1. Unit 3 Study (I) Step 1: Opening Remarks Step 2: Explain listening skills in Unit 3 失去爆破：也叫不完全爆破. 辅音爆破音或摩擦音 后面跟的是爆破音、破擦音和摩擦等，前面的辅音要 失去爆破。

2. Step 2: Explain listening skills in Unit 3 在单词、短语或者句子里，如果爆破音ｐ，ｂ；ｔ，ｄ； ｋ，ｇ  后面跟另一个爆破音或破擦音时，前面一个爆 破音只作发音口形，短暂地停顿一下，随即发出下一个 爆破音或破擦音，这就是不完全爆破。 第一种：六个爆破音中的任意两个相邻时，前一个爆破音 会失去爆破，后一个则要完全爆破。例如： 1 ． Welcome ba （ ck ） to school ， class ！ 2 ． We're going to work on a farm nex （ t ） Tuesday ．

3. Step 2: Explain listening skills in Unit 3 第二种：如果前面是爆破音，其后紧跟着某些摩擦音 （如／ f ／，／ s ／，／ V ／，／ z ／等），那么前面那个 爆破音就会失去爆破。例如： 1. I met a goo （ d ） friend of mine yesterday ． 2. They didn' （ t ） stop the concert after the accident ．

4. Step 2: Explain listening skills in Unit 3 第三种：若前面是爆破音，其后紧跟某些破擦音（如 ／ ts ／，／ dz ／，／ t ／，／ d ／，／ tr ／，／ dr ／）， 则前者要失去爆破。例如： 1 ． The clothes here are qui （ te ） cheap ． 2 ． He didn' （ t ） buy the bla （ ck ） jeep ．

5. Step 2: Explain listening skills in Unit 3 第四种 : 也是最后一种：当爆破音后面紧跟着一个鼻辅 音（如／ m ／，／ n ／，／ ／）或舌侧音／ l ／时，这 个爆破音就要失去爆破。例如： 1. It was the bes （ t ） museum a （ t ） tha （ t ） time ． 2. The forty － firs （ t ） lesson is qui （ te ） difficult ．

6. Part A ： Micro-Listening Exercise 1: 1.It’s not very difficult to lean English. 2.First, you need to read more after class. 3.Listening isn’t my big problem but speaking is. 4.I understand you must learn to speak by speaking. 5.Bob says it’s hard to speak fluent English. 6.If you ask me, I think you should speak slowly and clearly at first.

7. Part A ： Micro-Listening Exercise 2: 1.One is never too old to learn. 2.Time and tide wait for no man. 3.Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read at all. 4.To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. 5.Reading good books is like having a conversation with the highly worthy persons of the past who wrote them.

8. Part B ： Marco-Listening  Conversation 1: I’m Always Nervous in Class Culture Notes: 1. Look Ahead is a series of textbooks for adult students of English as a second language. It was originally published by Cambridge University Press and Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press bought its copyright and has published it in China.

9. Part B ： Marco-Listening  Conversation 1: I’m Always Nervous in Class Culture Notes: 2. Take it easy. Here means “Don’t be nervous”, “Don’t worry too much”, “Relax”. In other cases it may also mean “Don’t work too hard.” “Take things easy” conveys the same meaning.

10.  Conversation 2: How Many Languages Do You Speak? Part B ： Marco-Listening Culture Notes: 1. Pretty well. The word “pretty” hear is an adverb, used informally before adjectives and adverbs to mean “to a large degree”. Often, its meaning is close to “quite” or “very”. For example, “I’m pretty sure that’s him.” (I have little doubt that’s him.) “He had some pretty strong reasons for disliking Tom.” (He had very strong reasons…)

11. Part C Oral Practice Task 1: Making appropriate responses Students are required to give appropriate responses to the following questions. Are you a student here? What are you majoring in?/ What is your major? How many languages do you speak? How well do you know English? When does our English class meet?

12. Part C Oral Practice Task 2 (Pair work): Questions and answers on the texts Listen to conversation 1 & 2 again and answer the questions on page 24-25 in complete sentences. Then link up the answers to make a short summary of the conversation.

13. Part D Home Listening Exercise on page 26