2. Period 2 ListeningListening

3. Who can marry many wives but can stay single all of the life? a minister The minister married for the young man and the young woman. Pre - listening

4. Listen and number the pictures. Listening 12 3 65 4

5. True or false statements. Listen to the tape and decide if they are true or false. 1.This is a dialogue between grandmother and granddaughter. 2.They only lived about five km from each other. T F

6. 3.They had dinner at home one evening. 4.They had a very enjoyable conversation and laughed a lot. 5.When the woman asked the minister if he would marry her, he knew what she meant. T F F

7. 1.What was the man’s job? 2. In England, who can marry couples in church? A minister. Listen and answer the following questions. He was a minister in the church.

8. 3. How close to each other did the man and the woman live? About eight kilometers from each other. 4. Where did the woman ask the minister to marry her? In a restaurant. 5. When did he ask her to marry him? A few days later.

9. Look at the pictures and tell your partner the story. Start like this: There once was a minister who lived…

10. married/loving 1.couple a married/loving couple; couple of 一对 ; 几个 a couple of (1) They kept a couple of dogs. a couple of (2) I received a couple of letters last week. (3) A couple of days 几天 Language points

11. 2. marry (1) marry sb. ( 牧师 ) 等为 …… 主持婚 礼 married Example: The old priest married the young man and the young girl. (2) marry sb. 与 …… 结婚 ( 嫁、娶 ) 及物动词 不能 Pay attention: marry 是及物动词， 不能与 with 连用 married Example: He married a pretty girl.

12. (3) marry sb. to sb. 使结婚 marriedto He married his daughter to a foreigner. 他把他的女儿嫁给了一个外国人。 非延续性 动词不能 be married (4) be married to sb./get married to sb. marry 和 get married 均为非延续性 动词，不能与时间状语连用。表示结婚已 经有一段时间用 be married.

13. Example: They have been married for ten years. 3. think about our life 4. reach a wide audience mostly 5. mostly have adults in mind adv. 主要的，大部分，通常 6. act the role of/play a role in 扮演 …… 的角色

14. Homework 1. Review what we have learned today. 2. Prepare the reading passage.