B.    Talk about Edison and answer the questions in Part 1

Learn: spirit; the spirit of a school; in good spirits

C.    Read Part 2 and do wb. Ex.1&2

D.     Read and learn

Part 1 Edison was a great inventor. He never gave up.

*try out; try out a radio; try out a new idea

*was always trying out; here use the past indefinite tense to describe something usually happened in the past

Part 2 Talk about Edison’s childhood.

*have nothing to do with; have something to do with

*find sb. to do sth.

*build…for sb.

*at the age of 12=when he was 12

*on the railways tracks

*rush out

*carry him to safety; in safety

*so… that …;

 He was so frightened that he couldn’t move=He was too frightened to move.

He was so tall that he could reach it.= He was tall enough to reach it.

*open up

*lifetime; in his lifetime

Part 3 Edison liked a person who can work out his ideas.

*think a lot of= think much of

think more of …than of…

E.      Conclusion

4.      Homework

A.     Wb. Ex. 3

B.     Retell the story

 

 

 

 

 

Period 2

1. Organization of the class

  We are going to read the passage and retell it

2. Revision

  A. Ask and answer

  What was Edison?

  What was he always doing when he was a child?

  Was he in school long? Why?

  What did he do at the age of 10\12\16\22?

  B. Do some drills

C.     Wb. Ex.3

D.     Reading Practice

E.      Retell the story.

3. Homework

  A. Go over the language points

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