1. Warming up-get close to the topic ”lifestyles” -- 陈振煌 Circumstance shapes people! Do as Romans in Rome.

2. Unit Objectives 1. talk about our lifestyles and find out about others’. 2. listen to some interviews, radio programs and a survey. 3. read articles about lifestyles and a personal letter. 4. write a personal letter. 5. review the present tenses. Help: find out, interview, survey, personal, review

3. Warm up step 1 talk about the pictures 1. key words: boring, busy, dangerous, active, easy, lazy, exciting, free, interesting, peaceful, relaxing, stressful 2. talk individually and in pairs The teacher first talks about his life. Put down some key words on the BB.

4. Listen as input 1. task 1: say which of the people in the photos is speaking. Find the clues 线索 (words, sentence patterns, tone etc. ) (1)football player: I have matches in… I love the matches, the stadium, the people cheering. (2) student: you know, I’ve got lots of work to do and… I also play football for the school team and… (3)shepherd: the animals, being outdoors, along with my thoughts, peaceful, it is not so good when the weather is bad! (4) business executive: busy, I don’t have time to…, stressful. I’ve got responsibility for big amount of money.

5. Listening as input 2.task 2: imitate some of the good sentences. (1) being famous isn’t easy, you know. Know what I mean? (2) you know, I’ve got lots of work to do and… (3) there’s no one to tell me what to do. (4) I don’t have time to see my husband and children. Mmm and my life is very stressful, I suppose. I mean, I’ve got responsibility for big amounts of money. Help: do training, outdoors, peaceful, executive, stressful, responsible-responsibility,

6. Listening as input Words to talk about lifestyles 1. shepherd: peaceful, lazy, free, dangerous 2. football player: interesting, exciting, stressful, not easy 3. business executive: busy, exciting, boring, stressful 4. student: busy, creative, stressful

7. Assignment/homework 1. put down “key words” in page 7 on your “ my word bank”. Give their meanings in Chinese. 2. write 5-8 sentences about lifestyle of your dreams. Example: I am a guide. I can travel everywhere. I can enjoy the places of wonder. I can meet different people. I can have food in different places.