1. Detecting Assimilation

2. last year / l a: s tF E:/ would you / w u dV u/ and you did you put you don’t you next year want you glad you without your help

3. Listen to the tape and supply the missing words. Book1, P.95 Listen to these sentences again and repeat them one by one.

4.  Listen to the tape and decide whether what you hear is a fact or an opinion. Book1, page 61 Fact or Opinion

5.  Listen to two dialogues and take the notes of the speaker’s opinions.  Listen to the dialogues twice more and repeat after the recording.  Pair work: role-play

6. New words entertainment print media electronic media word media context DJ– disk jockey anchor audience

7.  Listen to the passage twice, and try to fill in the blanks. Book1, Page 144  listen to the passage again and retell the main content of the passage. Note-taking of Important Details

8. Assignment Group work: make similar conversations according to the dialogues in Book 2 Page83 topic: traffic situations in Xi’an Memorize the words and phrases on the papers I’ve given to you.

9. What is an opinion ?  It is what a person thinks about something, basing on personal judgment.

10. common expressions  I think …. / I don ’ t think ….  As to me, …. / As for me, ….  In my opinion, …. / To my mind, ….  As far as I ’ m concerned, ….  Personally, ….  From my point of view, ….  I suppose …. / I guess ….

11. Dialogue 1 win the lottery  how to do with the prize  take a vacation/ quit the job or not Dialogue 2 economy of the city production/ income/economic boom unemployment rate