2.　　 Have the Ss listen to the second conversation and finish Ex2 on Page 48.

3.　　 (P51)　 Listen to the tape and try to finish Ex2-4.

Step Six: Assignments

1.　　 (P48)　 listen to the first dialogue and write the American English words from the dialogue that have the same meanings as the British words that are given.

2.　　 Find the British and American words which are different but have the same meaning.

Step Three: Listening

Listen to the paragraph on Page 14 and do Exx3 、4 on Page 14.

Step Four: Listening (on P48 ) and listening task (on P51)

1.　　 Listen to the dialogue on Page12, Page 14 and practise reading them in pairs, paying attention to the sentence stress and intonation.

2.　　 Do the exercises on Page 11-12.

The Fourth Period (Listening)

Teaching aims:

to train and develop listening skills by listening to the listening exercises in this unit

Teaching methods:

Listening and speaking

Teaching materials: listening parts on Page 14, Page48 and Page 51.

Teaching procedures:

Step One: Revision

　Check the answers to the homework

Step Two: Listening

1.　　 Read the key sentences in the text

11. Since 　prep.

1)　　 since +时间状语 / since + 时间状语从句 (主句用完成时)

E.g. He has stayed at home for two weeks since his lE.g. was broken in the football match.

2)　　 since +过去一个时间点

E.g. I have been here since 1998.

3)　　 since + 一段时间+ ago

E.g. I have been here since five months ago.

4)　　 It is +一段时间 + since 从句

E.g. It is two years since I became a postgraduate student.

Step Six: Comprehending

Get the Ss to do the exercises in this part.

Step Seven: Consolidation

Listen to the text again to appreciate it.

Step Nine: Assignments

10. the number of ┉的数量 (作主语时谓语动词用单数形式)

a number of　 许多　 (其后接可数名词复数，作主语时谓语动词用复数形式)

E.g.. The number of the Ss in our school is nearly 4000 and a number of them are fond of pop music.

9.　 make use of　 利用

make good /full use of = make the best /most of　 好好/充分利用

Now he can make use of money better than before.

He makes good use of time to study.

8.　 be/get close to 　近；接近；差不多

E.g. The cost was close to 1000 yuan.

We were so close to winning the game.