Step 4 Reading
• Skimming
Ask the whole class to reading the passage quick and then fill in the chart.
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see |
snow |
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clear sky | |
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bright stars | |
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hear |
almost no sound but that of the fire |
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do |
ride bicycle in the snow |
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change autumn clothes to winter clothes | |
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change winter clothes back to autumn clothes | |
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put up tents to make camp | |
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feel |
(legs) heavy and cold |
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To climb the mountain was hard work, but to go down the hills was great fun . | |
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can hardly wait to see their cousins |
• Ask the whole class to read the passage loudly and then answer the following questions:
• How does Wang Kun feel about the trip?
• What do you think has changed his attitude?
• Is it natural for Wang Kun not to feel lonely?
• Would you feel the same way in this situation?
Suggested answers:
• He is starting to like the trip.
• Seeing the beautiful land.
• Yes. Because the scene Wang Kun saw is beautiful.
• Students give their own answers.
3. Consolidation ( blank filling)
Ask the students to find the information from the passage.
Step 5 Discussion
Do the exercises on page 22.
Step 6. Language points( if time is enough)
1.Our legs were so heavy and cold that they felt like blocks of ice.
T: This sentence uses simile( 明喻 ). A simile is a comparison between two things using “like” or “as”.
Ask the students to find another example in this text: However, the lakes shone like glass in the setting sun and looked wonderful.(Here the lakes are compared to glass.)
Then the teacher mention metaphor( 暗喻 ). With a metaphor, things are compared without using “like” or “as”. Ask the students if they can find a metaphor in the text. The third sentence has one: Have you ever seen snowmen ride bicycles? In this sentence Wang Kun is really saying to the reader that he and his sister were so cold while cycling in the Tibetan mountains that they felt as if they were made of snow and ice.
Ask the students whether the following sentence is a simile or a metaphor.
“Our legs felt so heavy and cold that we thought they were ice. (Metaphor)
2. To climb the mountain road was hard work but to go down the hills was great fun.
1) 不定式 to do 可在句中做主语，注意谓语常用单数。如：
To get up early is good for our health.
在英语表达式中，常用形式主语 it 来代替不定式 to do 做主语，如上句可改为：
It is good for our health to get up early.
(2)fun 是 [ u ] ，意为 “ 快乐 , 娱乐 ” “ 有趣的人或事 ” “ 玩笑，乐事 ” 。如：
have fun = enjoy oneself = have a good time 玩得开心
They had fun at the party.
be full of fun: 有趣的
for fun ： 开玩笑地 , 为了好玩
make fun of = laugh at 嘲笑
It is great fun to do sth. 做 … 很有趣
funny: adj. 滑稽可笑的
Step 6 Homework
• Finish off the Workbook exercises.
• Write a summary for part 2 A Night in the Mountains