1. Unit 6 Apologies (II) Step 1: Opening Remarks Step 2: Explain listening skills in Unit 6 Part A ： Micro-Listening Listening for Details

2. Part A ： Micro-Listening 1.Because she can’t join the man at the party. 2.Because he can’t remember Mary’s e-mail address exactly. 3.Because she is late for class. 4.Because he didn’t hand in his homework on time. 5.Because he didn’t manage to come round to Monica’s house. Exercise 1:

3. Part A ： Micro-Listening 1.mail2. hear from you 3. you don’t like it very much 4. probably5. you have more friends 6. spend the summer vacation 7. I can’t make it8. she needs me 9. go away 10. you can join me and my family Exercise 2:

4. Part B ： Marco-Listening  Conversation 1: It Wasn’t My Fault Culture Notes: 1. It was terrible! It was a terrible experience for her to wait for two hours at the doctor’s office.

5. Part B ： Marco-Listening Culture Notes: 2. I waited for my turn for about two hours. Miss Smith had to wait for her chance to see the doctor for a long time. This, however, seems quite unusual. In the West, every citizen is registered with a medical practitioner. Normally, you make an appointment with the doctor’s office for you to see your doctor at a certain time. You may have to wait for some time but not as long as two hours. But if you fail to make an appointment beforehand, then you may have to wait for a long time.

6.  Conversation 2: What Was the address You Used? Part B ： Marco-Listening 1. I tried to…. I tried to e-mail you the latest information yesterday. Culture Notes:

7. Part B ： Marco-Listening 2. e-mail short for “Electronic Mail”, which is a system for sending and receiving messages electronically via the Internet. It is much more convenient and economical, and much faster to send a message or document by e-mail than by conventional mail. To send someone an e-mail, however, it is very important for you to type in the recipient’s e-mail address correctly. If not, the computer failing to recognize the mailing address, will automatically send you a message informing you that the mail could not be delivered. Culture Notes:

8. Part B ： Marco-Listening 3. Thank you for the trouble. Thank you for the efforts you have made to do all these things. This sentence is a polite way to express your gratitude to someone when she/he has done (or is going to do) something for you. The answer is usually “No trouble at all.” Culture Notes:

9. Part C Oral Practice Task 1: Communicative function: Making apologies Firstly, students are required to remember the useful sentences and structures that are often used in talking about study with classmates and teachers. Secondly, they are required to read a model dialogue.

10. Part C Oral Practice Finally, they are requested to make similar conversations of their own, using the given situation below. Try to use what they’ve learned in this lesson in their conversations. Situation: You’ve lost the book your friend lent you. Apologize for it and offer to replace it.

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

12. Part D Home Listening Exercise on page 52