3.　　　 Summary

Summarize the rules of the superlative adjectives.

2.　　　 Reading

Pair the students to practise the dialogue and present it to the public.

1.　　　 Listening ---Activity 4 & 5

l　　　 Ask the Ss to listen to tape with the questions: “How many people are Betty and her mum talking about? (four) / Who are they? (They’re Tony, Daming, Lingling and Betty’s Dad.)

l　　　 Read through the sentences in Activity 5.

l　　　 Ask the Ss to listen to the dialogue and write a name in front of each sentence.

4.　　　 Discussion---Activity 3

l　　　 Read through the phrases with “by”.

l　　　 Pair the Ss to ask and answer: “How do you go to school?”

Step 2 Presentation

3.　　　 Listen and match---Activity 1 & 2

l　　　 Read the lists of words and have the students repeat them after you.

l　　　 Listen to the tape and match the words in Box 1 with the words in Box 2.

2.　　　 Show the pictures of the means of transportation, and ask Ss to talk about what they can see through the pictures.

Step 1 Warming up

1.　　　 Ask Ss to discuss how they get to school, and list the answers on the blackboard.

2.　　　 Teaching demands

l　　　 Key vocabulary: bus, subway, journey. Bicycle, taxi

l　　　 Key structure: by bus, by bicycle, by taxi

1.　　　 Teaching aims

l　　　 知识：To understand conversations with superlative adjectives.

l　　　 能力：To ask and answer questions about transport and travel.

l　　　 德育：To get familiar with the information about transportation.

7.　　 Talk about the journey form Beijing to Jinan.