Period 2 Reading

学习目标：1.深入理解课文，掌握文中基础知识，培养快速阅读，整体理解能力。

　　　　2.自主学习、探究共赢；掌握对比分析、归纳总结的阅读方法。

3.了解Timoteo Apaza 参与社会义务服务工作的意识，树立正确的职业观和服务于社会的思想意识。

学习重点：理解Timoteo Apaza工作的重要性。

学习难点：不参照课文完成本文的summary（摘要）。

课前预习：

Preview the reading passage on P12-13.

使用说明与学法指导：1.在预习时，要把课文通读两遍，先（第一轮）通读教材，完成表层理解题，（第二轮）再勾画出文中的疑难点。2.完成时间30分钟。

教材助读：二轮阅读

一、 一轮阅读

学习建议：限时阅读，完成表层理解题

Ｉ.Prediction

According to the title of the text, what do you think the text is about?

A. The history of the traffic signal.

B. A man working as a human traffic signal for some reason.

C. The traffic signal in the old times

Ⅱ.Look at the picture and finish the following exercises.

1. Where is the man standing?

2. What is he holding?

1. Can the bus driver see the lorry?

2. Can the lorry driver see the bus? How is the road?

3. Why is the man standing there?

4. Is his work dangerous? Is it helpful?

Ⅲ. Answer the reading comprehension questions:

1.Why life in La paz，in Bolivia, is hard?

A: Because it is at 3，500 metres.

B: Because it is the highest capital in the world.

C: Because the mountains make communication difficult．

D: All of the above.

2. What does the word "drop" mean in the sentence The drop is so great that anyone inside the vehicle is lucky to survive?

A: The smallest quantity of liquid heavy enough to fall in a spherical mass.

B: A small quantity of a substance.

C: The act of falling; descent.