Pre-reading Activities Background Information 1. Manhattan is a suburb of New York. 2. Brooklyn is a suburb of New York. 3. Ebbets Field is the stadium built by and named after Charlie Ebbets, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team. The first game played in this former home of the Brooklyn Dodgers took place in 1938. The Dodgers no longer play for Brooklyn. For more information, visit

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Stage 1: Pre-reading Activities Stage 2: While-Reading Activities Stage 3: Post-reading Activities

Pre-reading activity Background Information Let-in Activity

1. Pre-reading Activity 2. While-reading Activity 3. Post-reading Activity

Ⅰ. Background Information 1. Richard Wagner (1813-1883), the greatest composer of German opera, made a major addition to the nature of opera through his writings about and the creation of music drama. Music drama combines singing, orchestra, verse, story, drama and spectacle. Wagner's works include the \The Ring of the Nibelung\ (1853-1874), a set of four operas based on historical German stories. For an introduction to Wagner as well as other resources on the Internet, please visit

The Futurist http://www.wfs.org/futurist.htm, a bi￾monthly magazine of predictions, trends and ideas published since 1967, takes no position on what the future will or should be but acts simply as a clearing house for ideas

Pre-reading activity: (20ms) Ⅰ. Background Information Robert Schuller, a Christian minister known worldwide for his church, the Crystal Cathedral (http://www.crystalcathedral.org) made of glass and steel, and the Hour of Power (http://www.hourofpower.org) church

Guess the meaning of the italicised term in each sentence according to the context and your own experiences. The government has budgeted for two bridges in the city

Group work: What do you know aboutthe environmental protection in the world?