6 students come to the blackboard and write down the sentences. The other students check their sentences. 

【keys】

1. It seemed that he avoided getting too close to her. 

2. Reading is learning, but speaking the language is also a kind of learning. 

3. The news that the Chinese team won the gold medal was very encouraging. 

4. It is clear that your spoken English will greatly improve if you can practice speaking whenever you can.

5. I saw them whispering to each other, obviously they do not want to be heard by others. 6. I counted the people entering the theatre, and there were 547 of them. 

7. The man with sun-glasses standing next to the car is a detective. 

8. Being ill, he did not take part in the sports meeting. 

9. Driving his car around is his main hobby. 

10. Knowing she has got injured, he hurried to hospital to see her. 

11. He stayed in the waiting room for over an hour while the girl was having an operation. 12. I almost feel asleep when I saw that boring film.

Step 2 Warming up

The teacher describes some situations and the students are required to act them out. 

T:What gestures do we usually do in the following situations?

1. I'm hungry. 　　　 　　　　2. I'm full. 

3. I want to sleep. 

T:You know a lot about gestures. Then can you figure out the meanings of the following gestures in the following pictures?