5. She has just bumped into the head teacher. He wants to talk about New Standard.

Then play the tape recorder again, get students listen again and check the answers.

Reading

Get students read the conversation.

T: Now, read the conversation and underline what you don’t understand.

Give students several minutes to read. Later explain some language points to them.

Language points

4. He thought his dad guessed that he nearly lost it at school dance.

3. He’ll need to take a lot of exercise ---go funning or do weight training.

2. Because her friend’s brother is training for the Olympics, while Tony is only playing in the school team.

1. He found it was OK, but he was a bit tired. His legs ache a lit.

5. Who has Betty just seen and what does he want to talk about?

Play the tape recorder and help them get the answers to these questions.

Sample answers:

4. Why isn’t Tony allowed to use his father’s camera anymore?

3. What will the boy in Daming’s team need to do?

2. Why does Lingling say Tony is lucky?

1. How did Tony find the basketball training?