant for a month.

A

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Today’s Homework

Try to scan Being a secretary isn’t all easy all the time on Page and Ⅱ Guarding for a living on Page and finish the worksheet.Ⅲ

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WorksheetBeing a secretary isn’t all easy all the time

Scan the article and finish the following tasks:Para.11. The writer began his first part-time job when he was 13. T/F2. Most of the time, the writer dealt with thousands of files and

answered phone calls. T/FPara.23. The writer had a problem on Thursday. T/F4. Ms Andrew said she failed the last exam. T/FPara.35. Four hours passed and Ms Andrew got impatient. T/F6. Ms Andrew got impatient and she shouted at the writer. T/FPara.47. The writer was tired that day. T/F8. Ms Andrew said “sorry” to the writer at last. T/F

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Guarding for a living

Scan the article and finish the following tasks:Para.11. When did the writer want to be a lifeguard at the swimming pool? He wanted to be a lifeguard at the swimming

pool__________________________________.Para.2 2. What did lifeguards do at the swimming pool?

They___________________________, ___________________________and _________________________________.

Para.33. When the alarm rings, what does it mean ? It means ______________________________________________________.4. Who came over and said the writer did a great job? ________________________________________________________.Para.45. What did the job teach the writer? It taught him___________________________________________________.

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