across, across from, front, in front of, behind, town, around

At first, ask a few students to try to read them, then the teacher corrects their pronunciations.

Ⅱ. Presentation:

1. T: Hello, class, how to ay about a general question and negative of "there be"

S: When it is a general question, "be" should be put in the first word of a sentence.

When it is negative, it should add "not" behind "be".

T: T: Excellent, then please think about What a positive answer and a negative answer are?

S: A positive answer is "Yes, there is "or "Yes, there are." A negative answer is "No, there isn't ", or "No, there aren't." T: Good. Now please finish the following exercises:

1) There ______ (be) a lot of books on the desk.

2) There ______ (be) a bank and two ________ (library) on the street.

3) ______ ________ (有) a post office near here?

Ⅲ. Listening:

T: Now let's listen to the tape, and circle the places you hear in 1a.

(听力指导：做好听力题的两个关键：一是听前看图片或者文字材料；二是听时抓住关键词。)

Listen again: finish the following dialogues:

Conversation 1: A: Is there a restaurant _______ on Bridge Street? B: Yes, ______ ______.

Conversation 2: A: _______ there a post office ________ here?

B: Um, Yes, there ______. ___________ one on Long Street.

Conversation 3: A: Is there a ______________ on Center Street? B: No, ______ _____

IV. Listening:

1. Work on 2a; T: Now, look at 2b, listen and fill in the blanks with the words in the box.

2. Check the answers:

Ⅶ. Pair work

1. Ask the Ss to ask and answer questions about the places in 1a on page 43.

Ⅷ. Role-play

1. Ask Ss to look at the conversations in 2d. Then Ss read the conversations by themselves and try to find out difficulties and suspicious.

1. across from 意为"在......对面" e.g. The bank is across from our school.

【拓展】 across 作介词，意为"从一边到另一边；横过"。