(main idea Pre-reading tasks: 1. Have you listened to John Lennons Beautiful Boy?(2 minutes) The teacher (T)may ask several students(Ss)this question What does Lennon think of growing up (Possible answers: Life becomes better as one grows up; it takes time to grow up; life is not always what one has planned, but is full of surprises; life is not easy; life is adventurous. 2. The art ofeating spaghetti(15 minutes (1)Before class, T cuts a sheet of paper into many long, thin strips, which he/she brings to class together with a fork(Or: if possible, T brings a p latter of boiled noodles to class together with a fork) (2)T explains that spaghetti is Italian-style noodles, and that unlike some Chinese noodles, it will never taste pulpy and is usually served with sauce, not in soup Several ss are invited to come up with proper ways of eating spaghetti"and demonstrate to the class, using the fork ( T dictates the following passage to Ss(Pre-teach some words like poke scoop”, prong,“ twirl if necessary) a. Hold the fork in your hand as if to poke the spaghetti4 Pre-reading tasks: 1.Have you listened to John Lennon’s Beautiful Boy? (2 minutes) The teacher (T) may ask several students (Ss) this question: --- What does Lennon think of growing up? (Possible answers: Life becomes better as one grows up; it takes time to grow up; life is not always what one has planned, but is full of surprises; life is not easy; life is adventurous.) 2.The art of eating spaghetti (15 minutes) (1)Before class, T cuts a sheet of paper into many long, thin strips, which he/she brings to class together with a fork (Or: if possible, T brings a platter of boiled noodles to class together with a fork) (2)T explains that spaghetti is Italian-style noodles, and that unlike some Chinese noodles, it will never taste pulpy and is usually served with sauce, not in soup. Several Ss are invited to come up with “proper ways of eating spaghetti” and demonstrate to the class, using the fork. (3)T dictates the following passage to Ss (Pre-teach some words like “ poke”, “ scoop”, “ prong”, “ twirl” if necessary): a. Hold the fork in your hand as if to poke the spaghetti. (main idea; exercises)