Section I Listening and Conversation
Section II Reading Comprehension
Section III Writing and Translating
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Unit 2 Emails
Section I
Listening and Conversation
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Section I
Listening and Conversation
Part I Leading in
Part II Putting in use
Part III Further Practice for better use
Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance
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Part I Leading in
1,Pre-class Work
2,Revision
3,Warming up for the new class
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1,Pre-class Work
? 1) to collect some abbreviations
used online
? 2)to write down all the
expressions and patterns used
to communicate online
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3,Warming up for the new class
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1),students present their collections
2),teacher’s comment and put the
collections into a data bank for
students’ reference
3),presentation of new materials
Sample 1 Some Abbreviations
BS big smile
NOYB none of your business
4ever forever
TTYL talk to you later
BFN bye for now
FTTB for the time being
CWYL chat with you later
IYSS if you say so
LTNS long time no see
BBN bye bye now
4U For you
BBL be back later next
Part II Putting in use
1,Divide the students into groups
2,Practice
Work in groups and practice sample dialogues 1 Talking
About Abbreviations Used Online and dialogue 2 New
Slang Joins Campus Internet Talk
3,Act out
Work in groups to
1) understand the short dialogues on Page
20 of the Textbook
2) to act out
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Part III Further Practice
1,Furthering and Practicing
2,commenting
3,Completing
4,Responding
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1,Furthering and Practicing
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Each group chooses one
of the situations to
further the dialogue
act out before the class
2,commenting
? The fellow students to make comments on
the performance and the appropriateness of
their English;
? The teacher summarizes this part.
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3,Completing
Work in groups to complete by filling
in the blanks on Page 21 of the Textbook
(Exercises 1 and 3),and then the teacher
checks the answers in class.
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4,Responding
Practice Exercise 2 on Page 21 of the
Textbook orally, With teacher’s situations
in Chinese,give the English equivalent,the
whole class work together
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The script for the dialogue
? You,(网上聊天似乎很有趣,你试过吗?)
? Jane,I recently have!
? You,(你觉得怎么样?)
? Jane,I just love it,It's the most exciting thing I've
? ever done.
? You,(真的吗? 怎么有趣?)
? Jane,By chatting with keypals (键友 ),you can know a
? lot of new friends,Also,you can learn many
? funny abbreviations.
? You,(你能列举一些吗?)
? Jane,For example,"YTTT" means "You are telling the
? truth?","YNK" means "You never know," "YOYO"
? means "You're on your own."
? You,(真有趣 ! 我应该找时间试试。 )
? Jane,Yes,you should,
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Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance
1,Match after you listen
2,Judge after you listen
3,Make after you learn
4,Self-assessment and Teacher’s Guidance
5,Assignment
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1,Match after you listen
? With the given diagram,listen to a dialogue,
match the information in Column A with
the choices in Column B.
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2,Judge after you listen
Listen to a dialogue,make a choice
from A,B,C or D to each of the questions
given on the blackboard.
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3,Make after you learn
? Make a dialogue of their
own to discuss their
experience of chatting
online or talk about some
slang words used in their
emails
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4,Self-assessment and
Teacher’s Guidance
? Check the answers to 1 and 2,give
brief explanations; Score your own
papers,and hand them in.
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5,Assignment
? Workbook P 20— 1-6
? Read fluently the passage on page 30 of your
Textbook New Practical English and try to
understand it as possible as you can by using a
dictionary,
? Recite Practical Sentences for Accounting and the
Passage in Unit 2
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Section II
Reading Comprehension
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Section II
Reading Comprehension
Part I Leading in
Part II Comprehension and Practicing
Part III Further Practice
Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance
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Part I Leading in
1,Revision
2,Warming up for the new class
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1,Revision
? 1) ask several students to recite the practical
sentences for Accounting in Unit 2and the
others repeat
? 2) ask students to answer teacher’s questions
according to the Passage for accounting in
Unit 2
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2,Warming up for the new class
? 1) ask students to work in groups of four
to create situations to talk about chatting
online
? 2) teacher makes comments on the
importance of writing and sending
emails
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Part II Comprehension and Practicing
1,Checking and Explaining
2,Commenting
3,Retelling
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1,Checking and Explaining
? 1) teacher raises some questions and ask students to say true
or false according to the passage on page 30 of the Textbook
New Practical English to see how much they’ve understood.
? 2) teacher raises some questions and ask students to answer
in details according to the passage on page 30 of the
Textbook New Practical English,at the same time
explaining some language points.
? Possible difficult words,phrases & sentences
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Possible difficult words
1,pro n,an advantage or a reason for doing something 赞成的立场, 正面的理由
E.g,One of the big pros of living in Madrid is the exiting night life.
2,con n,a disadvantage or a reason for not doing something 反对的立场, 反面的
理由
E.g,One of the cons of buying a bigger car is that it will cost more to run.
3,chat v,talk in an informal and friendly way,especially about things that are not
serious or important 闲谈
E.g,She enjoys chatting to her friends over a cup of coffee.
4,forum n,an organization,meeting,television program,etc that allows people to
publicly discuss things of general interest论坛
E.g,The association began as a forum for sharing ideas about management
problems.
5,misleading a,a statement,fact,or report that is misleading makes you believe
something that is in fact wrong or incorrect 误导的
E.g,You need to be careful when you're looking at statistics ---they can be very
misleading,next
6,allowance n,the taking into consideration of facts that may change something,esp,an
opinion考虑到
Eg,We should make allowance for bad weather and have plenty of umbrellas available.
7,diplomatic a,involving the management of the relationships between countries,acting in
a way that does not cause offence 外交上的,策略的
Eg.,The two leaders have been involved in lengthy diplomatic negotiations.
8,compromise n,agreement in an argument in which the people involved reduce their
demands or change their opinion in order to agree 妥协,让步
Eg.,It is hoped that a compromise will be reached in today's talks.
9,anonymity n,the condition of being anonymous 匿名
Eg.Teacher’s,I love walking around a city where I'm not known --- it's anonymity.
10,anonymous a,(of a person) with name unknown,(of a piece of writing) without the
writer's name 匿名的
Eg.The money was donated by an anonymous benefactor.
Possible difficult sentences
1,(Para,I ) l found the experience very entertaining,chatting with
three strangers at the same time about nothing at all.
Analysis,The verb find often takes an object--- complement
structure,with the latter being in the
Following forms,to V,V-ing,V-ed,adjective,prepositional phrase,
adverb phrase and so on.
Translation:我发现同时与三个陌生人在网上胡扯是一种非常令人愉快的经
历 。
2,(Para.2) The Internet chat room is a new and popular forum in
which to meet new friends from around the world.
Analysis,In which refers to in a new and popular forum,Notice
that which here is introducing an infinitive clause rather than a
relative clause·
Translation:网上聊天室是一个新的可以在全世界结交新朋友的流行论坛 。next
Possible difficult sentences
3.(Para,4) However,as we mature sometimes we must make compromises in
terms of who we are,so that we can form and maintain sensible relationships.
Analysis,As here introduces an adverbial clause of time,In terms of here is
used to make clear in which
Particular aspects compromises should be made,So that introduces a clause
of result.
Translation:然而, 当我们长大成熟之后, 我们必须视我们的身份而留有余地, 这样我
们才能建立和维持合理的关系 。
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4,(Para,5) The ability to remain anonymous leads to a kind of cheating as lying
about personal identity is perfectly acceptable and considered normal in chat
rooms.
Analysis,As introduces a clause of reason,meaning because
Translation,隐瞒个人身份是完全被接受的, 也被认为是正常的, 所以不透露姓名会
引起某种欺骗 。
5,(Para,6) l think there is the danger of people who love the honesty and
freedom of Internet chat rooms so much that they decide to withdraw from
society·
Analysis,Who introduces a relative clause modifying people,So here means
to such a degree,with that
introducing a clause of result.
Translation:我认为存在着这样一种危险, 有些人沉迷于网上聊天室的诚实及自由,
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2,commenting
There are several ways for Internet connection,One common
way is to dial-up connection,For dial-up connection,you need a
computer,a modem,and a telephone line.
ISP is the abbreviation of Internet Service provider,It provides
services for Internet users to get connected with the Internet.
Before getting connected with the Internet,an Internet user must
apply for an account and a password from an ISP,He or she should
also gets its dial-up number,the address of its domain name and of
the mail server,Now you can turn on your computer,start the dial-
up program and get connected with the Internet,Then you can use
the browser to enjoy the world of Internet,You can also send or
receive emails with the help of the emails.
People can do a lot of things by browsing Internet,such as sharing
information,transacting business and communicating with people
across the globe.
The common procedure to have Internet chat:
First,you must get into the chat room of a website,Then you
should choose a topic,After that you decide on the name you’d like
to use and get registered,The last step is to choose a partner you
would like to chat with.
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Part III Further Practice
1,Simulating and translating
? Do exercise 6 on page 28 of the Textbook
? Pay attention to the italicized parts in the English sentences
and translate the Chinese sentences by simulating the
structure of the English sentences
2,Rewriting
? Do excises 8 on page 31 of the textbook
? Write a summary of the passage through answering the
following questions.
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Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance
1,Translating
2,Assignment
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1,Translating
? Remember the words,phrases and sentence structures in
the passage they have learned and translate the following
sentences into Chinese orally.
– 1 I find it very relaxing to spend an evening chatting with new
friends.
– 2 Something is wrong with the television -- the picture‘s gone
fuzzy (模糊 ).
– 3 We should make allowances for bad weather and have
enough of umbrellas available.
– 4 I'm thinking of traveling overseas in terms of the money
needed.
– 5 I'm well aware of the problems related to this new road?it
runs right past my office.
– 6 The fact that something is cheap doesn't necessarily mean
it's of low quality.
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2,Assignment
? A,Textbook page 26 Passage 1 and
Workbook page 23 1-3
? B,Ask students to memorize all the
patterns and expressions used
online
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Section III
Writing and Translating
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Section III
Writing and Translating
Part I Leading in
Part II Putting in use
Part III Further Practice
Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance
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Part I Leading in
1,Checking the assignment
? Check the answers to comprehension exercises on the
workbook orally and comment
? Answer students; questions found in Passage 1
2,Warming up for new class
? Ask the students to speak out the abbreviations,patterns
and expressions they are asked to memorize
? Put their collections into the data bank on the blackboard
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Part II Putting in use
1,Dividing the students into
groups
2,Presenting new materials
3,Giving the rules for writing
4,Simulating
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Sample 1 Sending an Email
From,greetings@reply.yahoo.com
Date,2002/2/4 14:36
To,kongqy@hotmail.com
Subject,Caihong has picked up your Yahoo! Greeting
The Yahoo! Greeting that you sent to Caihong (margaretwei@yahoo.com)
on October 03,2002 has been picked up!
If you'd like to send another greeting,you can do so at
http://greetings.yahoo.com.
You can view the greeting that you sent to Caihong at
http://view.greetings.yahoo.com/greet/view
Thanks for using Yahoo! Greetings!
The Yahoo! Greetings Team next
Sample 2 Reply to the email
From,Mail Administrator Date,2002/11/4 14:36
To,zhwg@yahoo.com
Subject,Mail System Error -- Returned Mail
Attachment,Mail System Error -- Returned Mail -- (30.1 KB)
This message was undeliverable due to the following reason:
The user's account is temporarily over quota (份额 ).
postmaster@163bj.com
Please reply to Postmaster@163bj.com
if you feel this message to be in error.
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4,Simulating
Write an Email according to the information given
收件人姓名,邮件管理员
日期,2002年 11月 5日 13:46
收件人, Huili@yahoo.com
主题, 邮件系统错误 ——退回的邮件
附件, 邮件系统错误 ——退回的邮件 ——( 30.1KB)
该邮件由于以下原因无法寄到收件人:
用户的帐户无效。
feihuli@163bj.com
如果认为该邮件有误,
请给 Postmaster@163bj.com回邮件,
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Part III,Further Practice
1,Presenting new material
2,offering situations
3,Simulating
4,Acting out and commenting
5,Writing
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Translate the following letter of apology into Chinese
From,greetings@reply.hotmail.com
Date,2002/11/1 14:36
To,kongqy@hotmail.com
Subject,Wu Jing has picked up your Hotmail! Greeting
The Hotmail! Greeting that you sent to Wu Jing
(wujing@online.com)
on October 29,2002 has been picked up!
If you'd like to send another greeting,you can do so at
http://greetings.hotmial.com/
You can view the greeting that you sent to Wujing at
http://view.greetings.yahoo.com/greet/view
Thanks for using Hotmail! Greetings!
The Hotmail! Greetings Team next
3,Simulating
? Ask the students to work in groups
to choose one of the situations to
either write an email to greet
someone
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Acting out and commenting
? After the act of each group,the fellow students
comment and then teacher summarizes.
5,Writing
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Ask the students to work together to write a short passage
of about 100 words to tell a story or about an event related to
the picture given,Some useful words and phrases have been
provided to help,The passage may begin with,Email allows
people around the world to communicate cheaply,quickly and
frequently.” (P36-7)
Part IV
Aptitude Test and Guidance
1,Checking
2,Grammatical rules concerning Articles
3,Applying
4,Self-assessment and Guidance
5,Assignment
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1,Checking
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?Ask the students to
present their work
?Teacher comments
and points out the
grammatical errors
2,Applying
1) Read the following sentences,inserting commas,
colons or semi-colons where necessary.
2) Rewrite the following sentences,replacing small-
case letters with capital ones where necessary.
3) Insert an apostrophe where it is needed.
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1) Read the following sentences,inserting commas,
colons or semi-colons where necessary,
? 1 That's right sir over there,
? 2 I consider these the major nuisances of train
journeys transistor radios freezing carriages
undisciplined children and people eating oranges,
? 3 She is trying to write a textbook a detective novel
and a travel book,
? 4 His work is accurate well-informed and frequently
entertaining,
? 5 He spoke slowly proudly and indeed boringly,
? 6 After swimming for three hours he felt exhausted,
? 7 Waiter where are my steak and chips? back
2) Rewrite the following sentences,replacing small-case letters with
capital ones where necessary.
1 gail mandal applied for the position of accountant at the
carlsbad hotel in gallup,new mexico,
2 he said,"the internal revenue service imposes a penalty (处罚 )
on any taxpayer who files after the 15th of april,
3 the consultants for the project included senator (参议院议员 )
raymond h,grant,professor pearl ishikawa,dr,nicholas giordano,
and dr,amanda b,olinski.
4 estes park has long been a popular vacation spot during the
summer months.
5 the fourth thursday in november is the traditional day for
celebrating thanksgiving,
6 he lives in beech street facing the river ash not far from
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7 as a clerk in the swiss tourist office he has to speak
french,italian,german and english,though he has never
crossed the english channel,
8 he has a b,sc,degree in economics from a scottish
university but he is now only a counter clerk in a post office,
9 on the first thursday in february he started reading a
book called the history of science and now at christmas he
has only finished reading half of it,
10 the member of parliament elmers bank said,"if more
people read the times and listened attentively to the b.b.c,
news broadcast,i should feel more assured of the success
of our educational system.“
3) Insert an apostrophe where it is needed,
1 Hell be here soon,2 at four oclock
3 the fishermans rod 4 You cant stay any longer,
5 childrens games 6 at the booksellers
7 Shes away,8 peoples homes
9 teachers representatives 10 Theyd be pleased to go,
11 the actresss daughter
12 the bank managers umbrella
13 Theyre gone forever,14 John Davis horse
15 ten years work experience
16 my sister-in-laws career 17 the USAs ambassadar
18 Logan & Farley,Inc.s sales
19 an employees checks 20 mens shirts
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5,Assignment
? A,Write an email to your teacher or your friend
? B,Write down your pros and cons of Internet
chatting
? C,Collect some telephone message
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