Unit7 and Unit8 1.Teaching aims:a.try to help students master the micro-listening skill of Note-taking. b.try to develop the listening ability of skimming and scanning. c.try to master the communicative competence of talking about travel and the holiday 2.Teaching task:listening(partA,PartB Unit7&8) 3.Teaching time:2 classes Language culture notes 1 Holiday perio of i time that peope have benaway from thei work,and often away from their homes.Employees at a company in many countries are given two or five (or more)weeks'time annaully for holidavs. depending on how senior their positions are in the company.Many people like to spend their holiday aboard to enjoy the beautiful scenery of a distant land, and to taste all sorts of exotic food H eve there ways som ne peopl who,though longing to go aboard for holiday,can't h nelp worrying abou leaving their home behind.In the end,they often stay at home to take care of everything and go nowhere.In the conversation,the man's wife is just such a person. a round-trip ticket"A round tripis a place and back again.A trip ticket,which is called a retur ticket in British English,allows you to make such a trip. 3.Egypt/St.Lucia/the Caribbean/Florida(ommited) 4.Scuba-diving The sport or activity of swimming underwater by using a special equipment which allows the swimmer to breathe underwater. Important Communicative Functions and Abilities 1.Retelling the stories according to the given listening materials. 2.Talking about Travel and Holidays Travelling is a popular way for many people to spend their holidays as college students.you may also want to take advantage of the summer and winter vacations or other holidays to visit difTerent places and try out new activites.How can you talk about your holiday plans in English?How do you discuss and make plans for a trip with friends or family if you are going together?What are the things you need to consider when planning a trip? How might you talk about your travel experiences after you come back from a holiday?In the following.you'll find some sentences and structures that you can use about trave holidays Holiday Plans:The summer vacation is coming.Are you planning to go anywhere? Have you planned anything?/What's your plan for the coming National Day holiday? Unit7 and Unit8 1. Teaching aims: a. try to help students master the micro-listening skill of Note-taking. b. try to develop the listening ability of skimming and scanning. c. try to master the communicative competence of talking about travel and the holidays. 2. Teaching task: listening (partA,PartB Unit7&8) 3. Teaching time:2 classes Language & Culture Notes 1. Holiday A period of leisure time that people have been away from their work, and often away from their homes. Employees at a company in many countries are given two or five (or more) weeks’time annaully for holidays, depending on how senior their positions are in the company. Many people like to spend their holiday aboard to enjoy the beautiful scenery of a distant land, and to taste all sorts of exotic foods. However, there are always some people who, though longing to go aboard for holiday, can’t help worrying about leaving their home behind.In the end, they often stay at home to take care of everything and go nowhere. In the conversation, the man’s wife is just such a person. 2. a round-trip ticket “A round trip” is a trip to a place and back again. A round-trip ticket, which is called a return ticket in British English, allows you to make such a trip. 3. Egypt/ St. Lucia / the Caribbean / Florida (ommited) 4. Scuba-diving The sport or activity of swimming underwater by using a special equipment which allows the swimmer to breathe underwater. Important Communicative Functions and Abilities 1. Retelling the stories according to the given listening materials. 2. Talking about Travel and Holidays Travelling is a popular way for many people to spend their holidays. As college students, you may also want to take advantage of the summer and winter vacations or other holidays to visit different places and try out new activites. How can you talk about your holiday plans in English? How do you discuss and make plans for a trip with friends or family if you are going together? What are the things you need to consider when planning a trip? How might you talk about your travel experiences after you come back from a holiday?In the following, you’ll find some sentences and structures that you can use when talking about travel and holidays. 3. Useful sentence patterns &structures. Holiday Plans: The summer vacation is coming. Are you planning to go anywhere? Have you planned anything?/ What’s your plan for the coming National Day holiday?