Fish story

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Chapter 6
Fish story
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Reading
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Fishing
How to fish?
What do we need to fish?
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fishing rod
cormorant

bamboo
raft
pole
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Look and read quickly

traditional
net
remove
tie
fishing rod
raft
bamboo
swallow
set off
cormorant
rest

require

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Who can remember them best
A
( )1. tie ( ) 2. require ( ) 3. net (
) 4. set off ( ) 5. rest ( ) 6. swallow (
) 7. bamboo ( ) 8.remove ( ) 9. fish
rod ( ) 10. cormorant
A. ?,? B. ?? C. ?? D. ?? E. ?? F.?? G ??,?? H.
??? I. ?? L. ?
B
L
C
F
I
D
G
H
E
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• ?????????????
• Fishing is a________ (???) job.
• The fisherman always (??)
• the fish from the bird's mouth.
• 3. A________(??) can catch fish.
• The man doesn't________ (??)the
• net to catch fish.

traditional
removes
cormorant
need/require
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rod

• I need a fishing________(?)to fish.
• I like________(??) very much
• 7. Don't________(??) the food too fast.
• You should be strong enough to control
• your (??).
• 9.The________ (????) of the fish
• are divided by Damin's family.
• 10. You can________(?) it to the tree.

bamboo
swallow
raft
rest
tie
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Remember quickly

• remove take away
• require need
• set off depart for, set out
• 4. rest other
• 5. elderly old
• 6. enable allow
• 7.hang put up
• 8.modernnow
• 9.dive jump

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b

• control (his raft)
• a. carry it on his back
• b. make it go in the right direction
• c.build it from pieces of wood
• 2. require
• a. make b. sell c.
  need
• 3. is hung
• a. is fixed b. is thrown c. is
  swtiched
• 4. Removed from
• a. put into b. dropped from c. taken out
  of
• 5. rest
• a. a period of doing nothing
• b. a period of silence c. the part left

c
a
c
c
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B
A

• elderly
• 2. tie
• 3. sets off
• 4. traditional
• 5. modern
• 6. enables

• new,recent
• being part of a groups
• way of life for many yeas
• in the same way
• c. Helps ,allows
• d. Hold two or more things together with
  string,rope,etc.
• e. starts(to go somewhere
• f. old

f
d
e
b
a
c
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Vocabulary
1. bamboo (n.) P3

• a tall, thin plant with hard hollow stems,
• very strong and flexible and useful to make
• many things.

e.g. There are bamboo trees by the river .
2. control (v.) PI

• have power over something

e.g. The pilot controls the aeroplane well .
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3. cormorant (n.) PI

• a large, black bird (common in parts of China
• such as Guilin) which can swim under water

4. elderly (adj.) PI

• old (person)

e.g. Although he is now an elderly man, he is
still very active
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5. enable (v.) P3

• make able allow something to happen

e.g. The new lamp enables me to read much better.
6. fishing rod (n.) P3
a long instrument used for catching fish
e.g. I asked my father to buy me a fishing rod
because I wanted to go fishing with my cousins .
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7. hang (v.) P3

• put something on the end of a string

e.g. My father hung a picture on the
wall yesterday.
8. modern (adj.) P4

• recent not old-fashioned

e.g. Modern telephones do not need wires,
unlike those in the past.
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Vocabulary
9. raft (n.) PI

• a simple, flat boat without sides usually
• pieces of wood tied together

e.g. Those villagers cross the river using a
raft.
10. remove (v.) P3

• take away take out

e.g. The dentist removed two of my teeth.
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11. require (v.) P3

• need have to use

e.g. This job requires a hammer and some nails.
12. rest (n.) P3

• the part left or the remaining people

e.g. He spent the rest of the day watching TV.
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13. set off (phrasal v.) P3

• start (a journey)

e.g. She sets off from home every morning at
7.30 a.m.
14. traditional (adj.) P4

• being part of a group's way of life or
• beliefs for a long time

e.g. It is traditional to buy peach blossoms at
Chinese New Year.
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• ?????????????
• Fishing is a________ (???) job.
• The fisherman always (??)
• the fish from the bird's mouth.
• 3. A________(??) can catch fish.
• The man doesn't________(??)the
• net to catch fish.

traditional
removes
cormorant
need/require
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rod

• I need a fishing________(?)to fish.
• I like________(??) very much
• 7. Don't________(??) the food too fast.
• You should be strong enough to control
• your (??).
• 9.The________ (????) of the fish
• are divided by Damin's family.
• 10. You can________(?) it to the tree.

bamboo
swallow
raft
rest
tie
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A Look and think
Read the four sentences below. They are in the
wrong order. Then look quickly at the article,
and write the numbers 1-4 in the Blanks.
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• Paragraph _____ describes a kind of bird.
• b. Paragraph _____ is about the future of this
• type of work.
• c. Paragraph _____ describes an old man .
• d. Paragraph _____ describes how the man works.

2
4
1
3
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B Find the facts
Dear Joyce It would be a good idea to have
some Articles in our newspaper about
traditional Chinese skills .For example, I saw a
progr-amme on television about an _____
man.He Fishes with birds called _________. He is
over ____, but he fishes every day with his _____
birds .He lives with them all the time. Sometimes
the birds even sit on his _____ ! The birds dive
into

elderly
cormorants
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twelve
head
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B Find the facts
fish
the water and catch _____ , but they can not eat
them because the man ties a piece of______ round
their necks .They take the fish back to him, and
he removes the fish from the birds ______.
After the programme I wrote this article for our
newspaper . I hope you like it . Miilie

grass
mouths
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C Find the meanings
C1 Find these words in the article.Then Read the
words round them and choose The best meanings.
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b

• control (his raft)
• a. carry it on his back
• b. make it go in the right direction
• c.build it from pieces of wood
• 2. require
• a. make b. sell c.
  need
• 3. is hung
• a. is fixed b. is thrown c. is
  swtiched
• 4. Removed from
• a. put into b. dropped from c. taken out
  of
• 5. rest
• a. a period of doing nothing
• b. a period of silence c. the part left

c
a
c
c
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C2 Find the words in Column A in the article,and
then match them with the meanings in Column B.
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B
A

• elderly
• 2. tie
• 3. sets off
• 4. traditional
• 5. modern
• 6. enables

• new,recent
• being part of a groups
• way of life for many yeas
• in the same way
• c. Helps ,allows
• d. Hold two or more things together with
  string,rope,etc.
• e. starts(to go somewhere
• f. old

f
d
e
b
a
c
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D Read and think
D1 Each of these sentences has one incorrect
word or number.Cross out the mistake and correct
the sentence. Look back at the article Carefully
to check your answers.
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2.Damin is over 56 now, but he works every
day . 3.Cormorants are large ,black birds
,about a kilometer long. 4.Cormorants use
their wings to push them through the
water. 5.Damin often goes fishing in the
morning. 6.He ties a piece of grass round the
neck of each fish . 7.At night ,he has a fire
on his raft so that he can see better. 8. The
fish are removed from the fishermens mouths.
56 ----65
Kilometre - - metre
wings --feet
morning late afternoon
fish --bird
Fire --light
fishermens - -birds
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D Read and think
D2 What do the words in italics below refer to ?
Look back at the article to find out .Choose the
right answers .
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• They can swim well under water ,
• a. Fish b. Cormorants
• 2. That is done for him..
• a. Catching fish b. Using a net for
• fishing rod
• 3. This enables the fisherman
• a. The raft b. The light

b
a
b
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Language
Adverb
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???????????, ???,????,????, ??,??,??????
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??
1) ??????? now, then, often, always, usually,
early, today, lately, next, last, already,
generally, frequently, seldom, ever, never, yet,
soon, too, immediately, hardly, finally,
shortly, before, ago, sometimes, yesterday.
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2) ???? here, there, everywhere, anywhere,
in, out, inside, outside, above, below,
down, back, forward, home, upstairs,
downstairs, across, along, round , around,
near, off, past, up, away, on.
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3) ???? carefully, properly, anxiously,
suddenly, normally, fast, well, calmly,
politely, proudly, softly, warmly
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4) ???? much, little, very, rather, so,
too,still, quite, perfectly, enough,
extremely, entirely, almost, slightly.
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5) ???? how, when, where, why. 6)
???? when, where, why. 7) ???? how,
when, where, why, whether.
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??
1) ??????2) ?be????????? 3) ??????,?????????
?????
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?? a. ???????????,????
?,??????,??????? We could see very clearly a
strange light ahead of us. b.
????well,badly???,hard ??????? He
speaks English well.
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????
1)??,????,??????,? ?????2)????,????,????,?
?and?but?????? Please write slowly and
carefully.3) ???????? ???????????
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????very ???????,??? ????? ??(?) I
very like English. (?) I like English very
much.????enough?????????,
???enough????????? I dont know him well
enough. There is enough food for everyone
to eat. There is food enough for everyone
to eat.
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1)The night was very ___, so he had to take
off his shoes ___. A. quiet quietly B.
quite quickly C. late quick D. quite
quietly 2)How ___ the girls are playing! A.
happy B. happier C. happyly D.
happily 3)____ he drops in ___ his friends after
supper. A. Some times for B.
Sometimes on C. Often for D.
Seldom on 4)In Britain tea ___ with milk or
sugar in it. A. usually drinks B. is
usually drunk C. usually is drunk D.
drank usually
???
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5)He____ to school to clean his classroom.
A. always comes early B. comes always early
C. always early comes D. come always earlier 6)We
have been to the China Folk Culture Villages
____. A. lately B. late
C. latest D. last 7)I got up ____ today.
A. later B. more lately C. lately
D. late 8)Alice___goes to school at seven. A.
usual B. usually C. hard D. a
little
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Listening
To comlpete notes and match the pictures, you
should do the following
. Before listening, read the outline notes first
to understand the content and predict the words
you need to fill in the blanks.. . Listen
carefully and select the relevant words to
complete the notes. . Use the notes to work out
which pictures they refer to
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A. Tony wants to write an article about four
stamps with photographs of goldfish on them.
Listen to Tony talking to his grandpa about the
stamps, and then complete Tonys notes.
Before you listen, make sure you know the
following words
?
value n.?? tail n. ?? flat adj.???
?
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First goldfish Colour(1)______ all over body,
except for a (2)______cap on its
(3)____. This typeover (4)____hundred years
old. This goldfish is on the (5)?_____stamp. Seco
nd goldfish Unusual feature very big(6)______,
like a (7)______. Colour (8)_______and gold. You
can see this type on old Chinese(9)______.
This goldfish is on the (10) ?______stamp.
gold
head
red
four
1.90
eyes
dragons
black
pictures
5
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Third goldfish Unusual feature (11)______fin on
top of its (12)_______. Shape fat and round,
like an (13)______. This goldfish is on the
(14)?____ stamp. Fourth goldfish Unusual
feature Long fins and a beautiful, long
(15)_____. Shape sharp(16)________. This
goldfish is on the (17)?____stamp.
body
no
egg
1
tail
head
2.40
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B The notes and the stamps are in different
orders. Match the notes and the stamps by writing
the value of the stamps in the box on the stamp.
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1
?1
?1.90
?5
4
3
?2.40
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Speaking
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?????????
I have a complaint about ????? I want to make a
complaint about ????? Im sorry,but???,?? I
m not very happy about ????????
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???????????
Whats the problem???????? Whats the
trouble???????? Im very sorry about
that. ???????????? Whats wrong with it??????
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A 2

• I want to complain about these peppers.
• Oh, Im very sorry about that.
• Hell bring her some fresh peppers.

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A3
Ellen Excuse me. I have a complaint about
this rice. Gary Whats the trouble? Ellen
When I opened the bag, I found bugs in
it. Look! Gary Oh, Im terribly sorry about
that. I ll take care of it right away.
Can you give me your receipt? Ellen
Yes, here you are. Gary Thanks.Noe if youll
just wait. Ill be back in a minute.
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Ellen Excuse me. I want to make a complaint
about this soya milk. Gary Whats wrong
with it? Ellen When I opened the carton. I found
it smelt sour. Gary Oh, Im awfully
sorry about that. Ill take care of it
right away. Can I have your
receipt? Ellen Yes, this is it. Gary Thanks.
Now if youll just wait, Ill be back in a
second.
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Writing
Writing a newspaper article
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A Read Msrtins article. Then discuss the
questions below with your partner and write the
answers in the blanks.
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• What is Martins favourite shop? Where is it?
• 2. What does the shop sell?
• 3. Why does Martin like the shop?
• 4. What was his best buy at the shop?

Martins favourite shop is Model World, it is on
the second floor of Happy Plaza, near Pizza Club.
It sells all kinds of models.
The staff are very nice and the models are not
cheap, but not too expensive either.
His best buy at the shop was a model of a
helicopter.
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The end, thanks a lot