2）Learning the personality theories: Melancholic, Phlegmatic, Guardians and Arisans, and Idealists and Rationals

3）Developing skills for Oral Communication

4) Work in pairs. Describe yourself to your partner, and explain why you can be a good friend to him or her 5) Problem Solving (Group Project)

Unit Two Changing the Olympic Spirit

基本教学目的和要求：

要求掌握：New words; Identifying the essence of the Olympic spirit 重点及难点：

Grasping a specific speaker’s main points by listening selectively and critically; sorting out information from resources and form a well-organized speech on the Olympic spirit 主要教学内容：

1）Listening activities: Listen to the text about the original meaning og the Olympic spirit 2）Getting ready to talk ·Vocabulary Builder

·Read the passages about the extended meaning of “the Olympic spirit” 3） Making your voices heard

·Talk in turn about what the Olympic spirit means to you and why

·Story telling: Take turns to tell a story about the athlete you admire most, and the group discusses the merits and the social influence of the sportsman

·Role Play: Two act as directors, the third serves as a member of the IOC., and the fourth as the talk show host or hostess. The issue under discussion is: How to present the Olympic spirit in an opening ceremony?

Unit Three Growing Pains

基本教学目的和要求：

要求掌握：New words and expressions; Learning about the essence of love from the older generation and the proper ways to communicate with them 重点及难点：

Making comparison and contrast; doing research on various changes and difficulties teenagers experiences and discussing the practical ways to cope with those challenges

主要教学内容：

1）Listening activities: Listen to three girls talking about their feeling toward family relationship and their attitudes toward puppy love 2）Getting ready to talk · Vocabulary Builder

· Read the passages about the extended meaning of “the Olympic spirit” 3）Making your voices heard

· Developing Skills for Oral Communication

· Form into groups of three and take turns to tell a story about your personal experience of a blue period during you r adolescent development. Then discuss, after each story, whether you did right in order t pass the hard time and what suggestions you could offer to those who are suffering from the same crisis · Problem solving: Read the text and discuss the difficulties from the text that teenagers might suffer ·Role play: Form into groups of four; Issues under discussion are: What type of identity formation do different parenting styles produce? Which one is the most effective in helping an adolescent acquire confidence and self-esteem?

Unit Four Traveling the World

基本教学目的和要求：

要求掌握：New words and expressions; the pros and cons about tourism as an industry 重点及难点：

Giving a presentation on your travel experience and discuss the topic of traveling in general 主要教学内容：

1）Listening activities: Listen to an interview with a travel writer

2）Getting ready to talk: Vocabulary Builder; Introduce to other students you hometown or any scenic spots you have been to 3）Making your voices heard

·How to improve accuracy in speaking

·Sharing Information about your hometown or an interesting place your have been to ·Travel Expo (Role Play or Drama)

·Seminar: A seminar on “Impacts of Tourism and Possible Solutions”; Form into groups of six, one student acts as the chairperson, and present your ideas on the positive and negative impacts of tourism

and discuss the possible solutions for the problems.

Unit Five Human Relations

基本教学目的和要求：

要求掌握：New words and expressions; Understanding why interpersonal relations are so highly valued in modern society 重点及难点：

Discussing interpersonal skill as a friend or a lover; resolving contradictions existing in different relationships 主要教学内容：

1）Listening activities: Listen to the text and answer questions about People and relationships

2）Getting ready to talk: Vocabulary Builder; Read the article and sort out the useful interpersonal skills and discuss how we can use them to solve practical problems in our daily life 3）Making your voices heard ·How to take turns in a discussion ·Picture talking

·Presentation: The speaker will focus on the meaning of friendship by quoting a poem, and discuss why we need friendship and how to maintain and extend it

Unit Six Ideal Career

基本教学目的和要求：

要求掌握：New words and expressions; Thinking critically and discussing issues involved in career choice and career development 重点及难点：

Defining a concept; Analyzing and comparing different career choices 主要教学内容：

1）Listening activities: Listen to the text on choosing a career that one really enjoys and answer questions 2）Getting ready to talk: Vocabulary Builder; Research work on the issue of career-family balance and prepare to discuss it with your classmates 3）Making your voices heard

·Developing skills for Oral communication: How to clarify and define the meaning of a concept

·Career Counseling: Form into groups of five. As a counseling team, you discuss and offer advice to the five students who are seeking career counseling

·Group Project: The recruiters set up booths, and others are graduates seeding job opportunities at the job fair. Talk to the persons at different booths, find the jobs that interest you and try to convince the recruiters why you are the person they are looking for

Unit Seven Why Study Abroad?

基本教学目的和要求：

要求掌握: New words; the causes for the present changes in people’s desire to study abroad. 重点及难点：

Presenting the pros and cons of a controversial issues and analyzing the pros and cons of studying overseas 主要教学内容：

1）Listening activities: Listen to the article and answer questions

2）Getting ready to talk: Vocabulary Builder; Research work on the pros and cons of studying abroad for Chinese students by reading articles in newspapers and magazines and by searching on the internet. 3）Making your voices heard

·Oral communication skills: How to present the pros and cons of a controversial issue

·Interview: Divide into two groups and discuss the reasons for the changes in Chinese people’s attitude towards studying abroad in the past twenty years ·A Talk Show: “Tell It as It Is” is based on the story

Unit Eight East Meets West

基本教学目的和要求：

要求掌握：New words; the pros and cons of cultural globalization 重点及难点：

Organizing and presenting your ideas effectively while giving impromptu speeches; analyzing and explaining cultural differences 主要教学内容：

1）Listening activities: Listen to the story and answer questions

2）Getting ready to talk: Vocabulary Builder; Research Work on the issue of cultural globalization 3）Making your voices heard