Hey girls, don’t be too mean (P3) 福建霞浦一中 郑金凤

Curriculum focus Character building: building up a good personality Language skills: enlarging vocabulary; learning to describe personalities

Pre-reading Look at the pictures, which girl is your favourite? Why?

Match the descriptions with the pictures good–looking mean easy-going considerate and helpful often spreads rumours or gossips about others lovely and pretty cry often nice and kind get angry easily destructive With a strong personality and often argues aggressive with weak personality

While reading ?? Girls are normally thought to be meaner than boys. Do you know why? Read the passage quickly and find out the reason. Girls are taught to be nice. Not to fight. So they have to find other ways to be aggressive. Do you agree with this opinion?

1. According to the first paragraph,how many girls are mentioned ? ( ) A.Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five. 2. If a girl is aggressive,what may she do according to the passage ? ( ) A. She may pretend not to have heard it and turn away. B. She may fight often. C. She may have a conflict with others. D. She may help others. B C Reading Comprehension Read the passage again and answer the following questions.

3. Which one is similar to“She gossips” in meaning according to the passage ? She is ______. ( ) A.mean B. nosy C. damaging D. aggressive 4. According to the passage, we can learn that ____. ( ) A. girls are more aggressive than boys B. girls enjoy damaging friendships C. girls can be not mean at all if being educated correctly D. girls hurt others’ feelings because they have no other way to be aggressive B D

Match the following phrases with their correct meanings : 1.get over A. 转过脸去，走开，打发走 2.turn away B. 计算出，领会到，断定 3. figure out C. 闲荡，挂出 4.get into trouble D. 克服困难，熬过，做完 5.stick with E. 使某人陷入麻烦之中 6.hang out F. 旗鼓相当地与某人竞争

?? Fill in the form with the phrases and pay attention to their meanings 1. The news was a terrible blow to her, but she will ___________ the shock soon. 2. I could not ____________ who he was. 3. If you ______ yourself _____________,please call me. 4. When he saw me, he ____________ without a word. 5. Don’t __________ with him so often,you had better devote your time to studying. 6. He hopes to get the first prize. He ___________ his top classmate all the time. get over figure out getinto trouble turned away hang out sticks with

?? Find the function of the infinitive in the following sentences : 1. She decided to join them. ( ) 2. Miranda and Lauren were made to sit next to each other in biology class. ( ) 3.They figure out other ways to be aggressive. ( ) 4.A girl might tell her friends not to hang out with another girl. ( ) 5.It’s bad manners for girls to spread rumors or gossip about another girl. ( ) 6.To be a good girl is not to be mean.( ) object subject complement attribute object complement subject predicative

Post–reading 1. After reading the passage, you may have a better understanding of girls and their relationships. Interview five classmates. Find out how they feel about girls around them. Report your results to class. 2. Write an article to describe the girl you like best. 3. Have a discussion: How can you become a girl who is not mean?