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Unit 1 Wise men in history
More Practice Part
Learning objectives
learn the story about Cao Chong weighs an elephant
learn key words and phrases
retell the story
Cao Chong Weighs
an Elephant
Reading Task
When you are reading, try to find the answers to the following questions.
1. Who are the main characters in the story?
2. Did Cao Chong have any modern machines to help him?
3. What tools did Cao Chong use to weigh the elephant?
4. How did he get the result?
5. What do you think of Cao Chong?
Story -- fast reading
Cao Cao, Cao Chong and soldiers
In ancient China
Cao Cao wanted to know the weight of the elephant
by the river
Cao Chong succeeded in weighing the elephant
Cao Chong weighed it with the help of a boat, rocks, lines and water
who
where
result
how
cause
when
Retell the process of weighing an elephant
Story
added up the weight of all the rocks
1. lead the elephant onto a boat
2. drew a line on the side of the boat to mark how low it went
3. took the elephant off the boat
4. filled the boat with rocks until it went down again and water reached the line
weighed the rocks
Detailed Reading
Key Words
key words
脱掉 (衣物)
take off
(飞机)起飞
休假
The plane has just taken off.
Please take off your shoes before entering the house.
John took three days off work.
take in 吸收
Trees take in CO2.
take out 掏出
He took some money out of the pocket.
take back 拿回
Don’t forget to take the money back.
take care of照顾
We learn how to take care of ourselves.
take away 拿走,带走
We shouldn’t take away all the food when others are eating.
take in
take
care off
take
out
take
away
take
back
key words
other phrases with ‘take’
1. Teenagers learn to _____________ others by keeping pets.
2. Remember to ______ your books ______ home after school.
3. Trees help ____________harmful gases.
4. Mike ______ a pen ______ of his schoolbag and started writing.
5. Look! The plane is ___________ .
6. If you feel hot, you can ____________your coat.
7. If you can’t finish all you food, you should ___________the food.
take care of
take back
take in
took out
taking off
take off
take away
key words
weigh VS. weight
weigh
v. 称重
可加时态
Cao Chong weighed the elepant.
weight
n. 体重,重量
I know the weight of an elephant.
1. I want to learn the _____________ of a panda.
2. As a fat girl, Betty is afraid to learn her _________ .
3. Can you ____________the Earth?
4. If you need to know its ______ , you can ______ it yourself.
weight
weight
weigh
weight
weigh
Retell the story
请写出下面词或词组
1. 带……到……上面__________________________
2. 画条线 __________________________
3. 标记,标志 __________________________
4. 带……下…… __________________________
5. 下沉 __________________________
6. 到达 __________________________
7. 用……装满…… __________________________
8. 石头 __________________________
9. 加起来 __________________________
lead...onto...
draw a line
mark
take...off
go down
reach
fill...with...
rock
add up
One day, Sun Quan sent Cao Cao an _______ as a present. Cao Cao wanted to know the _______ of the elephant. Cao Chong said he had a wonderful idea.
Cao Chong asked some soldiers to _____ the elephant ____ a boat. The boat then went ______into the water and Cao Chong ______ a line on the side of the boat to ______how low it went. Next, soldiers _____ the boat ____ rocks. The boat went down again and the water _______ the line on the boat.
In this way, Cao Chong ______ all the rocks and ______ ______the weight of all rocks. That was the weight of the elephant. Cao Cao was ______ ______him.
sent
weight
take
off
down
drew
mark
filled
with
reached
weighed
added up
happy with
Practice Makes Perfect
Exercise 选择题
The boat is_______ with rocks.
filled B. fill C. full D. fulled
2. Before cooking, you should _______ vegetables and meat first.
cut down B. cut up C. cut in D. cut off
3. The plane is _______ . Please turn off your cell phones.
taking of B. taking in C. taking down D. taking off
4. As a fat girl, Betty is afraid to _______ herself.
A. weigh B. weight C. weighs D. weights
Exercise 用词的适当形式填空
He _______(fill) the basket with apples.
The problem seems __________ (difficult) to solve.
The panda _______(weight) about 50kg.
He asked the soldier __________ (lead) the elephant onto the boat.
The elephant was then _______(weight) by this wise boy.
A line __________(draw) on the side of the boat __________ (mark) how lower it went.
fills
difficult
weighs
to lead
weighed
was drawn
to mark
Exercise 给下列句子填入介词
Cao cao wanted to find _______the weight of the elephant.
Can we cut _______the elephant?
Some soldiers led the elephant _______a boat.
As the heavy animal walked onto the boat, the boat went lower _______the river.
Cao Chong added _______the weight of all the rocks.
This is the weight _______the elephant.
out
up
onto
into
up
of
Exercise 完成句子
1. 你为什么不试试?
Why not_______ _______ _______?
2. 请确保每件事情都顺利开展。
Please_______ _______ everything is going well.
3. 在学习时,不要害怕犯错误。
Don’t be afraid of_______ _______when you are studying.
4. 她把肉剁碎,做了饺子。
She _______ _______ the meat and made dumplings.
have a try
make sure
making mistakes
cut up
Homework
1. Copy and memorize the new words.
2. Complete exercise B2.
3. Complete activity book P7.
Thank you!
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