1、话题阅读新课导入【语篇导读】在美国菲尼克斯市，人们开展了“好邻居长椅”活动；曾经帮助邻居、促进社区和谐的居民均有机会获得这种艺术长椅。She closed her eyes and imagined the people that would sit on this smallwooden bench(长椅)Would it be a place for a grandmother and her grandchildto tell stories？A space for lovers to share secrets？Or a place for a tired father tosing
2、songs to his baby?In the hands of Lisa FerrisTerzich，55，the design(设计)of the simple benchwould soon be completed and ready for a home.She sat on it，imagining the personwho would one day call the bench his or her own.Lisa was not a painter by trade.By day，she cleaned teeth for people.Whenshe was not
3、working，she stole hours to paint.The bench would be Lisas latest artwork.A woman she had worked with on aPhoenix charity(慈善机构)art show had called her.She hoped Lisa would helpagain.This time，she told Lisa that they were looking for artists to design a dozen“Good Neighbor”benches.Lisa was interested
4、in the funny name for a piece offurniture.“Good Neighbor benches？”Lisa asked.“Yes，thats the name，”the woman said.Twelve Arizona artists would each be given one bench to design.They couldwork on it any way they wanted.There were really only two rules：Make the benchbeautiful and give it a theme(主题)tha
5、t celebrates community(社区)Once all the benches were designed，people would be invited to suggest whothe good neighbors in their communities would be.Each suggestion would bereviewed，and every bench would be placed with someone who had donesomething good for others.It could be someone who brings a nei
6、ghborhood closer.Itcould be a neighbor who always lends a hand with a home repair.“Our twelve artists would turn the benches into a piece of art.Their artworkwouldnt sit untouched in a museum，”said the organizer of the event，PatriciaGarcia Duarte.“Good Neighbor benches are meant to become worn and l
7、oved.”思考1.What was Lisa thinking about at the beginning of the story?_2What do we know about Lisa?_3Who might receive the benches?_4What did Patricias words show?_答案：1.She was thinking who would sit on the bench.2She was a parttime artist.3Helpful neighbors will receive the benches.4The benches would be fully used.