June 16 June 16 高中进阶版 高中进阶版 PP11

Pre-reading

P2

Where did your parents take you to on last Children’s Day?

How do you measure success?

While-reading

P3

2. What life lesson did the parents teach their

children?

1. Where did a group of parents in Guangdong

take their children to on last Children’s Day?

Fortune represents social status, and their children

should aspire to make a fortune.

Answer the following questions.

They took their children on a tour to visit a mansion.

While-reading

P4

4. What does the author want to imply by mentioning A

Dream of Red Mansions?

3. What does the workaholic lifestyle of the

Chinese people bring about?

Wealth and big houses do not equal happiness.

Answer the following questions.

Physical, mental and social problems.

While-reading

P5

3. A Dream of Red Mansions may help change children’s concept

of wealth and happiness.

1. Three hundred parents in Guangdong took their

children on a tour of a mansion and told their

kids they should dream about living in a similar

big house one day.

2. The importance of developing the social and spiritual values in

children should not be emphasized.

True or false

4. The mansion that the parents and their kids visited once

belonged to an emperor.

Language study

P6

Translate the following sentences into English

1. 我确切知道你的感受。 (exactly)

I know exactly how you feel.

2. 我们应当采取措施保护环境。 (measure)

3. 你是谁并不重要。 (matter )

We should take measures to protect our environment.

It does not matter who you are.

After-reading

P7

How do you understand the relation between

wealth and happiness?

How do you like A Dream of Red Mansions?

QUESTIONS FOR FURTHER