Unit 9 Daily Activities (I) Step 1: Opening Remarks Step 2: Explain listening skills in Unit 9 Part A ： Micro-Listening Time

Part A ： Micro-Listening Exercise 1: 1.When does the man go to school? 7: 15 2.When does the first class begin? 8 o’clock 3.When does the man have a long break? From 9:40 to When does the woman have lunch? 11:45 5.When does the man go to bed? No later than 11:30

Part A ： Micro-Listening Exercise 2: My life isn’t much fun. Every day I do the same things. I get up at 6:30 and then have breakfast at 7. I take the subway to work. It takes me 35 minutes to get to the office. I often have to work long hours. I start work at 8:30 a.m. and finish work at 7 p.m. Coffee breaks are provided from 10 to 10:20 in the morning and from 3:30 to 3:50 in the afternoon. To be honest, I don’t enjoy what I’m doing in the office very much, but I enjoy working with my co-workers.

Part B ： Marco-Listening  Conversation 1: Hey Sandara! Culture Notes: 1. University of London The third oldest university in England. The present form of the university dates back from It has 19 colleges and 11 institutes situated across the whole of Greater London and beyond.

Part B ： Marco-Listening Culture Notes: 2. Oxford A town, not far from London, famous for its University and its place in history. Today it is a busy cosmopolitan town with a growing hi-tech community. 3. So do you commute every day? If you commute, you travel quite a long distance every day between your home and your place of work.

Part B ： Marco-Listening Culture Notes: 4. a flextime system A system of flexible working hours operated in some organizations. The system enables employees to choose their own time of sharing and finishing work, provided they complete the agreed number of working hours.

 Conversation 2: I’m Going for a Walk Part B ： Marco-Listening 1. I’m going for a walk. Walking is an exercise for all ages and is strongly recommended by doctors. Culture Notes:

Part B ： Marco-Listening 2. But it isn’t very interesting to walk through the street. This shows that Mary is quite sensitive to the environment in which she walks. Walking in a park amid trees, grass, flowers and ponds can be very refreshing whereas walking in the street listening to the noise of vehicles is not. Culture Notes:

Part C Oral Practice Task 1: Making appropriate responses Students are required to give appropriate responses to the following. 1.What time do you get up? 2.How do you go to school? 3.How long does it take you to get to school?

Part C Oral Practice Task 1: Making appropriate responses 4. Do you live on campus or off campus? 5. Do you have classes/ lectures every day? 6. Where do you have your meals? 7. What do you do in your free/leisure time?

Part C Oral Practice Task 2(Pair work): Questions and answers on the texts Listen to conversation 1 & 2 again and answer the questions on page in complete sentences. Then link up the answers to make a short summary of the conversation.

Part D Home Listening Exercise on page 77