2. Read the passage aloud to students. Ask them to listen carefully to you and follow the text on pages 4 and 5.

1. Brainstorm the vocabulary that is used to describe people's characteristics. Encourage students to explain each word to their classmates. For weaker classes, write the following words on the board and ask students to say the Chinese meaning of each word: clever, fun, helpful, lazy, polite, honest, dishonest, 　friendly.

16. dream　 ①n. 梦; 梦想；想往的事

a frightening dream一个可怕的梦

To spend holidays by the sea was his dream. 在海滨度假是他想往的事。

②vt., vi. 　dreamed 或 dreamt, dreaming 做梦；梦见

I dreamt about my teacher last night. 昨天夜里我梦见我的老师了。

Homework

Copy the new words.

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Reading(Part A)

Part A

15. without　 I can't do it without your help.没有你的帮助，我不能做这件事。

He went away without saying a word.他一句话也没说就离开了。

14. sense 感觉；知觉；感知

He has a good sense of smell. 他的嗅觉很灵敏。

13. fault　 n.过失，过错

Who broke the cup? It's my fault, I dropped it. 谁把杯子摔了？这是我的过错，我摔的。

12. forgive　

I'll never forgive you. 我永远不原谅你。

Please forgive me -- I didn't mean to be rude.请原谅我，我不是有意无礼的。

11. energy　 Young people usually have more energy than the old. 年轻人通常比老年人有活力。

10. argue 争论；争吵

He argued with Mary about the best place for a holiday. 他和玛丽争论度假的最好地方。

9. peace

War started again after eight years of peace.八年的和平之后，战争又开始了。