London has a huge number of immigrants, coming from different parts of the world (2 Many emigrant labores are not used to the customs in Africa Study the following idioms and translate the following sentences brain drain: a movement of large numbers of highly skilled or professional people from the count where they are trained to other counties where they can earn more money人才流失 thump up: an indication a sigh of approval, support or victory同意,顶呱呱,赞成 thump down: an indication or sign of disapproval Xf hold water: stand up to critical examination or testing站得住脚 1)Comments about"Brain Drain"dont hold much water when every politician has a son or daughter aiming to go abroad (只要还有政治家的孩子要出国,那么谈论人才流失就没有意义。) 2)他们赞成/反对我们提出的出国计划 (Theyre given our plan of going abroad the thumps up/down. 6. Homework: 1)SS are required to finish the exercises of section a and will be checked next time 2)writing: write an argumentative essay on the topic"How to Face Challenge. Section B, (2 periods) Borderline ridiculousness 1. Reading Skills (10 minutes) The reading skill we should learn and review in this unit is reading for the key idea in a sentence The key idea of a sentence usually tells a)what a person or an object is b)what a person or an object is doing In order to find the key idea of a sentence we have to a)ask who or what the sentence is about b)ask what the person or object is doing, or what is happening to the person or object c) learn to separate the supporting details from the key idea Many words in a sentence describe things about the subject of the sentence and only add details d it If we ask when, what, when, or why, then we will find it will be easier see the key idea in a 2. While-reading Activities (40 minutes) SS are required to read the text quickly and understand the structure by finding out the main id of each part of the text2-9 4 country. ① London has a huge number of immigrants, coming from different parts of the world. ② Many emigrant labores are not used to the customs in Africa. Study the following idioms and translate the following sentences: brain drain: a movement of large numbers of highly skilled or professional people from the country where they are trained to other counties where they can earn more money 人才流失 thump up: an indication a sigh of approval, support or victory 同意，顶呱呱，赞成 thump down: an indication or sign of disapproval 反对 hold water: stand up to critical examination or testing 站得住脚 1) Comments about “Brain Drain” don’t hold much water when every politician has a son or daughter aiming to go abroad. （只要还有政治家的孩子要出国，那么谈论人才流失就没有意义。） 2) 他们赞成/反对我们提出的出国计划 （They’re given our plan of going abroad the thumps up/down.） 6. Homework: 1) SS are required to finish the exercises of section A and will be checked next time. 2) writing: write an argumentative essay on the topic “How to Face Challenge.” Section B, (2 periods) Borderline Ridiculousness 1. Reading Skills (10 minutes) The reading skill we should learn and review in this unit is reading for the key idea in a sentence. The key idea of a sentence usually tells: a) what a person or an object is b) what a person or an object is doing In order to find the key idea of a sentence we have to : a) ask who or what the sentence is about b) ask what the person or object is doing, or what is happening to the person or object c) learn to separate the supporting details from the key idea. Many words in a sentence describe things about the subject of the sentence and only add details around it. If we ask when, what, when, or why, then we will find it will be easier see the key idea in a sentence. 2. While-reading Activities (40 minutes) SS are required to read the text quickly and understand the structure by finding out the main ideas of each part of the text