新概念第三册分课答案9

Lesson 9 Flying cats

Listening comprehension

1 Introduce the story

T: Today we'll talk about cats.

2 Understand the situation

T: What do you think is happening in the picture?

3 Listening objective

T: Listen to the passage(or read it silently) and see if you can answer this question:

How do cats try to protect themselves when falling from great heights?

4 Play the tape or read the story or wait for the

students to finish reading silently

5 Answer the question

After the reading, ask the question again: How do cats try

to protect themselves when falling from great heights?

Train the students not to shout out the answer. Instead, ask one student, then ask the others to agree or disagree with a show

of hands.

Answer: They stretch out their legs like flying squirrels

to increase their air－resistance.

6 Intensive reading

Play the tape or read the text again, pausing after every sentence to check the students understand. Obtain brief explanations to difficulties in the text from the students themselves. Only use Chinese if a confirmatory translation is necessary.

7 Play the tape or read the story again

8 Reading aloud

Ask one or two students to read the text aloud. Comprehension questions

1 How do cats often behave towards humans? ( They can be friendly and affectionate.)

2 But they're suspicious of humans as well,aren't

they?(Yes, they are.)

3 Do they lead mysterious lives of their own?(Yes, they do.)

4 How are they different from dogs and horses?(They never become submissive.)

5 What have humans learned to respect about cats? (Their independence.)

6 What is the popular belief about cats?(That they have nine lives.)

7 Is there any truth in this belief ?(Yes, there is.)

8 Which institution recently made a study of cats? (The New York Animal Medical Centre.)

9 How many cats took part in this study? (132.)

10 What did all these cats have in common?(They had all fallen

off high buildings.)

11 How many of them had died?(Only eight of them.)

12 Why is New York the ideal place for this kind of

study?(Because there is no shortage of tall buildings.)

13 What had the cat called Sabrina suffered from? (A broken tooth.)

14 What did a doctor compare falling cats with? (Welltrained paratroopers.)

15 What seems to happen to cats the further they fall? (They are less likely to injure themselves.)

16 What speeds do they reach in a long drop? (Sixty miles an hour and more.)

17 What do cats have time to do during a long drop? (They have

time to relax.)

18 What do they do with the legs when falling?(They stretch them out.)