初中基础 (2276 期 20150925) 8版

A cute café

Pre-reading

1. Which apps do

you usually use for

communication?

How about Line?

Pre-reading

2. Can you name the two cartoon characters in

the picture?

Hi~~I am Cony the

bunny.

Hello~~I am Brown

bear.

While reading

Answer the following questions.

1. What can people use Line to do?

2. Where can you find a Line Friends café?

To make free voice calls and send free messages.

In Japan, South Korea and Shanghai.

While reading

Answer the following questions.

3. Most of the desserts are unique in Shanghai, aren’t they?

4. What happened to customers on the opening day of the Line café?

No, they aren’t.

They had to wait for a long time to finally get into the coffee shop.

Language study

Complete the sentences with the words in their proper forms.

1. Who was the ________ of the Roman Empire?

2. The car’s ________ has been greatly improved.

3. I’ve got some ________ news to tell you.

4. They ________ him a very good job, but he turned it down.

5. “The food here ________ better than before,” said my friend.

offer create taste design excite

creator

design

exciting

offered

tastes

After reading

Do you prefer to have afternoon-tea at such a

crowded, cute café or an ordinary café with

fewer people? Why?