Unit 17 Nature Lesson 65 Dialogue I. Go over the following words: reporter 2. complete 3. perhaps 4. Greece 5. collect money 6. project 7. wildlife 8. increase 9. similar 10. performance put on a performance
II. Listen to the record of the dialogue. Answer the following questions: 1.What are the four people planning to do? To make a journey. 2.Where are they travelling to? To London. 3.How are they getting there? By bicycle. 4.How far is it from Beijing to London? About 2,000 kilometers.
one from Greece,and one from Britain. 5. How long will it take them to complete the trip? More than half a year. 6. Are the four people from the same country? Where are they from then? No. One is from China, one from Australia, one from Greece,and one from Britain. 7. Why are they making the journey? To collect money. 8. What will the money used for? For a wildlife project.
IV. Practise the dialogue with the books closed. III. Read the dialogue over and over again. Practising reading the dialogue in groups or in pairs. IV. Practise the dialogue with the books closed.
V. Language points: 1.plan v.&n plan a trip work out/make a plan carry out a plan put a plan into practice 2. make a trip/journey to some place set out/off/go on a journey to some place be on a trip/journey
3. travel to s.p/in s.p travel around the world travel in Europe 4. increase v.&n. The population of the town has increased from 200,000 to 300,000 in the past 10 years. The number of milu deer is increasing/ has greatly increased. increase to…/by…
What’s the purpose of doing…? 5. similar similarly A is similar to B. A and B are similar in color. 6. put on a performance 7. A lot of equipment 8. purpose on purpose What’s the purpose of doing…?
VI. Homework 1. Learn the dialogue by heart. 2. Make a similar dialogue according to the information given below. See Ex.2 Page59 Wb