let's listen to the interview.

Deal with Exx 1-4 on Pages 6-7. Play the recording several times if necessary.

Step Ⅲ Speaking

Students are asked to work in pairs to practice offering congratulations and best wishes.

Show the useful expressions on Page 7 on the PowerPoint.

congratulate:

to tell someone that you are happy because they have achieved something or because something nice has happened to them

He never even stopped to congratulate me.

congratulate somebody on something

She congratulated me warmly on my exam results.

congratulate somebody for (doing) something

All three are to be congratulated for doing so well.

congratulations:

a) used when you want to congratulate someone

-"I've just passed my driving test!"

-"Congratulations!"

b) words saying you are happy that someone has achieved something

Give Tom my congratulations.

all the best:

used to express good wishes to someone for the future

We'd just like to wish him all the best in his new job.

all the best for ...

All the best for the New Year!

Demonstrate a dialogue with a student.

A sample of offering wishes and congratulations:

B: Congratulations on your graduation certificate.

A: Thanks. And I was told you've invented a new computer game.

B: Yes, a company has decided to buy it from me.

A: That's amazing. Good luck to you.

B: Thanks.

After students have finished the exercises in the textbook, show the following situations on the PowerPoint.

Give the following two situations for students to practice offering congratulations and best wishes.

Situation 1: Your friend is going to take part in the 2005 "CCTV Cup" English Speaking Contest.

Situation 2: Your friend has won the first prize in the 2005 "CCTV Cup" English Speaking Contest.

Step Ⅳ Reading, speaking and writing

Show pictures of a cinema, including inside and outside facilities. Ask students to discuss what problems that people with disabilities sometimes have in a cinema. Divide students into different groups. They are given several minutes to discuss. Each