6) I will have finished dinner when you come. Grammar - Exercises

1. Complete the following sentences with the correct tense of the verbs in brackets. 2. Read the following story and then answer the questions.

Part Four Writing Notes

按空间展开段落是按写景状物的空间关系扩展段落，通常采用由远及近，由近及远，由上而下，由下而上以及顺时针方向、逆时针方向等方法。在描述一个空间时，应注意：1）着重描写空间的主要特点；2）描写时使用一般现在时。 常用的表示空间关系的方位词或词组如下： ? in which, to which, from which

? under, below, beneath, down, over, above, up, on top of, inside, beside ? north, northern, south, southern, west, western, east, eastern ? to the left, to the right, to the north / south / west / east ? on the left, on the right

? at the back, in front of, in the middle of ? in the distance, far away from ? next to, close to, near to Exercises

Below is a picture of a bedroom. Write a description of it, making sure you give the reader a clear idea of what are in the bedroom, where things are in relation to each other, and what the bedroom is like on the whole.

Part Five Cultural Express Life of senior citizens

Work in groups to discuss the following questions.

1 Which of the above lifestyles would you prefer after retirement? Why?

Among these three lifestyles, I prefer the second one. I think after a long time of working, I need some time to rest and get refreshed. Traveling is a good way to relax myself and enrich my life.

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Besides, helping others when they need me can make my life colorful and meaningful.

2 What kind of lifestyle do elderly people around you enjoy? What’s the difference between

their lifestyle and the lifestyles mentioned above?

Most elderly people around me live a life like the first one, but most of them prefer to combine the first lifestyle with the second one. That’s to say, when their children need them to take care of their grandchildren, they go to help their children; while they have enough free time, they will go out to enjoy traveling or help those in need.

Part Six Summary and Homework

Review of the text and try to master the key words and expressions; Preview the new words, expressions and Text A of Unit 4.

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Unit 6

1. Teaching objectives：

(1)Knowledge objectives: ①students can master some key words and expressions of the text.

②Students can acquire more about the passive voice. ③Students can learn how to develop a paragraph by example.

(2)Ability objective: ①students’ listening, speaking, reading and writing abilities can be

improved.

②cultivate students’ ability in describing their unforgettable experiences in childhood.

(3)Emotional objectives:①students will learn to treasure the time and make good of use of it.

②students will appreciate the good qualities, such as perseverance, courage, courtesy and optimism.

2. Teaching key points: help the students have a better understanding of the passive voice and the

subjunctive mood.

3. Teaching difficult points: enable students to distinguish facts and opinions and express

sympathy.

4. Teaching procedures: Part One Listening and Speaking Step 1. Pronunciation and listening skills

1. listen to the following sentences and decide whether they are facts or opinions.

事实指已经发生或存在的一种客观状态，通常包含姓名、地点、日期、数据、事件、规律等。观点则通常包含个人的看法、信念、情感、态度等。

Step 2. Conversations

Conversation 1 - Expressing sympathy

1. Listen to a conversation and check what happened to John.

2. Listen again and decide whether the following statements are true or false.

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3. Role-play a conversation in pairs according to one of the following situations. You may refer to the Functional Language.

Give students five minutes to prepare and then check their works.

Conversation 2 - Expressing sympathy

1. listen to the conversation and decide whether the following statements are true or false.

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2. listen again and choose the best answer to each of the following questions.

3. Role-play a conversation in pairs according to one of the following situations. You may refer to the Functional Language. Step 3. Passage

1. Listen to a passage and check what we can do to be happy.

2. Listen again and decide whether the following statements are true or false.

3. Work in pairs to discuss. 4. Teaching Procedure Part Two Reading

Passage A If I were a boy again

Step 1. Lead-in

Discuss and share your most unforgettable experience in childhood with your partner. Step 2. Text study Language points

1. If I were a boy again, I would practice perseverance more often and never give up a thing easily because it was hard or inconvenient.

假如我再回到童年，我会更加注重培养自己的毅力，决不因为事情艰难或麻烦而放弃不干。 If I were a boy again是虚拟语气，表示与现在事实相反的情况。构成形式为：条件从句中的谓语动词用过去时（be动词的过去式用were）,主句谓语的形式为 would/could/should/might+动词原形。

例：If I had any money with me, I should lend you some. 2. Perseverance can sometimes equal genius in its results. 因坚持不懈而产生的结果有时可以与天赋产生的结果相媲美。

3.The habit of concentration can become part of our life, if we begin early enough. 如果及早养成专心致志的习惯，它就会成为我们生命中的一部分。 be(a) part of sth 是某物的一部分

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