Unit 3 Directions and Signs
Content
Section I Listening and Conversation (2 periods)
Section II Reading Comprehension (2 periods)
Section III Writing and Translating (2 periods)
Aims
The students should be able to:
ask for and give directions
understand the two passages and the related information
read and write English signs
Important and difficult points
expressions and patterns for asking and giving directions
passage 2 and the information related
words,phrases and sentences from passage 2
grammar,Number of Nouns
special sentences and a passage for Tourism
Procedure and methods
Section I Listening and Conversation
Part I,Leading in
1,Pre-class Work:
2,Warming up for the new class:
Part II,Putting in use
1,Dividing the students into groups of four or five
2,Offering the situations
3,Acting out and comments
Part III,Further Practice
1,Practicing and Furthering
2,Completing
3,Responding
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
Section II Reading Comprehension
Part I,Leading in
1,Revision
2,Warming up for the new class
Part II,Comprehension and Practicing
1,Checking and Explaining
2,Retelling the story
Part III,Further Practice
1,Simulating and translating
2,Rewriting
Part Iv,Aptitude Test and Guidance
1,Translating
2,Assignment
Section III Writing and Translating
Part I,Leading in
1,Checking the assignment
2,Warming up for new class
Part II,Putting in use
1,Dividing the students into groups of four or five
2,Presenting new materials
3,Giving the rules for a business card
4,Reading and simulating
Part III,Further Practice
1,Presenting new material
2,Simulating
3,Writing
Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance
1,Checking
2,Grammatical rules concerning the Basic Sentence Structure
3,Applying
4,Self-assessment and Guidance
5,Assignment
Unit 3 Directions and Signs
Section I Listening and Conversation
Part I,Leading in
1,Pre-class Work,
【Instructions】 ask students to 1),collect some street maps and maps of buildings
2),find out the expressions for asking for and giving directions as many as possible
2,Warming up for the new class,
【Instructions】 1),students present their collections
2),teacher’s comment and put the collections into a data bank for students’ reference (on the blackboard)
3),presentation of new materials
Sample Map 1
【Instructions】,while showing the maps and signs,students are to read and understand the English,sometimes with the help of the teacher
Sample Map 2
【Instructions】 while showing the maps and signs,students are to read and understand the English,sometimes with the help of the teacher
4),Practice Dialogue 1 Talking About How to Get to Work
【Instructions】 read and act out so that the students will be familiar with the patterns that are appropriate for asking for and giving directions,teacher and the students work together and remember do not spend too much time on it
Part II,Putting in use
1,Dividing the students into groups of four or five
2,Offering the situations
Offer several situations for students to act out by referring to the data bank on the blackboard
【Instructions】 each group should choose one of the situations and work together to form a dialogue and then act out
Situations,1),Place, in a campus
Characters,student1,student 2 and parents (father and mother)
Task,parents come to see their son,they ask the two students how to get to Room 502 in the dormitory for boys
2),Place,in a supermarket
Characters,customers A and B,salesman and saleswoman
Task,Customers A and B come to a supermarket to buy some children’s goods,but they don’t know how to get the counter,so they ask the salesman and saleswoman for the way
3).Place,in the street
Characters,Two strangers,passerby 1,passerby 2,a police officer
Task,the two strangers want to get to the subway station,so they ask the passerby for the way,at last with the help of a police officer,they get the right directions
4),Place,reception desk in a company
Characters,interviewees (a male and a female),gatekeeper,receptionist
Task,the two interviewees don’t know on which floor is the personnel manger’s office and how to get there,the gatekeeper tells them to ask the receptionist,so they go to ask for the way.
3,Acting out and comments
【Instructions】 after the act of each group,the teacher will ask the fellow students to make comments on the performance and the appropriateness of their English; and then it is the teacher’s task to summarize this part
Part III,Further Practice
1,Practicing and Furthering
【Instructions】 practice the dialogues on Page 37 of the Textbook in groups,and try to further them
2,Listening and completing
【Instructions】,listen to a dialogue and complete it by filling in the blanks on Page 39 of the Textbook (Exercise 3),also work in groups
3,Responding
【Instructions】 practice Exercise 2 on Page 38 of the Textbook orally, Teacher offers the situation in Chinese,and ask the students to give the English equivalent,the whole class work together
(The script for the dialogue,)
Bob,Do you know how to get to Paul’s house from here?
You,知道。沿着这条路，一直到东北路。往左拐。
Bob,Left on Northeast Road.
You,继续在东北路上走四个街区。
Bob,Four blocks.
You,到东街时右拐。
Bob,Left on Northeast Road,right on East Street.
You,保罗的房子是东街222号。在街道的右侧。
【Instructions】 after each activity,the teacher will check the answers and comment promptly
Part IV,Aptitude Test and Guidance
1,Match after you listen
【Instructions】 in this part a diagram will be given to each of the students,after they listen to a dialogue,they are asked to match the blanks with the right places
2,Judge after you listen
【Instructions】 in this part the multiple choices to each of the questions will be given on the blackboard,after they listen to a dialogue,they are asked to make a choice from A,B,C or D.
3,Make after you learn
【Instructions】 in this part the students are asked to make a short dialogue themselves by using what they have learned
4,Self-assessment and Teacher’s Guidance
【Instructions】 in this part the teacher will mainly check the answers to 1 and 2,give brief explanations when students are in difficulty and ask students to score their own paper ; as for 3,the teacher will collect the paper and correct them after class.
5,Assignment
Workbook P 35---5,6
Read fluently the passage on page 46 of your Textbook New Practical English and try to understand it as possible as you can by using a dictionary,
Recite Practical Sentences for Tourism and the Passage in Unit 3
【Instructions】 in this part the homework is made up of two parts,A is to reinforce what they have learned; B and C is to get ready for the next Section
Section II Reading Comprehension
Part I,Leading in
1,Revision
ask several students to recite the practical sentences for tourism in Unit 3 and the others repeat
ask students to answer teacher’s questions according to the Passage for tourism in Unit 3
2,Warming up for the new class
ask students to work in groups of four or five to talk about one of their travel experiences,and don’t forget to use the sentences and structures they’ve reviewed
teacher makes comments
Part II,Comprehension and Practicing
1,Checking and Explaining
teacher raises some questions and ask students to say true or false according to the passage on page 46 of the Textbook New Practical English to see how much they’ve understood.
teacher raises some questions and ask students to answer in details according to the passage on page 46 of the Textbook New Practical English,at the same time explaining some language points.
Possible difficult words,phrases and sentences
Words:
curiosity n,the desire to know or learn好奇心，求知欲
Teacher’s,Curiosity is part of a child’s nature.
Student’s,
journal n,a magazine esp,of a society; a brief account of daily events刊物，日记
Teacher’s, He subscribed to a monthly journal called Readers.
Student’s,
portrait n,a painting,drawing or photograph of a real person肖像，画像，相片
Teacher’s,The art students are drawing portraits of the model.
Student’s,
entertainment n,the act of entertaining people,esp,the providing of food and drink
娱乐，款待，文艺表演
Teacher’s,A cinema is a place of entertainment.
Student’s,
relieve v,to lessen (pain,trouble or worry)减轻，缓解，解除
Teacher’s,The medicine will help to relieve your pain.
Student’s,
Phrases,
in return,as an exchange or reciprocal action返回，回报，作为报答
Teacher’s,Linda helps me a lot and I hope I can do something in return.
Student’s,
on good terms,have a good relationship关系好
Teacher’s,After their argument they are no longer on good terms.
Student’s,
hold up,to delay耽搁，延误
Teacher’s,The traffic was held up by a car accident.
Sentences,
(Para,2)One travel experience where the openness and curiosity of the Chinese people helped to bridge our language and cultural differences was on a boat ride from Shanghai to Qingdao,
有一次，在从伤害开往青岛的船上，中国人表现出来的坦率和好奇拉近了我们在语言和文化方面的距离。
where; introduces a restrictive relative clause modifying experience
One experience where I learned a lot about life was in a small village in the south.
bridge,in the relative clause is used as a verb
(Para,2)being the only non-Asian person on the boat,this drew quite a few curious looks,and finally a small group of people gathered around me and watched me write as if I were a sidewalk artist drawing portraits of passersby,
由于船上只有我我一个不是亚洲人，这招来很多好奇的目光，最后竟有一群人聚集在我的周围，他们看着我写东西，就由于船上只有我我一个不是亚洲人，这招来很多好奇的目光，最后竟有一群人聚集在我的周围，他们看着我写东西，就像一个给过路行人画像的街头艺人一样。
being the only non-Asian person on the boat,is a present participle used as an adverbial of cause
Being the only foreigner in the school,she drew a lot of attention.
(Para,3)Without it,I was stuck between two cities,neither of which was my home base,
没了护照，租在两座城市之间，人生地不熟。
without it,is an adverbial of condition
which,introduces a non-restrictive relative clause modifying two cities and which itself refers to two cities
Without a job,I went to Beijing and Shanghai,neither of which was familiar to me.
(Para,3)I was about to despair of finding my passport when suddenly a woman waved the small blue book in the air---she’s found it!
我对找到护照几乎就要绝望时,突然一位妇女用手在半空中挥动着那个蓝皮本子---她找到了！
be about to,means be just ready to
She was about to leave when she heard someone knocking at the door.
finding,is a gerund and acts as the object of the preposition of
when,means at the moment and is a conjunction that introduces an adverbial clause of time
2,Retelling the story
ask students to read the passage again
ask them to retell the story in the first person
Part III,Further Practice
1,Simulating and translating
Do exercise 6 on page 45 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 47 of the textbook
Write one paragraph in the third person about the author’s trip when he lost his passports in the sequence of the following questions.
Part Iv,Aptitude Test and Guidance
Translating
Ask the students to remember the words,phrases and sentence structures in the passage they have learned and translate the following sentences into Chinese orally and the teacher comments.
To my amazement,some of the visitors coming from America can speak some Chinese,
She took many pictures of me and my family during her stay here.
I taught them some Chinese songs,and in return they left me many gifts.
I have never heard him complain,He is always willing to help.
They almost despaired of success.
The building of the bridge was held up by bad weather.
I felt relieved to hear you arrived safely.
We would be grateful if you could help us.
Assignment
A,Textbook p42,Passage 1,and Workbook p 37 1-3
B,Collect signs often seen in public places as many as possible
Section III Writing and Translating
Part I,Leading in
Checking the assignment
Check the answers to comprehension exercises on the workbook orally and comment
Answer students’ questions found in Passage 1
Warming up for new class
Ask the students to present their collection of signs
Put their collections of signs into the data bank on the blackboard
Make sure all the students understand the meanings of the signs
Part II,Putting in use
Dividing the students into groups of four or five
Presenting new signs
Teacher presents different signs to each group
Giving the rules for a sign
The teacher should remind the students what they have to pay attention to when they read or make a sign.
Understanding
Ask the students to work in groups and read the given signs,get the Chinese version of them and then explain to the whole class
Matching
Ask the students to work in groups and each group will be given the same signs.
Find the right equivalents to the signs given in Chinese or English
Translating
Both the teacher and the students work together to translate the signs on Page 50 of the Textbook with the help of a dictionary
Part III,Further Practice
Creating new signs
Ask each of the students to make a sign and tell the classmates the meaning of it
Writing
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,
Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance
Grammatical rules concerning the use of Number of Nouns
Applying
1) choosing the correct answers to fill in the blanks,paying attention to the use of Number of Nouns
2) correcting the errors in the following sentences
3) translating the following sentences into English,paying attention to the use of Number of Nouns
3,Self-assessment and Guidance
1) and 2) are printed on the paper,After the teacher checks the answers,the students can score their own paper; as for 3) the teacher can collect the paper and correct after class if time is not permitted.
4,Assignment
Workbook P42 3-5
Collect Timetables and Schedules
Make a timetable and schedule of your own
Content
Section I Listening and Conversation (2 periods)
Section II Reading Comprehension (2 periods)
Section III Writing and Translating (2 periods)
Aims
The students should be able to:
ask for and give directions
understand the two passages and the related information
read and write English signs
Important and difficult points
expressions and patterns for asking and giving directions
passage 2 and the information related
words,phrases and sentences from passage 2
grammar,Number of Nouns
special sentences and a passage for Tourism
Procedure and methods
Section I Listening and Conversation
Part I,Leading in
1,Pre-class Work:
2,Warming up for the new class:
Part II,Putting in use
1,Dividing the students into groups of four or five
2,Offering the situations
3,Acting out and comments
Part III,Further Practice
1,Practicing and Furthering
2,Completing
3,Responding
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
Section II Reading Comprehension
Part I,Leading in
1,Revision
2,Warming up for the new class
Part II,Comprehension and Practicing
1,Checking and Explaining
2,Retelling the story
Part III,Further Practice
1,Simulating and translating
2,Rewriting
Part Iv,Aptitude Test and Guidance
1,Translating
2,Assignment
Section III Writing and Translating
Part I,Leading in
1,Checking the assignment
2,Warming up for new class
Part II,Putting in use
1,Dividing the students into groups of four or five
2,Presenting new materials
3,Giving the rules for a business card
4,Reading and simulating
Part III,Further Practice
1,Presenting new material
2,Simulating
3,Writing
Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance
1,Checking
2,Grammatical rules concerning the Basic Sentence Structure
3,Applying
4,Self-assessment and Guidance
5,Assignment
Unit 3 Directions and Signs
Section I Listening and Conversation
Part I,Leading in
1,Pre-class Work,
【Instructions】 ask students to 1),collect some street maps and maps of buildings
2),find out the expressions for asking for and giving directions as many as possible
2,Warming up for the new class,
【Instructions】 1),students present their collections
2),teacher’s comment and put the collections into a data bank for students’ reference (on the blackboard)
3),presentation of new materials
Sample Map 1
【Instructions】,while showing the maps and signs,students are to read and understand the English,sometimes with the help of the teacher
Sample Map 2
【Instructions】 while showing the maps and signs,students are to read and understand the English,sometimes with the help of the teacher
4),Practice Dialogue 1 Talking About How to Get to Work
【Instructions】 read and act out so that the students will be familiar with the patterns that are appropriate for asking for and giving directions,teacher and the students work together and remember do not spend too much time on it
Part II,Putting in use
1,Dividing the students into groups of four or five
2,Offering the situations
Offer several situations for students to act out by referring to the data bank on the blackboard
【Instructions】 each group should choose one of the situations and work together to form a dialogue and then act out
Situations,1),Place, in a campus
Characters,student1,student 2 and parents (father and mother)
Task,parents come to see their son,they ask the two students how to get to Room 502 in the dormitory for boys
2),Place,in a supermarket
Characters,customers A and B,salesman and saleswoman
Task,Customers A and B come to a supermarket to buy some children’s goods,but they don’t know how to get the counter,so they ask the salesman and saleswoman for the way
3).Place,in the street
Characters,Two strangers,passerby 1,passerby 2,a police officer
Task,the two strangers want to get to the subway station,so they ask the passerby for the way,at last with the help of a police officer,they get the right directions
4),Place,reception desk in a company
Characters,interviewees (a male and a female),gatekeeper,receptionist
Task,the two interviewees don’t know on which floor is the personnel manger’s office and how to get there,the gatekeeper tells them to ask the receptionist,so they go to ask for the way.
3,Acting out and comments
【Instructions】 after the act of each group,the teacher will ask the fellow students to make comments on the performance and the appropriateness of their English; and then it is the teacher’s task to summarize this part
Part III,Further Practice
1,Practicing and Furthering
【Instructions】 practice the dialogues on Page 37 of the Textbook in groups,and try to further them
2,Listening and completing
【Instructions】,listen to a dialogue and complete it by filling in the blanks on Page 39 of the Textbook (Exercise 3),also work in groups
3,Responding
【Instructions】 practice Exercise 2 on Page 38 of the Textbook orally, Teacher offers the situation in Chinese,and ask the students to give the English equivalent,the whole class work together
(The script for the dialogue,)
Bob,Do you know how to get to Paul’s house from here?
You,知道。沿着这条路，一直到东北路。往左拐。
Bob,Left on Northeast Road.
You,继续在东北路上走四个街区。
Bob,Four blocks.
You,到东街时右拐。
Bob,Left on Northeast Road,right on East Street.
You,保罗的房子是东街222号。在街道的右侧。
【Instructions】 after each activity,the teacher will check the answers and comment promptly
Part IV,Aptitude Test and Guidance
1,Match after you listen
【Instructions】 in this part a diagram will be given to each of the students,after they listen to a dialogue,they are asked to match the blanks with the right places
2,Judge after you listen
【Instructions】 in this part the multiple choices to each of the questions will be given on the blackboard,after they listen to a dialogue,they are asked to make a choice from A,B,C or D.
3,Make after you learn
【Instructions】 in this part the students are asked to make a short dialogue themselves by using what they have learned
4,Self-assessment and Teacher’s Guidance
【Instructions】 in this part the teacher will mainly check the answers to 1 and 2,give brief explanations when students are in difficulty and ask students to score their own paper ; as for 3,the teacher will collect the paper and correct them after class.
5,Assignment
Workbook P 35---5,6
Read fluently the passage on page 46 of your Textbook New Practical English and try to understand it as possible as you can by using a dictionary,
Recite Practical Sentences for Tourism and the Passage in Unit 3
【Instructions】 in this part the homework is made up of two parts,A is to reinforce what they have learned; B and C is to get ready for the next Section
Section II Reading Comprehension
Part I,Leading in
1,Revision
ask several students to recite the practical sentences for tourism in Unit 3 and the others repeat
ask students to answer teacher’s questions according to the Passage for tourism in Unit 3
2,Warming up for the new class
ask students to work in groups of four or five to talk about one of their travel experiences,and don’t forget to use the sentences and structures they’ve reviewed
teacher makes comments
Part II,Comprehension and Practicing
1,Checking and Explaining
teacher raises some questions and ask students to say true or false according to the passage on page 46 of the Textbook New Practical English to see how much they’ve understood.
teacher raises some questions and ask students to answer in details according to the passage on page 46 of the Textbook New Practical English,at the same time explaining some language points.
Possible difficult words,phrases and sentences
Words:
curiosity n,the desire to know or learn好奇心，求知欲
Teacher’s,Curiosity is part of a child’s nature.
Student’s,
journal n,a magazine esp,of a society; a brief account of daily events刊物，日记
Teacher’s, He subscribed to a monthly journal called Readers.
Student’s,
portrait n,a painting,drawing or photograph of a real person肖像，画像，相片
Teacher’s,The art students are drawing portraits of the model.
Student’s,
entertainment n,the act of entertaining people,esp,the providing of food and drink
娱乐，款待，文艺表演
Teacher’s,A cinema is a place of entertainment.
Student’s,
relieve v,to lessen (pain,trouble or worry)减轻，缓解，解除
Teacher’s,The medicine will help to relieve your pain.
Student’s,
Phrases,
in return,as an exchange or reciprocal action返回，回报，作为报答
Teacher’s,Linda helps me a lot and I hope I can do something in return.
Student’s,
on good terms,have a good relationship关系好
Teacher’s,After their argument they are no longer on good terms.
Student’s,
hold up,to delay耽搁，延误
Teacher’s,The traffic was held up by a car accident.
Sentences,
(Para,2)One travel experience where the openness and curiosity of the Chinese people helped to bridge our language and cultural differences was on a boat ride from Shanghai to Qingdao,
有一次，在从伤害开往青岛的船上，中国人表现出来的坦率和好奇拉近了我们在语言和文化方面的距离。
where; introduces a restrictive relative clause modifying experience
One experience where I learned a lot about life was in a small village in the south.
bridge,in the relative clause is used as a verb
(Para,2)being the only non-Asian person on the boat,this drew quite a few curious looks,and finally a small group of people gathered around me and watched me write as if I were a sidewalk artist drawing portraits of passersby,
由于船上只有我我一个不是亚洲人，这招来很多好奇的目光，最后竟有一群人聚集在我的周围，他们看着我写东西，就由于船上只有我我一个不是亚洲人，这招来很多好奇的目光，最后竟有一群人聚集在我的周围，他们看着我写东西，就像一个给过路行人画像的街头艺人一样。
being the only non-Asian person on the boat,is a present participle used as an adverbial of cause
Being the only foreigner in the school,she drew a lot of attention.
(Para,3)Without it,I was stuck between two cities,neither of which was my home base,
没了护照，租在两座城市之间，人生地不熟。
without it,is an adverbial of condition
which,introduces a non-restrictive relative clause modifying two cities and which itself refers to two cities
Without a job,I went to Beijing and Shanghai,neither of which was familiar to me.
(Para,3)I was about to despair of finding my passport when suddenly a woman waved the small blue book in the air---she’s found it!
我对找到护照几乎就要绝望时,突然一位妇女用手在半空中挥动着那个蓝皮本子---她找到了！
be about to,means be just ready to
She was about to leave when she heard someone knocking at the door.
finding,is a gerund and acts as the object of the preposition of
when,means at the moment and is a conjunction that introduces an adverbial clause of time
2,Retelling the story
ask students to read the passage again
ask them to retell the story in the first person
Part III,Further Practice
1,Simulating and translating
Do exercise 6 on page 45 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 47 of the textbook
Write one paragraph in the third person about the author’s trip when he lost his passports in the sequence of the following questions.
Part Iv,Aptitude Test and Guidance
Translating
Ask the students to remember the words,phrases and sentence structures in the passage they have learned and translate the following sentences into Chinese orally and the teacher comments.
To my amazement,some of the visitors coming from America can speak some Chinese,
She took many pictures of me and my family during her stay here.
I taught them some Chinese songs,and in return they left me many gifts.
I have never heard him complain,He is always willing to help.
They almost despaired of success.
The building of the bridge was held up by bad weather.
I felt relieved to hear you arrived safely.
We would be grateful if you could help us.
Assignment
A,Textbook p42,Passage 1,and Workbook p 37 1-3
B,Collect signs often seen in public places as many as possible
Section III Writing and Translating
Part I,Leading in
Checking the assignment
Check the answers to comprehension exercises on the workbook orally and comment
Answer students’ questions found in Passage 1
Warming up for new class
Ask the students to present their collection of signs
Put their collections of signs into the data bank on the blackboard
Make sure all the students understand the meanings of the signs
Part II,Putting in use
Dividing the students into groups of four or five
Presenting new signs
Teacher presents different signs to each group
Giving the rules for a sign
The teacher should remind the students what they have to pay attention to when they read or make a sign.
Understanding
Ask the students to work in groups and read the given signs,get the Chinese version of them and then explain to the whole class
Matching
Ask the students to work in groups and each group will be given the same signs.
Find the right equivalents to the signs given in Chinese or English
Translating
Both the teacher and the students work together to translate the signs on Page 50 of the Textbook with the help of a dictionary
Part III,Further Practice
Creating new signs
Ask each of the students to make a sign and tell the classmates the meaning of it
Writing
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,
Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance
Grammatical rules concerning the use of Number of Nouns
Applying
1) choosing the correct answers to fill in the blanks,paying attention to the use of Number of Nouns
2) correcting the errors in the following sentences
3) translating the following sentences into English,paying attention to the use of Number of Nouns
3,Self-assessment and Guidance
1) and 2) are printed on the paper,After the teacher checks the answers,the students can score their own paper; as for 3) the teacher can collect the paper and correct after class if time is not permitted.
4,Assignment
Workbook P42 3-5
Collect Timetables and Schedules
Make a timetable and schedule of your own
