1. Task
Advising a friend

2. listening for specifics
Skills building 1:
listening for specifics

3. How to select information when listening to a material?

4. What will the man have? Fish and chips
I’ll have some fried noodles. No, I think I’d like a chicken sandwich. Or maybe fish and chips instead.
What will the man have?
Fried noodles; chicken sandwich
Fish and chips

5. Tip:
When we listen to a recording, even if you have found the answer to a question, ________ __ listen carefully, because the information may be _________ ______
and may contain something that is ________ _______ ________ the question. ______ _________ ________ words such as but, however, or and I mean.
continue to
changed
later
related to
not
Look
out
for

6. Listen to the conversation between Ma Yan and Yu Lei about the 2002 World Cup and complete the note sheet below.

7. Sample answers:
1. Yes England
3. Yes Japan
5. France China
7. Yes Yes
9. No

8. Step 1:
completing a training schedule

9. Listen to the conversation and complete the training schedule below.
What does the word ‘decreased’ mean here?
Can you guess the meaning of the word ‘per’?
Can you guess the meaning of the word ‘massage”
—become less or fewer
—every/a
—the action of rubbing (摩擦) or pressing part of one’s body

10. Listening text
Ma: Do you like football, Yu Lei?
Yu: Yes, I do.
Ma: Me too. What’s your favorite team?
Yu: That’s easy. Manchester United.
Ma: No, I mean which national team?
Yu: Oh, well then that would be
England.

11. I used to like Holland, but
England is now my favourite.
Ma: Did you watch England play at the
World Cup in Korea and Japan in
2002?
Yu: Yes, I saw the games on TV, but
England only played in Japan.
Ma: Where was the World Cup held

12. before that, in 1998.
Yu: In the USA, I think.
Ma: Wasn’t it in France, Yu Lei?
Yu: That’s right! What’s your
favorite team?
Ma: That’s difficult. It used to be
France, but now I support China.
Yu: Why?

13. Ma: Because they’re our own team,
and because they played in the
2002 World Cup for the first time.
Yu: Do you think the first Asian World
Cup was a success?
Ma: I think the 2002 World Cup was
extremely well organized and the
host countries provided a very
warm welcome to the fans.

14. It was definitely a success.
Yu: Will you watch the next World
Cup?
Ma: Of course.
Yu: Would you ever go to see the
matches live?
Ma: I’d love to, but the tickets are too
expensive.

15. Physical training:
1. increased
2. 2
3. weightlifting
4. more relaxed
5. yoga
6. 8
Food:
7. rice
8. False
9. True
10. vegetables
11. 4
12. water/ tea without caffeine

16. Listening text Coach: Hi! How are you today?
Athlete: I feel a bit tired.
Coach: Well, I want to talk to you about
the training you need to do for
the inter-schools sports
competition. You must make a
few changes. At the moment
you’re only doing an hour of

17. training per day, right?
Athlete: Yes.
Coach: You need to increase that to
two hours a day.
Athlete: Two hours?! What will I do
during the extra hour every day?
Coach: You’ll have to do some
strength-building exercises twice

18. a week.
Athlete: What does that mean?
Coach: Strength training is doing
exercises with weights, in a gym.
Athlete: OK, that’s not too bad. What else?
Coach: You ought to have a sports
massage every week.
Athlete: That sounds more like it! How

19. will the massages help me? Will
they make my muscles more
flexible?
Coach: Not necessarily more flexible, but
certainly more relaxed. You also
have to do flexibility and balance
training three times a week.
Athlete: Does that mean running and

20. working out in the gym?
Coach: No, it means exercise such as
yoga. It helps you focus your
mind and train your body.
Athlete: It sounds tiring!
Coach: Yes, but you do get eight hours
of sleep every night. Now, about
your diet…
Athlete: So what should I eat?

21. Coach: First of all, lots of grains. That
means things like rice and cereal.
And you can only eat white meat,
such as chicken and fish. Red
meat is not allowed.
Athlete: What? I love fast food. Does that
mean I can’t eat hamburgers
any more?
Coach: I’m afraid so.

22. Athlete: Oh, no! And Pizza?
Coach: No, you shouldn’t eat that either.
But you must eat three servings
of vegetables per day and four
servings of fruit.
Athlete: Okay, I can do that. And what
should I drink?
Coach: You have to drink ten glasses of
water a day. And no soft drinks.

23. Athlete: Wow, that’s a lot to drink.
Should I only drink water?
Coach: No, you can also drink tea. But
you should make sure it doesn’t
have any caffeine in it. Do you
think you can follow these
guidelines?
Athlete: If it will improve my

24. performance, I’m willing to try.
Coach: Good. See you tomorrow. Bye.
Athlete: Bye, Coach.

25. Skills building 2:
identifying / selecting
relevant information

26. Table Tennis now:
Also called ping-pang, it is played throughout the world and is an Olympic sport.
The origin of it:
The exact origin of table tennis is not known. It began in England in the 1890s.

27. Leading countries:
Today, players from China, South Korea and Germany play leading roles in the international table tennis competitions.

28. Step 2:
designing a new daily routine

29. The first leaflet:
What is the leaflet about?
Training for athletes.
How many hours should the athlete sleep every night?
How many hours should he or she train every day?

30. The second leaflet:
What is the leaflet about?
Food for athletes.
Do you know what meat is red meat?
Pork, beef and mutton.

31. Rearrange the daily routine
7:00 a.m. get up
7.30 a.m. breakfast: eggs, bacon, toast with butter, coffee
8.00 a.m. school
12.00 p.m. lunch: hamburger and chips, Coke
7.30 a.m. breakfast: eggs, wholewheal bread, fruit and water, or tea without caffeine
12.00 p.m. lunch: rice, vegetables, chicken, water and fruit

32. 3.30 p.m. Internet cafe, computer games
5.30 p.m. 1 hour of training
6.30 p.m. go out for dinner with friends: pizza, lemonade
8.00 p.m. karaoke with friends/ watch a film at the cinema
10.30 p.m. homework
11.30 p.m. watch TV
1.00 a.m. bed
2 hours of training
homework
6.30 p.m. dinner: rice, vegetables, fish or chicken, fruit and water
8.00 p.m. watch TV / sports massage
10.00 p.m.
11.00 p.m. bed

33. Skills building 3:
giving advice and
making suggestions

34. advise/suggest that sb. + should +v.
How to give advice?
advise sb. to do sth.
advise/suggest that sb. + should +v.
one’s advice/suggestion is that sb. + should +v
give sb. some advice on …
suggest doing sth.

35. 3. Shall we stop and have a rest?
Five questions to make suggestions:
1. Don’t you think it is a good idea to go out for a walk on such a fine day?
2. Why don’t you phone her right now and ask her to come this afternoon?
3. Shall we stop and have a rest?

36. 4. What about renting a car? It would be better than taking the bus.
5. Will Thursday morning do? I happen to be in town then.

37. advise/advice Practise
我建议你不要座公交车而是骑自行车去那儿。
我建议你早点睡觉,以避免疲劳。
我们英语老师经常给我们提如何学好英语的建议。
I advise you to go there by bike instead of by bus.
I advise you (should) go to bed a bit earlier so as to avoid being tired.
Our teacher often gives us useful advice on how to learn English.

38. suggest
Practise
我的教练建议我应该每天训练6小时。
我建议步行去那儿。
如果我是你,我会买那件外衣的,你穿得非常合身。(If)
My coach suggested that I should train 6 hours per day.
I suggest going there on foot.
If I were you, I would buy that dress. It fits you well.

39. Underline any advice or suggestions
1. You are good at the 400-meter race. Why not try that?
2. What about high jump then?
3. Well, don’t you think it would be a better idea for me to do that one?
4. I suggest that you run the 100-meter race.
5. If I were you, I would certainly choose that.
6. Shall we do some training?
7. Will Saturday morning do?

40. offering advice to your friend
Step 3:
offering advice to your friend

41. Sample answers Sports/ Exercise Questions Notes
Do you like playing sports?
How often do you exercise?
What is favorite sport?
What kind of exercise do you do?
Yes.
Once a week.
Basketball.
Running and jumping.

42. Food /Diet
Questions
Notes
Do you eat fruit and vegetables?
What do you drink with your meals?
Sometimes, not every day.
Soft drinks, such as
Coke and juice.
What is your favorite food?
Meat, especially
pork and beef.
What do you usually have for breakfast/lunch/
supper?
For breakfast: eggs,
toast with jam, milk;
For lunch: rice,
chicken, Coke; For
supper: rice, beef,
lemonade.

43. Hobbies/ Activities
Questions
Notes
What do you do in your spare time?
How much TV do you watch?
Internet café,
computer games.
Half an hour
everyday.
Do you go to the cinema often?
No, not often.
What kind of films do you like watching?
Action films.

44. Sleep
Questions
Notes
Do you think sleep is important?
What time do you usually go to bed?
Yes.
At about 12 p.m.
How long do you usually sleep every night?
About 6 hours.
What do you usually do before you go to bed?
My homework.

45. Daily Routine
How would you describe your daily routine?
Busy with school lessons and homework.

46. Part B Possible answers:
I advise you to take more exercises during the week—perhaps three or four times each week.

47. I suggest that you have three servings of vegetables and four servings of fruit per day.
If I were you, I would not drink soft drinks. Why don’t you drink water instead? You should drink ten glasses of water every day.
I advise that you go to bed no later than 10 p.m. every night.

48. I also advise that you have at least 8 hours of sleep every night.
I suggest that you shouldn’t spend too much time in the internet café or playing computer games.

49. Language points:

50. consider sth/doing sth./wh- to do
It was considered a version of tennis.
consider v.
1. think about/of 考虑
consider sth/doing sth./wh- to do
I’ll appreciate it if you will consider my suggestion.
2.regard as 认为
consider …(as/to be)+adj./n.
He was considered to be a weak leader in time of danger.

51. consider …to do/to have done认为…做…
He was considered to have done a good job
in the competition.

52. 3.鉴于,就…而言 prep./conj
Considering his age and experience, he did the work quite well.
Considering that he is not old enough and not experienced, he did the work quite well.
4.把…加以考虑
Take sth. into consideration

53. Today, players from China, South Korea and Germany among others play leading roles in the international table tennis competition
play a role in= play a part in
1.在…中扮演角色
The role he played in the film is
beyond our expectation.
2. 在……中起作用
We are proud that the engineers from our country play a leading role in the project.

54. Why is Guangdong so rich? Historical
2. Among others=among other countries
除了别的以外（还）；其中；尤其；格外
Why is Guangdong so rich? Historical
links to the overseas Chinese, among other
things, play an important role.
为什么广东这么富？除了其它方面的原因，历史
上形成的同海外华人的联系是一个重要因素。
You use among other things or among
others to indicate that there are several
more facts, things, or people like the one
or ones mentioned , but that you do not
intend to mention them all.

55. Useful expressions: 密切关注： 犯错误： pay close attention to 改变注意： 与……有关:
当心,注意:
很有可能做……:
参加:
忙于做……:
适合某人:
遍及全世界:
与…相似:
pay close attention to
make a mistake
change one’s mind
be related to
look out for
be likely to do
take part in
be busy doing/with sth.
apply to
throughout the world
be similar to

56. 在……中起作用
受…欢迎:
对某人有用,有帮助:
做改变:
建议某人做某事:
一周两次:
至少:
擅长于:
向某人征询关于…的建议:
在某人业余时间:
play a role in
be popular with
be of use to sb.
make a change
recommend/advise sb. to do/recommend/advise that sb. (should) do
twice a week
at least
be good at
ask sb. for advice on
in one’s spare time

57. Thank you!