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T: Now, please read the passage quickly and then try to discuss the question on the screen (Show the following slide) Fast Reading Question: Who are the heroes of St Petersburg? A. Peter the Great — built the city of St Petersburg B. The people of St Petersburg — fought against the enemy and rebuilt the city of St Petersburg Step 6. Careful Reading A. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answers: (Show the slide) Careful Reading (1) Choose the best answer: 1. What is always true according to the passage? A. Where there is a river, there is a city. B. St Petersburg in Russia is on the Neva River. C. St Petersburg seems to be something out of a fairytale. D. St Petersburg is the capital of Russia. 2. When did the city come back to life? A. Three hundred years ago. B. After the Russian Revolution of 1917. C. Nine hundred days after the Germans attack. D. Years after the Germans had gone. ( Key: 1. B 2. D ) B. Now please read the passage carefully once more and try to tell the following statements true (T) or false (F) (Show the following slide) Careful Reading(2) B. Tell the statements true (T) or false (F) 1. The city of St Petersburg was rebuilt by Peter the Great. ( ) 2. The Germans attacked St Petersburg a hundred years ago. ( ) 3. A portrait of Peter the Great was destroyed by the Germans. ( ) 4. It was difficult for people to rebuild the old palaces. ( ) 5. St Petersburg will never be as beautiful as it was before. ( ) ( Key: 1.F 2.F 3.T 4.T 5.F ) Step 7. Post-reading T: Now let’s discuss the following question in groups of four. (Show the following slide) Post-reading What does the passage want to tell us? (Five minutes later the following slide is shown and the students are asked to choose the best answer) Post-reading What does the passage want to tell us ? A. How beautiful the city is. B. How great the Russian Czars were. C. How great the people of the city are. D. How old the city is. ( Key: C ) Step 8. Structure T: Now please read the passage again and try to find the topic sentence of each paragraph (Show thefollowing slide) Structure Try to find the topic sentence of each paragraph: Paragraph 1: The Russian Czar Peter the Great built St Petersburg. Paragraph 2: St Petersburg has been the center of many important events in history. Paragraph 3: The people of St Petersburg rebuilt the city. Paragraph 4: The people of St Petersburg are the modern heroes of Russia. (Three minutes later, check the answers. The answers are shown. (责任编辑：admin) |