Then ask some of them to retell it to the class. 3.Give them the following topics to discuss and then ask some students to give personal presentation. (1)Advantagesof Raising Pets (2)Disadvantages of Raising Pets Step Five Home Listening Ask the students to finish the"Home Listening"afterclass VL.References 1.《大学英语听说》（学生用书），虞苏美，李慧琴主编，上海：上海外语教有出 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.大学英语语法.薄冰主编.山西：山西教有出版社，2006. 4.大学英语实用语法讲解与练习.任福洪等主编.北京：国防工业出版社，2004 5.牛津高阶英汉双解词典（第六版），牛津大学出版社，2004. Appendix: Advantages of Raising Pets 1. The basic meaning of"pet"is an animal we keep for emotional rather than economic reasons.A pet animal keeps us company and reduces our stress and loneliness.But pets offer us more than just companionship:they provide us the opportunity to love and be loved. Pets can calm us and bring us out of a funk when human words don't help. When pets depend onus for food and shelter,they make us feel needed and important. Keeping a pet around means young kids have the access to the more natural world in this"Plastic Age",and learning to care for a pet helps achild to grow into a loving adult who feels responsible for those who depend on them and towards the society that needs their contribution for a better world too. Animals can communicate with human beings.for they're quite sensitive to anger and sorrow. Then ask some of them to retell it to the class. 3. Give them the following topics to discuss and then ask some students to give personal presentation. (1) Advantages of Raising Pets (2) Disadvantages of Raising Pets 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.大学英语语法. 薄冰 主编. 山西：山西教育出版社，2006. 4. 大学英语实用语法讲解与练习. 任福洪等主编. 北京：国防工业出版社，2004. 5. 牛津高阶英汉双解词典（第六版）. 牛津大学出版社，2004. Appendix： Advantages of Raising Pets 1． The basic meaning of “pet” is an animal we keep for emotional rather than economic reasons. A pet animal keeps us company and reduces our stress and loneliness. But pets offer us more than just companionship; they provide us the opportunity to love and be loved. 2． Pets can calm us and bring us out of a funk when human words don’t help. 3． When pets depend on us for food and shelter， they make us feel needed and important. 4． Keeping a pet around means young kids have the access to the more natural world in this “Plastic Age”， and learning to care for a pet helps a child to grow into a loving adult who feels responsible for those who depend on them and towards the society that needs their contribution for a better world too. 5． Animals can communicate with human beings， for they’re quite sensitive to anger and sorrow