READINGTASKSBook7Unit5Pre-readingactivitiesTaskIIfyouarestudyinginaforeigncountry,whatdifficultieswillyoumeet?TaskIIWhataretheadvantagesanddisadvantagesoflivingwithahostfamily?TaskIIIWhichdoyouthinkismoreimportantforahighschoolstudent,studyorsociallife?While-readingactivitiesTaskIReadthetextandfillintheblanks.TaskIIReadthetextandfindthereasonsforthefacts.FactsReasons1.XieLeifeltnewvous.A.StudyinginBritainisquitedifferentfromthatintheirowncountries.2.Mostforeignstudentswillcompletethepreparationcourse.B.Theyweredifferentfromthelisteningtapes.3.XieLeimadegreatefforttogetusedtothenewwayoflifeinthebeginning.C.ShegotanEforherfirstessay.4.XieLeididnotunderstandthepeopletherecompletely.D.Shedidnotknowwhatthefuturewouldhold.5.XieLeihadthechancetolearnmoreaboutthenewculture.E.Shewaslivingwithstudentsfromothercolleges.6.XieLeiwenttohertutortoaskthereason.F.Shehadtolearnalmosteverythingagain.7.XieLeihadnotimeforsocialactivities.G.Shewasmuchtoobusywithherwork.TaskIIIReadParagraph4andfillintheblanks.TrytounderstandwhyXieLeididnotgetagoodmarkforherfirstessay.WhatXieLeididTheproblemsthetutorpointedoutXieLei:—foundthearticleonthe1.________havingthesameinformation.—madeasummary.—2.________thedraft.—handedintheessay.She:—shouldn’tcopyotherpeoplewithout3.________them.—shouldn’twriteonlywhatotherpeoplethought.—shouldreadwidelyaboutdifferentideasandgive4.________.—shouldhavethecouragetocontradicttheauthors.Post-readingactivitiesTaskIWriteasummaryofthetext.Thentrytoretellthetexttoyourpartners.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________TaskIIWhatdoyouthinkisthebestwaytosolvetheproblemofgettingusedtothenewwayoflifeinaforeigncountry?Shareyouropinionwithyourpartners.TaskIIIMakeadialoguebetweenXieLeiandhertutortalkingaboutherfirstessay.TaskIVImagineyouareareporter.Writeanarticleofabout150wordsreportingwhatXieLeididforhersociallife.参考答案:Pre-readingactivitiesTaskI略TaskII略TaskIII略While-readingactivitiesTaskI1.nervous2.degree3.telephone4.host5.idioms6.acknowledgement7.contradict8.clubsTaskII1-D2-A3-F4-B5-E6-C7-GTaskIII1.Internet2.revised3.acknowledging4.herownopinionPost-readingactivitiesTaskIAfterlivinginthesamecityinChinaallherlife,21yearoldXieLeiwasverynervouswhenshegottoLondon,sosheisgladshedecidedtocompleteapreparationyearfirst.IthasgivenherthetimetogetusedtotheEnglishwayoflifeandhowdifferenteverydayEnglishisfromtheEnglishspokenonthetapesshestudiedathome.SomeforeignstudentschoosetoliveinstudentaccommodationwhileotherslikeXieLeichoosetolivewithahostfamily.Shefindsshecanlearnmoreabouttheculturethiswayandifshedoesn’tunderstandsomething,shecanaskherhostfamilyforadvice.AtfirstXieLeifoundthedifferentstyleofstudyinginEnglanddifficultbutsheisusedtoitnowandisworkingonfindingtimeforasociallife.TaskII略TaskIII略TaskIV略