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Teaching Objectives

Topics and Functions • Describing names, jobs,

backgrounds, and objects • Talking about family origins,

vocations and professions• Talking about employment

Topics and Functions • Describing names, jobs,

backgrounds, and objects • Talking about family origins,

vocations and professions• Talking about employment

Communicative activitiesCommunicative activities

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Part IPart I

Aims• Teaching sentences for

introducing other people, and their background information

• Practicing describing features of objects, functions

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Welcome aboard: a colloquial expression for greeting a new member

you guys : you two people I’ll leave you two here to talk about

your work: I’m going to leave so that you two can talk about your work.

When you finish here: When you’re finished with each other

Notes to Conversation 1

Listening 1

Pictures about listening 1:

Digital thermo-hydrometer室内电子温度表、湿度表

Crimper pliers压钳

Electronic bookstand可以放在桌子或床上的书架

Lego儿童的一种玩具，可以拼插

Toilet dishes搞笑的艺术游戏用品，把吃饭的盘子做成马桶形状

Toilet

sucker马桶抽赌器

Snap circuits儿童电子线路插板，可以制作电子玩具

Robot vacuum cleaner自动真空吸尘器

Towel rack家用毛巾架

Weather station电子天气表

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My MumMy mum has dyed auburn hair,It’s hard to believe she once was fair.She has her hair set every Sunday,But it’s always flat again by Monday.

She’s always washing, ironing, cleaningUntil the house is really gleaming.She gets up at five—that’s her rule—And gets us all up for work and school.

I shout at her and make her blue,But I still love her, that’s true.I love her with all my heart,And I hope that we will never part.

stanzaA line may not correlate A line may not correlate a sentence and a a sentence and a sentence may run sentence may run through more than one through more than one lineline

Many poems have rhyming patterns. The rhyming pattern in My Mum is aabb ccdd ddee

describes her mum’s physical feature

describes her mum’s actions

summarize her feelings/ attitudes towards her mum

Poems

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Notes to My Dad Tottenham: one of the best local football teams in England giggle: funny activity/event that causes a viewer/onlooker to lau

gh in a silly way but he gives a wiggle: But in this sentence means “except that”. wiggle: move from side to side with short irregular twisting, clu

msy motions He’s hardly with it as fashion goes: His clothes are not fashiona

ble. mate: good friend hit: a success. Here, the boy regards his father a very successful

person. swap: to exchange (one) for another Apart from which he’s married to my Mother: apart from the fa

ct that he also loves his mother so much

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My Dad and I go out together, We watch the football despite the weather.We shout and cheer and both agreeThat Tottenham are the best to see.

I feel my Dad is getting old,He’s fat and bald and feels the cold.And when he dances it’s such a giggle, His feet don’t move but he gives a wiggle.

My Dad

Action: what they do together

Characteristics of his father

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I don’t much like his taste in clothes,He’s hardly with it as fashion goes.But somehow I feel he is my mate,In fact I think my Dad is great.

The time has come for me to admit,That my Dad to me is quite a hit.I wouldn’t swap him for any other – Apart from which he’s married to my Mother

More details about his father

Describing his feelings about his father

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Work in pairs: One student reads the functions and the other speaks out the sentences in Actual Words Spoken. Then check your answers.

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Actual Words Spokena. What size/shape/colour is i

t?b. What do you do for a livin

g?c. What does it look like?d. I have no idea what sort of

house that is.e. One thing that’s typically

Chinese is the white and blue porcelain teapot.

f. What do you call that thing about 10 centimeters long with two legs which can be used to draw circles?

Functions1. Asking people to provide you

with extra information about the size/shape/colour of an object.

2. Asking people to name an object.

3. Asking about someone’s job.4. Asking people to describe the

appearance of something.5. Describing a thing typical of a

nation’s culture.6. Telling people that you are no

t able to imaging what the thing is.

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Practice reading the sentences on page 31, and work individually to complete the task. Then check your answers.

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1. John doesn’t look his age. 2. He has the darkest complexion of any one in the

family.3. He’s got his father’s eyes.4. He looks great in that red and blue striped sweat-

shirt.5. Well, tomorrow will be quite a warm day, hazy

sunshine in most places.6. The girl takes after her mother. 7. It’s funny. He doesn’t look old enough to be her

father. 8. Look, those two children look so much alike. They

must be related.

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Which of the above sentences could most probably be used in the following situation?

a. Father and daughter look similar in age.

b. Describing someone’s dress.

c. The son looks like his father in a way.

d. Describing someone’s skin colour.

e. The two children may come from the same family.

f. The girl is like her mother in personality.

g. He looks younger than he actually is.

h. Talking about the weather.

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A person who is always on the move has few possessions. E.g. someone who changes his/her job from time to time; some businesses keep changing what they trade in.

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Proverb A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Why do people change their jobs?

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Why do people change their jobs?

Possible reasons For better job satisfaction For a more secure position For a higher salary For better career development Having been fired by the former

boss Unable to get along with former

co-workers To make a better living To be closer to home To be closer to friends

How many reasons amongst the above can be used to show the wisdom of this English proverb?

It may not be a bad thing to be a rolling stone in today’s society.

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