【正文】 rue. Our first footbal l m atch We woul d have won… i f Jack had scored that goal , i f we’d had just a few m ore m i nutes, if we had trained harder, i f Ben had passed the bal to Joe, i f we’d had thousands of fans scream i ng, i f I hadn’t taken m y eye off the bal l , i f we hadn’t stayed up so l ate the night before, if we hadn’t taken i t easy, i f we hadn’t run out of energy. We would have won… i f we’d been better! Another simpl e form of poem that students can easi ly wri te is the cinquain, a poem made up of five l ines. Wi th these, students can convey a strong pi cture in just a few words. Look at the exam ples (D and E) on the top of the next page. (D) Brother (E) Sum mer Beautiful, athleti c Sl epy, salty Teasing, shouti ng, l aughi ng Drying, droopi ng, dreading Fri end and enemy too Week i n, week out Mi ne Endl ess (F) A fal len bl ossom (G) Snow having m el ted Is ing back to the branch. The whole vi l age is bri mful Look, a buterfly! O f happy chil dren. (by Mori take) (by Issa) H ai ku i s a Japanese form of poetry that i s m ade up of 17 syl abl es. It i s not a traditi onal form of Engl i sh poetry, but is very popul ar with Engl ish wri ters. It i s easy to wri te and, l i ke the cinquai n, can gi ve a cl ear pi cture and create a speci al feeli ng usi ng the m i nim um of words. The two hai ku poem s (F and G ) above are transl ati ons from the Japanese. Di d you know that Engli sh speakers al so enjoy other forms of Asian poetry – Tang poem s from Chi na in parti cul ar? A l ot of Tang poetry has been transl ated i nto Engl ish. Thi s Tang poem (H ) i s a transl ati on from the Chi nese. Wi th so many di fferent form s of poetry to choose from , students m ay eventual y want to wri te poem s of thei r own. It i s easi er than you mi ght thi nk and certainl y worth a try. Where she awai ts her husband On and on the ri ver fl ows. N ever l ooki ng back, Transform ed i nto stone. Day by day upon the mountai n top, wi nd and rai n revolve. Shoul d the travel er return, thi s Stone woul d utter speech. (by Wang Ji an) I’VE SAVED TH E SUMMER I’ve saved the summ er And I give i t al to you To hol d on wi nter mornings When the snow is new. I’ve saved som e sunli ght If you shoul d ever need A pl ace away from darkness Where your m i nd can feed. And for m ysel f I’ve kept your sm il e When you were but ni een, Til l you’re ol der you’l l not know What brave young sm il es can m ean. I know no answers To help you on your way The answers l i e somewhere At the bottom of the day. But i f you’ve a need for love I’l l gi ve you al I own It m ight hel p you down the road Til l you’ve found your own. (by Rod McKuen) Uni t 3 ADVICE FROM GRANDAD Dear Jam es, It is a beauti ful day here and I am sitti ng under the bi g tree at the end of the garden. I have just returned from a l ong bi ke ri de to an ol d castl e. It seems am azi ng that at m y age I am sti l fi t enough to cycl e 20 kil om etres in an afternoon. It’s m y bi rthday i n two weeks ti m e and I’l l be 82 years ol d! I thi nk m y l ong and acti ve li fe must be due to the healthy l ife I li ve. Thi s bri ngs m e to the real reason for m y l etter, m y dear grandson. Your m other tel l s m e that you started sm oki ng som e ti m e ago and now you are fi ndi ng i t di ffi cul t to gi ve it up. Beli eve m e, I know how easy i t i s to begi n smoki ng and how tough i t i s to stop. You see, duri ng adol escence I al so sm oked and becam e addi cted to ci garettes. By the way, di d you know that thi s i s because you be e addi cted i n three di fferent ways? Fi rst, you can be e physi cal y adi cted to ni coti ne, whi ch is one of the hundreds of chem i cal s i n ci garetes. This m eans that after a whil e your body be es accustom ed to havi ng ni coti ne i n it. So when the drug l eaves your body, you get wi thdrawal sym ptom s. I rem em ber feeli ng bedtem pered and som eti mes even i n pai n. Secondl y, you bee addi cted through habi t. As you know, i f you do the same thi ng over and over agai n. You begi n to do i t autom ati cal l y. Lastl y, you can be e m ental y addi cted. I bel ieved I was happi er and m ore rel axed after havi ng a ci garete, so I began to thi nk that I coul d onl y feel good when I smoked. I was addi cted i n al three ways, so i t was very di ffi cul t to quit. But I did fi naly manage. When I was young, I didn’t know much about the harmful effects of smoking. I di dn’t know, for example, that it coul d do terribl e damage to your 1全冊教材分析 教學(xué)內(nèi)容： 理解百分?jǐn)?shù)的意義，體會百分?jǐn)?shù)與分?jǐn)?shù)、小數(shù)的聯(lián)系和區(qū)別，在具體情境中理解比例的意義和級別性質(zhì)，認(rèn)識成正比例和成反比例的量，讓學(xué)生通過觀察、操作、實驗和簡單推理，認(rèn)識圓柱和圓錐的基本特征，探索并掌握圓柱和圓錐的體積公式以及圓柱表面積的計算方法；在具體的情境中，初步理解圖形的放大和縮小，初步理解比例尺的意義，初步掌握用方向和距離確定物體位置的方法，并能應(yīng)用這些知識和方法進(jìn)行簡單的操作或解決簡單的實際問題。 ，認(rèn)識扇形統(tǒng)計圖，初步體會扇形統(tǒng)計圖描述數(shù)據(jù)的特點，能根據(jù)扇形統(tǒng)計圖所呈現(xiàn)的信息提出或解決一些簡單的問題；結(jié)合實例，初步認(rèn)識眾數(shù)與中位數(shù)的意義，會求一組簡單數(shù)據(jù)的眾數(shù)和中位數(shù)，初步體會眾數(shù)、中位數(shù)和平均數(shù)等不同統(tǒng)計量的不同特點。 that i s, the pai nter does not atem pt to pai nt objects as we see them wi th our eyes, but i nstead concentrates on certai n quali ti es of the object, usi ng col or, l i ne and shape to represent them. O n the other hand, som e pai ntings of m odern art are so reali sti c that they l ook l i ke photographs. These styl es are so di fferent. Who can predi ct what pai nti ng styl es there wi l be in the future? TH E BEST OF MANH ATTAN’S ART GALLERIES The Fri ck Col ecti on (5th Avenue and E. 70th Street) Many art l overs woul d rather vi sit thi s smal art gal ery than any ot