1. Practice your ears: listening
1. Warming up
2. Lesson 2 Relaxing
3. Lesson 3 a volunteer teacher

2. Goals of listening To get information from “speakers”
To know feelings and attitudes of “speakers”
To communicate with the speakers possibly

3. 2. to get necessary details 3. to infer information behind talk
Listening skill
1. to get overall ideas
2. to get necessary details
3. to infer information behind talk

4. Overcome “tape fright”
Do you have “stage fright” .
Remember “stage fright” is very normal. Most people feel nervous when speaking in public.
Have a right attitude to “ tape fright”.
So Relax and Receive

5. Warm up Key words: adjectives to talk about lifestyles
Question:　Whose life is－－
Boring, interesting
Busy, free
Dangerous, safe
Active, passive
Easy, difficult
Lazy, diligent/hard-working
Relaxing, stressful
Peaceful/ exciting

6. Try listening Task1: speaking by talking about the pictures in page7
what are they doing? How are they dressed?
Task2: who is talking/speaking?
1. a football player
2. a student
3. a shepherd
4. a business manager
Reflect 反思：what are the clues?

7. Lesson 2-- Relaxing or stressful Time: one period
The structure of this lesson
Before you start: pre-listen
Listen to learn: while-listen
After you listen: post-listen
Pronunciation: how to speak
Speaking: try to speak

8. Before you start: pre-listen
Key words
Relaxing: quite or very
Stressful: a little or very
Think of the situations given in the textbook. P10
Voice your opinion

9. Exercise 2: complete the sentences
Keys and help
1. Stress (cause)
2. a studio (take place)
3. social situations (shy, situation)
4. suffers from (backache, headache)
5. pressure of being a doctor (cause me)
6. help reduce stress (breathing exercise)
7. must organize
8. an expert on ( losing weight, be expert at)

10. Strategy : predict 1. use the questions to lead you.
2. use possible answers to predict.
3. use general knowledge or common sense to help you.
Refer to page 10

11. Listen to learn: while-listening
1. check the prediction
2. answer questions
When do students suffer from stress?
What social situations can be difficult for shy people?
What is a good way of organizing work or studies?
Who can people talk to about their problem?

12. Listen to Mark and fill in the table
Stressful activities
Relaxing activities
Doing exams ……
??????

13. Function file: express preference help: preference偏好, express:表达
Can’t stand: bear, tolerate
Don’t like, dislike, hate
Love, like, quite like, enjoy
Prefer…to…
Would rather do…than do…

14. How to speak: hesitation words／sounds
Can’t you find some hesitation words people use when speaking in Chinese?
这个，那个，嗯，我觉得，我想，再说了
Hesitation words or sounds in English
1. mm 2. 3. 4. 5.

15. Suggestions
Use Hesitation words to get time to think of your ideas while you are speaking

16. At-home task
1.Remember Adjectives
2. Express preferences