TalkingAboutSchools.ppt

Talking About Schools What can we learn from the text? A . Animals can’t learn anything well. B . We should work very hard in our study C . We shouldn’t become a Jack of all trades, master of none. Work in groups of six (Student A, B, C, D, E, F) Suppose you are the animals in the animal school, Student A is the headmaster of the school, Student B the duck, Student C the rabbit, Student D the squirrel, Student E the eagle and Student F the eel. Now the animals want to talk to their headmaster to change their subjects. What will they say? Here is an example for you: (The headmaster was working in the office when the animals knocked at the door.) A: Come in, please. B: I’m sorry to interrupt you, sir. But we really have something important to tell you. A: Oh, really? What is it ? C: It’s about the subjects we have now. A: How do you think of the subjects ? D: We want to be taught according to our own strengths. E: We shouldn’t become a Jack of all trades, master of none. F: Actually I don’t mind whether we should learn every subject, because I can get the scholarship. A: OK. I will think about it. And I will give you a reply in three days. …… * I’m good at swimming. I can fly and run a little, but I’m poor in climbing I’m excellent in running, but I can’t swim at all I do well in climbing, but I can’t fly at all. I’ m good at flying and climbing. I can swim very well, and also run, climb, fly a little. squirrel [skwir?l] eel [i:l] rabbit duck 1.What kind of subjects do the animals study? 2. Who can get the scholarship[sk?l??ip]？Why？ eagle [i:gl] Prediction Skimming Skim the text on page 6465 to check your prediction. Please pay more attention to the first and the last paragraph or the first and the last sentence of each paragraph. Tips Subject Animal Running Climbing Swimming Flying rabbit squirrel eagle eel duck He had the highest average[?v?r?d?]. eel Scanning Task I Please scan the text from the second paragraph to the last one and work in groups t