the time capsule, additional reading

The Magic Change of the Bund
Language points
• One hundred years later, on the appointed day, 300 people gathered to watch the opening of the box. appointed adj. 约定的; 指定的;设备好的 He wasn't there at the appointed time.
Unit 7
Metropolises
Additional Reading
Watch a video and answer some questions:
• 1. What is a time capsule? A time capsule is something that we show people in the future how we lived.
Para 6: Who filled the new time capsule with items again? How long will it be resealed? Group Discussion: if you have a time capsule, what will you fill it with? Who do you what to open it? Why?
appoint v. 任命；委派；指定；约定 They appointed him chairman. We must appoint a day to meet again.
appointment n. 约会；任命
• When the box was opened after midnight, the contents were in very good condition.
With a population of 416,427 as of the 2010 Census, it is the second most populous city in the state of Colorado, behind Denver, and the 41st most populous city in the United States. The city covers 194.7 square miles, making it Colorado's largest city in area. Colorado Springs was selected as the No. 1 Best Big City in "Best Places to Live" by Money magazine in 2006, and placed number one in Outside's 2009 list of America's Best Cities.
Para 4: were addressed to Many of the letters _______________________ their descendants. The letters were about ____________. hopes (that……) Para 5: According to Cecil Muller, the time capsule treasure was a great ___________, why?
• 2. What things did they put inside?
A comic,
music, a toy, a coin and stamps and a carrot.
• 3. What do these items show to the descendents(后代)?
Our
daily life
F
Choose the best answers.
1. What is a "time capsule" for? C A.To help the grandchildren remember their grandparents. B. To give Cecil some very expensive postcards. C. To give people some ideas about the life many years ago. D. To tell people how many people were living in Colorado Springs 100 years ago.
Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Colorado Springs is located in the southern portion of the state. It is situated on Fountain Creek and is located 65 miles south of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver.
has been appointed 1. A date ___________________ for our English final examination.
2. Today’s bicycles are ________________ of the earlier descendants Velocipede.
Brainstorm
• ຫໍສະໝຸດ Baidumagine we Chinese people are making a time capsule. What items you would like to put in the box? Give your reasons why you choose these items. • What will you say to your ancestors, such as your grandfather, if they left a time capsule to you?
3. City ___________ are grateful that residents peasant workers are making their life more convenient. 4. Local People have been dreaming treasures of finding lost __________ in a secret place in the mountain.
Time capsule
时间箱
Read the 1st paragraph and tell what was collected in the time capsule? In Para 2, who gathered to watch the opening of the box? Were everything in good or bad condition according to Para 3? What were they?
2. Who watched the opening of the box? D
A. Cecil's grandfather.
B. Those who placed things in the box.
C. The President of the USA.
D. Cecil Muller.
3. Which is right? A A. The letters talked a lot about people's hope for the future. B. The "time capsule" was opened on December 31st,1901. C. One hundred years ago people could not make cameras. D. Cecil's grandfather had a hobby of collecting stamps and postcards.
Colorado Springs is a city of sunshine, diverse outdoor activities, cultural pleasures, sophisticated restaurants and dramatic geological. In this metro area of half a million residents, people walk, run, bike, hike, climb rocks, explore caves, ride horses and sometimes ride ATVs—and for good reason. The city receives more than 300 sunny days a year, and has a mild, dry climate.
in … condition 在……状态下 My old bicycle is in good condition. out of condition 健康不佳
• … family trees, books and dozens of letters, including one written by Theodore Roosevelt, … dozens of 几十 He's got dozens of suits but not one of them is presentable.
Finish the Exercises on p110
T 1.A “time capsule” is a collection of items for future people to look at. F 2.The time capsule was opened on January 1st, 2000. F 3.According to the passage, the crowd who watched the opening of the time capsule included the President of the USA.
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4. Many of the letters in the time capsule express people’s hopes for the future. 5. Cecil Muller says that the time capsule is worth a lot of money.
• Many of the letters were addressed to their descendants.
address to 给...写信 This letter is addressed to my mother.
address n. 住址
• I never knew my grandfather, but now I feel very close to him.
At 6,035 feet the city stands over one mile above sea level, though some areas of the city are significantly higher and lower. Colorado Springs is situated near the base of one of the most famous American mountains, Pikes Peak, in the eastern edge of the Southern Rocky Mountains.