剑桥商务英语第二版Unit5a Facts and figures.ppt

Unit 5a Facts and figures Teaching Objectives: -To enable Ss to describe trends. -To practice reading for specific information. -To review adjectives and adverbs. Materials needed: Textbook Unit 5a Facts and figures Unit overview An annual report Reading: Ss read extracts from the Millennium Annual Report and answer “Right, Wrong, Doesn’t say” comprehension questions. Speaking: Ss work in pairs and tell their partner what their own company’s annual report will contain. Unit 5a Facts and figures Describing graphs Reading: Ss match sentences about Millennium with information in graph and bar chart form. Vocabulary: Ss complete word families: infinitive and past simple verb forms and nouns. Language focus: Ss review adjectives and adverbs describing degree of change. Unit 5a Facts and figures Vocabulary: Ss complete gaps in two short texts about Millennium’s performance. Ss focus on prepositions used to describe change. Speaking: Ss work in pairs and take turns to describe a graph(P36-4) Unit 5a Facts and figures Self-study Vocabulary: Matching verbs and diagrams (verbs of movement). Language focus: Gap-fill exercise (prepositions). Vocabulary: Matching exercise (compound nouns). Exam practice: Matching visuals with sentences (Reading Test Part 3) Unit 5a Facts and figures Teaching procedures: A. Annual report. All PLCs (public limited company) should call for a meeting of shareholders and issue the annual report. An annual report is a published document given to shareholders by public corporations. The document details the financial status of the company with various reports and financial statements. The annual report shows assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and earnings. It shows how the company stood at the close of the business year Unit 5a Facts and figures B. Reading: Ss read for specific information for the answers to the questions in Ex1. 1