初中英语早读阅读理解训练 A Special Law 课件（共14张PPT）+课文原文+课文录音音频

目 录 CONTENTS 1 2 Pre-reading While reading Reading tasks Language points Exercises 3 After reading * Is there gossip around you? What do you think of it?   Pre-reading While reading A Special Law Are you tired of gossip? Have you ever been hurt by it? A law says no to it. The government in Binalonan, a small Filipino town, has made a local law to prevent gossip from spreading. According to the law, everyone should stop gossip and be responsible for the things they say. “It’s such a waste of time,” Mayor Guico said. “People would have something better to do. Banning gossip is our way of improving the quality of life in our town.” If local people break the law, they have to pay a fine and pick up rubbish. First-time gossips risk a fine of $3.8 and three hours of collecting rubbish in the streets. If they break the law again, they need to pay up to $20 and put in eight hours of community service. The law may seem strange, but it has come into force in the Moreno neighborhood of the town since 2017. And many people who break the law have paid the fine and spent an afternoon collecting rubbish as punishment for gossiping in public. However, no one has got punishment for the second time. After all, nobody wants to be a boring gossip. The mayor also hopes the rule can show other towns that Binalonan has good people and it’s a good and safe place to stay.   Answer the questions. 1. What did Guico think of gossip? ___________________________________________ 2. Has anybody got punishment for the second time? ___________________________________________ Reading tasks He said it was a waste of time. No. True(T) or False(F)? ( )1. It’s not allowed to gossip in many Filipino towns. ( )2. Mayor Guico thinks it’s good to ban gossip. ( )3. According to the law, first-time gossips should pay a fine of $20. F T F * 1. Are you tired of gossip? gossip在句中是名词，意为“流言飞语”。 它还可作动词，意为“传播流言飞语”，常用的结构是 gossip about sb. /