1. By: Cat (Li Juan) Unit 2 Tutorial centers (Period 2)

2. Use the words and phrases in the box to complete the sentences: is willing to; was forced to; detective; reasonable; is willing to; was forced to; detective; reasonable; command of; communicate with 1 She only speaks a little French, but she has a very good _______________ English. 2 We can ____________________ people in most parts of the world by telephone. 3 The price is quite _____________. 4 She _______________ help others whenever people meet with trouble. 5 A good ___________ must be good at finding out truth. 6 She ____________________ to enrol in a history course by her parents at a tutorial centre. command of command of communicate with communicate with reasonable reasonable is willing to is willing to detective detective was forced to was forced to

3. Answer the following questions in complete sentences: Answer the following questions in complete sentences: 1 What does Mandy Zhang think of tutorial centres? 2 According to Rex Yang, what are the tutorial centres only interested in? 3 Who forced Simon Lan to attend the tutorial centres? 4 Who gives a balanced opinion on tutorial centres? She thinks that tutorial centres are helpful. The tutorial centres are only interested in making money. His parents forced him to attend the tutorial centre.\His parents did. Grace Li gives a balanced opinion on tutorial centres.\Grace Li does. centres.\Grace Li does.

4. Please scan the four letters again and tell whether the following statements are True\False. Correct the false ones if possible: statements are True\False. Correct the false ones if possible: 1 Mandy has studied at a tutorial center for two years. 2 One of Mandy’s teachers was Japanese. 3There are too many students in Rex’s class. 4 Rex’s English teacher was a university student who studied French. studied French. (T) (F) The teacher studied physics (F) One of Mandy’s teacher was British.

5. 5 Simon is willing to attend a tutorial centre. 6Though Simon thinks tutorial centres are useless, he has never been absent. never been absent. 7 After leaving the first tutorial centre, Grace found a better one as a result of her friends’ recommendations. 8 According to Grace, one must do some detective work in order to find a good tutorial centre. order to find a good tutorial centre. (F) (T) Sometimes he goes to a video arcade instead. He has been forced to attend by his parents. (T)

6. Read the letters and try to find some useful information from each letter!

7. Writer: Topic Sentence: Supporting Examples: fees : be ________ teachers : be ________ have a lot of ___________ in using English ‘My __________ of English has _________ greatly since I started.’ Letter 1: Mandy Zhang Mandy: learn how to ____________ in English with a ___________ command improved communicate westerner confidence qualified reasonable

8. Letter 2: Rex Yang ‘In my opinion, it is better to _______ more time on school work than to ________ money at a ‘_______________’ tutorial centre.’ Writer: Topic Sentence : Supporting Examples: the tutorial centres: be only interested in ______ _______ too many students for each class not want to __________ good teachers the teacher : study ______ could not answer the questions about the use of __________ Rex: be ______ spend money-making waste cheated making money accept pay for physics language

9. Letter 3: Simon Lan ‘I do not think it is ___________.’\‘I think ________________ are useless.’ Simon Lan: be ___________by his parents _______ in the class read _______ go to a __________________ instead the teachers: be ________ give them a lot of ______________exercises teach ___________ Writer: Topic Sentence: Supporting Examples: forced sleep comics video arcade boring supplementary nothing tutorial centres useful

10. Letter 4: ‘I have ____________ both good and bad tutorial centres.’ some tips: do some ____________ work the key _________ --yourself Writer: Topic Sentence: Supporting Examples: the bad one: the good one:Grace: be in a ______ class have ___________teachers be taught good _________ Grace : be in a _______ class learn _______ experienced very big nothing Grace Li excellent small techniques detective factor

11. Complete the conclusion of the four letters with the proper form of the words that we have learnt in this unit. And the first letter of each word has been given to you. The City Mirror Newspaper asked readers to write about their experiences and opinions regarding (1) t________ centres. There are four letters. And each letter provides a different viewpoint on the topic. According to Mandy Zhang, the tutorial centre is helpful. According to Mandy Zhang, the tutorial centre is helpful. The fees are (2) r____________, her tutors are all The fees are (2) r____________, her tutors are all qualified teachers, and her (3) c___________ of English has improved greatly, while Rex Yang thinks he has been improved greatly, while Rex Yang thinks he has been (4) c__________. The tutorial centres are only interested in (5) m________ money. Another student, Simon Lan has been (6) f__________ to attend the tutorial center by his parents. utorial easonable ommand heated aking orced

12. He often sleeps during the classes and sometimes he goes to a (7) v______________ instead. And he thinks the (8) s____________ exercises he gets from the tutor are boring and useless. The last student Grace Li holds a balanced view on this topic because he has (9) e____________ both good and bad ones. He could learn nothing from the first one and left within a month. Then he enrolled on a course at another one as a result of his friends’ (10) r_________________. He had learnt a lot from the second one. As an old saying goes, Each coin has two sides. There are both good and bad ones. However, the most important thing is whether you are willing to learn. The key (11) f________ is yourself. actor ecommendations upplementary xperienced ideo arcade

13. Assignments: 1Read the four letters on Page 17 carefully and underline the difficult points. 2 Try to put the following sentences into English: (1) 我在另外一家补习中心报名了。（ enrol ） (2) 他的英语口语很熟练。（ command ） (3) 作为一个诚实的学生，他考试从来不作弊。（ cheat ） (4) 无论你何时有困难，我都愿意帮助你。（ be willing to ） (5) 在二战中他是被迫参军的。（ be forced to ）