Listening & Speaking

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Listening & Speaking

Unit 1

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Lead-in Listening Speaking Home Assignment Fun Time

Contents

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Work in groups, discuss the following questions and then share your answers with the whole class.

Lead-in

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1. When and where did you begin to learn English?

Tips:—I began to learn English... years ago.

—I have learned English for...—My experience with English began in... when...

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2. Do you enjoy learning English? Why? Tips:

—No, I don’t enjoy it because it is useless/too difficult. —Yes, I enjoy it very much. It can help me

find a good job after graduation. learn the cultures of other countries. make some foreign friends. learn the value of hard work.

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3.What can you do online?

Shopping,Chatting, Sending E-mail,Doing business, Learning online…

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4.What are the advantages of learning English online?

Tips1. equal opportunity to do... 2. any place, any time or pace3. cheaper and more convenient 4. quicker and easier to get access to much information and to teachers 5. student-centered 6. no limit to the number of students

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Understanding a Long

Conversation

Understanding a Movie Speech

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Now you will hear a long conversation followed by five questions. each conversation.Listen carefully and choose the best answer from the four possible choices.

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1. A. He hopes to get a little more from his online class. B. He wants his friend to try the online class. C. He think the online class is better than his he had hoped.. D. He feels the online class provides everything he needs.

2. A. Because they do not talk about with you at all. . B. Because they are not sitting close to you. C. Because they are right there on the Internet. D. Because they talk more over the Internet.

I.Understanding a Long Conversation

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3. A. Because she was too stupid to talk with others. B. Because she felt intimidated by another student. C. Because she thought she made too many mistakes. D. Because she believed she was not smart enough.

4. A. In about three months. B. Only after three months. C. On the third of this month. D. On the third of next month.

5. A. Because she wasn’t troubled by Bill any more. B. Because she wasn’t sure about the benefits of online learning. C. Because she didn’t want to give online learning a try. D. Because she didn’t believe what Bill told her.

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II.Understanding a Movie Speech

New words

Blanks filling

The plot summary

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Plot summary for Legally Blonde

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Elle Woods changed her life by going to Havard. And she may have changed Harvard as well. She brought her passion and feeling into her studies, surprising many people. In the end, she stood in front of her graduating class todeliver a speech. This was a great honor for her because the other students chose her to do this. Before graduating, she was offered a job at a prestigious law firmIn Boston.

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New words

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Blank Filling

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Professor Stromwell: I am,personally,very 1)_______ to introducethis year’s class-elected speaker. After getting off to a quite 2)_________start here at Harvard, she graduates today with an 3)_________to join one of Boston’s most prestigious law firms. I am sure we are going to see 4)________things from her. Ladies and gentlemen: Elle Woods.Elle: On our very first day at Harvard, a very5)________ professor quoted Aristotle,”The law is 6)_________ free from passion.” Well no offense to Aristotle, but in my three years at Harvard I have come to find that passion is a7)________ ingredient to the study and practice of law---and of life. Itis with passion, courage, of conviction, and strong 8)_______ of self that we take our next step into the world, remembering that first 9)________are not always correct. You must always have faith in people. And most10)__________, you must always have faith in yourself.

honoredinteresting

invitation

greatwise

reason

keysense

impression

importantly

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Useful ExpressionsRole-PlayCultural TipStory Retelling

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How many expressions do you know about greeting people?

How are you?

I’m fine, thank you. And you?>>SAMPLE: 

How do you do?

How do you do? (It’s nice to see you.)

How are you doing?

Good, thanks. How about you?

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G r e e t i n g P e o p l e

G r e e t i n g P e o p l e

How’s it going?

All right.

How are things?

Everything’s fine.

I’m very pleased to make

your acquaintance.

I’m so glad to have the opportunity of meeting you.

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How many expressions do you know about parting with people?

It was a pleasure meeting you. I hope we’ll meet again.

>>SAMPLE: 

(It’s) good meeting you.

(I hope to) see you again.

We’ll meet again some time. Nice talking to you.

I have to leave.

I’m leaving.

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I’d better take off.

I have to run.

Take care (of yourself).

Good-bye, have a good evening.

Bye-bye, have a nice day.

Say hello to Jack for me.

Well, it’s been nice to see you again.

Remember me to John.

I’m afraid I must be off, I have to relieve the baby-sitter.

Thank you very much for asking me over.

I hope we’ll be able to get together again before long.

Parting with people

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Role-play

Watch the following conversation of greetings and farewells .Then act it out in pairs.

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Role-play

Recall the day you first met your classmates, roommates or teachers and act it out with your partner.Tips

Hello, my name is…

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you too.

My name is … , but you can call me…

I’m from…

We are going to be …

That’s great.

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Cultural tip

Greetings depend upon the relationship one person has with another or upon a person’s position. For example, you would greet a professor on campus as Professor Jones. Mrs. Davenport, who is older, and a retired English teacher, would be greeted as Mrs. Davenport. Among friends it would be “Hi, Jim.” An informal type of person like George might expect something like “Yo GD” which means “Hi, George Donovan.” The kind of greeting is used basically among friends of the same level. But it would be wise for you to leave that kind of expression until later when you get to know the culture and individuals better. The safe way is to stick with “Hi” or “Hello”, but understand you may be greeted with different greetings that you did not learn from a textbook.

Of course these different greetings break all the rules you have learned. But that’s what practical, everyday language does. We do it in Chinese, and Americans do it in English. It’s in this rule-breaking way of talking that real communication takes place.

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Story Retelling

Now you will hear a story. Please retell it according to the

following pictures.

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HHome ome

AAssignmentssignmentHHome ome

AAssignmentssignment

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Prepare a three-minute oral report on one of the following topics or any other topic related to what you have learned in his unit. You will be asked to present it in the next class.

1. My English learning experience

2. How to improve my oral English.

3. The English book I like best.

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Fun Time

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