Lesson 2 Relaxing

Teaching aims:

To practise listening for specific information.

To use strategies to predict answers before listening to a text.

To practise expressing preferences

To become aware of hesitation techniques.

To learn about ways of dealing with stress in everyday life.

Teaching difficulties: To practise expressing preferences

Teaching Aids: computer and cassette

Teaching procedures:

Ⅰ. Warming up

T: Today we are going to study lesson 2 relaxing. What's meaning of relaxing?

S:

T: Relaxing means to rest while you are doing something enjoyable, especially after work or effort. Do you know what I say?

S:

T: In our life we often face all kinds of stress and worries. Think about situations in your life. Use the key works to say how relaxing or stressful they are for you. Do the exercise 1.

S:

T: Too much stress and worries for a long time does harm to our health, we must think of ways to get rid of them, now look at the picture, stressful?

S:

T: Yes, they are relaxing, these are effective ways of reducing stress.

Ⅱ Listening

T: we will listen an interview about relaxing, but before listening we do an exercise to help you understand.

Do the exercise 2. You will hear the words in the interview. Use them to complete the sentences.