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                                  Good English 6-1 Walrus Join In

1.书名Name ：Walrus Join In

2.作者Writer /author ：Simon Puttock

3.故事背景： the setting (story background)

The story happened at the North Pole. It was very cold and there was going to be a show and

anyone could be in it.

4.主角：The protagonist  [prəu'tægənist]

Walrus, Polar Bear, Arctic Fox Seal , Whale

5.反派：The villain  [‘vɪlən] ：Walrus

6、人物及其特征：Characters and characteristics

      Polar Bear was good at tumbling. Seal  was good at singing. Arctic Fox was good at skating. Whale was good at diving. Walrus was not good at anything.

7、冲突 ：The conflict [‘kɒnflɪkt]

When each animal was showing , Walrus couldn’t stop to join in . They thought Walrus had ruined their acts and were angry.

8、情节高潮：The climax  [‘klaɪmæks]

When Whale finished her act， Walrus was  blamed (被指责） again. So he turned tail and fled. He hid behind a snowdrift, feeling sad and very sorry. ( In Chapter 3)

9、结局：the ending

Walrus became part of the animals’ next show . He practised hard and  became a very good clown indeed. Now he is so good that fox ,Polar Bear , Seal and Whale are glad he is taking part.

10、故事梗概, 主题，以及你阅读后的真实感想  The theme Summary

What’s the theme of the story? It tell us that everyone has his own talent.(天生我材必有用)

What can you learn from the story?  Believe in yourself, don't be afraid of making mistakes and work hard.

怎样写summary:

1. The setting背景—where does the story take place.

2. The main characters 主要人物—who is the story mostly about. Give a brief description

3. The plot故事情节—what happens to the main character?

     Don’t report every single thing that happens in the story. Pick only the most important events.

4.The theme and your feeling 主题和你的感想---What do you think of the story?  What can we learn    from the story?

     The story took place（发生） in the animal world. There was a show and anyone was in it. Arctic Fox did skating. Polar Bear did tumbling. Seal did singing. Whale did diving. Walrus tried to join them, but he seemed to ruin their acts. The show was over. The audience cheered like mad. They thought Walrus was a clown and part of the show. Fox, Bear, Seal and Whale accepted (接纳）Walrus. Now Walrus is a very good clown.

     I like the story. It tells us a message that everyone has his own talent.  (天生我才必有用）There is a saying : Every dog has its day.（每个人都会有成功的一天）

11、你认为优美的或你最喜欢的句子 beautiful & favourite sentences

1）I have a very fine voice.

2）I won a prize for diving at school.

3）He was terrible at singing.

4）At last, the big night arrived.

5）Everyone cheered.

6）Fox skated forwards and backwards and sideways.

7） He bumped into Fox, and Fox went flat on her face.

8) Everyone clapped wildly.

9) She gave Walrus a don’t-you-dare stare.

10) Seal stopped singing and burst into floods of tears.

11) He was pretty certain that walrus could not ruin his act.

12) He tried and tried his very best not to join in.

13) It couldn’t be any worse.

12、最喜欢的章节或段落 favourite paragraphs : Chapter 4

13、最喜欢的人物以及为什么喜欢  favourite character : Whale , good at singing and I like singing.

14、生词和实用短语  New words and useful expressions

                                               Chapter 1   What will Walrus do?                   

1.He wasn’t good at tumbling. He was terrible at singing.  (P6)

was good at sth… 擅长…   was good at doing sth…擅长于做某事

wasn’t good at…=was terrible at …   不擅长于….

Eg. 汤姆不擅长于游泳，但是他擅长于跑步。

Tom is terrible at swimming, but he is good at running.

2. “Never mind ”， said Arctic Fox. "You can watch us.”(P6)

   never mind : It doesn’t matter. 不要紧，没关系

3.Arctic Fox and Polar bear and Seal and whale practised hard for the big show.(P7)

    practise hard for : 为了…而刻苦练习

                                      Chapter 2   The big night 

1.Everyone sat down and waited for the  show to begin. (P8)

 wait for sb/sth  等候某人   wait for sb to do sth 等某人去做某事

2.He just had to leap onto the ice and join in with Fox.(P10)

 leap onto : jump onto

join in : join and become a member of …加入并成为成员之一

4. Walrus couldn’t skate at all. He could only trip up and fall over.(P11)

1) not…at all 根本不……

Billy根本不能摸到他的脚趾，他只能跳。

Billy can’t touch his toes at all. He can only jump.

2)trip up and fall over:站不稳而摔倒了

5. All of a sudden, Walrus just couldn’t stop himself.  (P14)

All of a sudden: suddenly

                                  Chapter 3  From bad to worse

1. My ear is filled with voices sweetly singing in the night! (P16)

be filled with = be full of

书包里放满了书。 The bag is filled with books. The bag is full of books.

2.Surely if he really tried, he could sing as beautiful as Seal? (P17)

 be+ as +形容词原级+as , 行为动词+as +副词原级+as

Eg. 他跟我一样高。  He is as tall as me.

她跳舞和她的姐姐一样好。  She dances as well as her sister.

3. Walrus watched .He wished that he could dive like that. His flippers（鳍肢） began to twitch（颤动）, and his whiskers bristled （竖起来了）with excitement . He tried and tried his very best   

not to join in. (P20)

1) try one’s best to do sth.尽某人最大的努力做某事

try one’s best not to do sth.尽力不做某事……  

Eg.我昨天尽我的最大努力完成了画画。I tried my best to finish my drawing yesterday.

她尽她的最大努力没有错过公车。 She tried her best not to miss the bus.

2) It shows that Walrus couldn’t stop himself and wanted to join in very much.

4.But then he had a brilliant idea. ‘I'll hold my nose when I dive,’ he thought. ‘Then the water won't go up it!’ (P21)

5. They clapped and cheered as Walrus landed back in the sea with a SPLOSH.(P23)

6. Walrus turned tail and fled. He hid behind a snowdrift, feeling sad and very sorry. (P24)

                                  Chapter 4   The show will go on!

1.Fox and Polar Bear and Seal and  Whale stood in a line, blushing and wishing that Walrus hadn't ruined everything.(P25)    stood in line : 站成一排

2. You can be the clown. As long as you do it properly. (P29)    as long as ：只要

                                         Good English 6-1 Assignment

I.、跟录音朗读全文数遍，然后选择自己喜欢的章节录音。

II、听写或默写课本后面的生词表中的生词或短语（马上对照,用红笔订正在卷子上）