Teach: watching TV, cleaning, reading a book, eating dinner, talking on the phone...as the same way.

5. Work on 1a. Ss read the activities and look at the pictures. Then match the activities with pictures.

6. Check the answers with the Ss.

Ⅲ. Game (guess)

1. T: Now let's play a game. What's she/he doing? You must watch the big screen carefully.

(Show some pictures on the big screen quickly) Let Ss guess what's he/she is doing?

2. Ss watch and guess the actions.

3. Ask and answer about the pictures.

-What's he/she doing?

-He's/She's ...

Ⅳ. Listening

1. T: What are Jenny, John, Dave and Mary doing? Now let's listen to the tape, find out the right activities from 1a.

2. Play the recording for the Ss twice.

3. Ss listen to the recording and write the numbers from 1a.

Ⅴ. Pair work

1. Ask the Ss to read the conversations in 1c with a partner. Then look at the pictures in 1a. And conversations about other person in the picture.

2. Ss make conversations by themselves and practice the conversations.

Ⅵ. Listening

1. Work on 2a;

T: Jack and Steve are talking on the phone. What are they doing now? Listen to the conversations and match the answers with the questions.

(Play the recording for the first time, students only listen carefully. Then, listen to the recording again, and match the answers with the questions. )

Check the answers.

2. Work on 2b.

Let Ss read the conversation in 2b first. Then play the recording for the Ss twice.

The first time Ss only listen and write down the words in the blanks. Then play the recording again for the Ss to check the answers. (If necessary, press the Pause button to help.)

Ⅶ. Pair work

1. Now, role-play the conversation with your partners.

2. Let some pairs to act out the conversation in front of the class.

Ⅷ. Role-play