(revision)
Step 1: Go over the words and expressions once again by a dictation or sentences making:
work on, go by, be/get engaged to sb. , go on with, dream of, turn out, take a look at, what if, the other way around, hope for, in fact, in the 1970s, mean to do sth. , according to , believe in, a number of, test the theory, use up, in order to , search for, stop sb. from doing sth.,
media, reliable, fire, face, difficulty, elect, injure, headline, editor, informed, relate, talented, switch, present, reflect, unique, spiritual, seldom, AIDS, addict, social, suffer, ignore, tolerate, affair, retire, awful, telegram, housewife, crowded, shopper, complete, bore, attitude, disappoint, responsible, citizen, polluter, arm, update, go up, for once, relate to, be addicted to, even if, draw attention to , on all sides, change one’s mind, current affairs, look up to, fall in love,
Prefer, share, furniture, stand, impress, despite, create, invite, seem, design, sale, block, preference, apartment, style, glance, ugly, modernism, construction, concrete, roof, dragon, fantastic, sail, stadium, net, nest, branch, structure, bold, stick, rent, reasonable, aid, aside, workshop, development, in a hurry, glance at, take examples, act as, fill up with, join… to…, set aside, prefer to do, prefer doing, prefer sb to do, share with, compare with, look as if, refer to.
Consist, state, powerful, advantage, narrow, republic, form, mild, influence, basis, mountainous, union, strength, generation, generally, belief, cigarette, proof, own, production, produce, research, coast, foot, employ, bear, grain, wild, westwards, approach;
Consist of, be made up of, make the most of, hold together, lie off, at one point, the Atlantic Ocean, run over.
Step 2: Come to the following topic and ask the Ss to say something about each topic:
Science and scientist; News and the media; Art and architecture; Literature and poetry; Geography
Step 3: Review the new Grammar Items:
The Past Participle and Noun Clauses
The Past Participle
1. My friends sent me some used stamps.
2. Books written by Cai Zhizhong are well received.
3. We are all interested in English.
4. He seemed confused at what I said.
5. Everybody thought the battle lost.
6. With my watch lost, I didn’t know what time it was.
7. He found two of the windows broken.
He found a number of people working there.
Greatly surprised, he couldn’t say a word.
8. When completed, the canal will connect the river with the lake.
9. Coated with sugar, bananas will taste better.
10. Even if invited, I wouldn’t go.
11. He stared at me, astonished.
Noun Clauses
What life will be like is the topic for today’s class discussion.
Can you imagine that what man will look like in 1000 years?
The reason why he didn’t come to school is that he was ill.
The news that our football team was defeated is known to all.
Step 4: Some exercises on the Grammar.
Step 5: Review Functional Items in the Units1-5
Describing people/debating; Expressing opinions/ preferences/ intention/ agreement and disagreement.
A. use the following sentence structures:
That’s correct /true.
There is no doubt that ……
It’s clear that…..
It’s hard to say.
I doubt that … …
Well, maybe, but … …
What’s your idea ?
Have you thought about … …
B. Practise expressing opinions, using the following sentence structures:
I would rather choose … ….
I don’t think we could choose … …
Maybe it would be better to choose… …
What do you think of … ….
What’s your opinion ?
Why do you choose… …?
C. Express preferences:
I’d prefer….
I prefer something that….
I’d rather…..
What I like is ….
I’m interested in….
I would feel happy if…
I can’t stand….
I don’t get very excited about…
D. Practise expressing intention and decision:
I’m interested to…
I’m interested but…
I think I might want…
I want to….
I’d like to,,,,
I think it will be too difficult to…
I think it will be boring…
I hope to find….
I don’t know much about… but….
I never heard of… so….
I’m not interested in…. so….
E. Practise expressing agreement and disagreement
a. agreement:
I believe that you have got it right.
Surely it must be….
Yes, you are right, but ….
Yes, I agree with you.
b. disagreement:
Don’t you think that…..?
Aren’t you confusing …..?
I don’t think that’s right ….
I don’t think so.
You must be mistaken……
No, you are wrong thinking that …….
I’m afraid you’re wrong …..
Step 6: Some additional exercises.