progress / progressive

pronunciation pronounce /

3. Pair Work

Ask them to practice Activity 2 on page 5.

Suggested answers:

(1) fluent (2) enjoyable (3) encouragement (4) progress (5) pronunciation (6) correction

(7) misunderstood (8) explained

Step 3 Listening

Purpose: To develop Ss' listening ability.

　　　　To get the main information in the listening part;

1. Pre-listening:

Pair Work. Read the sentences in Activity 2 again, and answer the questions.

(1) What do you think the students are doing?

A. They're talking about a Chinese lesson that they both attended.

B. They're talking about a Chinese lesson that one of them attended.

C. They're talking about different language lessons that they attended.

(2) What do you think about the lessons they attended?

A. They were both happy with their lessons.

B. They were both disappointed with their lessons.

C. One was happy but the other was disappointed.

Suggested answers:

(1) C (2) C

2. While-listening:

(1) Individual Work. Listen to the conversation and check Ss' answers.

(2) Ask Ss to listen again and answer the questions in Activity 4 on page 6.

Suggested answers:

见教材参考P97.

(3) Listen to the tape and fill in the missing words.

　　Rob: Hi, Diane!

　　Diane: Hi, Rob! ___________①________________

　　Rob: I'm fine. I've just been to my first language class.

　　Diane: _______________②____________________

　　Rob: Really? Which language are you studying?

　　Diane: Spanish. Which language are YOU studying?

　　Rob: Chinese.

　　Diane: _____________③___________ Cool! How was it?

　　Rob: It was good. The teacher's name is Mr Davies.

　　Diane: Mr Davies?

　　Rob: Yes, he isn't Chinese, obviously, but he's _④_______ in Chinese. And there's an assistant teacher called Miss Wang. She IS Chinese. We're going to see her once a week.

　　Diane: ___________⑤________________

Rob: Well, learning Chinese isn't going to be easy - but the first lesson was very