Unit 2,Part C
21st Century College English,Book 1
Unit Two,Part C
? ReadingAnalysis
? StructuredWriting
? ListeningPractice
? OralPractice
? Assignment
Reading Analysis
Time Marker
is a word or an expression
describing the sequence of
actions or simultaneous actions.
is usually used in the
description of a complex
process to mark each step.
usually has various forms,such
as conjunction,preposition,
ordinal numeral,and present
participle,etc.
Learn to identify time markers
Example 1,Paragraph 8 and 9 of Text A,a description
of the process of conversation bowling
The first thing is to wait for your turn,patiently and
politely,When your moment comes,you step up to the
starting line with your bowling ball,and carefully bowl it.
Everyone else stands back,making sounds of polite
encouragement,Everyone waits until your ball has reached
the end of the lane,and watches to see if it knocks down all
the pins,or only some of them,or none of them,Then
there's a pause,while everyone registers your score.
ak
while
Reading Analysis
Then,after everyone is sure that you are done,the
next person in line steps up to the same starting line,with
a different ball,He doesn’t return your ball,There's no
back and forth at all,And there is always a suitable pause
between turns,There is no rush,no impatience.
Reading Analysis
Learn to identify time markers
Example 1,Paragraph 8 and 9 of Text A,a description
of the process of conversation bowling
Learn to use time markers
Example 2 How to buy a phone card
Sequence of actions Simultaneous actions
make sure you have 100 yuan learn how to say,phone
card” in Chinese
walk to the post office repeat the Chinese
word silently
say the word to the clerk smile hopefully
pay for the card
find a pay phone
ing the Chinese
.
ing hopefully.
and to learn how to say
"phone card" in Chinese.
The first thing is to make
sure you have 100 yuan
Then you walk to the post
office,
When you get there,you
say the word to the clerk,
Then,after you’ve paid for the card,
Structured Writing
Practice (assignment,Exercise XIV,p44)
Write a short description of the process of
making and serving tea.
The first thing is to start boiling some water,While
waiting for it to boil,you get your teapot ready,making
sure to put the right amount of tea leaves into it,When
the water has boiled,you pour it into the pot and bring
the teapot and some cups to the guests.
For your reference:
Structured Writing
Learn to use time markers
? Passage 1
? Passage 2
Listening Practice
Passages
Listening and Speaking I
Part 5.3,pp,26~27
Passage 1
Listening Practice
1,A,On Thursday afternoon.
B,Every Thursday afternoon.
C,On Tuesday afternoon.
D,Every Tuesday afternoon.
Listening Practice,Passage 1
2,A,Her purse with money.
B,Her purse with keys.
C,Her money and keys.
D,All of the above.
Listening Practice,Passage 1
3,A,Mrs,Clark was an elderly woman.
B,She lived alone.
C,She was more than 60 years old.
D,She liked smoking and going on outings.
Listening Practice,Passage 1
4,A,She smoked a cigarette at once.
B,She had to force herself into the house.
C,She checked her downstairs door.
D,She opened the door with her key.
Listening Practice,Passage 1
5,A,Someone had broken in.
B,All the doors were securely fastened.
C,No one had forced his way in.
D,There was cigarette smoke in her house.
Listening Practice,Passage 1
Script
On Thursday afternoon Mrs,Clark got dressed to go out,She
took her purse,with her money and keys inside it,and left her house,
pulling the door behind her to lock it,She went to the Over 60s Club.
On Thursday afternoons she always went to the Over 60s Club,It
was a nice outing for an elderly woman who lived alone,as Mrs.
Clark did.
At six o’clock she came home and unlocked the door,At once
she smelt cigarette smoke,Cigarette smoke in her house? How? Had
someone broken in when she was at the club? She checked the back
door and downstairs door; they were both securely fastened,There
was no sign that anyone had forced his way in,But one thing was
certain,a cigarette had been smoked in her house that afternoon.
Listening Practice,Passage 1 — Script
1,When did Mrs,Clark usually go out?
A,On Thursday afternoon.
B,Every Thursday afternoon.
C,On Tuesday afternoon.
D,Every Tuesday afternoon.
Listening Practice,Checkup
Checkup your answers.
2,What did she take before leaving her house?
A,Her purse with money.
B,Her purse with keys.
C,Her money and keys.
D,All of the above.
Listening Practice,Checkup
3,Which of the following is NOT true?
A,Mrs,Clark was an elderly woman.
B,She lived alone.
C,She was more than 60 years old.
D,She liked smoking and going on outings.
Listening Practice,Checkup
4,What did she do when she came back?
A,She smoked a cigarette at once.
B,She had to force herself into the house.
C,She checked her downstairs door.
D,She opened the door with her key.
Listening Practice,Checkup
5,What did she find when she got into her house?
A,Someone had broken in.
B,All the doors were securely fastened.
C,No one had forced his way in.
D,There was cigarette smoke in her house.
Listening Practice,Checkup
Listening and Speaking I
Part 5.3,pp,27~28
Passage 2
Listening Practice
6,A,Isn’t it a nice day?
B,Do you think it will rain?
C,Everybody talks about the weather.
D,I think it’s going to snow.
Listening Practice,Passage 2
7,A,People can tell what the weather is going to
be like,
B,People usually disagree with each other
about the weather,
C,People do nothing about the weather,
D,People always talk with each other about the
weather.
Listening Practice,Passage 2
8,A,Signs of fine weather,
B,Something he believes means a rainy day,
C,Cloudy in the east,
D,Friends to have a picnic.
Listening Practice,Passage 2
Script
As the American author Mark Twain once said,“Everybody talks
about the weather,but nobody does anything about it.” It is true that
everybody talks about the weather; it’s the most common subject of
conversation there is.,Isn’t it a nice day?”, Do you think it’ll rain?”
“I think it’s going to snow.” These are common ways of starting a
conversation.
Many people think they can tell what the weather is going to be
like,But they hardly ever agree with each other,One man may say,
“Do you see how cloudy it is in the east? It’s going to rain tomorrow.”
Another man will say,“Yes,it’s cloudy in the east,We’re going to
have fine weather tomorrow.”
Listening Practice,Passage 2 — Script
People often look for the weather they want,When a farmer
needs water,he looks for something to tell him it’s going to rain; he
won’t believe anything else,When friends have a picnic,they feel so
sure the weather is going to clear up very quickly that they sit eating
their lunch while it rains.
Listening Practice,Passage 2 — Script
6,Which of the following is NOT a common
expression to start a conversation?
A,Isn’t it a nice day?
B,Do you think it will rain?
C,Everybody talks about the weather.
D,I think it’s going to snow.
Listening Practice,Checkup
Checkup your answers.
7,Which of the following is NOT true?
A,People can tell what the weather is going to
be like.
B,People usually disagree with each other
about the weather,
C,People do nothing about the weather,
D,People always talk with each other about the
weather.
Listening Practice,Checkup
8,What weather does a farmer look for when he
needs water?
A,Signs of fine weather.
B,Something he believes means a rainy day.
C,Cloudy in the east,
D,Friends to have a picnic.
Listening Practice,Checkup
? Summary
? Guided Conversation
Oral Practice
Summary
Oral Practice,Summary
,听说教程 I,,Part 3.1,p,17
Summarizing
Describe the Japanese-style conversation in your own words
according to Text A.
For your reference:
no interruptions like bowling
wait until the end wait for your turn
begin a different topic step up to the starting line
no back and forth a suitable pause
Oral Practice,Summary
Summarizing
Describe the Western-style conversation in your own words
according to Text A.
For your reference:
introduce a topic like playing tennis
expect a response serve a ball
add something,not simply agree expect it to be returned
carry the idea further back and forth
Oral Practice,Summary
Summarizing
Briefly summarize the main point of the text.
For your reference:
conducting a conversation
playing a ballgame
different rules for different games
keep the game going smoothly
know grammar and vocabulary
be aware of different communication styles
understand each other’s cultures
Oral Practice,Summary
Oral Practice,Guided Conversation
Guided Conversation
,听说教程 I,,Part 2.1,p,15
A A,Excuse me,but you have a light?
B,Sure… Nice day,isn’t it?
A,Yeah,great whether for fishing.
C,Oh,do you fish? So do I.
Oral Practice,Guided Conversation
B A,Do you mind if we join you? All the othertables seem to be full.
B,Not at all.
A,Thanks,I’m Roger Smith,and this is
Anne Williams.
B,Nice to meet you,I’m Ed Walker.
Oral Practice,Guided Conversation
C A,Haven’t I seen you somewhere before?B,No,I don’t think so.
A:But your face is so familiar,Wait a second.
I know … We were on the same flight to
New York last month.
B,Oh,yes,Now I remember,What a
coincidence to meet in San Francisco!
A,Well,you know what they say,It’s a small
world.
Oral Practice,Guided Conversation
How to Start a Conversation
When You Want to Break the Ice between You and a Stranger
Some useful expressions:
* Excuse me,but is anybody
sitting here?
* Excuse me,but have you got a
light?
* Excuse me,but what time is it?
* Didn’t I know you from
somewhere?
* Sorry,I couldn’t help
overhearing — did you say…?
* Nice day,isn’t it?
* Horrible/Wonderful
weather we’re having
* Great weather for v- ing
Oral Practice,Guided Conversation
Role-play
A is a foreigner in a shop,trying to say something
in Chinese,but no one can understand,B overhears
this,and offers to help A,Then B wants to continue
the conversation a bit,to learn more about A.
How to Start a Conversation
When You Want to Break the Ice between You and a Stranger
Oral Practice,Guided Conversation
Assignment
Preview Unit 3:
1,Comprehension of
Text A
2,Word Building
? Ex,VI,p.71
? Ex,VII,p.72
21st Century College English,Book 1
Unit Two,Part C
? ReadingAnalysis
? StructuredWriting
? ListeningPractice
? OralPractice
? Assignment
Reading Analysis
Time Marker
is a word or an expression
describing the sequence of
actions or simultaneous actions.
is usually used in the
description of a complex
process to mark each step.
usually has various forms,such
as conjunction,preposition,
ordinal numeral,and present
participle,etc.
Learn to identify time markers
Example 1,Paragraph 8 and 9 of Text A,a description
of the process of conversation bowling
The first thing is to wait for your turn,patiently and
politely,When your moment comes,you step up to the
starting line with your bowling ball,and carefully bowl it.
Everyone else stands back,making sounds of polite
encouragement,Everyone waits until your ball has reached
the end of the lane,and watches to see if it knocks down all
the pins,or only some of them,or none of them,Then
there's a pause,while everyone registers your score.
ak
while
Reading Analysis
Then,after everyone is sure that you are done,the
next person in line steps up to the same starting line,with
a different ball,He doesn’t return your ball,There's no
back and forth at all,And there is always a suitable pause
between turns,There is no rush,no impatience.
Reading Analysis
Learn to identify time markers
Example 1,Paragraph 8 and 9 of Text A,a description
of the process of conversation bowling
Learn to use time markers
Example 2 How to buy a phone card
Sequence of actions Simultaneous actions
make sure you have 100 yuan learn how to say,phone
card” in Chinese
walk to the post office repeat the Chinese
word silently
say the word to the clerk smile hopefully
pay for the card
find a pay phone
ing the Chinese
.
ing hopefully.
and to learn how to say
"phone card" in Chinese.
The first thing is to make
sure you have 100 yuan
Then you walk to the post
office,
When you get there,you
say the word to the clerk,
Then,after you’ve paid for the card,
Structured Writing
Practice (assignment,Exercise XIV,p44)
Write a short description of the process of
making and serving tea.
The first thing is to start boiling some water,While
waiting for it to boil,you get your teapot ready,making
sure to put the right amount of tea leaves into it,When
the water has boiled,you pour it into the pot and bring
the teapot and some cups to the guests.
For your reference:
Structured Writing
Learn to use time markers
? Passage 1
? Passage 2
Listening Practice
Passages
Listening and Speaking I
Part 5.3,pp,26~27
Passage 1
Listening Practice
1,A,On Thursday afternoon.
B,Every Thursday afternoon.
C,On Tuesday afternoon.
D,Every Tuesday afternoon.
Listening Practice,Passage 1
2,A,Her purse with money.
B,Her purse with keys.
C,Her money and keys.
D,All of the above.
Listening Practice,Passage 1
3,A,Mrs,Clark was an elderly woman.
B,She lived alone.
C,She was more than 60 years old.
D,She liked smoking and going on outings.
Listening Practice,Passage 1
4,A,She smoked a cigarette at once.
B,She had to force herself into the house.
C,She checked her downstairs door.
D,She opened the door with her key.
Listening Practice,Passage 1
5,A,Someone had broken in.
B,All the doors were securely fastened.
C,No one had forced his way in.
D,There was cigarette smoke in her house.
Listening Practice,Passage 1
Script
On Thursday afternoon Mrs,Clark got dressed to go out,She
took her purse,with her money and keys inside it,and left her house,
pulling the door behind her to lock it,She went to the Over 60s Club.
On Thursday afternoons she always went to the Over 60s Club,It
was a nice outing for an elderly woman who lived alone,as Mrs.
Clark did.
At six o’clock she came home and unlocked the door,At once
she smelt cigarette smoke,Cigarette smoke in her house? How? Had
someone broken in when she was at the club? She checked the back
door and downstairs door; they were both securely fastened,There
was no sign that anyone had forced his way in,But one thing was
certain,a cigarette had been smoked in her house that afternoon.
Listening Practice,Passage 1 — Script
1,When did Mrs,Clark usually go out?
A,On Thursday afternoon.
B,Every Thursday afternoon.
C,On Tuesday afternoon.
D,Every Tuesday afternoon.
Listening Practice,Checkup
Checkup your answers.
2,What did she take before leaving her house?
A,Her purse with money.
B,Her purse with keys.
C,Her money and keys.
D,All of the above.
Listening Practice,Checkup
3,Which of the following is NOT true?
A,Mrs,Clark was an elderly woman.
B,She lived alone.
C,She was more than 60 years old.
D,She liked smoking and going on outings.
Listening Practice,Checkup
4,What did she do when she came back?
A,She smoked a cigarette at once.
B,She had to force herself into the house.
C,She checked her downstairs door.
D,She opened the door with her key.
Listening Practice,Checkup
5,What did she find when she got into her house?
A,Someone had broken in.
B,All the doors were securely fastened.
C,No one had forced his way in.
D,There was cigarette smoke in her house.
Listening Practice,Checkup
Listening and Speaking I
Part 5.3,pp,27~28
Passage 2
Listening Practice
6,A,Isn’t it a nice day?
B,Do you think it will rain?
C,Everybody talks about the weather.
D,I think it’s going to snow.
Listening Practice,Passage 2
7,A,People can tell what the weather is going to
be like,
B,People usually disagree with each other
about the weather,
C,People do nothing about the weather,
D,People always talk with each other about the
weather.
Listening Practice,Passage 2
8,A,Signs of fine weather,
B,Something he believes means a rainy day,
C,Cloudy in the east,
D,Friends to have a picnic.
Listening Practice,Passage 2
Script
As the American author Mark Twain once said,“Everybody talks
about the weather,but nobody does anything about it.” It is true that
everybody talks about the weather; it’s the most common subject of
conversation there is.,Isn’t it a nice day?”, Do you think it’ll rain?”
“I think it’s going to snow.” These are common ways of starting a
conversation.
Many people think they can tell what the weather is going to be
like,But they hardly ever agree with each other,One man may say,
“Do you see how cloudy it is in the east? It’s going to rain tomorrow.”
Another man will say,“Yes,it’s cloudy in the east,We’re going to
have fine weather tomorrow.”
Listening Practice,Passage 2 — Script
People often look for the weather they want,When a farmer
needs water,he looks for something to tell him it’s going to rain; he
won’t believe anything else,When friends have a picnic,they feel so
sure the weather is going to clear up very quickly that they sit eating
their lunch while it rains.
Listening Practice,Passage 2 — Script
6,Which of the following is NOT a common
expression to start a conversation?
A,Isn’t it a nice day?
B,Do you think it will rain?
C,Everybody talks about the weather.
D,I think it’s going to snow.
Listening Practice,Checkup
Checkup your answers.
7,Which of the following is NOT true?
A,People can tell what the weather is going to
be like.
B,People usually disagree with each other
about the weather,
C,People do nothing about the weather,
D,People always talk with each other about the
weather.
Listening Practice,Checkup
8,What weather does a farmer look for when he
needs water?
A,Signs of fine weather.
B,Something he believes means a rainy day.
C,Cloudy in the east,
D,Friends to have a picnic.
Listening Practice,Checkup
? Summary
? Guided Conversation
Oral Practice
Summary
Oral Practice,Summary
,听说教程 I,,Part 3.1,p,17
Summarizing
Describe the Japanese-style conversation in your own words
according to Text A.
For your reference:
no interruptions like bowling
wait until the end wait for your turn
begin a different topic step up to the starting line
no back and forth a suitable pause
Oral Practice,Summary
Summarizing
Describe the Western-style conversation in your own words
according to Text A.
For your reference:
introduce a topic like playing tennis
expect a response serve a ball
add something,not simply agree expect it to be returned
carry the idea further back and forth
Oral Practice,Summary
Summarizing
Briefly summarize the main point of the text.
For your reference:
conducting a conversation
playing a ballgame
different rules for different games
keep the game going smoothly
know grammar and vocabulary
be aware of different communication styles
understand each other’s cultures
Oral Practice,Summary
Oral Practice,Guided Conversation
Guided Conversation
,听说教程 I,,Part 2.1,p,15
A A,Excuse me,but you have a light?
B,Sure… Nice day,isn’t it?
A,Yeah,great whether for fishing.
C,Oh,do you fish? So do I.
Oral Practice,Guided Conversation
B A,Do you mind if we join you? All the othertables seem to be full.
B,Not at all.
A,Thanks,I’m Roger Smith,and this is
Anne Williams.
B,Nice to meet you,I’m Ed Walker.
Oral Practice,Guided Conversation
C A,Haven’t I seen you somewhere before?B,No,I don’t think so.
A:But your face is so familiar,Wait a second.
I know … We were on the same flight to
New York last month.
B,Oh,yes,Now I remember,What a
coincidence to meet in San Francisco!
A,Well,you know what they say,It’s a small
world.
Oral Practice,Guided Conversation
How to Start a Conversation
When You Want to Break the Ice between You and a Stranger
Some useful expressions:
* Excuse me,but is anybody
sitting here?
* Excuse me,but have you got a
light?
* Excuse me,but what time is it?
* Didn’t I know you from
somewhere?
* Sorry,I couldn’t help
overhearing — did you say…?
* Nice day,isn’t it?
* Horrible/Wonderful
weather we’re having
* Great weather for v- ing
Oral Practice,Guided Conversation
Role-play
A is a foreigner in a shop,trying to say something
in Chinese,but no one can understand,B overhears
this,and offers to help A,Then B wants to continue
the conversation a bit,to learn more about A.
How to Start a Conversation
When You Want to Break the Ice between You and a Stranger
Oral Practice,Guided Conversation
Assignment
Preview Unit 3:
1,Comprehension of
Text A
2,Word Building
? Ex,VI,p.71
? Ex,VII,p.72
