1、 More about the topic: Cell Phone: A New Health Risk? Part V: Memory test: Two Girls Talking on the Phone2Requires:The teaching focus of this unit is telephone numbers, addresses, times, dates, making and receiving phone calls.3. Key Points:Pay attention to words like “double”, “nought”, “zero” and
2、“oh” when listening to telephone numbers.Sometimes time and date can be confusing.Taking a message is a useful skill needed when receiving a phone call. But it is not so easy for beginners.4. Approaches:When the same digit appears several times in a telephone number, it is very easy to cause confusi
3、on. The teacher can give some familiar telephone numbers for the students to practice, like the number of the school, the number for calling a taxi, or the number for a hot line on the radio. When Listening to the address, the teacher should remind the students that there are a lot of words for “路”
4、in English: way, road, lane, drive, street, alley, boulevard, terrace, avenue, etc. The teacher can ask the students to write their own address or the address of the school. Taking a message is a useful skill needed when receiving a phone call. But it is not so easy for beginners. Tell the students
5、that they dont have to write down every word they hear. Instead, they should pay close attention to the keywords. Abbreviations and initials are very helpful. Sometimes students can even create abbreviations that are only known to themselves.Unit 2:Can I Take a Message? (II)Part I: Getting ready Par
6、t II:Part III: Oh, theres a phonePart IV: Videophones Get the Call Part V: How to Make an International Direct Dialling (IDD) Call?2. Requires: way, road, lane, drive, street, alley, boulevard, terrace, avenue, etc. The teacher can ask the students to write their own address or the address of the sc
7、hool. Taking a message is a useful skill needed when receiving a phone call. But it isnot so easy for beginners. Tell the students that they dont have to write down every word they hear. Instead, they should pay close attention to the key words. Abbreviations and initials are very helpful. Sometimes
8、 students can even create abbreviations that are only known to themselves.Unit 3:Clear or Cloudy? A weather report At a bus stop More about the topic : Is Earth Overheating Weather ForecastThe training focus of this unit is weather conditions, temperatures, times, percentages, and years. As for weat
9、her conditions, the following vocabulary may be useful: a. temperature: freezing, cold, chilly, cool, mild, warm, hot.b. sky: sunny, clear, cloudy, overcastc. humidity: dry, damp, humid, wetd. rain: drizzle, shower, downpour, storme. wind: breeze, galeBefore listening to an English weather forecast,
10、 the teacher should draw the students attention to the following points:a. English speakers often use Fahrenheit instead of Centigrade to measure temperature. Notice that zero and decimal numbers are regarded as plural, for example, zero degrees; 0.5 degrees.b. In an English weather forecast, the we
11、atherman always use some broad and general terms rather than exact wordsto predict weather in the future.c. Besides weather conditions, the temperature, wind direction, wind speed, an English weather forecast also gives therelativehumidity and the barometric pressure.d. In order to understand a weat
12、her forecast thoroughly, the students should also have a very clear sense of directions.The teacher can draw a compass rose on the blackboard and ask the students to tell the directions.The teacher should also remind the students of the word collocation, for example, while we can use the word “light
13、” to modify both “rain” and “wind”, we can only say “heavy rain” but “strong wind”.Unit 4: Can Time Move Backward? Local time Ladies and gentlemen Timing Devices Radio AnnouncementThe training focus of this unit is time, day of the week, taking messages, and note taking. Time is a common topic in ou
14、r daily life. The technique of dealing with time will be trained throughout the whole book.Before going on with this unit, it would be better for the teacher to review the four different ways of telling the time with the whole class as a kind of warm-up exercise. The teacher can draw some clocks on
15、the blackboard, and ask the students to tell the time shown on the clocks using different ways.Unit 5:Flying In and Out Airport announcements A trip to the States Inflight Telephone System Airline InformationThe training focus of this unit is numbers, times, dates, and prices.The most important acti
16、vity is listening to airline information. Listening to airline information on the telephone is quite different. Most probably, you will only be given one chance to listen to it. If you miss the information for the first time, youll have to dial again, thus costing you more. Another thing the student
17、s may find difficult is that the telephone airline information is often given with a very quick speed. So listening to telephone airline information can be a challenge to many students.The number here mainly refers to the flight number. Its a little bit different from the telephone number. It does n
18、ot have as many digits as a telephone number. And usually the abbreviation of the airline is used in front of the number. A typical airline announcement usually contains the following aspects: name of the airlines, fight number, destination, boarding gate, boarding time, whether it is delayed or not
19、, and if so, how long will the passengers have to wait. And the announcements will be broadcast in several different languages several times to make sure that all the passengers can get the necessary information. While teaching Part II of this unit, the teacher can play the tape several times to mak
20、e sure that every student has got the right information.Unit 6:By Bus or by Train? At the railway station Why are we waiting here? Automobiles in the USA Bus Information2. Requires: The training focus of this unit is numbers, times. Prices and common verbs used when taking a bus, taxi or a train. Th
21、e most important activity is listening to bus/train information.The numbers in this book are mainly of three kinds: whole numbers, fractional numbers and decimal numbers. The teacher should remind the students of the different ways of reading fractional numbers and decimal numbers. A railway announc
22、ement is almost like an airport announcement. It usually contains destination, platform number, departing time, stopovers, whether it is delayed or not, and if so, how long will the passengers have to wait. The announcement is usually broadcast times. Like telephone airline information, bus and subw
23、ay information is also available on the telephone. The information is given with a very quick speed. The teacher should encourage the students to challenge themselves.Unit 7:This Way or That Way? Giving directions Finding the way You cant Miss It Steves First MorningThe training focus of this unit i
24、s the understanding of spatial relations and directional instructions. 3. Key Points: Two words are very important and are frequently mentioned in this unit. They are “right” and “left”. People use these two words to give directions. To avoid ambiguity, words like east, west, north, and south are so
25、metimes used instead of “right” and “left”.Instructions in this unit refer to instructions showing the way. Therefore the teacher should tell the students that the understanding of these instructions must be accurate, otherwise they will never be able to get to the right place. The listeners shouldbe encouraged to repeat the key words of the instructions and to take down some notes.Unit 8:Cash or Cheque?Part I
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