2. Listen to the audiotape.

1. Read the lyrics line by line.

1. Use a big clock to demonstrate :

　1) Teacher: How long is an English class? How long? Look!

Students: It’s ______ hours / minutes long.

　2) Teacher: How far is it from Canada to China?

　 Students: It’s about eight thousand five hundred kilometers.

　 Teacher: Li Ming is leaving for China. How long is the trip?

　 Students: It’s eleven hours. That’s a long trip.

Step 5: Make similar dialogues

Work in small groups. Ask the students to make similar dialogues about giving gifts to each other.

For example:

This is a pen. You can use it to write letters to me.

Step 6: Sing a song

2. Ask volunteers to act the dialogue in groups.

Step 4 Practice

1. Read the passage by themselves.

4. What does Li Ming give Jenny as a gift?

Step 3:　 Read and act

3. What does Li Ming gave Danny as a gift?

2. How long will it take Li Ming from Canada to Beijing?

1. How do Danny and Jenny feel about Li Ming?

3. Lead in by showing a kite and a plastic dragon to the students. Ask “ Do you know the things? Who can tell me the name of them?”

◆教学过程设计

Step 1: Presentation

Teacher: ( point to the kite) What’s this? I forget how to say it in English.

Student A: I remember. It’s a ______.

Teacher: ( Point to another object ) I forget what this is.

Student B: I remember it’s a ______.

…

Teacher: Let’s listen to the tape and see what Li Ming give Jenny and Danny as a gift.

Step 2: Listen and read

Play the audiotape as the students follow along in their student books. Then ask the students read after.

Find out the answers of the questions below: