【推荐1】
1. 仔细阅读课文2b第一段，完成思维导图。
Sarah is
·a teenager who used to ________________________.
·from ________________.
·a fan of ________________________.
2. 仔细阅读课文2b第二段，并回答下列问题。
1）What is country music?
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2）Where is the home of country music?
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3）What are the best things in life?
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3. 仔细阅读课本2b第三段，并回答下列问题。
1）What is Sarah’s dream?
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2）Who is Garth Brooks?
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【推荐3】
1. 看图和标题预测课文内容。
The passage is about ________.

A．a book

B．a writer

C．a country music that changed one’s life

2. 快速阅读课本2b，搭配段落大意。
Para 1       Sarah’s dream
Para 2       The introduction of country music
Para 3       Some information about Sarah

【推荐1】任务驱动二   阅读训练
1. 观察课本3a短文中的两幅图，说说图中的人正在做什么。
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2. 快速阅读课本3a短文，回答下面问题。
What do Mario and Mary volunteer to do?
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【推荐3】快速阅读课本3a的短文，回答下列问题。
(1)What does Wang Ping do?
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(2)What was wrong with the old man?
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【推荐2】
1. 快读课本3a，完成表格。
What is his family going to sell at the yard sale?

The son	a train and railway set; ________
The daughter	________
The father	________

2. 细读课本3a，小组合作，判断下列句子正（T）误（F）。
①My daughter is 15 and my boy is already in junior high school.(      )
②Our house seems to get bigger.(      )
③My son was quite sad at first.(      )
④My daughter felt happy to part with certain toys.(      )
⑤I want to give up my football shirts.(      )

【推荐1】阅读训练
1. 快速阅读课本2b，回答下列问题。
（1）How many scenes are there in the play?
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（2）How many characters are there in the play? And who are they?
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2. 阅读第1段，回答下列问题。
（1）What was the weather like?
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（2）What did the stepmother ask Hansel’s father to do?
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3. 阅读scene 1&2，判断下列句子正（T）误（F）.
（1）Gretel heard his stepmother planning to kill them.
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（2）Hansel plans to get something in the house.
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（3）Their stepmother asks them to eat some bread before they get to the forest.
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4. 阅读scene3~6，回答下列问题。
（1）What does Hansel go outside to get?
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（2）What does Hansel do with the stones?
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（3）What does Hansel do when he has no stones?
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（4）Why do Hansel and Gretel get lost the second time?
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5. 阅读scene7，完成下列句子。
（1）They are really ________.
（2）They think they should ________ the bird.
（3）The house is made of bread, cake and ________.
（4）They hear an old woman’s ________ when they want to eat the house.

【推荐2】合作探究-Task 1
阅读2d，回答下列问题。
①What are Grace and Sarah talking about?
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②What kind of TV shows do Sarah’s classmates like?
__________________________
③What does Grace think of game shows and sports shows?
__________________________
④What does Grace think of soap operas? What does Sarah think of them?
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⑤What are Sarah’s favorite TV shows? Why does she like them? What does Grace think of them?
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【推荐3】合作探究-Task 1
仔细阅读2b，判断对（T）错（F）。
①Ms. Steen helped me to improve my Chinese so much._________
②Jake’s family is taking a trip to Shanghai at the end of this month. _________
③The students are going to have a surprise party for Ms. Steen next Friday the 28 th. _________