and asking for advice.
1. You want to learn to play the piano, but you don’t know how.
2. You would like to write a song about your mother, but you are not sure what you should write.
3. You want to learn an English song, but you don’t know which one. Homework:
1. Finish off the workbook exercises.
2. Try to memorize names of different kinds of musical instrument. Find as much information about music as possible.(Consult the website:
高一下 Unit 21 Body Language
“听力”(Listening)部分是以听的形式进一步向学生介绍了肢体语言的交际功能，然后以选择的形式考查学生对听力材料信息的筛选能力，同时又要求学生把所听到的信息应运于讨论之中。 Period 1 Warming up & Listening Step 1 Warming up
1. Brainstorm: the words of emotions/feelings of human beings
As we know, sorrow and happiness make a life. We, human beings, have all kinds of emotions. Let’s brainstorm emotions we’ve learned so far.
happy, sad, angry, confused, tired, puzzled, hateful, excited, frightened, embarrassed, depressed, uneasy, thrilled, easy, confident, delighted, kind, curious, etc.
2. Now let’s look at pictures with different emotions and match each picture with the correct emotion and the correct sentence. Meanwhile, ask students what makes he/she thinks that the person in the picture is feeling a certain way. Possible answers:
Picture 1: Confused; I don’t know what to do.
Picture 2: Angry; I can’t believe she said that! That is so unfair! Picture 3: Sad; I’ve lost my wallet! Picture 4: Happy; I got an A in my exam!
Picture 5: Tired; It’s been a long day. I can’t keep my eyes open.
3. From one’s facial expression, we can know how he/she is feeling. Besides, we can know how he/she is feeling from his/her gesture, that is to say, the way he/she stands or sits can also tell us how he/she is feeling. Now look at your classmates and tell how they are feeling today by the way they sit or stand. Step 2 Listening 1. Pre-listening
Just now we see we can learn how one is feeling from both his/her facial expressions and gestures. Look at me. Can you guess what these gestures mean? 1) shake the head 2) wave the arms 3) stand with arms folded 4) ? ?
(Students may not guess all the meanings of these gestures, and then teachers can say “Let’s listen to two short passages and find out what one’s body movements/gestures can tell us.”) 2. Listening
1) Listen to Part 1 for the first time and get the students to do the first question of Part 1.
2) Listen to Part 1 again and do the rest two questions of Part 1.
3) Listen to Part 2 and do questions of Part 2. If students can’t follow it, listen again. 3. Post-listening
Based on what you heard just now and your own experience, discuss with your partner: How can you use your body language to communicate the following ideas? Homework
1. Make a list of facial expressions and gestures and their meanings we’ve learned today.
2. Preview the following lesson.
Period 2 Listening (WB) & Speaking Step 1 Listening
Do the listening practice in the workbook step by step. If the material is too difficult, teachers can give students some difficult sentences first or even give the listening material to students after they listen to the tape twice. Step 2 Pre-speaking
Make some requests and ask/help students to answer and make offers, for example: T: Could you give me a hand?
S: Yes, of course. What can I do for you? T: Could you please clean the blackboard for me? S: With pleasure. T: That’s very nice of you.
(Teachers can also ask students to open/close the window, turn on the projector and so on.)
Step 3 Speaking 1. Language Input
Just now I asked some students to help me clean the blackboard (open/close the window, turn on the projector and so on.). In fact we’re practicing making requests, offers and responses. Now let’s look at some useful expressions on page 58. Useful expressions of making offers and requests Can/Shall I help you with that? Would you like me to …?
No, thank you. Thanks for all your help. Could you please …? Would you like some help?
Could you give me a hand with this? No, thanks. I can manage it myself. Is there anything else I can do for you? Could you help me with …? That’s very nice of you.
Do you need some help with that? Notes:
Is there anything else I can do for you? = What else can I do for you? We use these two sentences offer help again when we’ve already offered help. 2. Practice
Now use these expressions and follow the example to make up some dialogues in the following situations in pairs.
Then get some pairs to act out the dialogues in front of the class. Step 4 Useful Expressions --- Making offers/requests and responses
In our everyday life, we quite often meet difficulties and have to ask our friends or relatives for help. Of course, sometimes we’ll offer to help others. And in English there're several ways of making offers/requests and responses. Please look at the screen.
Ways of making offers or requests Ways of replying to others' offers or requests Acceptance Refuse
1.Can/Could/Shall I help you? 2.Would you like me to …?
3.Is there anything (else) I can do for you? 4.Do you want me to …? 5. What (else) can I do for you? 6. Let me do/carry/help … (for you)? 7. Would you like some …?
8. Do you need some help with …? 1. Thanks. That would be nice/fine. 2. That’s very kind of you. 3. Thank you for your help. 4. Yes, please.
5. Here, take this/my… 1. No, thanks/thank you. I can manage it myself. 2. Thank you all the same. 3. That’s very kind of you, but….
1. Could you please …?
2. Could you give me a hand with …?
3. Could you help me with …? 1. With pleasure. 2. Yes, of course. 1. I’m sorry, but … 2. I’d like to …, but …. Step 5 Making up dialogues
Just now we have got through several ways of making offers/requests and responses. Let’s use these sentence structures to make up some dialogues. (Get the students to work in pairs and offer to do the following things for each other.) help you with homework help you with cooking a meal
show you how to use the typewriter go and buy some medicine do the shopping
show you to the dining room Example:
A: Would you like some help? B: Yes, please.
A: Shall I show you how to use this electric typewriter? B: Thanks. I haven’t used this one before.
A: Would you like me to type your composition for you? B: No, thanks. I can manage it myself. Step 6 Post-speaking
If time permits, get students to finish the task of talking in the workbook. Homework
Prepare the task of talking in the workbook. Preview the following lesson: Body talk.