Magic

I.            ROOT “PORT”  Carry

1.     Import 進口 / Export出口；輸出

What does Taiwan export?

What does Taiwan import?

2.    Portable輕便的，便攜的；手提的

List some portable devices:

II. Idioms

1.     The magic touch魔力

2.    What’s the magic word 該怎麼說呢？

3.    Works like magic/ works like a charm 立竿見影；非常奏效

Reading1: Magic

Vocabulary

1.     Maldives 馬爾地夫

2.    Suspicions懷疑，猜想

3.    Arabic阿拉伯語

4.    Black magic 巫術；黑魔法

5.    Religious篤信宗教的；虔誠的

6.    Ill= sick

7.    National國家的，國民的

8.    Election選舉

9.    Koran（伊斯蘭教的）《古蘭經》

10. Verse（宗教聖書的）節

Listen and fill in the blanks:

Watch the How to Do Magic Videos and take some notes:

1.     Floating Cup:

2.    Put a Pencil in your head

3.    Coin in Plastic Bottle

4.    Bend a Spoon

5.     Floating Pencil

6.    Banana in Half

7.    Coin Trick

Practice doing one of these tricks and show the class.

Listen to the song Abracadabra and fill in the blanks:

Grammar: There/their/they're  and who/whom/whose
Writing: Finish the story. Remember the parts of a story.

The Magic Hat

I was bored one Saturday afternoon, so I started looking around the basement.  That’s when I found a strange hat with many colors on it.  Without thinking, I put it on my head; what happened next was unbelievable. . . .

Extra:  Epic Magic Trick (Britain's Got Talent)
"Black Magic" song by girl band Little Mix

RESOURCES:

http://www.eslgold.com/tricks_magic.html

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1309/130909-coconuts-1.html

http://www.esldiscussions.com/m/magic.html

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