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Unit 3 Could you please tell me where the restrooms
are?
Section A（3a-3b）
Language goals
Learn the usage of the objective clauses with wh- questions.
Key words and phrases
suggest, pass by, staff, scary, scared, on one’s way to.
Teaching
Key sentences
Aims
1. I wonder where we should go next.
2. You never know until you try something!
3. Do you know where we can get some good food quickly?
4. Could you tell us when the band starts playing this evening?
Teaching 1. Practice the target structure in reading comprehension.
Difficulties 2. Learn to ask for information politely and how to respond.
Teaching
Aids A tape recorder ,CAI or multimedia courseware
Teaching Procedures Tips
Step 1 Lead in
The T can play a video about the amusement park. Ss will
learn
some related words and phrases so that they can prepare
well for the following activities.
Then the T may present some pictures of amusement parks to
elicit discussions from Ss:
Have you ever been to an amusement park?
What do you think of it?
The T can present some pictures of different rides in amusement
parks and elicit the English names of them from Ss. The Ss can
share their experiences of going to amusement parks or theme
parks. The T can ask them if they were excited or scared to try
1these rides .
Step 2 Presentation & Reading
Before-reading
The T can ask Ss to talk about the title and the picture in
3a. The T can use these prompts:
1. What can people do at Fun Times Park?
2. Do people always enjoy themselves there?
3. Which word or words in the title tell us that they always
enjoy themselves?
4. What word would you think of to describe that ride shown
in the picture?
5. Do you want to be on that ride? Why or why not?
While-reading
Task 1 Skimming and counting
The T can ask Ss to read the conversation in 3a quickly
and count how many scenes(场景) in this conversation so
that Ss can grasp the main idea of the conversation.
Scene 1: In Space World
Scene 2: After the ride…
Scene 3: On the way to Water City Restaurant…
Scene 4: Walk up to a staff person at the door
Task 2-6 Scanning
The T can guide Ss to read each scene carefully and finish
the tasks about each scene. Focus Ss’ attention on the
details and the key points. Then the T can present the
answers.
3a
The T make Ss read the conversation again and the Ss
finish the task in 3a. Then the T present the correct
answers.
Answers:
1. Because she was afraid.
She found the ride fun and she was glad that she tried
it.
2. A rock band plays there every evening.
Yes. The restaurant is always busy, so they should get
there early to get a table.
3a
The T can also ask more questions to check if check if
Ss’ understanding. The following questions are only for
reference:
1. What did He Wei suggest Alice do if Alice is scared during
2the ride?
2. Did Alice try the ride? How do you know?
3. What will they do after the ride?
4. Where will they have dinner?Why?
3a
The T can ask Ss to read the conversation for consolidation.
This time, the T can make girls read the words of Alice and
the boy read the words of He Wei to role play the
conversation.
3b
The activity is to teach Ss to ask a question or make a
statement in different ways. The T may ask Ss to finish the
task with the help of the following expressions:
I wonder...
Could you please tell me...?
I’d like to know...?
Do you know...?
Have you any idea...?
Would you mind telling me...?
Suggested answers:
1. Do you know where we can get some good food quickly?
I wonder where we can get some good food quickly.
2. Excuse me, could you tell us when the band starts playing this
evening?
We’d like to know when the band starts playing this evening.
3. Do you want to go to Water World now?
Would you like to go to Water World now?
After all the activities , the T can also develop the Ss’ skills
of paraphrasing to help students improve the accuracy of
reading comprehension questions. The T can use these
prompts:
You should try first before you give up.(You never know until
you try something:
I want to eat something. (I’m getting hungry.)
You don’t have to worry too much. (Come on!)
There are always lots of people.(The restaurant is always busy.)
I suggest we not eat now but return to eat after we do
something else.(Why don’t we come back here for dinner later?)
Step 3 Language points learning
3 promise+（that） 宾语从句 The
promise sb. sth. 承诺某人某事 language
promise (not)to do sth. 承诺(不)做某事 points are
promise 还可以做名词 ，"承诺，诺言"。 for
reference
keep a promise 遵守诺言
only.
break a promise 违背诺言
suggest v.建议；提议 常用结构：
suggest sth. (to sb.) (向某人) 建议某事
suggest (one’s ) doing sth. 建议(某人)做某事
suggest+ that 从句 建议……（从句要用虚拟语气，即谓语
用“(should+)动词原形”）
注意：“建议某人做某事”不能用suggest sb. to do sth. ，而用
advise sb. to do sth. 。
staff属集体名词。它既可看作单数，又可看作复数。当其强调整体
时，谓语动词用单数形式；当其强调个体时，谓语动词用复数形
式。常见的集体名词还有：police(警察)，army(军队)，class(班级)，
family(家庭)，team(小组)等。
Step 5 Summary & Homework
Summary The T can encourage Ss to summarize the key points The
of this class to help Ss consolidate the knowledge. homework
Homework: can vary
Read and recite the passage in 3a. with the
Do the exercises in students’ book. specific
conditions.
In this period, we should practice the target language more in reading
and speaking activities. Besides, we can set some suitable tasks to
Teaching help students do the reading comprehension in order to improve their
Reflection reading skills.And students should know the main structure in this
unit.Remind them of the differences between a special question and a polite
question which usually has an objective clause.
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