2. Learn something about basketball.

1. Learn some useful words and expressions:

as well, competition, invent, college, even, score, well, basket, throw, follow, over, century, more and more

2. (让学生写一些有关警示人们在公共场所应遵守公共道德的标语。)

T: Now, please write some sentences in order to tell people not to break the rules of etiquette.

For example:

Would you mind keeping your voice down?

No smoking!

(此环节学生可能会感觉自己想说的话不会用英语表达，可借助于词典。如时间不允许，可留为作业。)

Section C

The main activities are 1a and 2. 本课重点活动是1a和2。

1. (让学生设计一个情景或短剧，要求剧中要出现有关问题、抱怨、道歉和应答的语句。)

T: Discuss in groups. Please make a short play about problems, complaints, apologies and responses. You should use the expressions we have learned these two days.

For example:

One student made the other students wait for a long time, or broke others’ books, and so on.

(教师应查看各组，给予帮助。)

(每组选派学生到前面表演短剧。)

3. (编有关道歉与回答的对话。)

T: Please make some similar dialogs about apologies and responses.

S7:I’m sorry I make your coat dirty.

S8:Oh. It doesn’t matter. I’ll wash it.

…

Step 5　 Project　 第五步　 综合探究活动　 (时间:7分钟)

2. (自主学习, 把3中的道歉语与应答连线, 使内容匹配。)

T: We have learned some expressions about requests. If you need some help, you want others to do something or not to do. You can use them. But if you do something wrong or something others don’t like, what should you say? How to express your apologies? Do you know?

Ss: We can say I’m sorry.

T: Right. And their responses?

S:…

(可以让学生随便说他们认为可以回答sorry的话,然后老师给予总结,补充。)

T: OK. Finish 3. Match each apology with the best response.

(核对答案。)

S:…

T: Work in pairs. Practice and act out the dialog according to 3.

S:…

1. (用所给的词组完成对话，使对话意思完整。)

T: Work in pairs. Finish the dialogs with the given words. After you finish them, I’ll ask some students to act them out in the front. Finish 2.

S1: Your room is too dirty. Would you mind cleaning it?

S2：Sorry. I’ll do it in a minute.

(板书)

S3: You kept me waiting so long. Would you mind serving the food quickly?

S4: Sorry. It’ll be ready soon.

(板书)

S5:I can’t hear clearly on the phone. Would you mind turning down the music?

S6:I’m very sorry. I’ll do it at once.

(板书)

(教师可以对新单词和短语做适当的讲解。)

T: Please make up sentences with the new words and expressions on the blackboard.

Ss:…

3. (师生一起列出1b中的关键信息、词语，找学生讲述1b中的故事。)

T: According to these key words, retell the story. Who wants to have a try?

S3: …

(如果学生能力较强，也可以让他们以Kangkang或者Michael的角度来讲故事。)

Step 4　 Practice　 第四步　 练习　 (时间：8分钟)

2. (完成1b。)

T: OK. Your stories are very wonderful. Read 1a again and fill in the blanks with the words in the box. Finish 1b.

(板书)

(核对1b答案)

T: Please make up new sentences with the two phrases on the blackboard.

S1:…

S2:…

1. (学生复述1a的内容。)

T: Suppose you are Kangkang and Michael’s friend and you know what happened between them yesterday. Please retell the story in 1a with your own words. Pay attention to the tense in your story.

S:…

(此部分的任务对那些口语表达能力差的学生来说稍有难度，鼓励学生能说几句是几句，锻炼学生转述的能力，也为下一环节的任务打好基础。如需要，教师提示在转述事件时，通常用一般过去时，本文的1b也是对一般过去时的复习。)