MODUL 1 Unit 3 Lesson 2 Parties

陈梅花

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 lets listen to four peoples 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 Id do it. I mean， Ive had so many__________________， and as you know， Ive__________________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 Ill have o travel over forty miles to get to work one day.

3. Eva： Its 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： Id just like to say how much Ive enjoyed__________________with you all. Its a sad time for me. But also a happy one. Ive 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， Ill come to__________________you from time to time. Thank you very much for this lovely watch， Ill ...

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11點，举行一次迎新Barbecue活动，地点是mills 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。