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Book3 Unit 6 Hot! Hot! Hot!
Good morning, dear judges. I’m Candidate No.1. My topic is Sharks: Dangerous or Endangered. May I ..? Thank you!
Good morning, everybody! How are you today? Fine! Great! I am very well. Look, what’s this? It’s a thermometer. What’s the highest temperature these days? About 35 degrees. How do you feel walking outside? Hot! What will happen when the temperature goes to 50 degrees on earth? The iceberg will melt. There will be heavy rains and severe floods. No crops will grow on earth. We will starve to death. How terrible! Do other people worry about this problem? Let’s go to the passage and see.
Open your books and turn to Page 62. What’s the title of the passage? Hot! Hot! Hot! Read the title and look at the picture. Can you guess what the passage is about?
Now, read the passage quickly and check your predictions. This passage is about the author’s tube travel experience and his worry about the extreme weather conditions. What is the structure of this passage?
Para. 1 At the Tube station
Para. 2-4 Down the platform and on the train.
Para. 5 Out of the station
Now, let’s read the passage carefully and find out more detailed information.
At the tube station, the author picked up a newspaper and its title is “Hot! Hot! Hot!” The temperature in London will reach 30 plus degrees. Thinking of his tube journey ahead, he feels awful, because there is no air conditioning.
Walking down the platform is like jumping into a volcano. It is worse when he gets on the train. Can you find the key words to express the hotness? He is melting and becoming one with the other passenger. He feels a bit sick now.
Thinking that London is getting hotter each year, he feels a bit scared. He has a plan for his future. What are they? Flat-boat, manager office, a beginners’ swimming class, survive
Seeing the photos of natural disasters, he feels shocked. In order to avoid the disasters on earth, he plan to move to space.
With a heavy heart, he goes out of the