1. Unit 1
Task

2. What’s this?

3. What’s this?

4. Free Talk
1. Do you know what they are? Have you ever received them? Why did you receive them?
2. What do you know about them?

5. 1. It is a questionnaire. I received them when I bought some books.
2. A questionnaire is usually made up of a list of questions or statements. The purpose of it is to gather information from respondents.

6. Skills building 1:
completing a questionnaire
If you are the designer (设计者), how would you construct a questionnaire? Are there any rules for us to follow?

7. 1. Ask one piece of information at a time.
2. Use short and simple sentences.
3. Avoid negative sentences.
4. Use precise language.
5. Give specific references.
6. Make sure people have the necessary knowledge to answer.

8. Below is a questionnaire about people’s shopping habits
Below is a questionnaire about people’s shopping habits. The statements are not properly made. Read these statements and point out which rule each statement breaks. Write the number in the blanks.

9. 3
I do not go shopping in supermarkets.
I go shopping once a day and spend more than ￥ 15 each time.
I have gone shopping at Smith's.
When I go shopping, I always go with my friends who live near my house, which is near a shopping centre.
I often go shopping.
I buy a new top every month. 1 6 2 5 4

10. Step 1: designing a questionnaire
Pair Work
Look at the survey on Page 13. Are these statements proper?
If no, point out which rule they break and correct them.

11. The three problems are:
Question 2: It breaks the first rules.
It should be split into two questions:
2. How did you find out about the Best Book Club?
3. When did you join the club?
(Altogether there are 7 questions in the questionnaire now. The former Question 3 is now Question 4.)

12. Question 4 (the former Question 3): It breaks the fifth rules.
It should be made more specific:
How many times have you visited bookshops in the last six months?

13. The explanation in brackets for Question 6 (the former Question 5): It breaks the fourth rules.
It should be simplifies as the following: (Please write down your answer.）

14. Listen to an interview and
fill in the questionnaire on P13.

15. Please design a questionnaire about:
school uniform
library
school clubs
after class activities
how do you get books

16. greeting others and making introductions
Skills building 2:
greeting others and making introductions
My name is Jenny. Nice to meet you, too!
Hello! My name is Danny. Nice to meet you!
What are they doing?

17. How do you greet each other or your teachers on the way to school in the morning?

18. Good morning / afternoon.
Nice to meet you.
Hello!
Excuse me, …
How are you going?
How’s it going?

19. What will you say when you first meet someone
What will you say when you first meet someone? How to introduce yourself to others?
I’m … from … I’d like to …
My name is … I’m from … I’d like to ask you a few questions if you don’t mind. It’s for / to …

20. Practice in Pairs
Work with your partner. Greet your partner and introduce yourself to him or her as a reporter from the school magazine. You can refer to the example in the textbook.

21. Step 2: carrying out an interview
1. Have you ever interviewed others or been interviewed by others?
2. What’s the process?
3. What should be noticed?
Free Talk

22. The process of an interview:
1. Prepare your questions in advance of the interview.
2. Welcome the candidate - try to put them at ease.
3. Introduce yourself and any other people present.
4. Explain the structure of the interview.

23. The notices of the interviews:
Ask open-ended questions - ones that cannot be answered with a yes or no.
Allow the candidate time to think and speak.
Keep control of the interview. If you feel the candidate is going off-track, turn the conversation back to the information you need.

24. Who would you like to interview
Who would you like to interview? Work in pairs and make up a dialogue using what we have learnt before.

25. Skills building 3: analyzing statistics
We analyze the statistics gathered from a number of questionnaires before we use the information to write a report. These statistics are analyzed to draw conclusions and make suggestions.

26. How to draw conclusions?
By analyzing a certain group of statistics.
How to make suggestions?
Based on the conclusion.

27. Practice
Below are some statistics gathered from a school survey about students’ hobbies and interests. Analyze the statistics and draw at least three more conclusions, then make your suggestions.

28. Conclusions:
Playing sport is the most popular activity for students in the school.
The second most popular activity for students in the school is surfing the Internet.
Only a few students in the school like reading.
Most students in the school do not like dancing.

29. Suggestion: . The school should have more sports equipment.
. The school should help the students understand how to use the Internet for study and research.
. The school should find ways to get the students interested in reading.
. School social events should not include dancing, because most students simply are not interested in it.

30. Practice

31. School Survey on Crime and Safety

32. Step 3: writing a report
Look at the report in the textbook and work in groups of four to see how to write a report.

33. From our recent survey of students, we have found that only 8 per cent of the students like reading. The most popular reading subject is humour, which 28 per cent of the students enjoy. This is closely followed by travel books, which 25 per cent of the students are interested in. 16 per cent of the students like reading about sports and twelve per cent like science books. A small number of the students like other subjects, such as history.

34. We want to get the students interested in reading
We want to get the students interested in reading. For this reason, we suggest that we have a humour book club, since humour is the most popular subject. Each class would have its own club meetings once a week. At the meetings, they could discuss what books they are currently reading, and could even read aloud some funny bits from the books.

35. The class monitors could then come up with a list of humour books which are popular with the students, and this list could be shared with the other classes. This would be a good way to encourage students to read by helping them learn about books that they might enjoy.

36. Practice 1
Write your own report about the survey above.

37. Practice 2 假如你是李华，最近你对高三学生的体育活动现状进行了调查，请根据下列图例，用英语写一篇报告，并陈述你的观点。
注意：词数120左右
提示：设施 facility