3. Role-play a conversation in pairs according to one of the following situations. You may refer to the Functional Language.

Give students five minutes to prepare and then check their works.

Conversation 2 - Expressing sympathy

1. listen to the conversation and decide whether the following statements are true or false.

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2. listen again and choose the best answer to each of the following questions.

3. Role-play a conversation in pairs according to one of the following situations. You may refer to the Functional Language. Step 3. Passage

1. Listen to a passage and check what we can do to be happy.

2. Listen again and decide whether the following statements are true or false.

3. Work in pairs to discuss. 4. Teaching Procedure Part Two Reading

Passage A If I were a boy again

Step 1. Lead-in

Discuss and share your most unforgettable experience in childhood with your partner. Step 2. Text study Language points

1. If I were a boy again, I would practice perseverance more often and never give up a thing easily because it was hard or inconvenient.

假如我再回到童年，我会更加注重培养自己的毅力，决不因为事情艰难或麻烦而放弃不干。 If I were a boy again是虚拟语气，表示与现在事实相反的情况。构成形式为：条件从句中的谓语动词用过去时（be动词的过去式用were）,主句谓语的形式为 would/could/should/might+动词原形。

例：If I had any money with me, I should lend you some. 2. Perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results. 因坚持不懈而产生的结果有时可以与天赋产生的结果相媲美。

3.The habit of concentration can become part of our life, if we begin early enough. 如果及早养成专心致志的习惯，它就会成为我们生命中的一部分。 be(a) part of sth 是某物的一部分

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