I think you might read the given questions fast as well, then the material. The re is an advantage to do this. When you read the material with the questions, you can save your time.
Model:
A Festival Atmosphere.
At midnight on New Year's Eve, people in Rome, Italy, throw out all the things they no longer want. The streets are filled with old chairs, beds, clothes and dishes.
In Madrid, Spain, the new Year comes in more quietly. People come to the main souare. Each holds a bag of grapes (葡萄). As the clock strikes twelve, the people eat the grapes----one for each stroke.
In Tokyo, capital of Japan, people eat noodles in New Year's Eve. This food is said to bring long life. Early the next morning, some Japanese families climb Mount Fuji, There they watch the first sunrise of the new Year.
1. This story is about New Year's Eve in ______.
A. Europe
B. Europe and Latin Aucerica.
C. Four capital cities.
D. Three countries.
2. The writer thinks New Year's Eve in Rome is _____.
A. interesting
B. dull
C. noisy
D. happy
3. The number of grapes that must be take. From each bag is _____.
A. one
B. twelve
C. thirteen
D. fourteen
4. People in both Spain and Japan spend the New Year's Eve ____.
A. throwing things away
B. eating a special food
C. climbing a mountain
D. watching the first sunrise
5. People climb Mount Fuji on the New Year's morning to ____.
A. look for happiness
B. meet their friends
C. enjoy the beauty of nature
D. do something strange
6. People who hope to gain long life from their New Year's food are the ____.
A. Japanese
B. Spanish
C. Italians
D. both A and B
Look through the questions first. No. 1,3,4,6 are the questions which are about the content of the article. This information is connected with the names, numbers or activities in the article, question No. 2 and No. 5 are comprehensive ones.
Then browse the article. From the questions and the title you may know that the article is about the festival custom of different countries. The article includes three paragraphs. Each talks of a different place ____ Rome, Madrid and Tokyo.
So when you have the first glance over the article, you've got the key to question No.1. After your glance, these things have been put into your brain:
Rome-throw out-are filled with-
Madrid-quietly-main square-grapes-one for each stroke
Tokyo-noodles-bring long life-climb Mount
Fuji-first sunrise
Now, you may have some idea of the out line of the article, Then you may read the whole material
4.Writing
Writing is one way of providing variety in classroom procedures. It provides a student with physical evidence of his achievements and becomes a course whereby he can measure his improvement. It helps to consolidate the students' grasp of vocabulary and structure, and complements the other language skills.
Sentence is the base of an article. So we should begin our writing with sentences. First, students should be asked to express with sentences-sentences making, then to write short articles.
1. Translation. Translate Chinese into English.
First, they should learn the five basic sentence drills. Then choose some typical sentences in the text as models, do sentence making after these models.
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