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Suzhou High School Fan Xiuqin
Reading
First Impressions
Jenny appeared to be sensitive, friendly, but acted selfishly.
Jane
Jane was in a bad mood and behaved rudely.
Jenny
Jane
What was she doing?
Why was she annoyed?
What was the last straw for Jane?
She was studying for an important science exam.
Because people kept disturbing her.
She heard someone humming behind her.
Jenny
What was she doing ?
What did she look like?
What did Jane say to her?
She was reading a poem.
She looked sensitive, friendly.
“Thanks to your noise, I have been unable to study. You’re so selfish.”
JaneJenny
friends
?
JaneJenny
friends
1 I looked at the person angrily who was humming.
2 I was getting more and more angry and of course, the more displeased I got ,the less I was able to direct my thoughts to what I was studying.
3 The humming was so loud that I could even know the song she was humming!
glared at
annoyed/ concentrate
recognise
Choose the word from the text to replace the underlined phrase.
5 I was incredibly relieved and would like to thank her for it.
6 I couldn’t help chuckling at this.
7 I was trying to study for an important exam in a local library and people kept interrupting me.
4 How could she be not caring so much about the feelings, needs, or comfort of other people?
so inconsiderate
was grateful
couldn’t resist
disturbing
10 I grabbed my books, made an angry, unhappy, or confused expression at her…
9 … and out of interest I quickly looked at the book’s cover.
8 I grabbed my books, frowned angrily at her and said very quietly in the meanest voice I could, …
whispered
glanced
frowned angrily
Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the following words
glance annoy
recognise concentrate
disturb resist
whisper, glare,
inconsiderate grateful
Janet was 1) on writing an
essay when a noise 2) her. She
3) her brother’s whistling.
“Shh” she 4) ,5) at
him quickly. The noise didn’t stop. Janet
6) the urge to scream and instead 7)
_____ at him . “Please stop it, Simon.
concentrating
disturbed
recognised
whispered glancing
resisted
glared
You are being very 8) ,”
she said. But still he didn’t stop. Janet
was now very 9) . Just then her
father called Simon out of the room.
Janet smiled, feeling 10) to her
dad.
inconsiderate
annoyed
grateful
Language practice
Find out phrases from the passageaccording to the Chinese meanings
情绪很糟糕
不停地打扰我
出于感兴趣
朝…瞥了一眼
把…擦掉
便利店
… 因 而道歉
因害羞而脸红
be in a terrible mood
keep disturbing me
glance at
out of interest
apologise for …
blush with shame
wipe … off
convenience store
be in a terrible mood
be in a good/bad mood 今天我心情很好 .I am in a good mood today.
mood n. adj. moody
Moody people are difficult to deal with.喜怒无常的人很难相处 .
mood/temper/spirits
in high/low spirits
keep your spirits up
我们要保持高昂的情绪 .
We must keep our spirits up.
keep disturbing me
resistimagine
suggestfinish
enjoy
avoid
…
+doing sth
I couldn’t resist making jokes about his baldness.
risk
我忍不住拿他的秃顶开玩笑 .
do something out of interest
habitsympathypitykindness
generosity
curiosity
fear
greed……
out of
我们出于同情帮助了那个孩子 .
We helped the child out of sympathy.
convenience store/science exam/poetry section
经济舱科幻小说历史课语法书
economy classscience fiction
history lesson
grammar book
语法错误方便的时候历史性的时刻科学研究经济发展 economic development
scientific researchhistoric momentconvenient timegrammatical mistake
Task-based Reading
根据文章提供的信息用恰当的词语 ( 每空一词 ) 完成以下图表
Title: First Impressions
Characters
PlotJane Jenny
(1)_____
·Unable to focus on her study because of people’s (2)_____ disturbance
· Lost her temper at last and (3)______ Jenny for her humming
·(4)______ of Jane’s annoyance
·(5)_____ to be absorbed in a poem
BeginninBeginningg constantconstant
blamedblamed
UnawareUnaware
Appeared/Appeared/SeemedSeemed
Development
· Found she forgot to (6)___ her most important textbook home
· Was close (7)___ tears because of frustration
· Noticed the book that Jane left behind
· Got in
(8)______ with Jane by phone
·(9)______ to bring the book around to Jane
bringbring
toto touchtouch
OfferedOffered
Ending
· Made an (10) _______ to Jenny for her rudeness· Invited Jenny for a cup of tea
· Glad to see that Jane was no longer in a bad mood
They became bosom friends.
apologyapology