Unit 6 Shopping
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:
introduce and give personal information
understand the two passages and the related information
make English shopping
Important and difficult points
expressions and patterns for inviting and refusing people
passage 2 and the information related
words,phrases and sentences from passage 2
grammar,Adverbial Clause
special sentences and a passage for Shopping
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 Adverbial Clause
3,Applying
4,Self-assessment and Guidance
5,Assignment
Unit 6 Shopping
Section I Listening and Conversation
Part I,Leading in
1,Pre-class Work,
【Instructions】 ask students to find out the patterns and expressions used for shopping and give personal information 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
3),presentation of new materials
4),Practice Dialogue 1 On the Cultural Street and Dialogue 2 At the Friendship Store
【Instructions】 read and act out so that the students will be familiar with the patterns and expressions that are appropriate for greeting people and giving personal information,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,you,Tom,Mary
Task,You want to buy a sweater in size 11
2),Place,in a family
Characters,Mother,Li Ming,Wang Fang
Task,You want to buy a computer and ask for a discount
3).Place,in the street
Characters,Zhang Dong,Anne,Mary
Task,You are looking for a shirt of good quality at a Men’s Wear Department
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 95 of the Textbook in groups,and try to further them
2,Completing
【Instructions】 ask students to work in groups to complete by filling in the blanks on Page 96 of the Textbook (Exercises 1 and 3),and then the teacher checks the answers in class.
3,Responding
【Instructions】 practice Exercise 2 on Page 96 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 dialogue,)
Shop Assistant,Good morning,Miss,Can I help you?
You,我想买一条牛仔裤。
Shop Assistant,Ok,Our selection of jeans is the most comprehensive available,您想要什么样式的?
You,It’s really hard for me to choose from so many styles of jeans.
Shop Assistant,Well,let me see,How do you like this style? It’s the latest fashion,very popular,And the quality is excellent.
You,看上去不错。我想试一条深蓝色的吗?
Shop Assistant,Certainly,What size are you?
You,我想是中号。
Shop Assistant,Here you are,There’s a fitting room just over there.
You, The color is fine,But I’m afraid it’s too big for me,有小点尺码的吗?
Shop Assistant,Wait a moment,please,Oh,I think this pair will be the right size for you.
You, 是的,我也这样想。多少钱?
Shop Assistant,$90,plus tax.
You,太贵了。比我想的多多了。
Shop Assistant,You know,what they say,You get what you pay for,You can’t go wrong on that.
You,Ok,I’ll take it.你们接受信用卡吗?
Shop Assistant,Sure
【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 information in Column A with the choices in Column B.
2,Judge after you listen
【Instructions】 in this part listen to the dialogue again and decide whether the following statements are true or false.
3,Make after you learn
【Instructions】 in this part the students are asked to make a dialogue of their own
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 86—1-6
Read fluently the passage on page 100 of your Textbook New Practical English and try to understand it as possible as you can by using a dictionary,
Recite Practical Sentences for Shopping and the Passage in Unit 6
【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 shopping in Unit 6 and the others repeat
ask students to answer teacher’s questions according to the Passage for shopping in Unit 6
2,Warming up for the new class
ask students to work in groups of four to make self-introduction to each other,
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 100 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 100 of the Textbook New Practical English,at the same time explaining some language points.
Possible difficult words,phrases and sentences
Words:
Tri- v,(prefix) three,triple移动,搬家
Teacher’s,triangle(三角形),trilateral(三边的),trilingual(能说三种语言的),trilogy(三部曲),etc.
Student’s,
peak n,point of highest intensity,value,achievement,etc,顶点,顶峰
Teacher’s, Traffic reaches a peak between 8 and 9 in the morning.
Student’s,
clad adj,dressed,clothed穿着
Teacher’s,The Eskimos are always warmly clad throughout the year.
Student’s,
some ad,(used with numbers) approximately,about大约,近于
Teacher’s,He spent some twelve years of his life in Africa.
Student’s,
employ v,make use of,use使用,利用
Teacher’s,You could have employed your spare time much better if you had planned well.
Student’s,
Sentences,
(Para,1)Developed in the tradition of the green and brown glazed pottery of the Han Dynasty,it represented a peak in the development of Chinese ceramics and was well known by the world in its time.
唐三彩由汉代的绿棕两色釉陶发展而来,代表了中国陶器发展使上的一个顶峰,并在当时举世闻名。
Developed……Dynasty, is a past participle phrase used here to show the origin and development of the art,Developed takes the passive form as its subject is the same as the sentence subject it,The sentence can be paraphrased,it was developed in …… and it represented……
(Para,2)Of these,the tri-colored camels have won the greatest admiration.
其中,三彩骆驼最负盛名。
These,refers to horses,camels,female figurines,etc,Which are mentioned in the previous sentence.
Of,is used with a superlative degree to indicate its scope.
The sentence means the tri-colored camels are more appreciated than the others.
(Para,2) They are presented as bearing loads of silk or carrying musicians on their backs,their heads raised as if neighing.
骆驼或者驮着丝绸,或者载着乐师,头高高仰起,仿佛正在嘶鸣。
As, is a preposition,thus taking the V-ing(gerund) form (bearing,carrying),There heads raised is an absolute participle structure,with the present participle being omitted (=their head being raised),As if introduces an elliptical clause of manner,with they were being omitted.
(Para,3) The tri-colored glazed pottery of the Tang Dynasty was developed some 1300 years ago by drawing on the methods of Chinese traditional painting and sculpture as well as employing the various bodies of clay forming and incising techniques.
唐三彩是在大约1300年前,通过吸收中国传统绘画和雕刻工艺,以及采用各种各样的捏泥成形和切塑技术发展起来的。
Some,adv,Meaning about.
As well as,meaning in addition to,is a conjunction that serves to link two parallel parts,
Employing, is in parallel with drawing on,both acting as the object of the preposition of by.
(Para,3) The colors dripped a melded together to form smooth ones,due to the intense heat and chemical reactions caused by the firing.
由于窑内炉火燃烧时的高温和化学反映,不同的颜色滴落并融汇成光滑的色调。
Due to,means caused by,because of,This sentence explains the process of producing Tangsancai.
(Para,4) Therefore,findings of tri-colored Tangs today are considered rare and valuable treasures,valued for their brilliant color and life-like shapes.
因此,今天出土的唐三彩陶以其艳丽的色彩和栩栩如生的形象被视为稀有的珍品。
The passive voice is used in this sentence to emphasize what was the fact rather than who did what,
Findings,is used as a noun meaning what were found or discovered.
The past participial phrase valued for,is used to further explain the reason of appreciation of tri-colored Tangs.
2,Retelling the story
ask students to read the passage again
ask them to retell the story
Part III,Further Practice
1,Simulating and translating
Do exercise 6 on page 103 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 106 of the textbook
Shorten the passage to less than 200 words according to the points listed below.
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.
He told me to get out,or something to that effect.
At first he suspected the letter was a forgery,but on close inspection,it turned out to e genuine.
You can turn on your computer and go surfing on the web.
It is the biggest real estate transaction in the city’s history.
There is no charge for children under six.
He questioned whether the government’s database was secure from hackers.
We were planning to go out,but ended up watching videos.
The performance begins promptly at eight o’clock.
I was browsing through a newspaper when I spotted your name.
Mom assured us that everything would be all right.
Assignment
A,Textbook page 100 Passage 1 and Workbook page 89 1-3
B,Ask students to collect some shopping phrases
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 collections of shopping
Put their collections into the data bank on the blackboard
Part II,Putting in use
Dividing the students into groups of four or five
Presenting new materials
Sample 1
Sample 2
【Instructions】 while showing the ads,students are to read and understand the English,the teacher should point out the difference between English and Chinese in ads.
Giving the rules for ads,
The teacher should remind the students what they have to pay attention to when they read or make an ad.
Reading and simulating
Ask the students to 1) read the sample cards on Page 107
2) Read the following instructions and find out the functions of the device and its mode of
operation.
Model,Compatible with:
Software needed,Software to be obtained from:
Functions,1,
2,
3,
3) ask the students to make an ad of their own
Part III,Further Practice
Presenting new material
Ask the students to read the invitation
Sample
Shopping Ads
Simulating
Ask the students to fill in the ads again with their own personal information
Writing
Ask the students to work together to write a short passage on shopping according to the information in the sample ads,
Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance
Checking
Ask the students to read their passage
Teacher comments and points out the grammatical errors
Grammatical rules concerning the Adverbial Clauses
Applying
Find out the type of adverbial clause in each of the following complex sentences.
The sentences are:
a,if you take the subway,you’ll save money and time.
b,The project was completed earlier than we had expected.
c,She came into the room when the meeting was going on.
d,We sent the letter by airmail in order that it might reach them in good time.
e,She stayed at work late so that she could complete the report on time.
f,Since no one is against it,we’ll adopt the proposal.
g,Although she had a bad cough,she was able to sing in the choir.
h,There is no chance of getting the job unless you apply.
i,Wuhan lies where the Yangtze and the Han River meet.
j,I have changed it as you suggest.
correct the errors in the following sentences
The sentences are:
He made a note of it in order that he might forget.
If she would have really wanted to see me,she would have come earlier.
Because there were no buses,so we had to walk home.
As soon as I had taken my seat,the concert started.
Though I have never read the novel,but I heard the story in my childhood.
No sooner had I got home when it began to rain.
You’ll be late until you leave at once.
In order that anyone should think it strange,let me assure you that it is quite true.
This shirt is still dirty even I’ve washed it twice.
Before you will know it,your children will have grown up.
translate the following sentences into English,paying attention to the sentence structure
The sentences are:
a,当他还是个孩子的时候,他微 表现出非凡的天赋。
b,我们在做出任何决定之前,应该听一听其他人的意见。
c,除非发生意外情况,否则我一定来参加你们的聚会。
d,他受了处分,因为他打破了窗户的玻璃。
e,她放弃了工作,以便能照顾两个孩子。
f,即使大选失利,总统仍然将控制国家的对外政策。
g,如果你现在离开,两个小时后就到家了。
i,他们正在花园里玩,突然听到了一声尖叫。(scream)
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
Textbook Page 110-7
Collect some entertainment and tourist phrases.
Write down all the expressions and patterns to entertain and tour.