Ss: Sure. We need to organize a Heading, General Description, List of good points, List of bad points and Conclusion.

T: Good. Let's finish Activity 1 orally on page 86.

Ask students check each other's homework and then talk about linking words and use them to make up new sentences.

T: Now I'd like you to put commas for linking in the proper places.

Ask students to finish the three sentences with correct punctuation.

T: As you know, before writing a report, we need to think out useful words and sentences.

Let students write out their translations on Bb or show them on the screen.

1. 我烦透了塞车......

　I was fed up with traffic jams, ...

2. ......查窃贼是怎么进入理查德他们家的。

　...find out how the thief broke into Richard's house.

3. 那位大使讲话带有很重的口音The ambassador has a heavy accent when he speaks, so he 依靠has to rely on the interpreter when he talks with people.

4. ... 停靠 pulled into ....

刚刚离开just pulled out

5. ...... 西北地区流下的印象是发生的巨大变化

...impression on the northwestern region is that great changes are taking place.

6. ......, 私人轿车增加了50%

　private cars has increased by 50% ...

T: Well done! Then you can use linking words to reorganize them. I' d like to see another report of yours in exercise 3 on page 86: guided writing.

Let the Ss hand in their report and then show one of them on the screen.

Sample:

Best-selling Cars of All Time

A survey carried out by the Mirror on May 13th, 1999 indicated the ten best-selling cars of all time. The most popular cars sold more than twenty million, but none of the top ten was produced after 1977. Therefore, we can say that no one car is a long