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Unit1Archimedesandthegoldencrown

OnedayinancientGreece,KingHieroaskedacrownmakertomakehimagoldencrown.Atfirst,hewasveryhappywithit.

"It'sanicecrown,isn'tit?

"heaskedhismen.Later,however,hebegantodoubtthatitwasarealgoldencrown."Isitmadecompletelyofgold?

"hewondered.HesentittoArchimedesandaskedhimtofindoutthetruth.

"Thisproblemseemsdifficulttosolve.WhatshouldIdo?

"thoughtArchimedes.

Archimedeswasstillthinkingaboutthisproblemashefilledhisbathwithwater.Whenhegotintothebath,somewaterranover.

"That'sit!

"shoutedArchimedes."Iknowhowtosolvetheking'sproblem!

"

Archimedeswentstraighttothepalacetoseetheking.First,heweighedthecrownandaskedthekingforsomegoldofthesameweight.

Next,heputtwopotsintotwobigbowlsandfilledbothpotswithwater.Heputthegoldintoonepot,andsomewaterranintothebowl.Thenheputthecrownintotheotherpot.Thistime,evenmorewaterranintothebowl.

"Lookatthis,"saidArchimedestoKingHiero."Acrownmadecompletelyofgolddisplaceslesswaterthanacrownmadeofgoldandanothermetal.Thiscrowndisplacedmorewaterthangoldofthesameweight,soI'mcertainthatit'snotcompletelymadeofgold."

"Thecrownmakertrickedme,didn'the?

Whatabadmanheis!

"ShoutedKingHiero.Hethensentthecrownmakertoprison.

CVocabulary

C1Herearesomesentencesfromthestory.Doyouknowthemeaningsofthewordsinitalics?

Circlethecorrectanswers.

1Later,however,hebegantodoubtthat...

afeelsurebnotfeelsure

2Thisproblemseemsdifficulttosolve.

awritedownbfindthecorrectanswer

3...ashefilledhisbathwithwater.

amade...fullbemptied

4Next,heputtwopotsintotwobigbowls...

adeeprounddishesbflatdishes

5Acrownmadecompletelyofgolddisplaceslesswater...

aalittlebasmalleramountof

C2Completethestorybelowwiththewordsfromthebox.Changetheirformsifnecessary.

Certainfillrealseemsolvetruth

Oneday,twowomencametoKingSolomonwithababyboy.Bothwomensaidtheboywastheirson.Nooneknewwhichwomanwastellingthe.

KingSolomonorderedasoldiertocuttheboyinhalf,anddividetheboybetweenthetwowomen.

Thefirstwomansaid,"Goahead.That'fair."However,thesecondwomanwaswithfear."No!

"sheshouted."Don'tkillhim!

Lettheotherwomanhavehim."

KingSolomonstoppedthesoldier."Givetheboytothesecondwoman,"hesaid."I'm____________thatshe'shismother."

Thewomantookthebabyboyhomehappily.EveryonewasamazedathowKingSolomonthisproblem.

DComprehension

D1Thesepicturesshowtheeventsofthestory.Puttheminthecorrect

orderbywritingthenumbers1-8intheboxes.

D2Readthestoryagainandanswerthequestionsbelowincompletesentences.

1WhydidKingHierosendthecrowntoArchimedes?

2WhathappenedwhenArchimedesgotintothebath?

3Whatdidthecrownmakerdotothecrown?

Morepractice

AReadthestorybelowanddescribehowCooChongweighedtheelephant.Usethewordsfromtheboxtohelpyou.

CaoChongweighsanelephant

CaoChongwasthesonofCaoCao.

Oneday,SunQuansentCaoCaoapresent.Itwasahugeelephant.CaoCaowantedtofindouttheweightoftheelephant."Whatahugeanimalitis!

Cananyonetellmehowtoweighit?

"heaskedthecrowdaroundhim.

"Canwegetalargescale?

"askedasoldier.However,noonecouldfindascalelargeenough.

"Canwecutitup?

"askedanothersoldier."No.Idon'twanttokillit,"saidCaoCao.

Justthen,youngCaoChonghadawonderfulidea."Icanweightheelephant!

"hesaid."Letmehaveatry."

CaoChongaskedsomesoldierstoleadtheelephantontoaboat.Astheheavyanimalwalkedontoit,theboatwentlowerintothewater.CaoChongdrewalineonthesideoftheboattomarkhowlowitwent.Theelephantwasthentakenofftheboatandtheboatwasfilledwithrocksuntilitwentdownagainandwaterreachedthelineontheboat.

CaoChongthenweighedtherocks.Headdeduptheweightofalltherocksandsaid,"Thisistheweightoftheelephant."

CaoCaowasveryhappywithhisson."Mysonisveryclever,isn'the?

"

hesaid.Everyoneagreed.

lead...ontomarkrockweigh

golowertake...offgodownaddup

drawalinefill...withreach

BDoyouknowanyotherwisekidsinhistory?

Sharetheirstorieswithyour

classmates.

Unit2geniuses

ManypeopleconsiderAlbertEinstein（1879-1955）agenius.Thisstoryabouthimshowsthathealsohadasenseofhumour.

Einsteinoftenreceivedinvitationstoexplainhistheoriesatdifferentuniversities.Onthesetrips,hisdriverHansoftensaidtohim,"It'sapleasuretodriveageniuslikeyou,DrEinstein."

Oneevening,ontheirwaytoauniversity,Einsteinsaid,"I'msotired.IwishIcouldavoidgivingmylecturetonight,Hans,butIdon'twanttoletmyaudiencedown."

"Iknowwhattodo,"saidHans."Icangivethelectureforyou.Youcantrustme.I'velistenedtoyourlecturesomanytimesthatI'velearntitbyheart.Nooneknowsyouatthisuniversity,sotheywon'tfindout."

So,theychangedplaces.Attheuniversity,Hanswasguidedtothefrontofthehall.Einsteintookaseat,listenedtoHansgivehislecturewithoutdifficulty,andjoinedintheapplauseattheend.

However,beforeHansleft,amanshouted,"I'dliketoaskyouaquestion."HethenaskedaquestionsodifficultthatHanshadnoideawhathewastalkingabout.

Einsteinturnedpale."Ohno!

"hethought."Nowwe'reintrouble."ButHansjustlaughedandsaid,"That'ssuchaneasyquestionthatevenmydrivercananswerit.Hans,please..."

Einsteinstoodupandansweredthequestionperfectly.

Theylefttheuniversity,withEinsteindriving.Alittlelater,Hansofferedtodrive."No,"laughedEinstein."It'sapleasuretodriveageniuslikeyou,Hans."

CVocabulary

C1Thewordsinitalicsexplainthemeaningsofsomewords.Findthesewordstocompletetheheadlines.Changetheirformsifnecessary.

1Farmer:

It'satoworkinthefields（happything）

2Doctorswarnpeopletotoomuchsunthissummer（keepawayfrom）

3Famousartist:

yourselfandyourownideas（believein）

4Studentlearnsthewholedictionary（byrememberingeveryword）

5AstronautreturnstoEarth（withnotroubleatall）

6DanceonSaturdaynight!

Allstudentsareinvitedtotheactivity（takepartin）

C2Completethediarybelowwiththewordsfromthebox.

considersenseuniversity

let...downtonight

17thMarch

Earlier.myfriendofferedmeaticketforDrYang'slectureatthe___________,soIdecidedtogo.ManypeopleDrYangoneofthecleverestwomenintheworld.Shedidnotme.Thelecturewasverysuccessful.

Shealsohasagreatofhumourandmademanypeoplelaugh.Shereceivedalotofapplauseattheend.

Understandingthestructureoftheplotofashortstory

Theplotofashortstoryusuallyincludesthefollowingparts:

•Opening:

Thispartgivesbackgroundinformation.

•Risingaction:

Thispartdescribesaproblemthecharactersface.

•Turningpoint:

Herethestorytakesanunexpectedturn.

•Fallingaction:

Thispartdescribeshowtheproblemissolved.

•Ending:

Thispartbringsthestorytoanend.

DComprehension

D1Readthestory.Thencompletethediagrambelow.Writethelettersinthecorrectboxes.

aHansandEinsteinlefttheuniversityhappily,withEinsteindriving.

bEinsteinansweredthequestionperfectly.

cAmanaskedadifficultquestion.

dHansofferedtogivealectureforEinstein.

eHansaskedEinsteintoanswerthequestion.

D2ReadthestoryagainanddecidewhetherthesesentencesareT（True）orF（False）.Thenfindevidencefromthestorytosupportyouranswers.

1Einsteinwasapopularlecturer.T/F

2HanswastiredofdrivingEinstein.T/F

3Hanshadaverygoodmemory.T/F

4TheaudiencedidnotenjoythelecturegivenbyHans.T/F

Morepractice

AReadthisstoryaboutAlbertEinsteinandthenanswerthequestionsbelow.

Einsteinandthelittlegirl

Oneafternoon,Einsteinwaswalkinghomefromwork.Atthesametime,a12-year-oldgirlwaswalkinghomefromschool.Theyweresoonwalkingsidebyside.Thegirllookedathimcuriouslyfromtimetotime.

"Pardonme,"thegirlsaid,"butyoulookjustlikeAlbertEinstein."

"That'sbecauseIamAlbertEinstein!

"Einsteinsaid.

"Idon'tbelieveyou,"thegirlsaid."EveryoneknowsthatEinsteinisagenius.Butyou'rewearingyoursweaterbackwards,soyoucan'tbeveryclever."

Einsteinbegantolaugh."You'rethefirstpersontobesohonestwithme,"hesaidtothegirl."It'sapleasuretohearsomeonetellmethetruthaboutmylook."

Afterthatday,thegirloftenwenttovisitEinstein'shouseafterschool.Oneafternoon,thegirl'smotherwenttovisitEinstein.Sheaskedhimwhyhespentsomuchtimewithherdaughter.

"Ourfriendshipiseasytoexplain,"Einsteinsaid."Yourdaughtertellsmethetruthaboutmylookandbringsmecookies.Inreturn,IhelpherwithherMathshomework."

1WheredidEinsteinandthelittlegirlmeeteachother?

2WhydidthegirlnotbelieveEinstein?

3Whydidthegirl'smothergotovisitEinstein?

4WhatmadeEinsteinandthelittlegirlbecomefriends?

Unit3Familylifeincities

Paulainterviewedtwoteenagersforaprogrammeonfamilylife.Sheaskedthemsomequestions.Herearetheiranswers.

Emily（aged15）

1well,therearejustthreeofus:

mymum,mydadandme.

2HaveIgotmanypossessions?

Yes,I’vegotalotofthings:

abigTV,anewcomputerandamobilephone.

3No,I’mnotexpectedtodothehousew