What is the main idea of this listening? This passage is mainly about Carly Fiorina's opinion of technology industry. Second listening:listen for specific information In this part the teacher has great freedom and flexibility to ask students questions,to clarify any difficult language points,to add in supplementary materials as background knowledge or in-depth understanding of the listening materials. Notice the following expressions. Veteran,wring hands about,outsourcing,counterbalance,mindset,woe Ask students to do the T/F exercises.Ask them why the statements are true or false.. Ask students to answer the questions and make comments. Third listening:sentence imitation Ask students to use the following active vocabularies to form sentences as what they have heard from listening(Dictate then remember). 1.veteran--A Silicon Valley veteran,she became CEO of AutoDesk 13 years ago 2.wring hands about--Lots of tech executives are wringing their hands about U.S competitiveness,especially because of declining interest in math and engineering. 3.outsourcing--Do you think outsourcing hurts the U.S.economy? 4.counterbalance --But India,with its federal system and a style that we better understand,and of course with its huge population,will be a nice way to counterbalance the strength of China. 5.mindset--Five years after 2000,people either believe that it's going to come back or else have gone totally into a black mindset that says it never will and woe is we. 6.woe--Five years after 2000,people either believe that it's going to come back or else have gone totally into a black mindset that says it never will and woe is we. Acting out The teacher can offer the following table and functional language to students. Advantages Disadvantages Saving accounts in banks Buying Treasury bills or corporate bonds Buying stocks (A share and B share) Buying real estates Buying gold Investing in paintings and antiques Advantages and disadvantages The advantage of living in the city is...What is the main idea of this listening? This passage is mainly about Carly Fiorina’s opinion of technology industry. Second listening: listen for specific information In this part the teacher has great freedom and flexibility to ask students questions, to clarify any difficult language points, to add in supplementary materials as background knowledge or in-depth understanding of the listening materials. ‹ Notice the following expressions. Veteran, wring hands about, outsourcing, counterbalance, mindset, woe Ask students to do the T/F exercises. Ask them why the statements are true or false.. Ask students to answer the questions and make comments. Third listening: sentence imitation Ask students to use the following active vocabularies to form sentences as what they have heard from listening (Dictate then remember). 1. veteran -- A Silicon Valley veteran, she became CEO of AutoDesk 13 years ago 2. wring hands about -- Lots of tech executives are wringing their hands about U.S. competitiveness, especially because of declining interest in math and engineering. 3. outsourcing -- Do you think outsourcing hurts the U.S. economy? 4. counterbalance -- But India, with its federal system and a style that we better understand, and of course with its huge population, will be a nice way to counterbalance the strength of China. 5. mindset -- Five years after 2000, people either believe that it’s going to come back or else have gone totally into a black mindset that says it never will and woe is we. 6. woe -- Five years after 2000, people either believe that it’s going to come back or else have gone totally into a black mindset that says it never will and woe is we. Acting out The teacher can offer the following table and functional language to students. Advantages Disadvantages Saving accounts in banks Buying Treasury bills or corporate bonds Buying stocks (A share and B share) Buying real estates Buying gold Investing in paintings and antiques Advantages and disadvantages The advantage of living in the city is…