Teaching Aims :
1. Checkpoint 3
2. Direct Speech and Indirect Speech
Teaching Important Points :
1. Checkpoint 3
2. Direct Speech and Indirect Speech
Teaching Difficult Points :
the use of the Indirect Speech
Teaching Methods :
Inductive method , deductive method and observating method .
Teaching Aids :
1. a recorder ; 2. a slide projector
Teaching Procedures :
Step I . Revision
T: Good morning everyone .
Ss:Good morning , teacher.
T: Sit down , please , Now I‘ll check the homework . Ren Ping , pleasedo Ex.1on Page 69 ---
Step II . Listening .
T: In the last two periods , we’ve learned something about thedifferences between American English and English spoken in England . Today , weare going to listen to a dialogue , An American woman . Terry is talking to her friend David . Let‘ slisten to what they are talking about .Please listen carefully , then we’ll doexercises on Page 129.
Listening Text:
David : What‘ s it like living in England , Terry ?
Terry : Well , I’ m having a great time , But I guess I sometimes have a little difficulty understandingwhat people are saying .
David : Can you explain a bit more ? Do you have some trouble with ourpronunciation ?
Terry : No , but you use a lot of different words over here that I don‘t understand.
David : Can you give an example ?
Terry : A woman said she would ring me the next day .
David : What’ s strange about that ?
Terry : Well , we say , I‘ ll call you tomorrow ,
David : Now that soundsvery funny to me !
Terry : There’ s another thing . In the States people stand closer toeach other than English people . For example , if I‘ m talking to Englishpeople at a party . I find that they stand quite a long way away from me .
David : Anything else ?
Terry : Well , yes , It’ s clear to me that English people don‘ t liketouching somebody or being touched , Now in the States touch is important ,Friends touch each other on the arm , for example . And we often put an armround a friend when we say " Hello " or " Goodbye " . So Ihave to remember not to touch people when I’ m in England.
David : What else ?
Terry : You drive on the left and we drive on the right . I almost gotkilled on the street , the other day . I looked to the left and started tocross, There was a car coming from my right ! Luckily it stopped and didn‘t hitme .
( Play the cassette twice , Letthe Ss check their answers in pairs , then with the whole class. Play the tapeto check the answers . )
Suggestedanswers :
Ex.1. Englishlanguage , words , parties , touching , saying " Hello " and "Goodbye " , driving ,
Ex. 2.True : 2. 4.
Ex.3. 1. What’ s it like livingin England , Terry ?
2.A woman said she would ring me the next day .
3. What‘ s strange about that ?
4. Well , we say " I’ll call you tomorrow . "
5. Now that sounds funny to me !
6. So I have to remember not to touch people when I‘ m in England.
Step III . Checkpoint
T: Please turn to Page 12. Look at checkpoint 3. Make sentences with theuseful expressions , Wang Ping . you try , please , Say as many as possible .
Step IV. Word Study
T: Now look at Lesson 12. Part 2. Word study . Please fill in the blankswith a suitable word according to the word given . Pay special. attention tothe words " pronunciation " and " pronounce " .
Answers :
Noun Verb Adjective
difference & different
speech speak spoken
difficulty & difficult
pronunciation pronounce &
mixture mix &
Europe & European
Step V . Writing
T: Now let’ s look at Lesson 12, Pant 3.Writing . First , look at the checkpoint 3. Grammar
( Askone student to read . If the verb " say / tell " is in the Past Tense. you usually change the verb tenses into Indirect Speech . ) While doing thistexercise , you should payattention to the verb tenses . First write them in your exercise books ,then check them in pair .
( After the students have done , Show theanswers on the screen . Let one student to read it aloud . The others checktheir answers .)
Answers :
1. She said that in china about seven people in ten spoke / speak ( as it is always true ) Putonghua.
2. She said her elder brother had taught her some of the ChineseCharacters .
3. She said there were / are over50.000 different characters in Chinese.
4. She said she had learnt about 5.000 characters at school.
5. She said she had practised writing them for homework .( "practise " must be followed by a gerund.)
6. She said she hadn‘t found it easy at first .
Step VI . Workbook.
T:Let’ s do exercises . Please turn to Page 70. Ex.1. Li Ming , Read the firstthree groups of words , tell their parts of speech , and then put them intoChinese. ---
Suggested answers :
mix v. 混合 invent v. 发明
mixture n. 混合物 invention n. 发明
operate v. 实施 instruct v, 教育
operation n. 实施 instruction n. 教育
cross v. 越过 build v. 建筑
crossing n. 交叉点 building n. 楼房
luck n. 运气 danger n. 危险
lucky adj. 幸运的 dangerous adj. 危险的
interest n. 兴趣 difference n . 不同
interesting adj . 有趣的 different adj . 不同的
cloud n. 云 difficulty n. 困难
cloudy adj. 多云的 difficult adj . 困难的
T: Now Let‘ s do Ex . 2.Write the answers in your exercise book , then check them in pairs , at lastcheck them with the sentences on the screen .
Suggested answersto Ex.2.
1. Sara said to YangMei she was doing a biology experiment then.
2. Sara said to YangMei she wasn’t free that day .
3. Sara said to YangMei she had to finish that experiment that week.
4. Sara said to YangMei she would have to stay in the lab until the next day .
5. Sara said to YangMei she was going to write a report the next week.
6. Sara said to YangMei she had watched a very interesting TV. programme the day before .
7. Sara said to YangMei she had to wait there that afternoon
8. Sara asked YangMei whether she would go to the lecture that afternoon.
T: Now let‘ s do Ex .3. Pleasetell us which answers are correct and which are wrong ? Ying Ying , how to correct the wrong ones ? Please tellus the correct sentences .
Suggested answers :
True : 1, B 2, A 3, B 4, B
1. A should be : I don’ t knowwhat the word means .
2. B should be : What is thisword " address " pronounced
3. A should be : He said that hehad never been to the States .
4. A should be : She may havesome difficulty in pronouncing English words .
T: Now let‘ s do Ex . 4. Put thefollowing into English , using the phrases given . First write them in yourexercise - books , then check them in pairs . At last I’ ll give you correctanswers
( Show the answers onthe screen.)
Suggested answers to Ex . 4.
1. There aremore or less some spellingdifferences between British English and American English .
2. Do you stillask your parents for money ?
3. How do youchange water into ice ?
4. In my home town we grow wheat , rice, cotton , corn and so on.
5. You look thesame as your father.
6. A great manybirds come to Kunming for winter every year .
Step VII . Sum up :
T: In thelast period , we‘ve learned some rules of verbs when we change Direct Speechinto Indirect Speech . Now let’ s discuss how the adverbials of time and place as well as pronouns andthe verb " come " should generally be changed if we change DirectSpeech into Indirect Speech: . When we change Direct Speech into IndirectSpeech.
" this -------- that these --------- those
now -------- then today --------- that day
this week (month , etc , ) ---------- that week ( month---)
yesterday--------- the day before
last week (month , etc ) ---------- the week ( month, etc ) before
three daysago -------- three days before
tomorrow------------- the next ( following ) day
next week-------- the next ( following ) week
here --------- there come -------- go
( Write them on theBb.)
Step VIII . Homework
Revise the Direct Speech and Indirect Speech
Step IX . The Design of the Writing onthe Blackboard
Lesson 12
Direct Speech Indirect Speech
this that
these those
now then
today that day
yesterday the day before
three days , ---ago three days --- before
tomorrow, the next ( following ) day
nextweek the next ( following week
here there
come go
Attachment :
Unit 3 Revision ( Page 71)
Suggestedanswers to the exercises :
Ex 1 : 1. B 2. A 3. D 4. E 5.C
Ex 2 :
1. She said that she had some difficulty with English pronunciation
2. Mr , Huang said ( that ) he would come to China the next week .
3. She said ( that ) had been to the States three times .
4. The teacher told s that there were lots of differences betweenBritish and American English
5. She said ( that) she had once talked with some foreigners in English.
Ex 3 :
Dear Wang Ning ,
In yourletter , you asked me to explain the differences between British English andAmerican English . The differences between the two are mainly found in spellingand in pronunciation . For example , the English say ask[ a:sk] , dance[da:ns], while the Americans say , In England they pronounce not ,box in Americathey say [nat] , [baks] .The words colour , metre and traveled in BritishEnglish are spelt color , meter and traveled in American English . Sometimesdifferent words are used for the same thing ,For example , in England they useautumn , ground , floor and toilet , in American they use fall . first floorand rest room and so on .
Best wishes.
Step X . Record after teaching