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UNIT 1
LIFE CHOICES
Viewing Workshop
By the end of the class, you will be able to:
view and learn about Amelia Earhart’s life choice and her pioneering spirit;
summarise information;
talk about Amelia Earhart’s life choice.
CONTENTS
Pre-viewing
I
While-viewing
II
Post-viewing
III
3
Pre-viewing
“By the time I had got two or three hundred feet off the ground, I knew I had to fly.”
Do you know the person in the picture?
What was her job?
How would you understand her quote?
A Pilot.
Amelia Earhart
I think her quote means that she was flying an airplane for the first time and at the time she knew that she wanted to be a pilot.
□ a climbed trees,collected bugs, hunted rats and explored the neighborhood
□ b saw her first plane at the Iowa State Fair
□ c graduated from high school in Chicago
□ d attended an air show with her dad in Long Beach
□ e visited her sister in Toronto and admired wounded soldiers
□ f worked as a nurse aid and watched the Royal Corps practising
□ g worked several hard jobs to pay for flying lessons
□ h purchased a bright yellow biplane
□ i flew her plane to 14,000 feet
□ j was issued a flying licence on May 15,1923
□ k answered a phone call to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in April 1928
4. Read the list and find out the words you don’t know.
颁发飞行执照
博览会
飞行表演
崇拜
购买
附近
More new words you may hear.
name sb. after…以……给某人命名
describe sb. as... 把某人描述为……
Tomboy 假小子
impress v. 给……留下深刻印象
merry-go-round 旋转木马
throughout prep. 自始至终;
quit school 休学,退学
recall v. 回忆起
work her butt off 拼命工作
promote v. 促进
a local celebrity 当地的名人
prank n. 恶作剧
made headlines 成为头条新闻
solo n. 单飞
While-viewing
□ a climbed trees,collected bugs, hunted rats and explored the neighborhood
□ b saw her first plane at the Iowa State Fair
□ c graduated from high school in Chicago
□ d attended an air show with her dad in Long Beach
□ e visited her sister in Toronto and admired wounded soldiers
□ f worked as a nurse aid and watched the Royal Corps practisin