MODUL 1 Unit 3 Lesson 2 Parties

Teaching aims：

To practice listening for gist and for specific information.

To revise areas of vocabulary connected with food and drink.

To write an essay about a party.

Teaching difficulties：

To get the important words of the passage.

Teaching Aids：

computer and cassette.

Teaching procedures：

Ⅰ Warming up

Brainstorming -what kinds of parties are there？

Then show some pictures of parties.

ⅡListening

Do the exercise 3

In life there are always things worth celebrating such as： passing test， retiring， going to study abroad， getting a job with good salary and so on. And show some pictures of them.

Before listening， learn the key words first： alcohol， close friends ，hot pot， snacks， present ，reception， sit-down meal， soft drinks， speech.

Now let’s listen to four people’s speech， judge why each person is celebrating？ Before listening， learn the listening strategies first.

Students listen to the cassette twice and note down why each person is celebrating.

Listen again and try to fill the blanks of the typescripts.

1. Dave： I never thought I’d do it. I mean， I’ve had so many__________________， and as you know， I’ve__________________I feel just great！ Today I drove my mum to the supermarket .And she says I can borrow the car this weekend.

2. Mike： I was very lucky to__________________it！ There were twenty other people__________________the job ！ The__________________is good but I’ll have o travel over forty miles to get to work one day.

3. Eva： It’s a great opportunity -one year at one of the__________________in California. And the best thing is that my English will be excellent__________________one year in American.

4. Lisa： I’d just like to say how much I’ve enjoyed__________________with you all. It’s a sad time for me. But also a happy one. I’ve got plenty to do at home.， all the things I never had time to do _ _____________________. I want to take art classes and I can see more of my__________________and of course， I’ll come to__________________you from time to time. Thank you very much for this lovely watch， I’ll ...

Ⅲ Writing describe the Spring Festival that they celebrated

Suppose your brother married a foreign beauty .This year， your sister-in-law will celebrate the Spring Festival with your family. Now， write an E-mail to tell her what your family have and what your family do during the Spring Festival.

Show some pictures and words that may be used to describe the Spring Festival.

・ do a thorough cleaning 大扫除

・ dumpling 饺子

・ set off fireworks /firecrackers 放烟花/鞭炮

・ paste Handwritten couplets 贴对联

・ conduct Yangge dance and lion dance 扭秧歌/舞狮

・ increase the festival atmosphere 增加节日气氛

Give students ten minutes to write an essay.

Ask some students to read the essay aloud in front of the class .some volunteers are best.

Ⅴ Homework

According to the following request， write a composition.

9月5日（星期天）上午11c，举行一次迎新Barbecue活动，地点是mill’s river park， 位于north Amherst，大约离学校10分钟车程，或者坐30路校车（在北村下），或31路校车（北村下一站），然后步行5分钟～10分钟就可以到。

Barbecue活动内容：

1. 首选的当然是barbecue，欢迎所有的老生和新生，备有各种原料如烤牛排、火腿 鸡肉和各式调料。

2.有游戏，还有各种球类活动，足球、篮球、网球、飞盘等。

3.最重要的是，届时差不多每个系都有老生到场，可以向新生传授各种经验，认识很多朋友。