内容正文:
Section Ⅰ Starting out & Understanding ideas — Comprehending
学习任务目标
1. 识记本课时的重要语言点;
2. 能通过课文标题和图片预测课文内容,熟悉话题语境,并通过快速阅读获取课文大意;
3. 观看视频,感知过去与现在生活方式的不同;
4. 观察、对比四组图片,讨论与过去相比,现在的生活发生了哪些变化;
5. 发散思维,想象假如能回到40年前,自己想要体验什么样的生活,初步思考本单元的主题。
词汇互译
1. decade n. 十年;十年期
2. elderly adj. 年老的
3. sympathy n. 同情
4. dusty adj. 布满灰尘的
5. furniture n. 家具
6. shelf n. 隔板,架子
7. leadership n. 领导;领导地位
8. compete v. 竞争
9. 大名鼎鼎的,传奇式的 adj. legendary
10. 固定存在物 n. fixture
11. 平板电脑 n. tablet
12. 薄雾,雾霭 n. mist
13. 砖,砖块 n. brick
14. 文具 n. stationery
15. 有机的;绿色的 adj. organic
16. 简陋的 adj. humble
17. 外部,外观 n. exterior
18. pop up 突然出现,冒出来
19. wave goodbye to 向……挥手道别
20. drop in/by 顺便走访/拜访
21. turn... into... 把……变成……
22. 使……复活;使……恢复生机 bring... back to life
23. 被……替代 be replaced by
24. 永久地;一劳永逸地 for good
25. 接管;接收 take over
26. 得到很好的照料 in good hands
表格填空
Parts
Main ideas
Details
Part 1
(Para. 1)
The bookstore was closing.
The day I heard that the Rainbow Bookstore was closing after 50 years of business, I was 1. heartbroken .
Part 2
(Para. 2
—
Para. 4)
Say goodbye to the bookstore.
·I 2. hurried to the store, and saw the books were already being 3. packed into boxes. Casey, the store's owner, told me how it was becoming 4. difficult to run an independent bookstore.
·Childhood 5. memories came back to me so clearly, as if the 6. events had happened only yesterday.
·I realised the bookstore could 7. disappear for good.
Part 3
(Para. 5
—
Para. 8)
The bookstore was open for business.
·I was back and was 8. surprised to see that the Rainbow Bookstore was still there and open for business.
·I was told there was a 9. campaign led by Jennifer Oakley, a saleswoman who had grown up in the 10. neighborhood and who had now taken over the bookstore from Casey.
Ⅰ. 根据课文内容选择正确答案
1. What's the identity of Casey?
A. The author of the passage.
B. The owner of the store.
C. A former customer of the store.
D. The leader of the campaign to save the store.
2. What attracted more customers acc