Period3ListeningandVocabulary.doc

Period 3 Listening and Vocabulary, Grammar (2), Everyday English Teaching Goals: 1. To enable Ss to know some skills of listening. 2. To study some daily expressions. 3. To learn to use some phrasal verbs. Teaching procedures: Step 1. Revision Check the answers to the exercises of Reading, Vocabulary and Grammar in the Workbook. Step 2. Listening and Vocabulary 1. Pre-listening (1) Ask Ss to talk about the life of the Dai people in Xishuangbanna in the pictures below. The bamboo house built off the ground The New Year Water-Splashing Festival (2) Ask Ss to match the words with their definition. ① bucket (a) large juicy tropical fruit with sweet yellow flesh ② pineapple (b) round container of metal or plastic, with a handle, for holding water, milk, etc. ③ rainforest (c) to put a liquid on something in a rough and noisy way ④ religion (d) a forest in a tropical region of the world where it rains a lot. ⑤ splash (e) a belief in or worship of God or gods Suggested Answers: ① b ② a ③ d ④ e ⑤ c (3) Ask Ss to do Activity 1 on page 62 and check the answers in pairs. 2. While-listening (1) Ask Ss to listen to the tape and number the topics given in Activity 2 in the order they are mentioned. (2) Ask Ss to listen to the tape again and pay attention to the detail. Then ask them to choose the correct answers to Activity 3 on page 62. (3) Ask Ss to listen to the tape a third time and fill in the missing words. Jacky: Is Xishuangbanna as wonderful as every one says it is? Simon: Yes, It’s amazing. The thing is, it’s still very undeveloped- you know, it’s got mountains, rice fields, little villages deep in tropical rainforests… Jacky: It sounds beautiful. Simon: It is. It’s also got all kinds of flowers and animals- tiger, elephants… Jacky: Did you see any? Simon: (laughing) I didn’t ① any tigers, but I did see some wild elephants. Jacky: Amazing! ② Simon: There are a lot of dif