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Unit 2 More than fun
Developing ideas
Learning Objectives
In this lesson you will:
1. know how to find the main idea in a news report;
2. learn to express cause and effect;
3. talk about what you have learnt about knowledge from
your hobbies.
Lead in
Many hobbies can give us knowledge.Take bird-watching for example. People watch wild birds in nature, and get to know their names, looks and habits. Today, there are more and more bird-watchers.
Look and Say
What is the girl doing?
She is watching birds.
Main story:
Hu Nianzu helped the bird with the
knowledge he got from bird-watching.
Hobbies are more than fun !
People can get knowledge from hobbies ,
even can help others with the knowledge .
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I enjoy playing the electric guitar.
What is your hobby?
What can you get from it?
I can get much joy from it.
I like playing the erhu.
What is your hobby?
What can you get from it?
It can bring me so much fun.
The hobby is writing.
What hobby do the pictures show?
What can you get from this hobby?
Writing can give me a lot of joy.
I can share good ideas and funny stories with my friends.
Many students tried to help but they just 2 ___________ do anything.
Listen again and complete the timeline.
couldn’t
Hu Nianzu 3 ___________ the bird carefully.
Then he held up the bird to the 4 ___________ .
looked at
window
Look at the pictures,can you guess what happened?
Look at the title and pictures.
1. Who’s the girl in the picture?
She’s Emma.
3. What’s her hobby?
Her hobby is reading or writing.
2. What is she doing?
She is writing.
Read for main idea.
Beginning (开端) Para. 1-2
Rising action (发展) Para. 3-5
Climax (高潮) Para. 6
Falling action (下降) Para. 7
Ending (结尾) Para. 8
Emma’s hobby and her problem.
There were pages of new writing on Emma’s notebook.
An idea hit Emma.
The best ending to Emma’s story.
There was a note on the last page of Emma’s notebook.
Listen to the interview and complete the interviewer’s notes.
Question 1
Why couldn't the bird fly?
Hu Nianzu's answer:
These kinds of birds have got weak 1._____. They need to take off from a 2._____ place.
legs
high
This kind of birds have _________ but weak ____. So they can’t take off from the _______. They need to take off from a _____ place.
What kind of bird it is?
legs
long wings
雨燕(“无脚鸟”)
It was a _____.
What is it like?
ground
swift
high
How does the boy know it? Keep listening!
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Read for structure.
Beginning (开端) Para. 1-2
Rising action (发展) Para. 3-5
Climax (高潮) Para. 6
Falling action (下降) Para. 7
Ending (结尾) Para. 8
Question 2
How does Hu Nianzu's hobby bring him
knowledge?
Hu Nianzu's answer:
Dad took me to the 3._______to watch
birds every summer holiday. I also read
books about birds. This helped me find
4._________birds. I made a poster for the
school's nature 5._____ just last week.
forest
different
club
Why could Hu Nianzu help the bird?
Because he knows a lot about birds.
=reason
Cause
because (—Why couldn’t it fly before? —Because it was a swift.)
Learn how Hu Nianzu expresses cause and effect.
Listen again. Then talk about how Hu Nianzu expresses cause and effect.
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Listen again and complete the timeline.
The bird 5 ___________ off his hands and flew away!
jumped
Answer the questions.
1. What did Hu Nianzu do to help the bird?
Hu Nianzu looked at the bird carefully.
Then he held up the bird to the window.
2. How does Hu Nianzu know to help the bird?
Do you want to know more about Hu Nianzu?
Learning to learn
Listening for the main idea
The main idea is the most important information in a passage. In a news report, the key information usually comes at the beginning.
Listen again and complete the timeline.
Listen to the interview and fill in the blanks.
What questions does the reporter ask?
Q1: You let the bird out of the window, and it could fly.
_________________ before?
Q2: _____ did you start ______________?
Q3: _____ did you get to know ______?
Why couldn't it fly
When bird-watching
When swifts
雨燕
Listen again and answer the questions.
When did the brown bird fly into the teaching building?
A. Yesterday morning B. Yesterday afternoon C. Yesterday evening
Who helped the bird fly away?
A. Many students B. A teacher C. Hu Nianzu
Why couldn’t the bird fly at first?
Because it was too tired./Because it flew into the building and got lost./Because it didn’t see the window/...
What else do you want to know about Hu Nianzu's hobby?
1. How often do you watch birds?
2. Whom do you watch birds with?
(what/ where/ when/ why/ how/ how long ...)
Listen to the interview and complete the interviewer’s notes.
Question 1
Why couldn’t the bird fly?
Hu Nianzu’s answer:
These kinds of birds have got weak
1 __________. They need to take
off from a 2 __________ place.
legs
high
Hobbies bring us fun.
Hobbies give us knowledge.
Hobbies are an important step to knowledge.
Knowledge is power.
Hobbies are more than fun.
Try to get as much fun as you can from your hobbies.
Try to learn as much knowledge as you can from your hobbies.
1. Can you tell what Hu Nianzhu's hobby gives him?
2. Can you tell what knowledge you can learn from your hobby?
Try to write about what you can get from your hobby.
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