Starting_point 视听说 Book 4 Unit 2 A Good Read 教程文件.ppt

1 Check (?) the statements you agree with on page 14. 2 Work in pairs and discuss your answers to Activity 1. Instruction: exchange choices with your partner; make necessary explanations for the choices. Class work: Finish the following table to see which choices are the most popular among the whole class. Additional activity 1: reading habits No. of the statement Number of choices No. of the statement Number of choices 1 6 2 7 3 8 4 9 5 10 Class work: Please give reasons for the most popular choices. Additional activity1: reading habits Additional activity 2: guess my favorite readings ●Volunteers are welcome to describe your favorite readings; ●The rest of the class are welcome to guess the book categories. 7. Books of a chronological record of events, as of the life or development of a people or an institution, often including an explanation of or commentary on those events. history 8. Readings about the study of the earth and its features and of the distribution of life on the earth, including human life and the effects of human activity. geography 9. Books about the science of diagnosing, treating, or preventing disease and other damage to the body or mind. medicine 10. Readings of the science, art, and business of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock; or farming, etc. agriculture 11. Books of science, such as biology, chemistry, or physics, that deals with the objects, phenomena, or laws of nature and the physical world. natural science Readings of education in the care and development of the human body, stressing athletics and including hygiene. Physical Education Additional Language and Cultural Tip: Intellectual VS “知识分子” In making Chinese-English translation, people tend to use “intellectual” as the English counterpart of the Chinese term “知识分子”. In China, the term “知识分子” general refers to tho