4. I called to ask you that … .

3. Could you give her / him a message ?

2. Hello , is that … ?

1. Hello . Is … in ? / Is … there ? / May ( Could ) I speak to … ? / Hello , is that … ?

Ⅰ. 词汇学习

answering machine , recorder , tape recorder , progress (vt .) , email , take an action , oxygen , make ends meet , requirement , combine , obtain , printer

Ⅱ. 交际英语

Phone calls and messages (电话与信息传达)

6.very happy to be treated as a normal child

Lesson 68

3　 Writing

(1) Dear Mummy and Daddy,

　　 I hope you are both well. I wonder if I could ask you a favour. Could you possibly send me 50 yuan? I need to buy some more books and I don’t have enough money.

　　 I also want to ask you something else. Can I stay for three days with Bob at the end of the term? We want to spend some time preparing for our exam together.

　　 Love from,

　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　(Name)

(2)　 Dear Aunt May,

　　 I hope you are well and that you are enjoying your holiday.　 I wonder if I could ask you a favour. Could you possibly buy me a cassette? I want to buy the latest UB40 cassette. It’s called “Over the top” and I can’t get it where I live. I’ll give you the money when I see you.

　　 I also want to ask you something else. May I ask my friend Janice to stay here with me for a couple of days? She lives in Guangzhou, but is visiting the north of China and would like to see me. I hope this will be all right.

　　 Would you like me to do some shopping for you? If you send me a list,, I will buy everything for you when you return home. It would be a pleasure to do this for you.

　　 Love from,

　　 　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　(Name)

5.inventing a writing system for the blind

4.very tiring

3.very encouraging

2.how the teacher taught her to read and write