1. Vocabulary: Quizlet
2. Comprehension questions
- What are the terms that are used to refer to mountain lions? (P1-2)
- How did Jessie and Brianna handle the attack of a mountain lion? (P1-2)
- When are mountain lions active? (P3)
- Why is it not suggested that we hike with a dog? (P4)
- What can we prepare for hiking? (P5)
- How do people respond to mountain lions? (P7)
- How can we look big when encountering lions? (P8)
- How can we threaten lions? (P9)
- How can we strike back? (P10)
- What can we do if we are pulled down by a lion? (P11)
3. Phrases
- come across (6)
- make a quiet grunt (9)
- snarl like a dog (11)
- charge at the girls (13)
- spine-chilling experience (16)
- on the rise (21)
- survive a mountain lion attack (27)
- Keep in mind that ... (39)
- mating season (40)
- keep good company (42)
- plan on entering ... (43)
- keep it on a leash (49)
- call for help (52)
- in the event of (53)
- keep an eye on (58)
- at risk of ... (59)
- respond to (66)
- hold you ground (69)
- put up a fight (74)
- make direct eye contact with (82)
- at the top of your lungs (89)
- stay on the defensive (93)
- strike back (96)
- in the wild (128)
- increase your odds of ... (131)
4. Grammar and usages
- The formidable hunter was just 15 feet away, silently watching them. (7; present participle)
- Once hunted to the point of extinction, mountain lion populations are one the rise. (20; past participle)
- Ask park ranger ... if there have been any sightings. (34)
- two thirds of mountain lion victims are children (60)
- By running away, people actually prompt lions to chase ... (66)
- keep gazing directly at the mountain lion (115)
1. pre-reading
2. Vocabulary: Quizlet
3. comprehension questions
- Is there any change to the home size of America? In what way? What is people's opinion about home size? (P1)
- Describe Shafer's house. (P2)
- What is the goal of the Small House Movement? (P3)
- What is the motivation of living in small homes? What is the benefit of the simple design of the houses? (P4)
- How useful were the small houses to Katrina hurricane victims? (P5)
- In what way can living in small houses save the environment? (P6)
- What are the advantages of small houses? (P7)
- What does the Small House Movement represent? (P8)
4. phrases
- a growing number of ... (11)
- The group has grown in popularity as ... (36)
- allow for (48)
- fit the needs of ... (51)
- compared to (54)
- prior to (62)
- specialize in (62)
- assist in (72)
- focus on (89)
- make maximum use of (89)
5. usages and grammar
- They point out that despite their simplicity, ... (15)
- The group's goal is to help people ... by living ... (34)
- Whereas prices in downtown ..., costs of construction company ... (39)
- Many hurricane victims ... have been able to ... by moving to small houses. (70)
- ... an attractive alternative to keeping hurricane victims ... (74)
- Susanka says the idea to build ... while she was visiting friends. (85)
- By focusing on detail and making maximum use of ..., Susanka says ... (89)
1. reading comprehension
- What do the author and his/her son believe? (P1)
- How did scientists look for planets in the past? How do they do the same thing now? (P2)
- What is "wobble" technique? (P3)
- What is Kepler project? How difficult is it to observe stars? (P4)
- Tell us something about Gliese 581c? (P5)
- What is a habitable zone? What are qualities to form a habitable zone? Is Gliese 581c in a habitable zone? (P6)
- Is it possible that life survives in the universe? (P7-8)
- What is the author's belief about the planetary system?
2. phrases
- is fascinated by (line 2)
- are decorated with (line 3)
- look through telescopes (line 5)
- dream of (line 6)
- a handful of (line 11)
- to be sure (line 35)
- rely on (line 43)
- in the years to come (line 56)
- habitable zone (line 66)
- along with (line 69)
- meet the ... criteria (line 70)
- sustain life (line 89)
- extraterrestrial life (line 99)
- advance to (line 103)
- make contact with (line 106)
3. usage and grammar
- ..., we have to begin by observing stars. (lines 27-28)
- Despite the complexity of the process, Kepler discovered ... (line 52)
- Gliese 581c is bigger ... by half. (line 63)
- ... but not so close as to boil off water ... (line 73)
- The probability ... seems too high to dismiss.
- I find it credible that ... (line 91)
- Maybe in my lifetime, but certainly his, astronomy will have advanced to the point where scientists will be able to ... (line 102)
4. Quizlet
5. News report: 太陽系外發現「超級地球」 可能有生物
6. illustrations
- Kepler project: looking for planets by determining the brightness of a star
- Kepler project: Observing a decrease in the brightness of a star is very difficult, just as we see a flea creeping across the headlights of a motorcar.
- wobble technique: If a star wobbles, that means there is a planetary system in which the star is pulled by planets.
