Day 2 选择型阅读
[外文素材改编自 100 Happy Poems]
新语篇类型:诗歌赏析 | 主题词:试着微笑 | 词数:150 | 难度:★★★☆☆ | 建议用时:7'
Try Smiling
When the weather does not suit you, try smiling.
When your coffee isn’t hot, try smiling.
When your neighbours don’t do right, try smiling.
It doesn’t change things, of course—just smiling.
But it won’t make them worse—just smiling.
Analysis(赏析):
This poem is really encouraging. Although it has a simple form and simple words, it shows how smiling can help us in difficult times. It uses simple examples like bad weather and cold coffee to suggest(表明) that smiling can make things better. When we smile, it can’t make the bad things worse, but it can improve our feelings and light up the grey world quickly. If you meet difficulties, instead of worrying, try to use a smile to bring warmth to yourself.
()1. When should we try smiling according to the poem?
①When we are sick. ②When neighbours don’t do right.
③When the coffee isn’t hot. ④When the weather doesn’t suit us.
A. ①②③ B. ②③④ C. ①②④ D. ①③④
()2. What does the poem show with a simple form and words?
A. Smiling can make the weather better.
B. Smiling can work out many problems.
C. Smiling can help a lot in difficult times.
D. Smiling can make neighbours be kind to you.
()3. Why does the writer use examples in the poem?
A. To let people find small troubles in daily life.
B. To tell people how to bring warmth to others.
C. To show how to improve our terrible feelings.
D. To suggest that smiling can make things better.
()4. Where may we read this passage?
A. www. healthykids. com B. www. animalworld. com
C. www. poemsreading. com D. www. science. com
词句积累
◎重点词汇
1. suit (v.)
2. neighbour (n.)
3. change (v.)
4. poem (n.)
5. encouraging (adj.)
6. simple (adj.)
7. improve (v.)
8. feeling (n.)
9. worry (v.)
10. warmth (n.)
◎重点词组
11. try doing sth. 试着做某事
12. light up 照亮
13. meet difficulties 遇到困难
14. instead of 而不是；代替
15. try to do sth. 尽力做某事
16. use sth. to do sth. 使用某物做某事
17. bring sth. to sb. 给某人带来某物
◎写作佳句
18. Although it has a simple form and simple words, it shows how smiling can help us in difficult times. 虽然这首诗歌的形式和文字都很简单,但它告诉我们,在困难的时候,微笑能如何帮助我们。(适用于“书籍介绍或赏析”类写作)
☞参考答案见详解详析册 P41

Day 2
【语篇解读】文章由诗歌《Try Smiling》展开并对其进行赏析,介绍了这首诗以简单的形式和文字诠释了微笑在困境中的价值。旨在引导读者学会用微笑面对生活中的烦恼,保持积极乐观的心态。
1. B 直接信息理解题—关键词定位法。根据诗歌中的关键词“When the weather does not suit you”“When your coffee isn't hot”“When your neighbours don't do right”可知,天气不合心意、咖啡不热、邻居行为不当的时候都可以尝试微笑,对应②③④,因此B项符合题意。
2. C 直接信息理解题—关键词定位法。根据文中“Although it has a simple form and words, it shows how smiling can help us in difficult times.”
可知,这首诗用简单的形式和文字表达了微笑能在困境中给予我们很大帮助。
3. D 直接信息理解题—关键词定位法。根据“It uses simple examples like bad weather and cold coffee to suggest (表明) that smiling can make things better.”可知,作者在诗中举例是为了说明微笑能让事情变得更好,D项符合题意。
4. C 推断文章出处题—看内容、识别语言特点判断出处。通读全文,文章主体是一首英文诗歌,后附诗歌赏析,其核心内容围绕诗歌展开。分析备选项可知,A项是健康儿童相关网站,B项是动物世界相关网站,C项是诗歌阅读相关网站,D项是科学相关网站,因此C项符合题意。
词句积累
1. 适合 2. 邻居 3. 改变 4. 诗歌 5. 鼓舞人心的 6. 简单的 7. 改善 8. 情绪;感受
9. 担心;担忧 10. 温暖