8U2_Reading（修改版）

1、People around the world write numbers in different ways. Chinese:English:Romans:Arabic:一，二，三，四，五一，二，三，四，五One, two, three, four, five1, 2, 3, 4, 5We can find numbers everywhere in our daily life.A12310:1052617.83.90The king and the rice Reading Before you readB Before you read 1. Who are the people i

2、n the first picture? A. The king and his son B. The king and his brother C. The king and an old man 2. What are they doing? A. Playing chess B. Growing rice C. Playing cards 3. Where did the story probably happen? A. In China. B. In India. C. In Japan.CABFirst-Readingin India wise old man the wise o

3、ld man any prize a long time The old man enough riceSecond-ReadingThe kings favourite game was chess.“Is that all?”“Wouldnt you like gold or silver instead?”The king quickly realized the problem-even with all the rice in the country, he would still not have enough rice to put on all the squares!Exer

4、cisewiseprizepromisedoublerealizedRetell the story Where Who What: the beginning the middle the endingDiscussion How many grains of rice should the king put on the last square?Homework Read the article aloud at least for 5 times and underline the difficult phrases or sentences. Translate the article

5、 orally.Language points 1. A long time ago, there was a king in India。很久以前，印度有位国王 a long time ago.意为“很久以前”； there be 结构中，谓语动词“就近原则”：There were two dogs behind me。 India :印度，位于亚洲南部的国家。 Indian adj.印度的，印第安人的； n. 印度人，复数Indians。 2. One day, a wise old man came to the palace and the king challenged him to

6、 a game. challenge，动词， 搭配challenge sb. to sth意为“向某人挑战”； 名词，意为“挑战”， 如：Every challenge is an opportunity 3.The king promised the old man, “You can have any prize if you win the game.” Promise: v. 许诺；承诺许诺；承诺 promise sb. sth意为“承诺某人某事物”； 另可作n，如:make a promise “做出承诺”。Prize: 奖赏；奖品奖赏；奖品;可数名词，多指在各类竞赛竞争中所获得的奖

7、励 翻译：翻译：4.“If I win the game, Id like one grain of rice for the first square of the chessboard, two for the second, four for the third, and then double the amount for each of the rest of the squares. ” 如果我赢了，我想要在棋盘的第一个方格中放如果我赢了，我想要在棋盘的第一个方格中放1颗谷粒，第二个方格放颗谷粒，第二个方格放2颗谷粒，第三个方格放颗谷粒，第三个方格放4颗谷粒，依次类推，每个方格的谷

8、粒数目是前一颗谷粒，依次类推，每个方格的谷粒数目是前一个的两倍。个的两倍。 grain n. 谷粒谷粒 可数n,尤指小麦、玉米和水稻。 常有搭配：a grain of一粒如： a grain of wheat chessboard n. 国际象棋棋盘国际象棋棋盘 chessboard是由chess和board合成的名词，叫“合成词”; double v. （使）加倍（使）加倍 double 动词，如：double the salary “加倍工资”；形容词，意为“两倍的；双重的”如：double standard “双重标准”。 amount n. 数量；数额数量；数额 an amount o

9、f“许多”后跟不可数名词 如：an amount of homework “许多作业”。 the amount of“的数量”后加不可数名词 rest n. 剩余部分剩余部分 rest,名词，剩余部分；the rest of“剩余的” 5. “Wouldnt you like gold or silver instead?”. 你反而不想要金子银子吗你反而不想要金子银子吗 (1) gold 金子；黄金金子；黄金 ,不可数名词，也可作形容词，意为“含金的；金色的” 。 (2) instead，副词，放在句末。 instead of“(是)而不是”后跟名词，动名词 6. So the king o

10、rdered his men to collect a bag of rice. (1)order sb. to do sth.命令某人去做某事。 (2)collect这里指“去取”，另还表示“收集，收藏”名词：collection (3)a bag of rice “一袋稻米”; rice不可数； a bag of pears. Two bags of rice 7. He put one grain on the first square, two on the second, and so on. 他把他把1颗谷粒放在第一个方格上，颗谷粒放在第一个方格上，2颗谷粒颗谷粒放在第二个方格上，依次类推。放在第二个方格上，依次类推。 and so on“依次类推”；另还有“等等”之意。 8. The king quickly realized the problemeven with all the rice in the country, he would still not have enough rice to put on all the squares. 国王很快就意识到问题国王很快就意识到问题即使用上全国即使用上全