5. Call back the answers from the whole class. Keys: a) 3 b) 4 c) 2 6. Read the text together. Step 5 Read the sentences.
1. Ask the students to read the sentences in Activity 4.
She’s quite tall, with short fair hair, and she’s wearing glasses. She’s wearing a T- shirt and carrying a warm coat.
2. Now describe the people. Use the sentences above to help you. 1) the girl in picture B in Activities 1 2) your classmates
Step 6 Answer the questions.
1. Ask the students to read the text again.
2. Ask them to read through the questions in Activity 5. How does Sally feel when she … 1) gets bad marks at school ? 2) leaves her mum and dad? 3) is with strangers? 4) speaks Chinese?
5) does not know how to do things in the right way? 6) travels by plane?
3. Work in pairs and answer the questions. 4. Check with a partner.
5. Call back the answers from the whole class.
Keys: 1. She feels sad when she gets bad marks at school. 2. She often feels a bit sad at first when she leaves her mum and dad. 3. She is quite shy when she is with strangers. 4. She feels nervous when she speaks Chinese.
5. She feels sorry when she does not know how to do things in the right way. 6. She is afraid of flying. Step 7 Complete the passage.
1. Ask the students to the words in the box in Activity 6. fair hobby mark message proud 2. Ask the students to read through the passage in Activity 6.
Jenny is my classmate. She is pretty and has ( 1) ___________ hair. She always gets good (2) __________ at school. She has lots of (3) _______________ like playing the piano and swimming. She is also in the school tennis team. She is good at everything. One day she sent me a (4) _________. She asked me to help her with her English homework because I am good at English. She wanted my help ! I was (5) _______ of myself.
3. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words from the box. 4. Check with a partner.
5. Call back the answers from the whole class.
Keys: 1. fair 2. marks 3. hobbies 4. message 5. proud 6. Read the passage together.
Step 8 Important and difficult points
1.My brother is in the school tennis team—I’m very proud of him! 我哥哥(或弟弟)是校网球队队员——我为他感到非常骄傲！ be proud of表示“以……为骄傲”。例如：
We are so proud of her for telling the truth.我们为她说了真话而感到骄傲。 2. But I can’t tell you how excited I am about going to China!但是我没法表达对去中国的兴奋之情！
be excited about表示“对……兴奋”。例如：
I am so excited about the trip!对于这次旅行，我真是兴奋极了！ Step 9 Learning to learn.
Remember that talking to other people is not just speaking and understanding the language. It’s how you look, how you sound and what you do. Watch people in films as they talk to others in English. Do you do the same when you talk in Chinese? Step 10 Writing.
Write a message to your pen friend and describe yourself. Say:
1. what you look like I have short black hair and … 2. what your hobbies are I like playing basketball and … 3. how you feel when… I feel nervous when… Step 11 Do exercises: 完成句子：
1. 我们应该为我们的诺贝尔奖获得者感到自豪。 We should ________________our Nobel prize winners. 2. 人生没有什么可怕的。
There's nothing to ________________in life. 3. 你收到男孩的来信了吗？
Did you ever __________________the boy? 4. 谢谢您在我需要的时候伸出援助之手。 _________________ holding my hand what I needed. 5. 对于马上要吃到的东西，我感到异常兴奋。 I would ________________ the food I was going to have.
Keys: 1. be proud of 2. be afraid of 3. hear from 4. Thanks for 5. be excited about
◆ 教学反思 略。
Unit 3 Language in use
【教学目标】
Knowledge objective Warming up and Pre-reading
【教学重点】
Revision and application
【教学难点】
语言应用
【教学方法】
PWP method, task-based method and interactive approach
【教学手段】
A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures
【教学过程】
Teaching Procedures: Step 1 Revision
Ask some students to show their work. Sample version:
I have a good friend. Her name is Yuan Meng. She has long hair and two big eyes. She is very lovely, nice and friendly. She is good at drawing and I admire her very much. She often shows me her pictures. She often wears a blue T-shirt and white trousers. She likes white very much. And she sings very well. Her voice sounds sweet and soft. She looks pretty. Yuan Meng is my best friend. We will send E-mails to each other. Talk with students about their likes. T: What do you like? And why? S: I like bananas. It tastes sweet. S: I love pan cakes. It tastes delicious. S: I like pop music. It sounds great.