Enable the Ss to know how to read the stressed word in sentences.

1. Write the two sentences on the Bb, and ask Ss to read them.

On December 31, 2002, Premier ZhuRongji and the German chancellor attended the opening ceremony of the train service.

On November 12, 2003, the Maglev reached a speed of 501 kilometres per hour on the track between Longyang Station and Pudong, a new world record speed for a train.

　( From the two sentences, we know it is impossible to read a long sentence without any pause or stressed word. It is difficult to understand what you say if you read it word by word without any interval. So we should read the sentences phrase by phrase and make some stressed words. But which word should be stressed in a sentence?

Generally speaking, nouns, verbs and adjectives are usually stressed in sentences, but pronouns, articles and prepositions are not stressed in a sentence.)

2. Ask the Ss to read the above sentences again and pay more attention to the stressed words.

On December 31, 2002, Premier ZhuRongji and the German chancellor attended the opening ceremony of the train service.

On November 12, 2003, the Maglev reached a speed of 501 kilometres per hour on the track between Longyang Station and Pudong, a new world record speed for a train.

3. Ask Ss to listen and underline the words on P28 which are stressed. And then Read it with a partner to see who is better.

Possible answers.

1) Travel plane2) Plane, course, traveled, ship3) long, take4) seven, days

5) enjoy 6) no, hated 7) Why, sick 8) no, bored

step 4 Everyday English

1．Ask the Ss to read through the expressions and discuss the questions and find answers.

Answer (on the screen):

1. Why does the interviewer use these expressions? Is it possible to do the interview without them?

It is not necessary for the interviewer to use the expressions, but using them is a friendly way of

interviewing. The first is a friendly way of introducing a question, while the other three are ways of responding to Mary Lennon's answers and showing interest in what she is saying.

2. What do Mary Lennon's expressions tell you? She's very enthusiastic(热心/情，极感兴趣的). 2．Ask students to complete the dialogue with the expressions and practice the