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* * White Bird (PV) ?? 吉林长春外国语学校 代春梅 刘天宇 Pre-reading 1 What’s your favourite book? What’s it about？ 2 Read the title. Can you guess what the story is about? White Bird ? LONE farmer Luke Vail lives in Half-Moon Valley. One day he saves a baby in a cradle (摇篮) from a nearby river. ? Luke finds the letters “JT” on the wooden cradle, so he names the baby boy John Thomas. The boy lives with Luke and helps him on the farm. ? When he’s 11 years old, John finds an injured (受伤的) albino crow (白化病的乌鸦) in the woods. He calls the crow “White Bird”. Luke doesn’t want John to keep the bird. But John makes the bird a cage (笼子) for the day, and keeps him in the wood house by night. ? But one night White Bird is stolen by Tad Tripp. ? John asks Luke to chase (追赶) Tripp. John walks across the mountains into town. It is his first ever visit there. He makes new friends -- Alex and Isabel Hunt and Dave Cressey, who lets him stay overnight in Cressey’s Store. ? ? Isabel introduces John to music and teaches him to dance. Still chasing Tad Tripp, John meets Nim Timberlake, who tells him White Bird was killed by a hunter (猎人). ? John Thomas now has no home and no bird. What’s to become of him？Read the book to find out! ? Curriculum focus Words and phrases Grammar focus Reading 1 Read as quickly as you can and find out whether you’re right. 2 Read again and check your comprehension. 1 The first paragraph was written ____. A to introduce what White Bird is like B to describe the reason they named the crow White Bird C to draw our attention to White Bird D to tell us about how the boy was named 2 Which of the following is true about White Bird in to the story? A John bought it from a market. B It’s an albino crow. C It’s a beautiful bird. D It’s a white crow. 3 Which is not mentioned in the story? A John went back to to his home and found the crow at last. B John asks Luke to chase (追赶) Tad Tripp. C Luke doesn’t want John to keep the bird. D John Thomas now