2. Listening and speaking vocabulary Listening Retell a story Describe a story Learn to express

4. Thought is the seed of action. 思想乃行动的种子。 The sea refuses no river. 海纳百川

5. Listening comprehension

6. Let’s scan the answers and guess what questions are to come. 31. (A) She’s waiting for her father. (B) She’s having her bicycle repaired. (C) She wanted to surprise John. (D) She works there. Possible questions: 1.What is the woman doing there? 2.Why is the woman in the place?

7. 32. (A) To replace his stolen bicycle. (B) To begin bicycling to work. (C) To join a bicycle club. (D) To train for a bicycle race. Possible questions 1.Why does the man want to buy a bicycle? 2.What is the man buying a bicycle for?

8. 33. (A) Buy a used bicycle. (B) Buy a racing bicycle. (C) Replace the tires on his bicycle. (D) Sell his old bicycle to the shop. Possible questions: 1.What does the woman /man advise the man/woman to do? 2. What does the woman suggest the man do?

9. 34. (A) It must be the right height. (B) It must have several gears. (C) It must have good tires. (D) It must be the right weight. Possible questions 1.What requirement does the man/woman have about the bicycle? 2.What is most important about the bicycle? 3. What is the best quality about a bicycle?

10. Let’s check the answers 31. (A) She’s waiting for her father. (B) She’s having her bicycle repaired. (C) She wanted to surprise John. (D) She works there. Possible questions: 1.What is the woman doing there? 2.Why is the woman in the place? Question Why is Laura at the bicycle shop?

11. 32. (A) To replace his stolen bicycle. (B) To begin bicycling to work. (C) To join a bicycle club. (D) To train for a bicycle race. Possible questions 1.Why does the man want to buy a bicycle? 2.What is the man buying a bicycle for? Question Why does John want to buy a bicycle

12. 33. (A) Buy a used bicycle. (B) Buy a racing bicycle. (C) Replace the tires on his bicycle. (D) Sell his old bicycle to the shop. Possible questions: 1.What does the woman /man advise the man/woman to do? 2. What does the woman suggest the man do? Question What does Laura suggest that John do?

13. 34. (A) It must be the right height. (B) It must have several gears. (C) It must have good tires. (D) It must be the right weight. Possible questions 1.What requirement does the man/woman have about the bicycle? 2.What is most important about the bicycle? 3. What is the best quality about a bicycle? Question What does Laura say is most imporatant about a bike?

14. Retell a story $100,000

15. Nick won $100,000 from gambling. After he came back, he immediately went to the backyard of his house, dug a hole and planted the money in it. The following morning he walked outside and found only an empty hole. He noticed footsteps leading from the hole to the house next door, which was owned by a Russian woman.

16. On the same street lived a professor who spoke Russian and was a friend of the Russian woman. Grabbing his gun, Nick went to awaken the professor. He dragged the professor to the Russian woman’s house. “You tell her if she doesn’t give me back my $100,000, I’m going to kill her.” Nick screamed at the professor.

17. The professor told the message to his friend, and she replied in Russian, “ï hid it in my backyard, underneath the apple tree.” The professor turned to Nick and said, “She’s not going to tell you. She said she’d rather die first.”

18. Describe a story Now look at the series of cartoon pictures and try to describe what happened.

20. deathbed Mr. Brown is lying on his deathbed, barely able to breathe. At this moment, the smell of freshly baked cookies comes to him. He has always liked home-made cookies and thinks to himself, Íf I could just have one more cookie, I could die in peace!’ hear him He calls to his wife but his voice is so weak that she cannot hear him

21. Not getting an answer, he slides out of the bed and onto the floor. Not getting an answer, he slides out of the bed and onto the floor. Down the hall and down the stairs he goes ever so slowly. At the bottom of the stairs he pulls himself along painfully, crawling hand over hand closer to that heavenly smell. He drags himself across the living room into the dining room. Making one

22. Great final effort, he throws himself toward the dining table, landing on his knees. His dry lips part, and the taste of the cookies is already in his mouth, seemingly bringing him back to life. He reaches across the table and grabs the plate of the cookies.

23. As he drags the plate towards himself, it makes a scraping sound, and suddenly he hears his wife yell from the kitchen, “Don’t touch the cookies. They’re for the funeral!”

24. How to express moment

25. Housework How to express

26. Vacuum the carpet Mop the floor Mow the grass Sweep the floor Iron the clothes Clean the window Wax the floor Tidy the bedroom Make the bed Clean the kitchen Dust and clean the furniture Water the flowers

27. Homework: 1.Write a story beginning with ï had a busy Sunday yesterday …” 2.Tell the story of deathbed to your friends 3. Find out the names of the flowers you noticed in the class Phrases: Vacuum the carpet Dust the furniture Mop the floor Iron the clothes Wax the floor