1. Who does Li Ming want to take to Beijing? (He wants to take Danny and Jenny to Beijing.)

2. Reading

Get the students to read the dialogue and answer the questions given. After that ask them to listen and repeat, and then act out the dialogue.

1. Paraphrasing

Make a dialogue to help the students understand the phrases leave for and arrive at / in.

T: Hello. May I speak to Mary?

S: Hello. This is Mary. Who is that?

T: This is … I’m going on a trip to Beijing. Would you like to go with me?

S: Yes.

T: Let’s meet at the school gate at 9:00 on Friday. OK?

S: OK.

Draw the school gate and Beijing West Railway Station on the blackboard and let the student come to the front of the classroom to act with you. The two walk from the school gate in the picture to Beijing Railway Station in the picture.

T: We are leaving our school. We are leaving for Beijing. Now we are arriving in Beijing, arriving at Beijing West Railway Station. We usually arrive at a small place; and arrive in a big place. Got it?

Write the phrases on the blackboard, explain them and lead the students to read them.

3. Learning ability goal 学能目标

Help the students learn how to invite somebody to have a trip on the phone.

Teaching important and difficult points 教学重难点

Grasp the expressions of making phone calls.

Teaching methods 教学方法

Listening and speaking.

Teaching aids 教具准备

Audiotape and pictures.

Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方法

Step I Lead-in and speaking

T: Good morning, class.

S: Good morning, Miss /Mr. /Ms. …

T: We know that Li Ming will go on a trip to…

S: Beijing!

T: Do you want to go to Beijing? Why or why not?

Help the students to answer these questions from the following aspects:

Affirmative: 1. have fun; 2. learn a lot that can not be found in the text book; 3. make other friends…

Negative: 1. Beijing is too far away; 2. too young to go; 3. …

T: If you can go to Beijing, who do you want to take with you? Why?

S: I may go with my parents. They can take care of me, and share the happiness together.

S: I may go with my friends. We have the same interest and can have a lot of fun.

S: I may go with my little brother. I can learn to take care of him and learn a lot.

T: Good! Wish you a good trip to Beijing.

Step II Reading

Fast reading

Get the students to scan the dialogue to look for the expressions about making phone calls in English.

T: Li Ming wants to go to Beijng, do you know who does he want to take to Beijng? Now, look through the text and show me the answer.

S: Jenny and Danny.

T: That’s it! But where are Jenny and Danny?

S: They live in Canada.

T: So how can Li Ming invite them?

S: Make a phone call.

T: Good! Please read the dialogue in Lesson 2 silently and try to find out ways to make a phone call.

After the students finish reading, summarize the following patterns.

-Hello. May I speak with / to …?

-Yes, this is…. Who’s that?

-This is …

T: Great!

Careful reading

Get the students to learn about how to invite somebody on the phone.

2. Ability goal 能力目标

Enable the students to invite somebody to have a trip on the phone.

1. Target language 目标语言

a. 掌握词汇

want　 come　 hello　 with　 who　 when　 do　 leave for　 arrive.

b. 认知词汇

invite　 them　 Mrs.　 call　 oh　 wonderful　 invitation　 bye　 hooray

c. 句型

When do you leave for …? / When do you arrive in / at …?

-May I speak with / to …?

-This is … (speaking). Who’s that?

3. You work hard in school.

It means Li Ming studies hard.

c. 　Practice

Get the students to read and act out the dialogue in pairs. And then ask them to work in pairs and make up their own dialogues using go on a trip to, too… to…, be far from and May I…? They can talk from the following aspects: 1.Where you want to go for a trip; 2. Why you cannot / can go there; 3.Who will go with you. Walk around to give them a hand if necessary.

Sample dialogue:

S1: May I go on a trip to New York, mom?

S2: No, you may not. Now York is too far to go.

S1: Dad?

S3: No, you are too young to go. You can go to a city near our home.

S1: May I go on a trip to Lasa?

S3: No, you may not. It’s far from our city.

S1: May I go on a trip to Beijing?

S2 and S3: Yes, you may. We will go to Beijing too.

Step IV Homework

a. Finish the exercises in Activity book.

b. Practice the dialogue in pairs.

c. Preview Lesson 2

Period 2 May I Invite Danny and Jenny?

Teaching goals教学目标

2. Beijing is far from our city.

It means Beijing is not near Shijiazhuang.

3. Learning ability goals 学能目标

Help the students learn how to ask for permission and show intentions.

Teaching important and difficult points 教学重难点

Teach the student to learn the following expressions:

-May I…?　

-Yes, you may. /No, you may not.

too … to … / be far from / go on a trip

Teaching methods教学方法

Listening and speaking.

Teaching aids 教具准备

Audiotape.

Teaching procedures & ways 教学步骤与方式

Step I Greeting and lead-in

Greet the students and get them to talk about their holidays.

T: I haven’t seen you for long ages, boys and girls! How is it going?

S: Quite well. How are you?

T: I’m fine, too. Thanks. Did you have a nice holiday?

S: Yes.

T: Would you like to share your experience with me? … What did you do?

S: I read a lot.

T: You must have learnt a lot.

Get some other students to talk about their holidays. And then show some places of interest and continue talking with the students to make them understand the phrase go on a trip to.

T: I had a nice holiday too. I went on a trip to Beijing. Look! There are some pictures about this city.

Show the students the following pictures.

T: How about the first picture?

S: It’s Tian’anmen Square.

T: That’s right! The second one?

S: It’s Gugong. (In Chinese)

T: In English It is named the Palace Museum.

S: The Palace Museum.

T: How about the last one?

S: It’s Changcheng.

T: It’s the Great Wall in English.

S: The Great Wall.

T: There are so many beautiful places in Beijing. And Beijing is the capital city of our country. Would you like to travel to Beijing? (To one student)

S: Yes.

T: Would you like to go on a trip to Beijing too?

Help the student to answer. Make sure the students know the meaning of go on a trip to.

S: Yes. I’d like to go on a trip to Beijing.

Step II Practice

Get the students to learn to talk about permission by using the phrase: to go on a trip to. The teacher can show them some pictures of places of interest to help them to discuss.

T: What city would you like to go on a trip to, Beijing or Guilin?

S: I’d like to go on a trip to Guilin.

Ask more students the same question to let them learn the phrase go on a trip to well

T: Gulin is a very beautiful place. May I go on a trip with you?

Help the student to answer: Yes, you may. Or No, you may not.　

Explain the meaning in Chinese if necessary.

S: Yes, you may.

T: (To another student) I have no money to go on a trip to Guilin. May I borrow some money?

S: No, you may not.

Step III Text learning

Get the students to learn the text.

a. Listening

Get the students to listen to the tape and answer a question. And then get them to repeat after the tape.

T: Li Ming wants to go on a trip to Beijing. Listen to the tape carefully. Does Li Ming’s mother go on a trip to Beijing too?

S: (After listening) Yes.

b.Paraphrasing

Explain the following sentences.

Notes: 1. You are too young to go, Ling Ming.

It means Li Ming is too young. If he goes to Beijing, he cannot take care of himself.

2. Ability goals 能力目标

Enable students to learn about asking for permission and show intentions.