unit-2-Reading-沪教版八年级上册-the-king-and-the-rice

ReadingUnit2NumbersBrainstormWhatdoyouknowabout…?AYoucanfindnumberseverywhereinyourdailylife.Lookatthephotosandwritethecorrectnumbersintheblanks.1Todayis_______September.2Itis_______°C.3Itis_______.4Theyare______grams.5Itis_________centimetreslong.6Itis__________yuan.BLookatthepictures,thetitleofthestoryandthefirstsentencesofparagraphs1and2onpage19.Thencirclethecorrectanswers.BeforeyoureadMakepredictionsLookatthepicturesandthetitleofthestoryagain.Thenanswerthequestionsbelow.1.Whowonthegame,thekingorthewiseoldman?2.Whatprizedidthewiseoldmanwant,gold,silverorsomethingelse?3.Wouldthekinggivehimtheprizehewanted?4.Whatistheendingofthestory?Para.1-2Para.3-5Thekingchallengedtheoldmantoachessgame.Thekingpromisedtogivetheoldmanthericehewantedifhewonthegame.Thekinglostthegame.Herealizedhedidn’thaveenoughricetogivetheoldman.Para.6WhileyoureadI.Skimthestoryandmatchthemainideaofeachpart.1.ThestoryhappenedinancientItaly.2.Theoldmanchallengedthekingtoachessgameintheking’spalace.3.Thekingpromisedtogivetheoldmananythinghewantediftheoldmanwonthegame.IndiaFThekingtheoldmanThebeginningII.ReadParagraphs1and2.Decidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.TFHewantedonlyrice.Hewantedtohave2n-1grainsofriceputoneachsquareofthechessboard.Heofferedgoldorsilver.III.ReadParagraphs3,4and5.Matchthesentenceswiththecharacters.ThemiddleThekingandtheoldmanplayedthegameforalongtime.Finally,theoldmanwon.Sothekingorderedhismentocollectabagofrice.Heputonegrainonthefirstsquare,twoonthesecond,andsoon.Thekingquicklyrealizedtheproblem—evenwithallthericeinthecountry,hewouldstillnothaveenoughricetoputonallthesquares!TheendingIV.ReadParagraph6.cabdTheendingIV.ReadParagraph6.Putthefollowingsentencesintothecorrectorder.ComprehensionD1Readthestoryonpage19andcompletethetablebelow.WhatIpredictedWhatactuallyhappened1.Whowonthegame?2.Whatprizedidthewiseoldmanwant?3.Wouldthekinggivehimtheprizehewanted?4.Whatistheendingofthestory?CheckyourpredictionsFollowandreadAlongtimeago,therewasakinginIndia.Theking’sfavouritegamewaschess.Oneday,awiseoldmancametothepalaceandthekingchallengedhimtoagame.Thekingpromisedtheoldman,“Youcanhaveanyprizeifyouwinthegame.”Theoldmansaid,“IfIwinthegame,I’dlikeonegrainofriceforthefirstsquareofthechessboard,twoforthesecond,fourforthethird,andthendoubletheamountforeachoftherestofthesquares.”“Isthatall?”askedtheking.“Wouldn’tyoulikegoldorsilverinstead?”“No,justrice,”repliedtheoldman.Thekingandtheoldmanplayedthegameforalongtime.Finally,theoldmanwon.Sothekingorderedhismentocollectabagofrice.Heputonegrainonthefirstsquare,twoonthesecond,andsoon.Thekingquicklyrealizedtheproblem—evenwithallthericeinthecountry,hewouldstillnothaveenoughricetoputonallthesquares!Ifyouweretheking,howcanyousolvetheproblem?SummaryWhendidthestorytookplaceWhereWhoWhathappenedThebeginningThemiddleTheending