Appendix IV Word list in alphabetical orderppt课件课堂实录

21st Century Teens

issue:688 Teaching material: Article 1: Skill shared with others(P3) Article 2: Brand new image (P4)

Article 3: Ability affects eggs (P6)

Step1: Quiz time (IV)

每日一练

Day 1 Skill shared with others (P3) 1. Which of the following probably made Moksh Jawa a legend among students?

__A__ A. He created his own online coding course.

B. He welcomes any kind of challenge by asking, “Why not?”

C. He learned an intermediate programming language. D. He earns a lot of money by coding for companies. 2. Which of the following would Jawa probably agree with?

___C____ A. You have to be smart to learn computer science well. B. Interest is the most important when learning coding. C. Computer science is not that difficult to learn. D. Coding is useful and everyone should know it. 3. According to the article, when teaching, Jawa ___D___. A. is patient but strict with his students B. likes to do things in a fixed order C. usually applies unusual teaching methods D. tries to make his classes simple yet interesting

Day 2

Brand new image (P4) 1. What can be concluded about the deer in the Forbidden City?

C A. They will stay in the museum for a whole year. B. They are part of an exhibition on lucky animals. C. They have been introduced to help attract visitors. D. They were brought to the museum for an artwork study. 2. Why did the online store’s products become so popular?

B A. They were cheap and of high quality. B. They combined culture with everyday items. C. They featured mysterious patterns. D. They were advertised on social media a lot. 3. According to Masters in the Forbidden City, experts working in the museum ___C___. A. think their job is boring B. are mostly old but experienced C. must be careful with their work D. enjoy working on their own 4. What’s the article mainly about?

____D____ A. An interesting exhibition on animal-related relics.

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B. Popular products related to ancient Chinese culture. C. What the Palace Museum does to protect cultural relics. D. The Palace Museum’s efforts to change its image.

Day 3 Ability affects eggs (P6) 1. What did the new study find? A. Large birds are more likely to lay pointy eggs. B. Birds that lay round eggs can fly faster and longer. C. Birds with better flying abilities have pointier eggs. D. Birds’ flying abilities are decided by the size of their eggs.

2. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about? A. The perfect body shape for flying. B. Why flight may influence egg shape. C. How flight changes birds’ body shapes.

D. Advantages of the pointy egg shape. 3. The scientists carried out the research by ______. A. studying a map of different birds’ eggs

B. measuring the distance birds can fly C. taking photos of many bird species and their eggs D. comparing photographs of different birds’ eggs

4. What can be concluded from the last three paragraphs? A. Most bird species lay pointy eggs. B. Pointy eggs are randomly chosen by nature. C. Some dinosaurs also laid pointy eggs. D. Pointy eggs appeared before powered flight.

Step2: Reading between lines

Task: Paraphrase Article 1: Skill shared with others(P3)

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As a sophomore, he developed his own online course and helped his classmates get through

it because his high school didn’t teach coding.( finish, pass，be successful in an exam ) 2.

To make his knowledge

available

online, Jawa set about creating his own online course, with easy-to-follow lessons. ( sth that you can get, buy or find ) 3.

When video lecturing, “I deliver it like I’m talking from one high school student to another,” Jawa said. “It’s always great to make it as clear and fun as possible, and to try to keep my voice as energetic as possible.” ( give a lecture/ speech )

Article 2: Brand new image (P4)

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In ancient China, deer patterns (图案) could be seen on lots of items since lu –

deer –

were considered to be a lucky animal because the Chinese word shares the pronunciation (发音) of the character that means “official salary (俸禄)”.( have the same pronunciation with ) 5.

Two years later, the TV series Masters in the Forbidden City (《我在故宫修文物》) lifted the

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mysterious veil (面纱) on the experts who work in the museum – people whose job is to repair the relics within it.( uncover ) 6.

Little by little, the Palace Museum is shaking off the stereotypes (刻板印象) of being an old-fashioned academic institution. ( get rid of, remove, make sth disappear the original bad impressions )

Article 3: Ability affects eggs (P6) 7.

Birds’ eggs come in many different shapes and sizes. But have you ever wondered why? According to a new study published in the journal Science, the shape of a bird’s eggs may be down to how well it can fly. ( be due to, attribute to ) 8.

Variation (变化) across species in the size and shape of their eggs is not simply random

but is instead related to differences in ecology (生态) ( not related to anything, without order )

Step3: Reading beyond lines

Article 1: Skill shared with others(P3) Task 1. Organization Paras 1

Paras 2-4 Paras 5-8 Paras 9-13

Task 2. Critical thinking 1)Why did Moksh Jawa share skills with others? to ... 1.____________________2. _____________________3. _______________________ ... put what he has learned into practice

make full use of his talents

How to analyze the reasons/ causes: realize self-value

make a fortune

inside win a fame

help more people

outside contribute to the world 2) To be a good individual or a good leader, which one requires more qualities? Which one would you like to choose? Why? 少年智则国智，少年富则国富；少年强则国强，少年独立则国独立

The power and richness of a country depend on its youth. We live in an age that is very different from the past. In the past, we had to depend on the elders because of their experience, suggestions and guidance. Without their experience, we would make many mistakes and waste a lot of time and energy. But today, everything is different. Because of the development of information technology, everyone can have access to abundant information, whether he is young or old, So in some way, we can say everyone is equal. The gap between the young and the old has been narrower than before. This is an golden time for every one of us especially the young, especially you. introduction experience of the hero reasons/motivation achievements/contributions/influences

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Speech by UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson at a special event for the HeForShe campaign, United Nations Headquarters, New York, 20 September, 2014 联合国妇女亲善大使艾玛•沃森在2014年9月20日纽约联合国总部为“他为她”运动举行的特别活动上的演讲

If you believe in equality, you might be one of those inadvertent feminists I spoke of earlier. And for this I applaud you. We are struggling for a uniting word but the good news is we have a uniting movement. It is called HeForShe. I am inviting you to step forward, to be seen to ask yourself if not me, who, if not now when. Thank you very very much.

Article 2: Brand new image (P4) Q: What has changed into a brand new image? How has it taken on a Brand new image? What was the purpose? To serve the purpose, what else has been done?

Task 1. Organization Part 1 (Para. 1) Part 2 (Para. 2-3) Part 3 (Para. 4-6) Part 4 (Para. 7-8)

Task 2. Summary Write a summary in 30 words, using the information above.

The Palace Museum has changed into a new image with the coming of nine deer, on top of which, other efforts have also been made to introduce academic art to the public. Task 3. Critical thinking What suggestions can you offer to the Palace Museum? 1.

open microblogs/ weibo

2. cooperate with fashion industry, such as beauty products, make-up, clothes

Article 3: Ability affects eggs (P6)

Task 1. Title prediction Make up some questions based on the title. Whose ability affects eggs?

What ability affects eggs?

How does it affect eggs?

Task 2. Sentence

Variation (变化) across species in the size and shape of their eggs is not simply random but is instead related to differences in ecology (生态), particularly the extent to which each species is designed for strong and streamlined flight.

A lead-in to this topic. Nine deer were introduced into the Forbidden City to attract visitors. Other efforts have also been made to establish the new image of the Forbidden City. The Palace Museum is shaking off the stereotypes of being an old-fashioned academic institution.

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•not…but…意为：不是……而是……，

random 意为：任意的，随机的。

•particularly the extent …作状语，进一步补充说明上文的differences in ecology。

•to which引导定语从句，修饰先行词the extent 。

句意为：不同物种的蛋在大小和形状上的差异不是简单随机的，而是和生态学上的差异有关，特别是和每个物种适合高强度的流线型飞行的程度有关。

Article 1: Skill shared with others

Moksh Jawa, 16, a junior student at Washington High School in the US, has already become a legend (传奇) among students. “Why not?” might be his favorite question to ask.

As a seventh-grader, he taught himself coding (编程) by studying on the internet.

As a high school freshman, he passed the AP Computer Science A exam with a 5, the highest score possible.

As a sophomore (高中二年级学生), he developed his own online course and helped his classmates get through it because his high school didn’t teach coding.

Everything he did came from his own interest. His father sent him a link to Codeacademy, an online coding training program, in middle school. He learned a programming (编程) language all by himself after signing up to the website.

“I just fell in love with computer science,” Jawa said. Along the way, he lit a fire of curiosity and passion among classmates to learn coding too.

7“All of my friends, especially the girls, were really, really afraid of computer science,” he said. But the subject and exam weren’t things to be feared, he said. “Computer science is all about logic (逻辑), not about how smart you are.”

8To make his knowledge available online, Jawa set about creating his own online course, with easy-to-follow lessons.u He included quizzes and tests too.

9The course has so far attracted 3,200 students across the US and in 120 countries and regions, including China, Ukraine and Algeria. It shows, Jawa said, the huge need for coding lessons.

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10When video lecturing, “I deliver it like I’m talking from one high school student to another,” Jawa said. “It’s always great to make it as clear and fun as possible, and to try to keep my voice as energetic as possible.”

He also does that, when teaching members of the computer science club he founded at his high school.

“His tutorials (辅导) were great,” said junior Taj Shaik, the club’s co-president, who took the whole course last year. “I’m definitely one of the early adopters (使用者) of Moksh.”

“He’s pretty amazing,” said Bob Moran, principal of Washington High School, who saw him lead the club. “He was just a fantastic teacher – clear, organized and entertaining. When a student got the right answer, he would throw them a piece of candy.”

Brand new image Many people may not find the idea of visiting Beijing’s Forbidden City just to see its cultural relics (遗迹) very exciting. But what if you got to see deer there too? That certainly sounds like a better day out.

Nine deer were introduced into the Forbidden City, also known as the Palace Museum, on Sept 26 and will make it their home until February. The beautiful animals are part of an exhibition on deer-related relics, including furniture, clothes and artworks. In ancient China, deer patterns (图案) could be seen on lots of items since lu –

deer –

were considered to be a lucky animal because the Chinese word shares the pronunciation (发音) of the character that means “official salary (俸禄)”.

The deer in the Palace Museum are there not only to be part of the exhibition, but also to act as ambassadors (大使) to attract visitors. “It’s a better way to bring cultural relics closer to the people,” explained Wang Yamin, a deputy director at the Museum, according to China Daily.

Turning itself into a zoo is the latest effort that the museum has made at introducing academic (学术的) art to ordinary people.

In 2014, for example, the museum’s online store started to offer products such as T-shirts featuring the pattern of an emperor’s coat, and earphones looking like the necklaces worn by ancient officials. These products soon gained popularity on social media because they allowed people to wear a piece of history.

Two years later, the TV series Masters in the Forbidden City (《我在故宫修文物》) lifted the mysterious veil (面纱) on the experts who work in the museum – people whose job is to repair the relics within it. And while many of us may have imagined these workers to be old and boring, they’re actually quite young and interesting. Some are even in their 20s. They lead a peaceful career, although

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it can sometimes be dull. Workers aren’t allowed to wear any make-up or do their nails (指甲) because the chemicals (化学物质) may damage the relics they’re working on, for example.

Little by little, the Palace Museum is shaking off the stereotypes (刻板印象) of being an old-fashioned academic institution. As Shan Jixiang, the museum’s director, once said, “Academic research is not alien from the public’s interests. We’d like to make visiting the museum a part of people’s daily lives.”

It looks like the Forbidden City isn’t so forbidden after all.

Article 3: Ability affects eggs (P6) Birds’ eggs come in many different shapes and sizes. But have you ever wondered why? According to a new study published in the journal Science, the shape of a bird’s eggs may be down to how well it can fly.

The study’s authors, made up of scientists from universities in the UK and US, found that birds with above-average (平均以上的) flying abilities have “pointier (更尖的)” eggs than other birds.v

“We discovered that flight may influence egg shape,” lead author Mary Caswell Stoddard, of Princeton University in the US, said in a news release.

Stoddard believes that those species of birds that fly better than others lay pointy eggs because their bodies are more streamlined (流线型的) than normal. As their bodies are shaped differently to birds with lesser flying abilities, the shapes of their eggs are also different to match up with their body shape.

To come to their conclusion, the scientists studied photographs of nearly 50,000 eggs from 1,400 different species. Most of the photographs were taken in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and are part of an online database (数据库) run by the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at Berkeley University in the US.

6Using advanced computer programs, the scientists were able to produce a map of the world’s bird species’ eggs. They found that the pointiest egg belongs to the Least Sandpiper, a bird that flies thousands of kilometers non-stop each winter from northern Canada to South America.

“Variation (变化) across species in the size and shape of their eggs is not simply random but is instead related to differences in ecology (生态), particularly the extent to which each species is designed for strong and streamlined flight,w” Joseph Tobias of Imperial College London, co-author of the study, said in a news release.

But what’s more interesting is what this tells us about evolution (进化). The scientists’ next step is to further explore the link between modern-day birds and dinosaurs, which are the only other animals known to lay pointy eggs.

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“The idea that powered flight and pointy eggs evolved around the same time is particularly intriguing (有趣的). Moving forward, we are excited to explore how eggs changed shape during the dinosaur-to-bird transition (转变),” Stoddard said.

Day 5 根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出正确的填入空白处。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Humans use electricity to light up the night sky. But did you know that nature itself can glow (发光), too?

1. ____________________. Some use their lights to communicate. Others shine to hunt, to mate (交配) or to protect themselves. The vampire squid (幽灵蛸), for example, gives out a cloud of light to scare enemies.

2. ____________________.

In 2013, the US company Gleaux said it had created the world’s first light-producing plant, reported the Daily Mail. 3. ____________________.

“People have dreamed about this stuff for many years,” said Alexander Krichevsky, the company’s founder.

He and other researchers are working toward a future in which glowing plants replace lamps (灯) and glowing trees line highways. 4. ____________________, making them glow to let farmers know when they need water or are ready to be picked.

While Gleaux is working on glowing plants, the French company Glowee is trying to use glowing bacteria (细菌) to light up shop windows and street signs. It is the same type of bacteria that causes certain sea animals to light up.

5. ____________________. The company is now working on a light that shines brighter, lasts longer and comes in different colors.

“Our goal is to change the way we produce and use light,” said Glowee founder Sandra Rey. “We want to offer a global solution that will reduce the 19 percent of electricity consumption (消耗量) used to produce light.”

A. People are also creating glowing bacterial art that you can hang in your home

B. Scientists have found many glowing creatures, most of which live in the ocean

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C. Krichevsky also hopes the technology could be used in crops

D. Researchers around the world are looking into nature’s lights for new ideas

E. It is a genetically-modified (转基因的) plant that glows like fireflies do

F. In 2016, Glowee created a bacteria-powered light that glowed for three days

G. This technology could help us save much energy

III版Listening test答案：

1-5 ABACB 6-10 BCBCC

11-15 CABCA 16-20 CBBCC

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