trained?

Ss: No.

T: OK, please open your books at Page 46. Read the passage then you will learn how a guide dog is trained.

Step Ⅱ Listening

Listening

Deal with the listening exercises. Besides the requested details, students are asked to pay attention to how people are introduced. Play the tape again when necessary.

T: Now let's come back to the workbook. Sara, who is blind, has just returned home from a guide dog school. Who has come to her home according to the reading passage?

Ss: A trainer from the guide dog school.

T: Right. A teacher from the school has come to Sara's house to teach her and her dog how to find their way around their own town. Please listen carefully, and finish the exercises.

After dealing with Exx 2-5, play the tape again to do Ex6.

T: Now let's listen to the tape again, and do Ex6. Please pay attention to the dialogue. You will be asked to imitate the dialogue after we fill in the blanks.

Before they act out the dialogue, they should be aware this is an introduction.

T: What is the dialogue about?

Ss: An introduction.

T: Now I will ask some of you to act out the dialogue and show us how to make an introduction. Please remember they are at Sara's house, not a formal occasion.

After the performance.

T: Well done. Then do you know how to make a formal introduction? Suppose a business one?

Step Ⅲ Talking

Ask students to read the passage on Page 47 and then make a timeline that shows the different stages in a guide dog's training.

Stage Training

The first stage The puppy lives with a sighted family.

The second stage It begins five months training at a guide dog school.

The third stage When it is trained, it meets its new owner and the two live at the guide school for a month to learn to work together.

The last stage A trainer goes to the owner's home to teach the dog and its owner how to get round in their own town or city.

After dealing with the reading passage, show the following to enrich students' knowledge of how a guide dog helps its owner.

T: Do you know what a guide dog is trained to do? And how much does it cost to train a guide dog? Let's learn more about the guide dog training.

Show the following on the PowerPoint or print it out.

Guide dogs are the guiding eyes for people who are blind or visually impaired, and they are specially bred and trained for this most important job.

How much does it cost to train a guide dog?