English Reading (2),passage 1 & 2,Step I. Requirements for the Students,1. Dont be late and dont be absent in class. Call the roll(点名) on irregular. If the times of your absence in my class reach 3, your usual performance mark will be 0. 2. Unnecessary to preview the lesson. Just do the exercises in class. 3. Please insist on extended reading so that you can improve your reading skill and speed. (the reading speed should reach to 120 words per minute in TEM 4 ). And youre supposed to write reading reports: 2 pieces one month and turn in at the end of every month. This term, dont copy and dont write comment on movie, just write comment on novel, fiction, not short story.,THE AMAZON RIVER,Passage I: Hunting for Viruses on the Amazon,Lead-in Do you know something about Amazon?,It is a river in South America ,the largest river in the world in terms of volume of water carried.,It is one of the longest rivers in the world, approximately 6,276 km (3,900 miles) long ,which only shorter than the Nile River (approximately 6,671 km long), And the width is 190 km.,Origin: Nevado Mismi in the Peruvian Andes （起源:安第斯山脉奈瓦多米斯米峰 ） surface of volume:6,915,000 square kilometers ,about 40 percent of South America(流域面积) total volume:219000 square kilometres per second(流量) Tributary :over 15000 （支流）,Countries：Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Guyana（途径国家:秘鲁，哥伦比亚，巴西，玻利维亚，瑞内瑞拉，厄瓜多尔，圭亚那）,Rain forest,Amazon River moistening the vast lands of South America, has bred the worlds largest tropical rainforest, making it a region which is acknowledged as the worlds most mysterious “kingdoms of life“. Also known as “King of the river“. And the Amazon basin tropical rain forest is located Brazil most probably .,Amazon species introduction,Amazon rainforests has 2,500,000 kinds of insects, tens of thousands of plant varieties, and about 2, 000 species of birds and mammals. At present, has at least 40, 000 species of plants, 3, 000 species of fish, 1, 294 species of birds, 427 of breastfeeding kind of thing, and amphibians, 378 kind of reptile was a scientific classification.,TIPS,Amazon ecosystem is being destroyed by the endless development of humans. pollutions, cutting, killing and so many illegitimate activities. We hope that we can protect the environment and keep a nature lives.,2. Let the Ss to read the passage and finish the corresponding exercises in 5 minutes. 3. Check the answers I. 1-5: ADBAC 6-10: CCBDA Language points: 1). The headquarters大本营，总部，司令部 用复数形式一个总部，司令部，谓语动词可以用单数，也可以用复数，两个以上，一定用复数 2）Insist 后的从句用陈述语气时，意为坚持说，坚持认为后的从句用虚拟语气时，意为坚持要求 3）the loveliest disease 最引以为自豪的疾病。 4）a great pool of disease: a lot of,5) viruses waiting for a disease”, they sometimes called 他们有时被称为“潜伏型”病毒 6）be jealous of man:对某人嫉妒Be envious of sb对某人羡慕 II. (omitted),III.,1. A. development B. developing C. developed D. developer real estate地产, 不动产 ；personal estate chattelmovable动产）E. is developing 2. A. (has ) discovered B. discoverer C. discovery 3. A. insisted B. insistent C. insistence 4. A. provision B. provider C. provides 5. A. reproductive B. reproduction C. reproducer (a disk reproducer 唱机)D. reproduce,IV 1. She is with child.怀孕了 She is with a child. 带着一个小孩 2. He is in black。 身着黑装（身穿丧服） He is in the black 盈利了 3. She is in pink 身穿粉色衣服 She is in the pink 身体很好 4. He keeps shop值班，照管店务 He keeps a shop.开了一个店子 5. He went to pot。 破产了 He went to a pot. 到过锅子那里,6. Mr. Smith took a chair。搬走了一把椅子。 Mr. Smith took the chair。主持了会议。 7.The boss gave the worker a sack给那个工人一个麻袋 The boss gave the worker the sack 解雇了那个工人 let the cat out of the Bagsack：let the secret out泄漏秘密 8. He took flight.他逃走了。He took a flight. 他做了一次飞行。,Extended reading: Genesis,What did God create each day ? Genesis_01.mp3 http:/www.funshion.com/vplay/m-106688.e-1/In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 1:2Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. Gods Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters. God said, “Let there be light,“ and there was light. 1:4God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness. 1:5God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. There was evening and there was morning, one day.,God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.“ God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse, and it was so. God called the expanse sky. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.,God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear,“ and it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. God saw that it was good. God said, “Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth,“ and it was so. The earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind: and God saw that it was good. There was evening and there was morning, a third day,