外研版高中英语选修阅读教程（学生用书）Unit1AGuidingStar.ppt

Unit 1 A Guiding Star 1 Preparing to read 1.Match the people in the pictures with their names and professions. Ding Lei、Deng Yaping、Wu Xiaoli、Yang Liwei、Yao Ming basketball player、founder of Internet company、TV presenter、table tennis player、astronaut 2 Reading for main ideas 2.Check the true sentences and correct the false ones. （1）Yang Liwei’s first flight into space was in 2005. （2）Yang Liwei did not know how to fly a plane before he started his training as an astronaut. （3）Yao Ming plays for the Houston Rockets in the US NBA. （4）Yao Ming is the tallest basketball player in the world. （5）Ding Lei’s Internet company is called Netline. （6）Ding Lei’s Internet company was founded after the year 2000. （7）When Deng Yaping retired she had won five Olympic gold medals. （8）Deng Yaping started playing table tennis as a teenager. （9）Sally Wu is the head of Phoenix Info Channel. （10）Sally Wu is also a star presenter on Phoenix Info Channel. 3 Reading for main ideas 3.Read the passage and check your answers to Activity 2. 4.Answer the questions. （1）What should parents and teachers do? （2）What things about school stress students most? （3）What do students say about teachers and parents? （4）What kind of things do students need to do? （5）If students are fit and happy, what will be the result? 4 Dealing with unfamiliar Words and phrases 4.Find the sentences containing each of the words below. Decide what part of speech (n, v, adj, adv) the word is. 5.Find these words in the passage and read the whole sentence containing the word. Underline the correct answers. （1）In Paragraph 1, rigorous is a(n) adjective/noun and means something like difficult/interesting. （2）In Paragraph 2, currently is an adjective/adverb and means sometimes/at the moment. （3）In Paragraph 2, campaigned is a(n) adjective/verb and means to work for a social or political result/to decide. （4）In Paragraph 2, shave is a noun/verb and means wash/remove the hair on your face. （5）In Paragraph 4, rejected is a(n