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Unit 9
Reading Clubs & Check Your Progress
新 课 导 入
What difficulties do you face when you are studying abroad?
课 堂 学 习
◆ Reading Club 1 Studying Abroad
General Understanding
1
What cultural difficulties did the students experience when studying abroad?
They may have difficulties in making friends, food, study, language and people there.
Critical Thinking
2
Find and share more stories about exchange students’ culture shock. Then give advice to them.
◆ Reading Club 2 Do Boys and Girls Have
Different Reading Habits?
What kinds of reading do you prefer?
Do you have the same reading preference, boys and girls?
Which one do you prefer?
Boys Girls
Fiction
Non-fiction
Comic books
Newspapers
Magazines
Mystery story
General Understanding
1
What is the interesting fact found from the PISA reading text in this article? What is the reason?
The interesting fact is that girls outperform boys in reading and the reason is that girls have a greater enjoyment of reading.
2
Find the correct figure for the percentage of boys who read for enjoyment.
in all the countries assessed ( )
in Austria and Liechtenstein ( )
in Albania, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Shanghai in China and Thailand ( )
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a
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What kinds of reading do boys and girls prefer according to the findings from PISA?
3
According to the findings from PISA boys prefer reading magazines, newspapers and comic books, while girls prefer reading fiction.
Critical Thinking
4
Do you think the evidence in the article is strong enough to explain the finding that girls outperform boys in reading? If not, what are other possible reasons?
◆ Check Your Progress
1
Li Zhen’s teacher has invited three graduates from the school to give talks on learning.
Complete the two talks with the correct form of the words and phrases below.
Speaker 1(a famous writer):
blog concentrate focus reflection base opinion
argue attempt aspect