Hello hi. At each day your lost lost day holiday. Is it today? No. Yeah. Last day tomorrow your holiday, Yeah. So you go back on Wednesday to king's Canterbury. Okay, okay, we're on to part five. Okay. Kind. Okay, last lesson you did this one did it well, and then the plank chess. Then the camels. Yeah. And now pop by, right. Okay, let's just read the instruction. You're going to read an extract from a novel about an American engineer called Sandy who is on a skiing trip, this American teenager called Sandy who is on the skiing trip for the for questions 31 to 36呃，to the answer A, B or C, A, B, C or d, which you think fits best according to the text. Okay, got that, okay. There she is going on a ski trip. Have you been skiing? No. Would you like to. Yeah. Well, let's see what she thinks and then we can answer these questions about her sking. How did I ever manage to get myself into this? Sandy wonderdered aloud and then groaned, although no one was there to hear her. She looked down again from the top. Just stop you there. What is the punctuation? What does that tell you to do? Stop. Stop. Yeah, just stop. It helps the, it helps the listener. She. She looked down again from from the top of the slope and quickly shut her eyes to block out the help, she says. Bloodingly in barely more than a whisper, with her eyes still closed. Why did she shut her eyes, do you think? 住硕新町。And this as well. She's scared. Yes, what do you think she might be scared of? What exactly? Like falling off. Where is she? Let help you answer the question. My question, where is she? Top up the slope. So why is she shutting her eyes? Because she is scared of falling light, scared of falling. She's at the top of the slope. 出去我上课了。One. Because. I think. Getting that one. It looks steep, ep. That way she shut her eyes. Because it's so dangerous. And so difficult, okay, let's Carry on, man. Michael. There, help. She's it. Help, she said. Pleadingly and barely more than a whisper with with her eyes still closed Michael, anyone please? Oh, someone help me out of this mess? Do think she's feeling? That's how 's she feeling? Scared king, why is she calling for Michael? She she wants Michael to like help her out. And then she says, what does she say then after Michael? Anyone? So what is this telling you then? Right on. But she doesn't care who helped her, just just get her down. What does that tell you about how she's feeling? I'm really scared. Anyone to help me? Not just her friend Michael. Anyone that's telling you. Really scared, really scared. And next sentence, it was louder the second time, but without anyone nearby to respond. What's telling you, Michael? The first time she said, she said it. Barely more than a whisper. And now she is shouting, what's that telling you? Louder. She's. Scarer. Scared, really scared. That's what that's telling you, okay? But without anyone nearby to respond, not even Michael, her best friend, it did, it did little to resolve her present. Present. Dilemma. Yes, dilemma. Die dilemma. Dilemma. And what do you think that might mean? A present means. A gift. Present means now what's happening at the moment now. So dilemma. Emotion. Emotion. Problem, I think it means what her problem. Other. A situation. Yeah. At 13 short hasandy was quite tough for her age, but then with only gave, gave her an appearance of greater height. At the moment, she was dressed in a colorful, thick winter jacket that had a boat, bright ink and White design sweeping across the purple background. Ich move. Water repellent pants were the same purple color answer jacket, it was obviously fashionable, coordinated outfit, warm dark purple gloves covered her hands and her. Attire what she's wearing. Was choopped? Off literally. Literally. Literally with a purple ski hat, scarf and stylish ski goggles. If anyone had been around to see her dress this the way she was, she would have been clearly visible for from a long distance away against the almost solid White drop of backdrop of snow surrounding her. So do do a lot of writing of stories, Kevin. I don no no not really no. In your English lessons, ddoesn't, the teacher ask you to write some stories? Oh, Yeah, I mean, in my like own free time. Homework. Yeah. So what's the writer done in this paragraph? What's the writer writing about for us, the reader? What's he telling us? Appearance, her outfit and appearance? Yes. Is this helping us, the reader? Yeah why is it helping us to see how she dressed her. Well, what's the right to doing, first of all? Running her age a rage, then. Her hairstyle, then her name, then. Height. Right and then. Her then what she's dressed in? Yes. So the first paragraph was all about. Problem a problem how she's feeling. The second paragraph is telling us her Aland. Does that make it more interesting for us? Information about her, does it make it more interesting to read? Yeah. Sandy opened her eyes and glanched again the at the sign posted near her at the top of the slope. It was a triple diamond slope at an expert level ski run. How had he, how had she ended up here? She, she, she reproached herself that Michael had at least shown enough sense to get off the ski at and earlier opportunity to go, to go down a more moderate slow, absorbed by by the from. Full stop. What do you do to full stop, Kevin, stop. You stop trying to understand what you are reading. But by stopping, it can help you understand what you are reading. Because it gives you time, a little time to think, what have I just read? Very. Absorbed by the view from near the top of the top of the. Area Nevada mountain range in the lake. Tahoe area shared between California on the west side on the range and Nevada on the east. She had foolishly decided to write the left up a little further and had found herself facing this, this, this ski slope, one that was well above her slightly more than beginner level scear abilities. Okay, so what's the problem so far? Can you describe it in your own words? This slope is too much for her abilities. And and she's scared about like the the the slope is too too steep. And. And it would be dangerous. There anybody to help her? No, no one. What happened to her friend? Not responding her. I leave. You went to a more mother ate lope. She. She went to this high level. Skis, though. Too much for her abilities. Sandy sideeply, tightly dripped, dripped her ski poles. In her glolove hands pointed her, I ski straight and pushed back on the poles in her hands enough to cause herself to inch forward, as all other avenues seem to be close to her. So what's she doing now, in your words? She's getting ready to. Go down a little bit more detail. To explain the situation, what's she doing, how she's feeling and why. What's that telling you? Nershe's nervous, just a little nervous, very nervous. What's this telling you? She's very nervous. And scared. What's that telling you? She's too scared for going down so quickly. Remember, she's going forward inching. Inching forward. Where's she going by the way? Where's she going forward to? To the slope, to the slope. So how is she going forward to the slope change forward? So what's that telling you? She's very scared. So she so she moved very slowly and. Towards the slow pe. Yes. And now. As all other avenues seem to be close to her, what does that mean? What does that mean? All other avenues seem to be close to her. I don't know. Yeah, I'll wait till you think of an answer. I don't, I don't know what that means. Well, I'll wait till you think and think of an answer. Companies. Sorry. So she's inching forward. Nervous. As all other avenues seemed to be closed to her. What? Will he try and work out what it could mean from what is happening? It is called thinking. Did she want to go down the slope? So why is she inching forward then? To go down the slope, be scared and nervous. Why is she going down the slope? She doesn't want to. She's scared. Which is going towards the edge of the slope, but she doesn't want to, so why is she doing this? No idea. Okay, let's take this word as. So what's another word for as z in this context? One. Because. Maybe maybe this will help you understand she's having to inch forward because. All of the revenues seem to be close to her. Is this a problem for you? This word? Yeah. Hey, what? Have you never heard of this word? No, never. Think of another word like Avenue. Do roads do or avenues? What do they do when we're in the car? How about to go somewhere? We want to go which road? Oh, this road. Yes, that's where we want to go. Which Avenue. But here. All the roads seem to be closed. What does she want to do? There's no. There's no other Avenue for her. What does that mean? Show you understand, except she had nowhere to go except going down to slow pe. That's it. If she wants to go down the mountain, she has to go skiing down the slope. There's no other way. But you do know the answer. I just don't know what the word mean, does that matter? Okay, now what she's going to do next, do you think she's going to go down the slope? Yeah. Really, when she's inching forwards, what happens when she gets to the very edge? You don't want to, but she must do. Do you think shestop at the edge? Get rion? Once more than half of the. The length length of her skis was sticking out to the air, only their back ends. We're still making contact with the snow at the slow slopes top. Her balance began shifting forward. Her her skis followed, and she found herself rapidly picking up speed as she headed straight down. Excessively challenging slope, you understand that word? That adjective yes, very, very challenging. And what's happened now then? She went down. She's going down. But remember this. Yes, yes, what that the slowest weight hype is like. Oh, the slope is too much for her abilities. So what could happen now she's, this slope is too difficult for her, but she has to go and off she goes. She might fell off. This is dangerous for her. How am I supposed to slow down? Sandy shouted. But Sandy shouted, what with the wind whipped by and the trees rushing past on either side of her, she could hardly hear herself. Everything she had learned about skiing in the previous two days seemed to maintaining her balance. No, seemed to have faded from her mind. Concentrating only and maintaining her balance, she kept her skis pointed straight downhill, which unfortunately, only made her pick up more speed on the steep, icy slope. What's happening now to her? She's going faster and faster. Why. Because the Storb is steep and icy. Is that the only reason, only explanation? And Oh. She don't know. She doesn't know how to slow down. What is making her go faster? Apart from the steep icy slope, is there another reason why she's going faster? Gravity? Something she's doing that you read. She kept her skis pointed straight downhill. Yes, Carry on. Which unfortunately only made her pick up more speed. That's right. Why didn't you say that earlier? Correct. Okay, last paragraph. Someone would know how to ski expertly down this slippery slope, Sandy thought as she tried to image himself as Simon, international spy and herine of the Simon lecclear adventure series that Sandy love to read. Coming up, Sandy loved to read coming up ahead of her, Sandy saw the ski lift, which Michael had gotten off earlier. She desperately hoped she would find her friend among the skiers and snowboards waiting there, as she would be able to stop. So what do you think of the story then and Sandy? What's going to happen next, do you think? She won't be able to stop. Oh, and shefind his friend Michael. And suppose. And just just go home. What else could happen? Maybe she won't find Michael. Okay, and she doesn't find Michael. She skis past where Michael was again. Then what happens? You might meet. Simmons in the book. The character in the book. Not a real person. So what could happen to Sandy? What are the possibilities? You might don't want the ski anymore. Or she might own. Want to try other slopes? Or just get fed up with it and go home. Okay, all right, let's answer these questions to test your understanding what you've read. What is the right writer's purpose in the first paragraph? Does the writer suggest about Sandy code? Now? Can you read out all the possibilities? They they made it unlikely that she would be spotted. She was wearing them because she belonged to her skiing team. They were too heavy for the conditions. She had chosen them with care. The writer says that Sandy reproached herself in line 33 to show that she felt sorry for himself, for herself, was annoyed with herself, was angry with Michael, was for worried about Michael. Okay. Why did Sandy start skiing down the slope? She began moving by accident. She thought it was only option he had. She didn't realize how how fast she would have to go. She didn't want to admit it was too difficult for her. How did Sandy try to hope e, as she skid down the slope, she she. Focused on saying a right, she asked if anyone could help her. She did her best to reach the bottom quickly. She remembered advice from her skiing lessons. 数学还没上完呢。What do we learn about Sandy in the final program? She is an adventurous person. She, she prefers books to sport. She admires the, a character from fiction. She wishes she, she skid better than Simon. Remark your answers. If you tell me the letter, the number and the letter, please. 32. 33b. 34b. 35a. 36c. Well done. Did that surprise you? Yeah. Why are you surprised? I was surprised by the 32. No, not really. The answer was. Yes. Oh Yeah. Yeah. So what's this called? What we've just done? What's it testing comprehension? Well, we we have reading reading comprehension now. Do you do this a lot in your English lessons? Yeah, recently. Is that what you do? Yes. So what are these questions testing? Reading skills and understanding. What's the word they use instead of understanding? U平sion。But you do French. Yeah. Do you know this verb? No. And that when you do this at school, Kevin howyou, get on, how well do you do in this reading comprehension? Well. Avodon戒。Okay. Okay. What else do you think of need to do grades of writing? Hmm. Yes, you know all this, do you? Okay. So how is the writer so what much first of all for that to make sure you show you your comprehension is very good. Your understanding, your comprehension is very good. How would do you need to do to help you understand the passage? Read. Yeah. 谁呀？Thank. That's why one of the things I asked you to do, make sure you read it slowly and carefully. And so what did I suggest you do when you were reading before? Oh. One of the ways stop at full stops. And slowly try to understand as you read. So do you know when your exam will be for senior kings? This is in the summer term? Yeah, I think so. Yeah. And do you have exams when you get back? Yeah, okay, well, make sure you work very hard. Yeah, okay, okay. Any questions, Kevin? Okay, we'll have a good term, your Easter term. Work hard. Thank you. Okay, bye bye, said Jen.