Warm-up: Making a phone call

You almost make phone calls every day. But how do you make a phone call in English? Let’s find someone to show us.--Hello, this is….

Is that … speaking? / Can I speak to …?

--Hold on, please!

Sorry, … is not here at the moment.

--Can I leave a message?

Activity 1: Listen and number

We know that Sally is in China. Now she is talking to someone on the phone. Listen and find how many people you hear.

two people

Sally

Chen Huan’s secretary

a. Is Chen Huan there?

b. Is that Chen Huan speaking?

c. I’ll call back later.

d. This is Sally Maxwell speaking.

e. Who’s calling, please?

f. Hold the line, please.

g. Sorry. He isn’t here right now.

h. Can I take a message?

(1)

(3)

(6)

(8)

(7)

(2)

(4)

(5)

Number the sentences in order you hear them.

Can you make a telephone call?Is … there? Useful expressions

Hold the line, please.

Is that … speaking?

Who’s calling, please?

This is … speaking?

… is not here right now.

Can I take a message?

I’ll call back later.

Activity 2: Listen and check

1.Chen Huan has already met Sally.

2.Sally is waiting for Chen Huan to arrive.

3.Sally is unhappy in China.

4.Sally thinks that the word “foreigner” isn’t very friendly.

5.Chen Huan invites Sally and her friends to visit Radio Beijing.

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×

√

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Activity 3: Listen again and answer

1. Who is Lingling?

2. What is Chen Huan?

3. Is Chen Huan going to ask Sally some questions?

4. What is he going to do when he is asking Sally questions?

5. Where is Sally from?

6. What is Sally doing in China?

She is Sally’s friend.

He is a reporter.

Yes, he is.

He is going to recorder her answers.

She is from London.

She is studying Chinese.

Activity 3: Listen and answer7. Is Sally a member of school orchestra?

8. When will their last concert be here on Starsearch?

9. Does Sally miss her parents?

10. What does Sally think of China?

11. Why does Sally think the word “foreigner”

isn’t very friendly?

12. What did Chen Huan do at last?

Yes, she is.

Their last concert will be here on Starsearch in couple of months.

Yes, she does.

She thinks China is a very exciting place.

Because she thinks the word “foreigner” doesn’t show friendship.Chen Huan invited Sally and her friends to visit Radio Beijing.

友谊 别挂线

此刻、这会儿 是否

个人的 事实上

两个、几个 公众的

亲戚 亲密朋友

觉得 外国人

顺便说

Activity 4 : Words learning

Do you know the English for these words?friendship

right now

personal

a couple of

relations

feel like

by the way

hold on

Whether…or not

in fact

public

close friend

foreigner

Activity 5 : Answer the questions about the

words in the box. foreigner miss parent personal public record

1.What kind of questions are personal questions?

2. Who can go to a public concert?

3. Why does Chen Huan call Sally a foreigner?

4. Why does Chen Huan record his talk with Sally?

5. Why does Sally miss her parents?

Answer:

1.For example, Where are you from? or How old are you?

2. Anyone who is over 12 and with tidy clothes can.

3. Because Sally comes from a different country.

4. Because he is a reporter, he is interviewing Sally.

5. Because she is far away from her parents.

Have you got any other different answers?

1. --Do you know if Sally Maxwell has arrived?

你知道萨丽马克思是否到了？

--I asked your secretary whether she could come or not.

我问过你的秘书她是否能来。

Language points

Activity 6: Pronunciation and speaking

1. I know that / foreigners find China / very different from their own countries.

2. I asked your secretary / whether she could come or not.

3. Do you know / if Sally Maxwell has arrived?

4. Can you tell me / Where you’re from?

When we read a sentence, we should pay attention to the pause according to the meaning.

Do you know if Sally Maxwell has arrived?

谓语 宾语

宾语从句在复合句中用作及物动词的宾语，或介词和某些形容词的宾语的从句叫宾语从句。

主语

Can you find some sentences like that?

1. Can you tell me where you are from?2. And I’ve heard that you play in your school orchestra.3. Can I ask you if you miss the UK, or your relations?4. But I don’t know who will come.5. I know that foreigners find China very different from their own countries.

无论主句是陈述句还是疑问句，宾语从句都必须使用陈述语序陈述语序，即“主句＋连词＋宾语从句（主语＋谓语＋……）”句式。

（ 1 ）宾语从句是陈述句。

连接词用 that 在从句中没有实际意义。

I’ve heard that you play in your school orchestra

连接词 主语 谓语 宾语

宾语从句

(2) 宾语从句是一般疑问句

连接词用 If/whether 表示“是否”

Do you know if Sally Maxwell has arrived?

连接词 主语 谓语

宾语从句

I asked your secretary whether she could come or not.

(3) 宾语从句是特殊疑问句。

特殊疑问词做连接词，在句中充当相应的成分。

Can you tell me where you are from?

连接词 主语 谓语

宾语从句

But I don’t know who will come.

1. Do you know ____?

A what’s her name B what her name is

C her name is what D that her name is

2. Teacher asks us ___ we have finished our homework.

A what B whether C who D which

3. Did you hear ___?

A what did I say B which I said

C which did I say D what I said

4. I don’t know ___the day after tomorrow.

A what he will do B what will he do

C what he did D what did he do

5. No one tell us ___, so we need your help.

A how should we do B what should we do

C how to do it D what to do it

6. Do you know ___from Wuhan to Beijing?

A how far is it B how long is it

C how far it is D how long it is

• I don’t know ___you have invited him to the meeting.

• She couldn’t know _____bus she would take to the zoo.

• He told me ____he won the game.

• Can you tell me _____he will come back?

• Mother told me ____she went to the park.

• Lucy asked ___she could get some at once.

• Can you tell me ______she is waiting for?

• A computer can only do ____you have told it to do.

if

which

that

when

that

if

whom

what

2. And I’ve heard that you play in your school orchestra.

sb have/has heard that + 陈述句某人听说…（陈述句内容）

e.g. 你有没有听说小明接受了一个采访？_________________Xiao Ming gave an interview?她没有听说我们必须要去那个公园的消息。______________the news ____we have to go to that park.

Have you heard that

She hasn’t heard that

3. Yes, our last public concert will be here on Strarsearch in a couple of months.是的，我们最近的公共音乐会会在一两个月内在明星大搜查节目中举办。public concert 公共音乐会a couple of + 可数名词 一对，几个

a public park 一个公园 / (private garden)我有几个问题要问你。I have __________questions to ask you.a couple of

4. What does it feel like?你觉得（中国）如何？feel like 摸起来像… ; 像是…feel like+ doing 想要做… ;我想和你去买东西。I ________going shopping with you.我想喝杯茶。I ________ (having) a cup of tea.它摸起来像蛇。It ________ a snake.

feel like

feel like

feels like

5. By the way, why don’t you bring all your friends for a visit to Radio Beijing?顺便问一下，你为什么不把你的朋友带来北京广播电台呢？

by the way 顺便问一问用在主要话题或者交谈中插入题外的话或者问题。是一个插入语。顺便问一下，你最近见过李雷吗？__________, have you seen Li Lei recently?顺便说一下，刚才有你的电话。__________, someone called you just now.

By the way

By the way

6. Maybe sometime next week?也许下周的某天？maybe adv. 也许may be 也许是may aux 也许

他可能在家。He _____stay at home.也许你是错的。_______you are wrong.这可能是他的书。It ________his book.

may

Maybe

may be

Activity 7: Everyday English

1. Ok, here goes…

2. Good luck with…

3. By the way…

4. Maybe sometime next week?

Do you know what they mean in Chinese?

Can you make some dialogues with these phrases?

Activity 8:

Finish part 7 as your homework in the

student’s book.