Step I Revision

Activity one: Check the words and expressions

T: Please paraphrase the words with a similar meaning.

Let the Ss match the words according to their memory.

Words exercise:

terrible-horrible, freezing-cold, large-huge, frightened-terrified, get away-escape, get better-recover, continue to live-survive, remember-recognize

Activity two: Present your story

T: Next I will call a student to present your story to the class.

Sa: Here is mine.

Sample story:

One day I swam across a strip of water to an island. There were many beautiful shells. Though I found many beautiful shells, I found it impossible for me to take them back to the shore I came from, for I could see many dangerous sharks in the sea playing happily. Suddenly, an idea struck me. I pulled off my shirt and cut it into pieces and tied them together into a long rope. Then I cut my leg and dipped some blood in one end of the rope. I threw the end of rope with blood into the sea while I pulled the other end and ran very fast toward the other end of the island. Soon after that, the sharks began to chase the rope because they had smelled the blood. After I succeeded in cheating the sharks to the other side, I ran back and dived into the sea without any delay. In the end, I was able to reach the other side of the shore.

StepⅡ Lead-in

Activity one: Make comments

T: Read the comments from the tourists and tell me what opinion they want to express.

Let the Ss read the comments and find their real purpose.

Sa: The first speaker gave two opinions about the performance of the dolphins.

Sb: The second speaker expressed his satisfaction with the iceberg, but he was not content with the conditions.

Sc: The third speaker also expressed two sides of opinions. One is to show his satisfaction with the scenery, but he was not content with the food.