湖南第一师范学校：《综合英语》Unit 8 Secret Messages to Ourselves

Unit 8 Secret Messages to Ourselves P and Speakin Part I ties Part IE

Unit 8 Secret Messages to Ourselves • P I Listening and Speaking Activities • Part II Reading Comprehension and Language Activities • Part III Extended Activities

●●●●● ●●●● ●●0 Part I Listening and Speaking Activities 9009 o Introduction of functions Listen and speak Try to speak more o Make your own dialogue What are they for? If you want to learn more

Part I Listening and Speaking Activities ⚫ Introduction of functions ⚫ Listen and speak ⚫ Try to speak more ⚫ Make your own dialogue ⚫ What are they for? ⚫ If you want to learn more

●●●●● ●●●● ●●0 Introduction of functions ●●● ●●●● You may express an intention like this I'm going to do I've decided to do plan to do I'm planning to do r'm thinking of doing I'm considering doing I'll make an effort to do I intend to do My intention is to do I reckon I will do Pl do what i can to do

Introduction of functions ⚫ You may express an intention like this: ⚫ I’m going to do…. ⚫ I’ve decided to do…. ⚫ plan to do…. ⚫ I’m planning to do…. ⚫ I’m thinking of doing…. ⚫ I’m considering doing…. ⚫ I’ll make an effort to do… ⚫ I intend to do…. ⚫ My intention is to do …. ⚫ I reckon I will do…. ⚫ I’ll do what I can to do…

Listen and speak圆 ●●●●● ●●●● ●●0 ●●● o Listen to the conversation and tick the correct ●●●● answer to each question 1. What did Xiaogang say he likes to do, according to Mr Smith? Key. c 2. What woc Yianaann daydreaming about iict now? Key: b Turn to p. 105, and let's listen 3. What was Mr Smiths attitude towards xiaogang's daydreaming? Key: a 4. What did Mr. Smith say about great discoveries? Key: c

Listen and speak 1. What did Xiaogang say he likes to do, according to Mr. Smith? Key: c 2. What was Xiaogang daydreaming about just now? Key: b 3. What was Mr. Smith’s attitude towards Xiaogang’s daydreaming? Key: a 4. What did Mr. Smith say about great discoveries? Key: c Turn to p. 105, and let’s listen. ⚫ Listen to the conversation and tick the correct answer to each question

●●●●● ●●●● ●●0 Try to speak more ●●● ●●●● Notes dream about/of ( sth/doing sth): a experience sth in a dream b. imagine sth work on:从事,致力于,作…工作 e.g. The novelist is working on a new book Substitute sb/sth (for sb/sth): a v put or use(a person or thing) in place of another b n one that takes the place of another; a replacement e.g. We must substitute a new chair for the broken one Use plastics as a substitute for steel come across: to meet sb or find sth/sb by chance e.g. We ve just come across an old friend we havent seen or ages

Try to speak more ⚫ Notes: ⚫ dream about/of (sth/doing sth): a. experience sth in a dream b. imagine sth ⚫ work on: 从事…,致力于…,作…工作 e.g. The novelist is working on a new book. ⚫ Substitute sb/sth (for sb/sth): a. v. put or use (a person or thing) in place of another b. n. one that takes the place of another; a replacement e.g. We must substitute a new chair for the broken one. Use plastics as a substitute for steel. ⚫ come across: to meet sb or find sth/sb by chance e.g. We’ve just come across an old friend we haven’t seen for ages

●●●●● ●●●● ●●0 Make your own dialogue ●●● ●●●● 1. Make a dialogue with your partner, using the following cues(Turn to page 107) 2. Look at the following picture of an invention Work on your own first about its use and then work with three of your classmates to see if you agree with each other.(Turn to page 107)

Make your own dialogue 1. Make a dialogue with your partner, using the following cues. (Turn to page 107) 2. Look at the following picture of an invention. Work on your own first about its use and then work with three of your classmates to see if you agree with each other. (Turn to page 107)

●●●●● ●●●● ●●0 What are they for? ●●● ●●●● Key:1.e 2.d 3.a 4.C 5.b 6. If you want to learn more Key:1.g 2. d 3 k 4.b 5.a 6.f7.h8.e9.j10.i

What are they for? Key: 1. e 2. d 3. a 4. c 5. b 6. f If you want to learn more Key: 1. g 2. d 3. k 4. b 5. a 6. f 7. h 8. e 9. j 10. i

●●●●● Part ll Reading Comprehension and ●●●● ●●0 ●●● ●●●● Language Activities ●Pre- reading Tasks ● Notes ● Translation ● Comprehension work ● Language work(A,B,c

Part II Reading Comprehension and Language Activities ⚫ Pre-reading Tasks ⚫ Notes ⚫ Translation ⚫ Comprehension work ⚫ Language work (A, B, C)

Part ll Reading Comprehension and ●●●●● ●●●● ●●0 Language Activities ●●● ●●●● ● Pre-reading Tasks o What kind of dreams do you often have? and can you remember them afterwards? o Have you encountered, in your dreams, anything related to your work, friends, or family? o Do you believe that dreams may have a special meaning or message to us?

Part II Reading Comprehension and Language Activities ⚫ Pre-reading Tasks ⚫ What kind of dreams do you often have? And can you remember them afterwards? ⚫ Have you encountered, in your dreams, anything related to your work, friends, or family? ⚫ Do you believe that dreams may have a special meaning or message to us?

●●●●● ●●●● ●●0 ●●● ●●●● Early one morning, more than a hundred years ago, an American inventor called Elias Howe finally fell asleep He had been working all night on the design of a sewing-machine but he had run into a very difficult problem: it seemed impossible to get the thread to run smoothly around the needle ssed and ad been captured by a tribe of terrible savages whose king threatened to kill and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewing machine, When he tried to do so howe ran into the same problem as before. The thread kept getting caught around the needle. The king flew into a rage and ordered his soldiers to kill Howe. They advanced towards him with their spears raised. But suddenly the inventor noticed something. There was a hole in the tip of each spear

Turn to p. 109, and listen to the text. Early one morning, more than a hundred years ago, an American inventor called Elias Howe finally fell asleep. He had been working all night on the design of a sewing-machine but he had run into a very difficult problem: it seemed impossible to get the thread to run smoothly around the needle Despite his exhaustion, Howe slept badly. He tossed and turned. Then he had a nightmare. He dreamt that he had been captured by a tribe of terrible savages whose king threatened to kill and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewing￾machine. When he tried to do so, Howe ran into the same problem as before. The thread kept getting caught around the needle. The king flew into a rage and ordered his soldiers to kill Howe. They advanced towards him with their spears raised. But suddenly the inventor noticed something. There was a hole in the tip of each spear. Secret Messages to Ourselves