1. Unit 5: Birds Flying Backwards

2. Before reading the passage, answer these questions please. 1. How do birds fly? 2. Who has ever seen birds flying backwards? 3. Why do birds fly backwards? 4. When do birds fly backwards?

3. Task 1: answer the following questions. Q 1. How many characters are there in the story? Who are they? Q 2. What did the director plan to do? Q 3. What could the audience see at the end of the movie? (director, hero, heroine, camera crew and secretary) (to film a beautiful sunset) (say goodbye to each other for ever)

4. Task 2 : 阅读文章内容后，给出下列句子的正确顺序 a. That’s a very good idea. b. We’re on the east coast here, and the sun sets in the west. c. Tomorrow morning I want you to get me a beautiful sunrise over the sea. d. But I want a sunset. e. Have you provided me with that sunset? f. Why don’t you photograph a sunrise? Then put it through the projector backwards and it will look like a sunset. g. Go to the airport, take the next flight to the west coast, and get one. h. No, sir. (e-h-b-d-g-f-a-c)

5. Task 3 : Text Analysis Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Para. 1 Para. 2-6 Para. 7-10 reason （起因） course （经过） result （结果） (Para. 5-6) （ climax 高潮）

6. Task 4 : 根据课文内容填空 At the end of the big film, the hero and heroine had to ______ and then _____ see each other again. The director of the film wanted a _____ for this, ____ he didn’t get it at first because the camera crew were in the wrong place. The sun ________ over the sea there, because they were on the ____ coast. Then the director ordered them to fly to the ____ coast to get him a _____. The camera crew didn’t go there _____ a young secretary suggested filming a _____ and then putting it through the projector the _____ way. say goodbye never sunsetbut didn’t set west east sunset because sunrise other

8.  1. film : v. 拍摄 n. 电影， 胶卷 They filmed the scene three times. I’ll go to buy a faster film for my camera. Let’s go to see the film.  2.provide : v. 提供 provide against 防止 Sheep provide us with wool. The government provides food for his family. Have you provided against a coal shortage next winter?  3. photograph : v. 拍照 n. 照片 Would you please photograph that bridge for me? Have you seen John’s photograph in the newspaper?

9.  4. look like : 看起来象 … He looks like an honest man. It looks like rain (snow, a fine day, etc.)  5. show : 给 … 看 ; 展示 He showed the pictures to all his friends. They showed me great kindness.  6. run : 运转、运行 ; 跑 The sewing machine won’t run properly. Don’t try to run before you can walk.

10. Homework  1. Finish the exercise on page 53 to 56.  2. Write down the story in your own words.