2. 　Check the answers and explain the passage.

1.　 Listen to 1a and answer these questions:

1) What will you do when you sit down at the table?

2) What does the dinner start with?

3) What should you do when you start eating?

4) Is it polite to speak loudly at the table?

5) What should you do when you drink to somebody?

3.　 Listen to the tape and finish 2. And learn how to set the table.

Step 4 　Read and understand

1. 　T: Different countries also use different eating tools. In China, we use chopsticks. And do you know some eating tools in western countries.

Show some pictures of eating tools and learn the new words:

Read the new words together.

2. Pair works

Use the object clause to discuss eating customs and finish 3.

(Show some pictures)

Look at these pictures. Then ask and answer with your partners. (Using object clauses)

Step 2 　Discussion

Use object clauses to discuss the eating customs in China.

Could use these sentence patterns:

It’s polite to … in China.

It’s impolite to… in China.

Step3 Listening

1. Lead-in

T: Last lesson we have learnt something about eating customs in different countries. Could you tell me more about it?

Ss: Sure.

T: Is it polite to put lots of food on one’s plate in western countries?

S9: No, it isn’t.

T: Is it impolite to use knives in Thailand?

S10: Yes, it is.

T: Today we’ll learn how to use object clauses to ask these questions.

2.Learn the table manners for a formal western dinner.

教学情景导入

Ask and answer:

T: What’s your favorite food?

S1: I like dumplings best.

T: Can you cook it?

S1: Sorry. I can’t.

T: Do you like cooking?

S2: Yes, I do.

T: Can you cook dumplings?

S2: Yes, I can.

…

T: Can you guess what my favorite food is?

S3: Is it bread?

T: No.

S4: Is it sandwich?

T: No.

…

( The teacher show a picture of hamburger. )

T: Look at the picture. What’s this?

Ss: It’s a hamburger.

T: That’s right. This is my favorite food. Today I want to make some hamburgers for my friends, but I don’t know how to make it? Can you help me?

Ss: Yes, we can.

S5: First, cut the bread into two halves.

S6: Then, add beef or fried chicken, cheese and vegetables to the bread.

S7: Next, put the two pieces of bread together.

S8: Finally, heat the bread for one minute. The hamburger is ready.

T: Oh, I can make it. Thank you very much.

how to cook， or how to cook well. “Slowly” tells how to add salt.

(用动作加以说明。)

教学过程设计

教学过程：

Step1　 Presentation

1. learn object clause.

3. Continue to learn the object clause.

教学难点

2. Review the grammar of “to do” as logical subject.