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Curriculum focus: Culture Awareness: getting to know “American Idol” Jordin Sparks Strategy training: developing skimming, scanning and word-guessing methods for reading. * * * * * * Now,she’s the Idol! 东莞高级中学 陈莉芬 (S2-P1)?? Pre-reading Have you ever heard of “American Idol”? What is it? American Idol is _____________________________________________________________________________________________. a singing contest. Americans from all over the country come to compete, and they countrymen vote for the winner. Who is the latest winner of American Idol? A 17-year-old girl named Jordin Sparks won the 2007 American Idol television singing contest on May 23. Skimming Scanning Pick up Jordin Sparks’quote to learn more about her. “When you’re 17 years old and performing in front of millions of people on a weekly basis, life lessons come at you pretty fast” From her quote, we know that 2. “This whole process has kind of made me a better person,” “It has taught me how to show emotion better, how to be a better performer and it has taught me how crazy a week’s timetable can be. I wouldn’t trade it for anything.” She must mature faster than her peers. She learnt a lot through the contest, so she treasures it a lot. 3.“When my father was playing we’d go to the games and watch,” “Afterwards, we’d have to walk around and he would sign autographs and he’s one of the nicest people you could ever meet. I really looked up to him for that. He told me the other day how weird it was watching me sign autographs because I used to watch him do the same thing. It kind of came full circle.” ? 4. “I was just a normal kid before the Idol journey” “winning the title and recording a contrast is still kind of weird to me...I’m still getting used to it,” She keeps getting more popular , and now is even more popular than her father. She is happy to win, but it still will take time for her to adjust to her success. Scanning What do these numbers refer to? Jordin Sparks has watched