ListeningandVocabularyStep1CheckthehomeworkandtherecitationStep2IntroducethenewwordsTheteachersays,"Usually,whenwefinishamodule,wedosomerevision,thenwestartanewmodule.Wealsodosomerevisionbeforetheexam.Howmuchrevisiondoyoudobeforeanexam?ThereissometranslationfromEnglishtoChineseinthebooksothatyoucanunderstanditmoreeasily.But,whilelearningEnglish,youneedn’talwayshaveword-to-wordtranslationfromEnglishtoChinese.Withouttranslation,youcansometimesguessthemeaning.Nowcanyouguessthemeaningoftheword“translation”?Doyoudoalotoftranslationinyourlanguageclasses?EverydaywehaveanEnglishclassaccordingtothetimetable.Timetablemeanswhentoschoolandwhentoleaveschool.Doyouhaveanyfreeperiodsinyourtimetable?Whatdoestimetablemean?Periodmeansaneitherlongnortooshorttime.Doyouknowwhotheheadofourschoolis?Yes,Mr.Zhangisaheadmaster.Iftheheadofourschoolisawoman,wecallherheadmistress.Theheadmasterortheheadmistressisthepersonwhoisinchargeofourschool?Canyouguessthemeaningofheadmasterandheadmistress?OurEnglishbookscovermanykindsoftopics,suchassometopicsabouthealthandournewschool.Alsowecangiveouropinionsaboutthesetopics.Whatdoestopicmean?Inthisbookitincludesatopicaboutvacation.Vacationmeansholiday.Whatdoesvacationmean?Duringthistimetheteacherwritedownthesenewwordsontheblackboards.Readthemafteryou.Step3Askthestudentstoanswerthesequestions.Theycanworkinpairs.Step4Doactivity2.Answersasthefollowing:1)choice2)revision,translation3)timetables4)period5)headmaster,library.Step5Doactivity3Thekey:1)b2)a3)a4)c5)aTapescript(St=StudentMrS=MrStanton)MrS:Okay,kids,asyouknow,theexamsarecomingupsoon,soweneedtostartworkonrevision.ThisafternoonI’mgoingtogiveyouachoice.Wecaneitherdosomerevisionorwecandosometranslation.It’suptoyou.St:I’dratherdotranslationthanrevision,MrStanton.MrS:Howmanypeoplewouldliketodotranslation?Chorusofvoices:Iwould/Me/I’dliketodotranslation.MrS:That’seightofyou.Sotherestofyouwouldprefertodorevision,isthatright?Chorusofvoices:Yes.MrS:That’ssixteenofyou.Sothat’ssettled.We’lldorevision.I’mgoingtogiveyouachoiceoftopic,too.DoyouwanttoreviseLifeinthefuture.St:I’dprefertodoTravelMrS:HandsupforLifeinthefuture.(Studentsraisetheirhands)Eighteenofyou.Thechoiceismade.Butbeforewestart,thereareacoupleofthingsIneedtosaytoyou.Firstly,haveyouallgotyournewtimetables?Chorusofvoices:Yes.MrS:Good.Canyoutakealookatthem?OK,Now,atpresentyouhaveafreeperiodonTuesdayafternoons.Well,that’sbeenchangedandyou’vegotFrenchinstead.Haveyougotthat?Chorusofvoices:Yes.MrS:Excellent.Andthere’soneotherthing.Theheadmasterwantstoseeeveryoneinthelibraryatthreethisafternoon.OK?Chorusofvoices:Yes.MrS:Right.Let’sbeginourrevisionofLifeinthefuture.Step6Finishactivity4.Havethestudentsdothisindividually.Theycancomparetheiranswers.Step7Finishactivity5.Theteachersetsanexample:Usuallyweputtextbooksinourschoolbags.Weusuallydorevisionbeforeatest.Possibleanswers:2)Seniorschooliswhereyougoafterjuniorschool;itisforolderstudents.3)Atseniorschoolyouusuallyhaveadifferentteacherforeachsubject.4)Thestudentsgointotheplaygroundatbreakandlunchtime;itiswheretheycanplaygames,talkandwalk.5)Ifyouareverygoodatasubject,yourteacherwillsayyouareanexcellentstudent.6)Whenyouhaveateat,youneedtodosomerevisiontocheckwhetheryouknoweverything.7)Whentheteacherhasmarkedyourexamyouwillgettheresults—forexample75outof100.8)Whenyoutakeyourtextbookshometodoyourhomework,youputthemintoyourschoolbag.Step8Toactivity6Iftimepermits,finishthispart.
