2. How will you deal with such crisis as followed: earthquake, fire, robbery, etc? While reading(90 minutes) Step l Read the text for general idea Questions for the First Readin 3. Where and when did the story take place? (It took place in India when shortly before the First World War. 2. Who gave the dinner party and what guests were invited to it? A colonial official and his wife gave the dinner party; officers and their wives and a visiting 3. What was the subject of the discussion between the young girl and the major? CThey had a heated discussion about whether men are braver than women 4. What did the american naturalist do when they were having this discussion? What kind of expression did he see come over the hostess's face? He watched the other guests and saw a strange expression come over the hostess's face --- she was staring straight ahead with her muscles contracting slightly. 5. What did the American do in the crisis? (He said he wanted to know how well they could control themselves and asked them to sit stil 6. What did hostess's reaction in the crisis prove (A woman can face a crisis with perfect calmness and self-control. Step 2 Focus on the analysis of text organization and stylistic features of narrative writing Step 3 review the text 1)answer questions posed by students based on the text----Question time(10 minutes) 2) Ask questions concerned understanding difficult word, phrases and difficult sentences to make sure these difficult items can be understood correctly Post-reading(45 minutes) Language point Key words: I)track down, spring up; feel like, more of control than; count; come to Words to Drill: bare/blank/ empty /hollow contract; emerge, image/imagine /imagination/imaginative /imaginary likely /like/alike/unlikedislike,outgrow Difficult Sentences:7 2. How will you deal with such crisis as followed: earthquake, fire, robbery, etc.? While Reading(90 minutes) Step 1 Read the text for general idea Questions for the First Reading: 3. Where and when did the story take place? (It took place in India when shortly before the First World War. 2. Who gave the dinner party and what guests were invited to it? (A colonial official and his wife gave the dinner party; officers and their wives, and a visiting American naturalist were invited.) 3. What was the subject of the discussion between the young girl and the major? (They had a heated discussion about whether men are braver than women.) 4. What did the American naturalist do when they were having this discussion? What kind of expression did he see come over the hostess’s face? (He watched the other guests and saw a strange expression come over the hostess’s face ---- she was staring straight ahead with her muscles contracting slightly.) 5. What did the American do in the crisis? (He said he wanted to know how well they could control themselves and asked them to sit still until he counted up to three hundred.) 6. What did hostess’s reaction in the crisis prove? (A woman can face a crisis with perfect calmness and self-control.) Step 2 Focus on the analysis of text organization and stylistic features of narrative writing Step 3 Review the text 1) answer questions posed by students based on the text----Question time (10 minutes) 2) Ask questions concerned understanding difficult word, phrases and difficult sentences to make sure these difficult items can be understood correctly. Post-reading (45 minutes) Language Points Key words：1) track down; spring up; feel like; more of control than; count; come to Words to Drill: bare / blank / empty /hollow; contract; emerge; image / imagine /imagination / imaginative /imaginary / imaginable; likely / like / alike / unlike / dislike; outgrow Difficult Sentences：