Teaching difficult points教学难点

Get students to learn how to express preference.

Teaching methods教学方法

Listening, speaking, discussion, practice and pair work.

Teaching aids教具准备

A recorder, a projector and a computer.

Teaching procedure & ways教学过程与方式

Step I Listening

T: In the first period, we have talked much about extreme sports. We know extreme sports have grown rapidly in importance and the Extreme Games attract growing numbers of participants. Other extreme sports include ice canoeing, underwater hockey, extreme mountain-hiking and so on. Today we'll continue to feel extreme sports.

First read listening strategies with the class. Ask students what clues they get about the content of the next listening text from the title of this lesson, the pictures and their own knowledge of the world. Then give students time to read through the questions and guess the answers before playing the tape.

T: Before we listen to the tape, let's read the listening strategies together. While reading, you should think about these strategies.

After students listen to the tape, lead students to look at the title of this lesson, the questions and the pictures, and try to guess the answers before you play the tape.

Several minutes later, check their guess.

T: Can you guess the clue of this listening text?

Ss: It must be about extreme sports and people's preferences.

T: OK, let's listen to the tape and see if your guess is right. Now, I'll play the tape, and you listen carefully and answer the questions of Ex 2.

Play the tape. Then, check the answers with the whole class. Play again if necessary.

Deal with Ex 2 on Page 24.

Then, turn to the second part. Let students look at the table to do some listening preparation. Play the tape and give students several minutes to finish the table. Then,