2015-2016学年高二英语讲练（人教版）：Book 6 Unit 3 Reading Tasks .docVIP

READING TASKS ADVICE FROM GRANDAD Pre-reading activities Task I. What is your point of view on smoking? Task II. List some reasons you can use to persuade somebody to quit smoking. Task III. What do you think is the most serious harm that smoking does to human body? While-reading activities Task I. Read Paragraphs 1 and 2 and fill in the blanks below. Para. Main idea Details 1 Grandad is living a long and 1. ________ life. —Sitting under a big tree on a beautiful day —Cycling 2. ________ kilometres —Will be 3.________ years old in 2 weeks 2 The 4. ________ for writing the letter —James started smoking. —It is difficult for James to 5. ________ smoking. —Telling James that he himself once smoked Task II. Read Paragraph 3 and fill in the blanks in the chart below. Task III. Read Paragraph 4 and fill in the blanks in the chart below. Try to understand how harmful smoking is. Task IV. Match the words or phrases which are opposite in meaning. 1. start A. unfit 2. easy B. tough 3. physically C. non-smoker 4. smoker D. give up / quit 5. breath E. breathless 6. normal F. mentally 7. fit G. abnormal Task V. Read the text and say what the following words refer to. 1. (first) it (Line 7): ________ 2. it (Line 13): ________ 3. the drug (Line 13): ________ 4. it (Line 15): ________ 5. (first) it (Line 20): ________ 6. (second) it (Line 20): ________ 7. she (Line 24): ________ 8. it (Line 29): ________ Post-reading activities Task I. Below is a summary of the text with some words missing. Choose the words from the box and make the summary complete. Then try to retell the story to your partners. pregnant, bad-tempered, breathless, bad, relaxed, nicotine Dear James, I will be 82 years old soon and can still cycle 20 kilometers. Like you, I smoked when I was a teen, so I know it is tough to stop. Because you become addicted to the 1. ________ in cigarettes when your body doesn’t get it you become 2. ________ and even experience pain. You also become addicted mentally and