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话题3  教育故事

Passage 1

【重难点拨】

1.at first__________________

2.a couple of months later__________________

3.straight up and down__________________

4.rather than__________________

5.single out__________________

6.get tired of doing sth.__________________

7.shout at__________________

8.leave sb. alone__________________

9.learn from mistakes__________________

In my first high school year, I joined my school's color guard（彩旗队） because I thought it would be fun to learn to toss（抛） a flag and meet new people. At first, it was easy, but a couple of months later we were taught the single-and-a-half toss. We tossed our flag so that it would turn one and a half times in the air and we had to catch the pole（旗杆） straight up and down with the flag at the top. Sometimes I dropped it, and other times it went to one side rather than toss my flag straight up. After an hour I was the only one who couldn't do it.

Our instructor, Angie, singled me out to keep practicing while everyone else got to relax. I felt ashamed as my teammates watched me fail so many times. Finally, I got so tired of tossing that I didn't care about doing it right.

“Are you giving it up?” Angie asked.

“Yes, I am,” I shouted at her. She sent me inside the waiting room. There I was allowed to cry out my frustrations（沮丧）. Then Angie came in and said, “You are trying to be more perfect.” She told me never to give up. She left me alone and I realized Angie was right—by giving up, I was also giving up on the team and myself. I kept practicing and by the next practice I had mastered the toss.

I realized that the color guard could teach me lessons about life. There were moments when I was going to fail, but the best thing I could do was to learn from my mistakes.

1. Why did the writer join the color guard?_______

A. Because her best friend joined it too.

B. Because she would get a stronger body.

C. Because her parents wanted her to do it.

D. Because she thought it would be interesting.

2. How was the writer's single-and-a-half toss at first?_______

A. Not so bad. B. Quite poor. C. Just so-so. D. Perfect.

3. What does the underlined word “ashamed” mean in Paragraph 2?_______

A. Proud. B. Tired. C. Excited. D. Embarrassed.

4. What did Angie encourage the writer to do?_______

A. To be perfect. B. To stay alone. C. To keep practicing. D. To ask for help.

5. What can we learn from the text?_______

A. We can make it by learning from mistakes.

B. Joining the color guard helps make friends.

C. Team spirit is the most important to a team.

D. Instructors are always role models for a team.

【读后迁移练】

佳句仿写

1. keep doing sth.继续做某事

仿：_________________________________________________________________________

每次我想放弃的时候，我的父母总是鼓励我继续努力。

2. tell sb. to do sth.告诉某人做某事

仿：_________________________________________________________________________每一次失败的时候，我总是告诫我自己不要放弃。

Passage 2

【重难点拨】

1．lead sb. to sp.__________________

2．see sb. doing sth.__________________

3．on top of…__________________

4．pick up__________________

5．focus on__________________

6．pay attention to sth.__________________

One day, Confucius led his students to the State of Chu. When crossing through a large forest, they stopped suddenly. They saw an old man standing under a tree, catching cicadas（蝉） with a bamboo stick. Confucius said, “You are very good at catching cicadas. You must have some special skills.”

“That's right!” the old man answered. “Cicadas are clever little insects. If they hear the noise of the leaves in the wind, they will fly away. So people who want to catch cicadas must train their hands to hold a bamboo stick without shaking. If you can place three small balls on top of the bamboo stick without falling off, you might be able to catch cicadas. When five small balls are placed on top without falling off, catching cicadas is as easy as picking a ball up from the ground.”

Hearing this, Confucius turned to his students and said, “No matter what you do, you will succeed only if you love what you are doing and pay enough attention to it. That is to say whatever you do, you should focus on it. This is what this old man has taught us.”

1．Why did Confucius and his students stop suddenly in the forest?________

A. They got to the State of Chu.

B. They wanted to make a bamboo stick.

C. They wanted to watch the old man catching cicadas.

D. They wanted to take a rest and drink some water.

2．How many special skills does the old man mention?________

A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.

3．细节排序 What is the right order in this story?________

a. They learned that people who wanted to catch cicadas must train their hands.

b. The old man told them some special skills.

c. Confucius and his students saw an old man.