1. 初中基础 (2268 期 20150626) 8 版 Russell and Darla become friends

2. Pre-reading 1. Guess what happened between the cat and the deer.

3. Pre-reading 2. Do you believe there is a friendship between different animals? Why or why not?

4. While reading Answer the following questions. 1. How was the cat Russell when arriving at the animal hospital at first? 2. Why did the cat Russell get more popular? He was in terrible pain and was all alone. Because he recently helped a fawn named Darla.

5. While reading 3. When did the baby deer Darla arrive at the animal hospital? 4. Russell and Darla still feel unhappy and frightened now, don ’ t they? After she lost her way. No, they don’t.

6. Language study Replace each underlined part with one word from the article. 1. I don ’ t like going out without any other people at midnight. 2. It ’ s very surprising to see so many stunts in the new movie. alone amazing

7. Language study 3. As a teacher, she gets the respect from her students because she deserves it. 4. There is only one table. Would you mind having it with others? 5. Many birds didn ’ t continue to live in the severe winter. earns sharing survive

8. Word usage arrive 用于表示 “ 到达 ” 的含义，后面是表示 小地点的名词时用 arrive at ，后面是表示 大地点的名词时用 arrive in ，可与 get to 或 reach 作同义转换。 如果后面跟的是 here, there, home 等地点 副词，则省略介词 at 或 to 。

9. Word usage Complete the following sentences with arrive (at/in), get (to) or reach. 1. We _________ the station five minutes late. The train had left. 2. When did he _________ home yesterday evening? 3. My parents and I will _________ Paris next Monday. arrived at/ got to/ reached arrive in/ get to/ reach arrive/ get

10. After reading As we can see, some animals can develop a friendship with others. Collect more information and explain it to your classmates with one more example.