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A. Fishing with birds

1. Do you like fishing?2. How many fishing methods do you k

now?3. How do you fish?4. Do you know a traditional Chinese fis

hing skill?

raft

cormorant

fishing with birds

New Words

still

enough

push

require

late

tie

swallow

remove

hang

attract

rest

divide

traditional

adv. 仍然

adv. 足够的

v. 推动

v. 需要

adj. 接近末期的

v. 系v. 吞下

v. 拿开

v. 悬挂

v. 吸引

n. 剩余部分v. 分开

adj. 传统的

a Paragraph describes a kind of bird. a. exciting b. uninteresting

b Paragraph is about the future of this type of work.

c. Paragraph describes an old

d. Paragraph describes how the old man works.

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A1. Read the following four sentences and then look quickly at the article. Write the numbers 1-4 in the blanks.

Read the article again and find words or Read the article again and find words or numbers to complete Jessica’s letter.numbers to complete Jessica’s letter.

Dear Joyce

It would be a good idea to have some articles about traditional Chinese skills in our newspaper. For example, I saw a programme on television about a (1) .He fishes with birds called(2) He is over(3) , but he fishes every day with his (4) birds. He lives with them all the time. Sometimes the birds even sit on his(5) ! The birds swim down and catch (6) , but they cannot eat them because the man ties a piece of

(7) around their necks. They take the fish back to him, and he removes the fish from the birds’(8) . After the programme I wrote this article for our newspaper. I hope you like it.

Jessica

Cormorantsfisherman

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head fish

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Please find the phrases in the article.on the side of…

on the river

be good at…

be used to do sth

on the bamboo raft

a piece of grass

remove from…

be interested in…

divide between…

在……的一侧

在河上

擅长于……被使用于做……

在竹排上一根草

从……移开

对……感兴趣

在……之间进行分配

Please find the sentences with “be+done”.

be+done 被动语态1.is done

2.is tied

3.are removed

4.are thrown

5.is hung

6.are sold

7.are divided

8.are used

A4 What do the words in italics refer A4 What do the words in italics refer to?to?

1.They are good at catching fish…

2.That is done for him by his twelve cormorants.

3.This helps Damin see better, and also attracts the fish.

Cormorants

Fishing

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Important point

He is cooking a meal, with a large bird on his head.

He lives and works with his cormorants on his river.

A piece of grass is tied around the neck of each bird, so it cannot swallow the fish.

他正在做饭，头上有一只大鸟。

他在河上与他的鸬鹚生活和工作在一起。

每一只鸟的脖子上都系了一根草，以便它不会吞下鱼。

1. Some important language points: Their large feet are used to push them quickly through the

water. 它们的大脚是用来推动它们在水下迅速地游动。 be used to do sth: 被用来做某事 Wood can be used to make paper. used to do sth: 过去常常做某事 I used to swim in the lake near my village when I was youn

g. be used to doing sth: 习惯于做某事 My grandpa is used to going for a walk after dinner.

2. Later, some of the fish are sold, and the rest are divided between Damin’s family and the cormorant.后来，一些鱼被卖掉，剩下的在大明家和鸬鹚之间分配。divide sth between A and B在 A 和 B 之间分享、分配某物他总是很忙，把时间都分给了学校和工作。He is always so busy because he divides his time between school and work. divide…into… 把…分成…为了今天授课需要，老师将学生分成了两组。For today's lesson, the teacher divided the students into two groups.

3. All the astronaut should have the ability to work calmly and must be good at working as part of a team.所有的宇航员都应该有冷静工作的能力和作为小组的一员，能够工作出色。 have the ability to do sth有能力做某事他有独立完成这份工作的能力。He has the ability to do the work by himself.

4. hang 的两种形式： hang → hanged → hanged （绞死）； hang → hung → hung （挂，悬挂） 我们可以用顺口溜来记住它们的区别： 规则的“绞死” , 不规则的“挂”。 她已经把衣服挂在绳子上了。 She has hung the clothes on the line. 他因为谋杀罪被绞死。 He was hanged for murder.

Please retell the main idea of article.

Groups work