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1、选自选自多维阅读第多维阅读第1212级级Circus PerformersCircus Performers马戏团演员的诞生马戏团演员的诞生 1.What can you see from the cover?2.Do you like watching circus performances?Look at the cover of the book.1.Who do you think these people might be?2.What are they doing?Read pages 2-3 and answer the questions.3.Have you ever see
2、n circus performers?4.How do you think circuses have changed?1.Look at the photograph.What are the performers doing?2.What do you think is meant by“they learn a lot of different acts”?3.What is meant by“backstage helpers”?Why would these people be important?Read pages 4-7 and answer the questions.4.
3、What do you think would be important to do with the equipment?5.Why do you think a person needs to be strong to do circus tricks?Read pages 4-7 and answer the questions.1.What do you think would be difficult about these tricks?2.What did you learn about balancing from this?Read pages 8-9 and answer
4、the questions.1.What do you think these performers are doing?2.Why is timing important?Read pages 10-13 and answer the questions.5.What did you learn about juggling from this information that you didnt know before?Read pages 10-13 and answer the questions.3.Look at the diagram.What does it show you?
5、4.Have you ever tried to juggle?Why is it difficult?1.Look at the photograph.How do you think these performers are able to do this?2.What is something you know that is flexible?Read pages 14-15 and answer the questions.Why do you think some tricks might be extra dangerous?Read pages 16-17 and answer
6、 the question.How circuses have changedToday,circuses are a mix of dance,acting,street entertainment and _.Circuses have _ all the time.How performers learn their tricksWhy balance is importantWhy timing is importantWhy some performers need to be flexibleWhy some tricks are extra dangerousActing can
7、 be _,dangerous and takes a long _ to learn.The circus school teaches performers everything,among which _ is the most important.In the acts of balancing and spinning plates,and tightrope walking,performers are always _ things.It is very important.In the acts of flying trapeze,juggling,_is important.
8、Some performers need to be able to bend,twist and stretch their body into many strange and _ shapes.They train hard to make their bodies strong and _.Being a human cannonball or using silks are _.Performers not only need to be clever,but also _.Circus PerformersTry to use the mind map to introduce t
9、he important facts of circus performers.Activity 1:Why do many people believe it is cruel to make wild animals perform tricks?Read again.How do you know that some tricks are difficult?Find the words that make you think that.Read again.What is the most important thing that a circus school teaches?Rea
10、d again.1.Have you ever tried to balance on something?2.What did you do to try and keep your balance?Read again.1.How do you know this act would have been very dangerous in the past?2.What would you need to be a catcher?Read again.What do you think would be an unnatural shape for your body to be in?
11、Read again.1.What part of cannonball trick would be the scariest for you?Why?2.What is the main idea in this book?Read again.Choose a topic and try to give an explanation on it.Tell your partner what your explanation is about and some facts you know about your topic.Use words like so or because when
12、 you explain.Then complete the following introduction.Activity 2:Iamgoingtotalkabout_.Asa/an_,_isimportant.And_isalsonecessaryforthem.Theycanlearn_at/in_.Iwanttobea/an_inthefuturebecause_.1.Have you ever had to train for something?What was it?What did you have to do?What do you think of it?2.Have you read any other books about circus performers or people who do dangerous tricks to entertain others?What were they about?What do you think of them?Discussion1.完善并运用思维导图，向全班介绍马戏团演员诞生的要素，可以通过查阅资料丰富介绍内容。2.阅读另一篇关于马戏团演员或其他靠危险技能来娱乐人们的演员的书籍或故事，并给大家讲一讲。Homework
