张芳萍readingpractice资料.ppt

Welcome Review of Reading By Zhang Fangping From Chengxi MiddleSchool Read and enjoy By Li Bai Beside my bed a pool of light -- Is it hoarfrost on the ground? I lift my eyes and see the moon, I bend my head and think of home. Thoughts in the Silent Night What is this reading about? (By looking at the pictures and reading the title) Before reading Read fill in the blanks.( By scanning for the key words By catching the Big Words Numbers) 1.World Book Day was set up in________ by___________. 2.The schoolchildren in UK began to buy books of lower price for the first time in__________ 1955 United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization 1998 UNESCO 联合国教科文组织 World Book Day falls on April 23 every year. It was set up by the UNESCO in 1955 to encourage people, especially teenagers, to discover the pleasure of reading. It is also the day to honor great writer, for example, William Shakespeare, born or dead on that day. Many countries celebrate World Book Day. Take UK as an example. On that day, millions of school children can buy books of special price, a much lower price than usual, in any bookstore. It has been done every year since 1998. World Book Day is also celebrated in China. Young people are encouraged to spend more time reading. Books cannot change the world, but people can change the world by changing themselves through reading.  Reading can benefit people in many ways. Reading helps us become more knowledgeable and more intelligent. Also, reading helps us to follow the latest developments of science and technology. Besides, reading gives us information about other cultures and places of the world. When we read, we may find many things that are unfamiliar to us. We would have to use our brain to think about them or do more reading to find out the answers. T