1、Reading II backBook 2Reading IIbackA story about a frog Hello,everyone.My name is Freddy.When Freddy was young,he was a little tadpole.As time went by quickly,he soon became a frog.One day,Freddy sat on the water lily leaf and slid his long,thin legs into the water.Suddenly,he heard some music acros
2、s the lake.Then what would happen?Listen to the tape for the first time and answer the following question.What did Freddy find when he swam slowly towards the sound?He found three confident frogs sitting still on the leaf and playing the instruments.Freddy the frogFreddy the frog dipped his long,thi
3、n legs into the water.Within a few short weeks he had changed from a small tadpole into the beautiful animal he was now.he smiled to himself.Then suddenly he heard a fine,deep sound that carried far into the darkness of the quiet night.Freddy looked up.“other frogs!I must try and find them,”he thoug
4、ht.“Its so hard being a grown-up frog on my own.”scriptHe began to swim slowly towards the sound.Suddenly he knocked into a large lily pad.On it sat three confident frogs and they were playing instruments.Freddy climbed onto the leaf.“Can I sing with you?”he asked quietly.“Of course,”they said.He op
5、ened his mouth wide and began:Help!I need somebody,Help!Not just anybody.Help!You know I need someone.Help!When I was young and so much younger than today,I never needed anybodys help in any way.But now these days are gone,Im not so self-assured.Now I find Ive changed my mind,Ive opened up the doors
6、.(chorus)Help me if you can,Im feeling down.And I do appreciate you being round.Help me get my feet back on the ground.Wont you please,please help me!Listen to the tape for the second time and do the true or false exercise.1.Freddy had changed form a man to a frog.2.He felt lonely in his lake till h
7、e met his friends on the lily leaf.3.The singers of the band could sing very loudly.4.Freddy thought he could sing as well as the other singing frogs.5.Freddy was very confident about his singing.6.He sang the song to ask the other frogs to be his friends.FTTFFreddy in the story remains a frog.He wa
8、nted to join in and make friends with the other frogs.Freddy was shy about his singing and asks them politely if he can join in.He joined in because he wanted the other frogs to be his friends.FFWe formed a band and soon we became famous and went to Britain to give performances.Then what would happe
9、n in Britain?We would succeed or fail?Did Freddy and his band get a great success in Britain?Yes,they got a great success and became very popular in Britain.Read the text in detail and answer the following questions.1.What was Freddys most exciting experience in London?2.What happened when the progr
10、amme was over?3.What problem was caused after they became stars?4.Did Freddy and his band leave Britain at last?Freddyformed a bandwent to Britain to give performanceproblems caused by being famousleft Britainhowthe resultwhyReading taskPart 1:day/way/pay/awayChorus:spoon/moon/when/thenPart 2:day/pl
11、ay throw/do dimmed/himPart 3:day/say while/smile keys/pleasePart 4:away/day mind/time flu/youPart 1:when his son is growing up,his father is often away and very busy.But the son wants to copy his father.Part 2:at ten the father is too busy to play with his son,but the son still wants to copy his father.Part 3:home from college the son is too busy to talk to his father.Part 4:now the father is old and retired,he finds his son is too busy to see him.He now realizes that his son has grown up just like him.back
