Unit 4 Timetables and Schedules
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:
talk about timetables and schedules
understand the two passages and the related information
write English schedules and make timetables
Important and difficult points
expressions and patterns for talking about timetables and schedules
passage 2 and the information related
words,phrases and sentences from passage 2
grammar,Verb Tenses
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
Presenting new material
Simulating
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 4 Timetables and Schedules
Section I Listening and Conversation
Part I,Leading in
Pre-class Work:
【Instructions】 ask students to 1) collect some timetables and schedules
2) find out the words and expressions to talk about timetables for buses,trains and planes
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 screen)
3) presentation of new materials
Sample 1
Sample 2
【Instructions】 While showing the timetables,students are to read and understand the English,
sometimes with the help of the teacher,
4) Practice Dialogue 1 Talking About a Flight Timetable
【Instructions】 Read and act out so that the students will be familiar with the patterns that are
appropriate for talking about timetables,Teacher and the students work
together and remember do not spend too much time on it,
Part II,Putting in Use
Divide the students into groups of four or five
Offering the timetables and schedules and ask the students to make dialogues,
Timetable for Olympic Gold Medals
on September 25,2000 ----Athletics
18:00
Women's pole vault
19:00
Men's discus throw
20:00
Men's triple jump
20:10
Women's 400m
20:25
Men's 400m
20:40
Men's 110m hurdles
20:55
Women's 5,000m
21:35
Women's 800m
22:00
Men's 10,000m
A Flight Timetable
Departure
Arrival
Destination
6:50a.m.
10:10
Beijing
8:55a.m.
14:10
Beijing
Stop over Changsha 11:15 to 12:15
13:40
17:10
Beijing
A school schedule
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
8:30-9:30am
Maths
Maths
10:00-11:30a.m.
Computer Science
Computer Science
Computer Science
1:30-3:00p.m.
English
Business Management
English
Business Management
English
7:30-9:00p.m.
Foreign Trade Practice
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 55 of the textbook in groups and try to further them,
2,Listening and Decoding
【Instructions】 Listen to a dialogue and then fill in Susan's schedule on Page 57 of the textbook,Work in groups,
Responding
【Instructions】 Practice Exercise on Page 56 of the textbook orally,Teacher offers the situation in Chinese,and asks the students to give the English equivalent,the whole class work together,
(The script for the dialogues)
Kate,Hi,Ann,What's your plan for this weekend?
You,我要去杭州。
Kate,Oh,how interesting!
You,我在那里有一些朋友,我很想念他们。
Kate,I guess your friends would arrange your trip there,
You,是的，星期六一个朋友开车带我在市里转转，中午和一些朋友吃饭，晚上我们去听音乐会。
Kate,How wonderful,When are you coming back?
You,星期天晚上。我昨晚上的飞机回来。
Kate,I hope you have a nice weekend,
Part IV,Aptitude Test and Guidance
Match after you listen
【Instructions】 In this part a diagram will be given to each of the students,After they listen to a passage they are asked to match the information in Column A with the choices in Column B,
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,
Make after you learn
【Instructions】 In this part,the students are asked to make a short dialogue themselves by using what they have learned,
Self Assessment and Teacher's Guidance
【Instructions】 In this part the teacher will mainly check the answers to Exercise 1 and 2,Give brief explanations when students are in difficulty and ask students to score their own paper,As for Exercise,the teacher will collect the paper and correct them after class,
Assignment
A,Workbook Page 48---3,4
B,Read fluently the passage on Page 60 of your textbook New Practical English and try to understand it as possible as you can by using a dictionary,
C,Recite Practical Sentences for Tourism and the Passage in Unit 4,
【Instructions】 In this part the homework is made up of two parts,A is to reinforce what they have learned; B and C are to get ready for the next section
Section II Reading Comprehension
Part I,Leading in
Revision
Ask students to recite the practical sentences for tourism in Unit 4 and the others repeat
Ask students to answer teacher's questions according to the Passage for tourism in Unit 4
Warming up for the new class
Ask students to work in groups of four or five to make short dialogues with the sentences and structures they've reviewed.
Teacher makes comments
Part II,Comprehension and Practicing
1,Checking and Explaining
Teacher asks some students to tell the main idea of the passage on page 60 of the textbook New Practical English to see how much they've understood,
Teacher raises some questions and asks students to answer in details according to the passage on Page 60 of the textbook New Practical English,at the same time explaining some language points,
Possible difficult words,phrases and sentences
Words,
1) punctuality n,being on time 严守时间
Teacher's,Our teacher insists on punctuality,
Student's,
2) emphasize v,to place emphasis on 强调，着重
Teacher's,I must emphasize that they are just children,
Student's:
3) concerned a,anxious,worried; involved 焦虑的，担心的；有关的
Teacher's,I was very concerned about my mother's illness,
All the people concerned attended the meeting,
Student's:
4) embarrass v,to cause to feel ashamed,uncomfortable 使窘迫，使难堪
Teacher's,He embarrassed everyone by saying that the picture was terrible,
Student's,
5）entertain v,to amuse and interest; to provide food and drink for
使高兴，使感兴趣；款待，请客
Teacher's,A teacher should entertain as well as teach,
He entertained his guests generously,
Student's,
6) inform v,to give information to 告知，通知
Teacher's,He promised to keep us informed of how the negotiations were going on,
Student's:
Phrases,
1) ahead of schedule,ahead of time 提前
Teacher's,The students finish research paper ahead of schedule,
Student's,
2) fail to,to not do what is expected,needed or wanted
Teacher's,Unfortunately,Larry failed to submit his proposal on time,
Student's,
Sentences,
(Para,1) …how anxious and embarrassed he will be when he,as a stranger to the place,sees no person meeting him!
要是他到了一个陌生的地方，看到没有人来接他，他会是多么焦急和尴尬。
This is an exclamatory sentence with when-clause as an adverbial of time,
Example,How happy and delighted she will be when she,as a foreigner,sees a friend meeting her at the airport,
2) (Para,1) The same is true with the activity of seeing off a foreign guest,
给外国人送行也是如此。
With is a preposition introducing the kind of thing that has the specific feature(s) mentioned in the previous sentence(s),
Example,the same is true with the learning of a foreign language,
3) (Para,2) Ss,as a host,whenever there is an activity,you should come to the place ahead of schedules so as to wait for the guests to come,
Whenever introduces an adverbial clause of time,In the main clause ahead of schedule is an adverbial of tie while so as to introduces an adverbial of purpose,
Example,So,as a host,whenever there is a fire,you should come to the place at once so as to put the fire under control,
4) (Para,2) Anyone,guest or host,who is really late for a social activity,should apologize to those who have already been there,
Guest or host is reduced form of whether he is a guest or host,Note that here singular forms are used with no articles at all,The two who-clauses are used to modify anyone and those respectively,
Example,Anyone,man or woman,who is in charge of a project,should often talk to those who participate in the project,
2,Retelling the story
Ask students to read the passage again,
Ask them to retell the importance of being punctual,
Part III,Further Practice
1,Simulating and translating
Do exercises 6 on Page 61 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,Read and Complete
Write a summary of the passage based on Exercise 2 on Page 61 of the textbook,
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,
Bad weather ruined our holiday,
He made a list of daily items he should buy,
Sally feels like a cup of coffee whenever she comes home,
We all know that the plan is divided into three parts,
The manager gave a brief report and the meeting ended at 2 p.m,
Our plans are quite flexible,so we can change them if necessary,
Can you spare then minutes to discuss our schedule?
I will ask my secretary to draw up a plan,
Assignment
A,Workbook page 1-3
B,Ask students to collect timetables or schedules 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,
Warming up for new class
Ask the students to present their collection of timetables and schedules,
Put their collections of timetables and schedules into the data bank on the screen,
Make sure all the students understand the meanings of the timetables and schedules,
Part II,Putting in Use
Dividing the students into groups of four or five
Presenting new timetables and schedules
Teacher presents different timetable and schedules to each group
Asking the students to talk about the timetable and schedules
Students in each group together to make short dialogues,
Part III,Further Practice
1,Creating schedules
Ask each of the students to make a schedule and read to the whole class
2,Writing
Ask the students to make an English TV program schedule according to the Chinese version,(Refer to the Chinese TV guide )
Part IV,Aptitude Test and Guidance
Grammatical rules concerning the tenses
Applying
The teacher prepares some exercises for the students in the following forms.
Complete the following sentences using the correct form of the verbs given in bracket,
Correct the errors in the following sentences,
Translate the following sentences into English,
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 fi time is not permitted,
Assignment
A,Workbook Exercises 3-5 on page 57
B,Collect weather reports
C,Make weather report according to the weather that specific day,
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:
talk about timetables and schedules
understand the two passages and the related information
write English schedules and make timetables
Important and difficult points
expressions and patterns for talking about timetables and schedules
passage 2 and the information related
words,phrases and sentences from passage 2
grammar,Verb Tenses
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
Presenting new material
Simulating
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 4 Timetables and Schedules
Section I Listening and Conversation
Part I,Leading in
Pre-class Work:
【Instructions】 ask students to 1) collect some timetables and schedules
2) find out the words and expressions to talk about timetables for buses,trains and planes
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 screen)
3) presentation of new materials
Sample 1
Sample 2
【Instructions】 While showing the timetables,students are to read and understand the English,
sometimes with the help of the teacher,
4) Practice Dialogue 1 Talking About a Flight Timetable
【Instructions】 Read and act out so that the students will be familiar with the patterns that are
appropriate for talking about timetables,Teacher and the students work
together and remember do not spend too much time on it,
Part II,Putting in Use
Divide the students into groups of four or five
Offering the timetables and schedules and ask the students to make dialogues,
Timetable for Olympic Gold Medals
on September 25,2000 ----Athletics
18:00
Women's pole vault
19:00
Men's discus throw
20:00
Men's triple jump
20:10
Women's 400m
20:25
Men's 400m
20:40
Men's 110m hurdles
20:55
Women's 5,000m
21:35
Women's 800m
22:00
Men's 10,000m
A Flight Timetable
Departure
Arrival
Destination
6:50a.m.
10:10
Beijing
8:55a.m.
14:10
Beijing
Stop over Changsha 11:15 to 12:15
13:40
17:10
Beijing
A school schedule
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
8:30-9:30am
Maths
Maths
10:00-11:30a.m.
Computer Science
Computer Science
Computer Science
1:30-3:00p.m.
English
Business Management
English
Business Management
English
7:30-9:00p.m.
Foreign Trade Practice
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 55 of the textbook in groups and try to further them,
2,Listening and Decoding
【Instructions】 Listen to a dialogue and then fill in Susan's schedule on Page 57 of the textbook,Work in groups,
Responding
【Instructions】 Practice Exercise on Page 56 of the textbook orally,Teacher offers the situation in Chinese,and asks the students to give the English equivalent,the whole class work together,
(The script for the dialogues)
Kate,Hi,Ann,What's your plan for this weekend?
You,我要去杭州。
Kate,Oh,how interesting!
You,我在那里有一些朋友,我很想念他们。
Kate,I guess your friends would arrange your trip there,
You,是的，星期六一个朋友开车带我在市里转转，中午和一些朋友吃饭，晚上我们去听音乐会。
Kate,How wonderful,When are you coming back?
You,星期天晚上。我昨晚上的飞机回来。
Kate,I hope you have a nice weekend,
Part IV,Aptitude Test and Guidance
Match after you listen
【Instructions】 In this part a diagram will be given to each of the students,After they listen to a passage they are asked to match the information in Column A with the choices in Column B,
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,
Make after you learn
【Instructions】 In this part,the students are asked to make a short dialogue themselves by using what they have learned,
Self Assessment and Teacher's Guidance
【Instructions】 In this part the teacher will mainly check the answers to Exercise 1 and 2,Give brief explanations when students are in difficulty and ask students to score their own paper,As for Exercise,the teacher will collect the paper and correct them after class,
Assignment
A,Workbook Page 48---3,4
B,Read fluently the passage on Page 60 of your textbook New Practical English and try to understand it as possible as you can by using a dictionary,
C,Recite Practical Sentences for Tourism and the Passage in Unit 4,
【Instructions】 In this part the homework is made up of two parts,A is to reinforce what they have learned; B and C are to get ready for the next section
Section II Reading Comprehension
Part I,Leading in
Revision
Ask students to recite the practical sentences for tourism in Unit 4 and the others repeat
Ask students to answer teacher's questions according to the Passage for tourism in Unit 4
Warming up for the new class
Ask students to work in groups of four or five to make short dialogues with the sentences and structures they've reviewed.
Teacher makes comments
Part II,Comprehension and Practicing
1,Checking and Explaining
Teacher asks some students to tell the main idea of the passage on page 60 of the textbook New Practical English to see how much they've understood,
Teacher raises some questions and asks students to answer in details according to the passage on Page 60 of the textbook New Practical English,at the same time explaining some language points,
Possible difficult words,phrases and sentences
Words,
1) punctuality n,being on time 严守时间
Teacher's,Our teacher insists on punctuality,
Student's,
2) emphasize v,to place emphasis on 强调，着重
Teacher's,I must emphasize that they are just children,
Student's:
3) concerned a,anxious,worried; involved 焦虑的，担心的；有关的
Teacher's,I was very concerned about my mother's illness,
All the people concerned attended the meeting,
Student's:
4) embarrass v,to cause to feel ashamed,uncomfortable 使窘迫，使难堪
Teacher's,He embarrassed everyone by saying that the picture was terrible,
Student's,
5）entertain v,to amuse and interest; to provide food and drink for
使高兴，使感兴趣；款待，请客
Teacher's,A teacher should entertain as well as teach,
He entertained his guests generously,
Student's,
6) inform v,to give information to 告知，通知
Teacher's,He promised to keep us informed of how the negotiations were going on,
Student's:
Phrases,
1) ahead of schedule,ahead of time 提前
Teacher's,The students finish research paper ahead of schedule,
Student's,
2) fail to,to not do what is expected,needed or wanted
Teacher's,Unfortunately,Larry failed to submit his proposal on time,
Student's,
Sentences,
(Para,1) …how anxious and embarrassed he will be when he,as a stranger to the place,sees no person meeting him!
要是他到了一个陌生的地方，看到没有人来接他，他会是多么焦急和尴尬。
This is an exclamatory sentence with when-clause as an adverbial of time,
Example,How happy and delighted she will be when she,as a foreigner,sees a friend meeting her at the airport,
2) (Para,1) The same is true with the activity of seeing off a foreign guest,
给外国人送行也是如此。
With is a preposition introducing the kind of thing that has the specific feature(s) mentioned in the previous sentence(s),
Example,the same is true with the learning of a foreign language,
3) (Para,2) Ss,as a host,whenever there is an activity,you should come to the place ahead of schedules so as to wait for the guests to come,
Whenever introduces an adverbial clause of time,In the main clause ahead of schedule is an adverbial of tie while so as to introduces an adverbial of purpose,
Example,So,as a host,whenever there is a fire,you should come to the place at once so as to put the fire under control,
4) (Para,2) Anyone,guest or host,who is really late for a social activity,should apologize to those who have already been there,
Guest or host is reduced form of whether he is a guest or host,Note that here singular forms are used with no articles at all,The two who-clauses are used to modify anyone and those respectively,
Example,Anyone,man or woman,who is in charge of a project,should often talk to those who participate in the project,
2,Retelling the story
Ask students to read the passage again,
Ask them to retell the importance of being punctual,
Part III,Further Practice
1,Simulating and translating
Do exercises 6 on Page 61 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,Read and Complete
Write a summary of the passage based on Exercise 2 on Page 61 of the textbook,
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,
Bad weather ruined our holiday,
He made a list of daily items he should buy,
Sally feels like a cup of coffee whenever she comes home,
We all know that the plan is divided into three parts,
The manager gave a brief report and the meeting ended at 2 p.m,
Our plans are quite flexible,so we can change them if necessary,
Can you spare then minutes to discuss our schedule?
I will ask my secretary to draw up a plan,
Assignment
A,Workbook page 1-3
B,Ask students to collect timetables or schedules 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,
Warming up for new class
Ask the students to present their collection of timetables and schedules,
Put their collections of timetables and schedules into the data bank on the screen,
Make sure all the students understand the meanings of the timetables and schedules,
Part II,Putting in Use
Dividing the students into groups of four or five
Presenting new timetables and schedules
Teacher presents different timetable and schedules to each group
Asking the students to talk about the timetable and schedules
Students in each group together to make short dialogues,
Part III,Further Practice
1,Creating schedules
Ask each of the students to make a schedule and read to the whole class
2,Writing
Ask the students to make an English TV program schedule according to the Chinese version,(Refer to the Chinese TV guide )
Part IV,Aptitude Test and Guidance
Grammatical rules concerning the tenses
Applying
The teacher prepares some exercises for the students in the following forms.
Complete the following sentences using the correct form of the verbs given in bracket,
Correct the errors in the following sentences,
Translate the following sentences into English,
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 fi time is not permitted,
Assignment
A,Workbook Exercises 3-5 on page 57
B,Collect weather reports
C,Make weather report according to the weather that specific day,
