Integrated skills 7B Unit1常州市河海中学 Qian Liwei Step1 Free talkI am very happy. Because I am going to move to a new house and I will have a new home. Do you want to see my house? kitchen cupboardsink dining roomdinner tablechairdinner set sitting roomsofacoffee tablecushionlamp bathroombasinshowermirror studybookcase/bookshelf bedroomcurtainbedside table 1.What do you think of Susan’s new house? 2.Can you guess what is Susan’s favourite room? And why? Step2 (Questions ):1.Why is Simon so happy today?2.What is the house like?Because he has a new house.It’s big. There are three bedrooms, a big sitting room, a dining room, a kitchen and two bathrooms. Talking about your new home Your e-friend from London wants to know something about your new home. You are calling him/her to tell him/ her about your new home. Step3 Listening1.Listen and find out the correct mumbers.123456 2.Listen to the tape again. Then tell if every sentence is right or wrong.1. Neil and his family don’t sit in the kitchen.2. The kitchen is in front of the garden.3. There is a large table in the dinning room.4. Neil’s family watches TV in the dining room.5. The bathroom is new.6. There is a lamp and some posters in Neil’s bedroom.sitting room oftena poster Step4. Discussion( 讨论 )(work in groups of three or four) and have a competition( 竞赛 ): Suppose (假设) each group is a family. Now you are furnishing (摆设) your new house, discuss what you want to buy and how will you arrange ( 安排、摆放 ) them. Note( 提示 ): You can think of as much furniture as you can; you can also use proper preps like over/above/next to… to arrange( 安排、摆放 ) your furniture. air conditionerblinds More about homes:fridge• washing• machine• fanmicrowave oven Step5 Writing Dear Neil Thank you for the video of your _____. It is really different from the flats in Beijing. You say your house is _______, but I think it is very big. I like your garden ______ the kitchen. You have many _______ in your house and you have your own bedroom. It looks great! I also like the __________ in your __________. It is nice to sit in it and watch TV. With love from Amyhousesmallbehindroomsarmchairsitting rooma housefurniturefamilya house +furniture +family=a homebe different fromI love my house, while I love my home better. Writing: Dear _____ Thank you for the video of your home. It is really different from houses in China. You say your home is small but I think it is very big. And you want to know something about my house. Now I will tell you something about it.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. With love from _________ Bye byeBye bye .