Unit16 The sea

1.      Teaching objective and requirements:

1)      Having a full understanding about the ocean life, being able to introduce the situations in the Mediterranean, the dead sea and the fishes, coral in the ocean

2)      Learning about the ellipsis

2.      Sentence patterns:

1)      Seen from space, the earth looks blue

2)      Besides, you will not find coral near the moths of rivers either because the river water has too much soil in it or because it is polluted

3.      Grammar studies

1)      She can hold her breath longer than I can

2)      Coral is not a plant but a variety of animal life

3)      Beg your pardon?

4)      Haven’t seen you for ages

5)      Sorry to hear that

6)      This way, please

7)      Sounds fine to me

8)      Terrible weather

9)      Have you ever been to the seaside? No, we can’t afford to

10)  Don’t tell me the name of the sailor if you don’t want to

4.      Expressing wishes

1)      I wish we could go to the seaside today. Pity we live so far from the sea

2)      I wish the weather were better

3)      I wish we were on holiday

4)      I wish we could go swimming

Lesson 61 dialogues

Step 1 presentation

1)      Do you like swimming?

2)      How many of you can swim in this class?

3)      If you want to swim, where do you go?

4)      Have you ever swum in the sea?

5)      Do you think swimming in the sea is exciting? Is it dangerous?

6)      I’d like to ask those who can’t swim at present one question: do you want to learn swimming? Why or why not?

Step dialogue

1)      Can Bruce go to the seaside with his friend today? How do you know? Please explain (Bruce can’t go to the seaside with his friend today. Because they live so far from the sea

2)      Where did Bruce and his family spend their holidays last august? (They spent their holidays on the beach last August)

3)      Please explain the meaning of the sentence: we had a lovely holiday, one of the best ever (the holiday we had last august is one of the best we have ever had so far)

4)      What information do you know about Li Qun’s cousin? (He is a sailor. He is doing every well in the navy and sometimes sends Li Qun interesting post cards from the ports where the ship stops)

5)      What is Li Qun going to do when he leaves school? (He hasn’t decide yet)

6)      Please explain the meaning of the sentence: I’ll time you (in this dialogue it means that I’ll look at the watch and see how long you can hold your breath underwater)

Step 3 practices

Practice the dialogue

Find out those expressions about good wishes

Step 4 new dialogues

Situation 1

A famous pop star is going to give a concert soon. You like this star very much and want to hear him a great deal. But the question is that you don’t have enough money fro the ticket. You are talking with your friend and expressing the strong wish to go to the concert

Situation 2