Unit 15 Description (I) I.Teaching Aims 1.To Master the useful words and expressions in this unit, 2.To Master necessary listening skills, 3.To listen and understand some materials about description, 4.To master sentence structures and adjectives that are often used in describing things and person. II.Teaching Points 1.Ss are required to understand the conversations related to description of things and person. 2.Ss are required to describe something and somebody. 3.Useful expressions and words:location,electric,lawn,installment,pay in installments,opposite,rent Ⅲ.Teaching Methods 1.Listening and speaking activities 2.Individual,pair,or group work 3.Role-play activities 4.Explanation IV.Teaching Periods Two teaching hours V.Teaching procedures Step one Introduction Step Two Micro-listening 1.Play the tape recorder for the students. 2.Check the answers.Ask the studentsto pay attention to the adjectives Step Three Macro-listening
Unit 15 Description (I) I. Teaching Aims 1. To Master the useful words and expressions in this unit, 2. To Master necessary listening skills, 3. To listen and understand some materials about description, 4. To master sentence structures and adjectives that are often used in describing things and person. II. Teaching Points 1. Ss are required to understand the conversations related to description of things and person. 2. Ss are required to describe something and somebody. 3. Useful expressions and words: location, electric, lawn, installment, pay in installments, opposite, rent III. Teaching Methods 1. Listening and speaking activities 2. Individual, pair, or group work 3. Role-play activities 4. Explanation IV. Teaching Periods Two teaching hours Ⅴ. Teaching procedures Step one Introduction Step Two Micro-listening 1. Play the tape recorder for the students. 2. Check the answers. Ask the students to pay attention to the adjectives. Step Three Macro-listening
1.Explain the new words and expressions (1)location:(n.)place where a shop,factory,house,etc.is situated (2)electric:(adj)powered by electricity用点的，电动的 (3)lawn:(n.)land covered with grass around a house.etc. (4)installment:(n.)one of a number of payments that you make over a certain period of time for the purchase of something部分款项 (5)pay in installments:pay for something you have bought in a number of payments over a long period,each time paying a certain percentage of the total amount of money plus interest分期付款 (6)opposite::(adv.)across from,facing在.对面 (⑦)rent:(n.)payment for the use of a flat,house,land,etc.租金 2.Play the tape recorder for the students. 3.Check the answers 4.Language and culture notes. (1)pay in installments People buy their homes by applyingfor a loan from a bank. They make an initial payment of about 10%-15%of the total amount,while the rest of the money plus an interest will be paid back monthly to the bank over a long period of time,sometimes as long as 30 years.The same policy is applied to the purchase of any expensive things,such as a car,a TV set,a piece of fumiture and so on. (2)That's not too bad.You describe something as"not bad"if you think it is quite good,and as"not too bad"if it is satisfactory.Asthe house is in good location and has everything that a family wants,350,000 is considered a reasonable price. (3)A flat usually has a set of rooms on one floor of a building which includesaliving room and one or more rooms besides a kitchen and a bathroom.A flat or an apartment is more expensive if it does not face a busy street,as it is quieter and usually offers a better view. (4)Yes?"Yes"followed by a question mark is used to show that the speaker is ready to listen to someone or to answer their request for information
1. Explain the new words and expressions (1) location: (n.) place where a shop, factory, house, etc. is situated 地点 (2) electric: (adj.) powered by electricity 用点的，电动的 (3) lawn: (n.) land covered with grass around a house, etc. 草坪 (4) installment: (n.) one of a number of payments that you make over a certain period of time for the purchase of something 部分款项 (5) pay in installments: pay for something you have bought in a number of payments over a long period, each time paying a certain percentage of the total amount of money plus interest 分期付款 (6) opposite: (adv.) across from, facing 在……对面 (7) rent: (n.) payment for the use of a flat, house, land, etc. 租金 2. Play the tape recorder for the students. 3. Check the answers 4. Language and culture notes. (1) pay in installments People buy their homes by applyingfor a loan from a bank. They make an initial payment of about 10%-15% of the total amount, while the rest of the money plus an interest will be paid back monthly to the bank over a long period of time, sometimes as long as 30 years. The same policy is applied to the purchase of any expensive things, such as a car, a TV set, a piece of furniture and so on. (2) That’s not too bad. You describe something as “not bad” if you think it is quite good, and as “not too bad” if it is satisfactory. As the house is in good location and has everything that a family wants, 350,000 is considered a reasonable price. (3) A flat usually has a set of rooms on one floor of a building which includes a living room and one or more rooms besides a kitchen and a bathroom. A flat or an apartment is more expensive if it does not face a busy street, as it is quieter and usually offers a better view. (4) Yes? “Yes” followed by a question mark is used to show that the speaker is ready to listen to someone or to answer their request for information
Step Four Oral Practice 1.Ask the students to do the Exercise of"Making Appropriate Responses"in pairs. 2.Listen to the conversationl,2 again,and finish the Pair Work. Step Five Home Listening Ask the students to finish the"Home Listening"after class. VI.References 1.《大学英语听说》（学生用书），虞苏美，李慧琴主编，上海：上海外语教育出 版社，2006 2.《大学英语听说》（教师用书），虞苏美，李慧琴主编，上海：上海外语教育出 版社，2006 3.An Advanced English Grammar.薄冰主编.北京：高等教育出版社，1996 4.牛津高阶英汉双解词典（第六版）.牛津大学出版社，2004
Step Four Oral Practice 1. Ask the students to do the Exercise of “Making Appropriate Responses” in pairs. 2. Listen to the conversation1, 2 again, and finish the Pair Work. Step Five Home Listening Ask the students to finish the “Home Listening” after class. VI. References 1.《大学英语听说》（学生用书），虞苏美，李慧琴主编，上海：上海外语教育出 版社，2006. 2.《大学英语听说》（教师用书），虞苏美，李慧琴主编，上海：上海外语教育出 版社，2006. 3. An Advanced English Grammar. 薄冰 主编. 北京：高等教育出版社，1996. 4. 牛津高阶英汉双解词典（第六版）. 牛津大学出版社，2004
