Stage 1: Warming-up Activities Stage 2: Reading-Centred Activities Stage 3: Vocabulary Exercises Stage 4: Translating and Writing

Reading-Centred Activities 1. Global Reading Task Answer the questions on page 38 toget the main idea of the text. Distinguish between facts andopinions while reading the text Matching the following topics witht he paragraphs in the text

Group work Questions for thought and discussion Background information Enriching your vocabulary Comparing the following words

Group work: What’s the relationship between life and job?

Group work: Is there any relationshipbetween the name and the character? What does the title ofthe text mean? How doyou explain it?

Group work: What’s your opinion on studying abroad? If you have a chance to decide whether to study in a famous university in China such as Qinghua and Beijing University or in an ordinary university in Britain or the USA, what would you choose? Why? Give your reasons

Group work: What do you know aboutthe environmental protection in the world?

Pre-reading activity: (20ms) Ⅰ. Background Information Robert Schuller, a Christian minister known worldwide for his church, the Crystal Cathedral (http://www.crystalcathedral.org) made of glass and steel, and the Hour of Power (http://www.hourofpower.org) church

Ⅰ. Background Information 1. Richard Wagner (1813-1883), the greatest composer of German opera, made a major addition to the nature of opera through his writings about and the creation of music drama. Music drama combines singing, orchestra, verse, story, drama and spectacle. Wagner's works include the \The Ring of the Nibelung\ (1853-1874), a set of four operas based on historical German stories. For an introduction to Wagner as well as other resources on the Internet, please visit

Pre-reading activity Background Information Let-in Activity