Unit 1 The Snake Bite
I .Teaching Objectives
1. Functions : Expressing distress & annoyance
2. Grammar points : Indirect command with infinitives such as He wanted to see you / Tell him to wait .
3. Vocabulary : all at once , figure , seem , forbid , show up , strike , make for , pick out , light out for , must have done , every now and then , at length , hold on to
II . Focal Points
1. Functions : Expressing distress & annoyance
2. Grammar points : Indirect command with infinitives such as He wanted to see you / Tell him to wait .
3. Conversation
III . Teaching Process
1. Listening and Speaking Activities
1)Introduction to the formulas of expressing distress & annoyance
2)Listen to the conversation twice
3)Correct the answers
4)Pair work
Practicing : Read Conversation
Explanation
Speak before the class
Make up another dialogue using the cues in the box
5)Make your own dialogue
Team & group work
Presentation
6)Matching exercises :
What are they for ?
If you want to learn more
2. Reading Comprehension
1)Warm-up questions
2)Listening to the text twice
3)Doing the comprehension work :
Reading the text
Discussion : Read the text carefully to find the answers to the questions and look to the evidence from the text to support the answers
Retelling the text using the key words
4)Extended Activity
Exercises
Step 1 Listening and Speaking Activities
1. Formulas for expressing distress & annoyance
It sickened me to see how chickens were raised in the mechanical production . They were bald . They were forced to live in a small cage and had to climb over each other in order to get around .
It really shocked me to know how chickens were raised in mechanical production .
I just can’t remember that girl’s name , it’s really bugging me .
Why on earth didn’t you tell me the truth ?
You kept me waiting for over an hour . What have you been busy with ?
I can’t say I’m at all pleased about your delay .
I wish you’d stop pestering me .We’re not going to the beach and that’s final .
I’m most unhappy at his bragging .
Having to stay in and working on a sunny day like this is a real drag .
We’d be OK if we could get this stupid gate to open properly .
She never stopped complaining while we were on vacation . It really got on my nerves .
It really annoys me that she never returns the books she borrows .
It galled him bitterly that his father gambled again .
Turn that music down ------- It’s driving me mad .
What really gets under my skin is people who talk while I’m trying to concentrate on my work .
My tape-recorder’s broken down again . It’s a nuisance , isn’t it ?
2. Listen and speak :
Listen to the following conversation twice and try to tick what you have heard as the correct answer to the questions .
3. Try to speak more
1)Listen to the tape
2)Explanation of the conversation :
three chickens to one single cage : three chickens living in one cage
bald : (of people ) having little or no hair on the scalpjumper2
disgraceful : causing disgrace ; very bad
3)Read the conversation by themselves and then try to memorize them .
Invite two pairs of students to speak before the class and then exchange their roles .
Depending on the cue box on the right , ask them to make up another conversation .
Act out the conversation.
4)Make your own dialogue
Explanation :
Without regard for sth : not care for sth
Poultry : hens , ducks , geese , turkeys , etc. kept for eating or for their eggs
Battery hens : hens mechanically raised for laying eggs
Peck : (try to ) strike (sth ) with the beak
Pluck : gather or remove sth by pulling
Team work
Presentation
5)What are they for ?
Explanation:
Bug : If something bugs you , it annoys you because it is always there or is always happening , so that you cannot stop thinking kabout it or noticing it . Eg. , I wish you’d tell me whatever it is that’s bugging you .
Much to my annoyance : You say much to my annoyance when you are talking about something that has annoyed you very much , eg. , Much to my annoyance , the hotel hadn’t received our reservation .
Pester : to annoy someone by repeatedly asking questions or making requests , especially when they are trying to pay attention to something else , eg. , Everyone pestered me so much that I gave it up .
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