4. moving in a smooth and attractive way _________

5. sometimes _________

6. an extraordinarily good film, book,

painting, etc. _________

7. the man you have promised to marry _________

8. jump into the air or a long distance _________

(Keys:1 take place 2 roof 3 moving 4 graceful 5 every now and then 6 masterpiece 7 fiancé

8 leap)

Step 3. Reading

1. Leading-in

We all know the film〝Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon〞is a martial art film, which won the world fame. This lesson we are going to read a film review of it. Please look at the film poster first, tell me the name of each character.

2. Fast reading for the general idea

Please read the review fast then choose the main idea of the text.

A It takes place on Peking rooftops and in the deserts of western China.

B It is a martial arts film that tells the story of a stolen sword, and the fight to get it back.

C It tells the story of two people who love each other.

(Key: B)

3. Listen to the tape of the text and try to find which of the following words appear in the story.

Jackie Chan Jet Li Chow Yun-Fat wuxia sword knife fight action

Ang Lee desert Zhang Ziyi nineteenth-century

(Keys: Chow Yun-Fat wuxia sword fight Ang Lee desert Zhang Ziyi nineteenth-century)

4. Detailed reading for information

Read the text carefully, say what you know about these things or characters.

1) Ang Lee 2) wuxia stories 3)Yu Xiulian and Li Mubai’s relationship

4) Xiu lian’s sword 5) Zhang ZiYi 6) Chow Yun-Fat

Step 4. Reading Practice

Read the following passage within 5 minutes and make a better choice to each problem.

They were just an ordinary pair of jeans bought in a second-hand shop. But when four girls discover that the jeans look good on all of them, despite their different figures and heights, they realize“these are magical trousers”!

The four girls-Carmen, Tibby, Lena and Bridget-have been best friends all their lives. They live in the same small American town and usually spend every moment of their long summer holidays together.

This year they all turn 16. It is the first time they have had separate plans for the summer, but the girls are determined to keep in touch. They hit upon a wonderful plan of sharing the jeans throughout the holiday by sending them on to the next friend when they feel the time is right.

When they meet up at the end of the summer, they will record their favorite adventures on the trouser legs.

Based on American writer Ann Brashares’ best-selling novel, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants tells the story of the girls’ summer trips. It will be released on June 1 in the United States.

Beautiful Kena is going to Greece to be with her grandparents; strong, athletic Bridget is off to a football camp in Mexico; hot-tempered Carmen plans to have her divorced(离婚的) father all to herself in South Carolina; Tibby, the rebel will be left at home to work hard for little money.

Over the summer the jeans come to represent friendship and growing up. Lena finds ways to communicate with her grandpa, which she once thought was boring; Bridget falls in love with an older camp coach; Carmen finds out her father is engaged to a woman with two children; Tibby makes friends with a 12-year-old who is dying of cancer.

Even though the four girls miss each other, being apart takes each of them on their own adventures of love, courage and forgiveness. They grow and begin to understand the world and themselves.

1. Why do the four girls realize “these are magical trousers”?