3.What do you like the computer to do in the future?

Step7. Homework

1.　　　 What do you think of the Internet? 2. What can you do with the Internet?

3.　　　 We can see many programmers on it. It’s very fun. When we are free, we can enjoy it.

Step6. Talk about the next questions:

2.　　　 We can search information on it and it can tell you the things far away.

1.　　　 It is used to talk with somebody far away. We can ask and answer, but we don’t have to write. What is it?

3.　　　 How did Wang Mei feel when she connected to the Internet?

Step3. Read the text and check the answers. Then read the text again in class.

Step4. Read the text in roles. Then act it out in front of the class.

Step5. A guessing game

Make up a few riddles about the electric machines. Such as:

2.　　　 When did Wang Mei send Li Ming an e-mail?

1.　　　 Who helped Wang Mei connect to the Internet?

2.　　　 Know how to write an e-mail.

Teaching Difficult Points:

Read and master the main idea of the passage.

Teaching Preparation: pictures

Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, pictures

Type of lesson: new lesson

Teaching Procedure:

Step1. Suppose you are Wang Mei. Describe the experience that Li Mei has had these days since their family got a computer.

Step2. Listen to the tape and answer the following questions:

1.　　　 Learn more about the computer.