Teaching objectives:

　　Grasp the different types of sentences and grasp some words.

Language focus:

　　1. Different types of sentences

　　1) simple sentences.

　　2) compound sentence: It consists of two or more simple sentences.

　　3) complex sentence: It consists of a principal clause and one or more subordinate clauses.

　　2. Useful expressions

　　l)see...doing sth.  2)by the way   3)few, a few  4)little, a little  5)either  6)neither

　　Properties: Overhead projector, some pictures

　　Teaching procedures:

　　Step 1 Revision

　　1. Dictate some words: trip, pleasant, iceberg, hole, sink, lifeboat, shout, married, thankful, join

　　2. Retell the story Miss Evans in Lesson 102

　　Step 2 Leading-in

　　Saying Have you seen the film Titanic? Do you think it was a very good film? What other films do you like? Can you talk about it?

　　教师可先准备好一些关于这部电影的图片，如下：

　　Students are encouraged to give their answers.

　　Step 3 Read and say

　　First get the students to look at the picture, guess what the dialogue is about. Then they read it and check the answer.

　　Play the tape for the students to listen, and answer: Which film does Linda likes best? (Titanic)

　　Get the students to talk about the films mentioned in the dialogue. Here are some questions to help:

　　1. Have you seen or heard of these films?

　　2. What were the stories?

　　3. What do you think of the actors and actresses?

　　4. What do you like most about these films?

　　5. Do you know the Chinese names of them?

　　Explain language points:

　　1. It’s hard to say …  2. by the way

　　如果有条件和时间允许，教师可选择电影Titanic的片断播放给学生，教师可在媒体素材选择视频片断。

　　If time permits, get the students to talk about their favourite films or film stars.

　　Step 4 Learn

　　First go over the grammar note on page 159 with the students.

　　Explain the tapes of sentences.

　　Have the students do this part individually and check the answers with the whole class.

　　Then do Workbook Exercise 1 in class. Check the answers.

　　Step 5 Practice

　　First Explain the meaning of these words “few, a few, little, a little and the different usage between few and little. Explain the meaning either …or, neither … nor.

　　1) Few is used with countable nouns whereas little is used with uncountable nouns.

　　2) A few is positive and means “a small number but not a lot”. Few is negative and means not many. A little is positive and means “some, but not a lot”. Little is negative and means not much.

　　Yes, I do know a few words of French.

　　Fortunately he still had a little money.

　　3) neither. . . nor. . . used when two states. facts, actions, etc. are mentioned and both are not true or not possible.

　　  He is neither handsome nor smart.

　　4) either means one or the other of two things or people .

　　  either. . . or. . .

　　  Either Tom or Jack will go there.

either means “also (but only in negatives)”.

　　  —I can’t swim.

　　—I can’t, either.

　　Then get the students to fill in the blanks with proper words from the box on page 58. Then check the answers.

　　Do Workbook Exercise 2.

　　Step 6 Exercises in class

　　Fill in the blanks with “either” “neither” “(a) few” and “(a) little”.

　　1. Sally doesn’t like skating, his boyfriend doesn’t. ________.

　　2. We don’t have to go to the supermarket today, there are still _________ eggs left.

　　3. I have to borrow some money, because I have very_________ myself.

　　4. I don’t need any more milk, there is still _________ in the glass.

　　5. He has _________ friends, but ________ of them are helpful.

　　6. I like _________ of these two films, they are both quite boring.

　　Keys: 1. either 2. a few 3. little 4. a little 5. a few, few 6. neither

　　What types of sentences are they?

　　1. He asked her an interesting question.

　　2. He knocked at the door again and again, but there was no answer.

　　3. I’ll tell you why I asked you to come.

　　4. The girl likes going to school because she likes the classmates.

　　Keys:

　　1. simple sentence  2. compound sentence  3. complex sentence( object clause)  4. complex sentence (adverbial clause)

　　Step 7 Homework

　　1. Write a short passage to introduce a film (the story, actors, actress, music, etc.)

　　2. Do exercises on page 129.

　　3. Finish off the workbook exercises.

　　Writing on blackboard

Lesson 103

1. Discussion

(1)Have you seen or heard of these films?

(2) What were the stories?

(3) What do you think of the actors and actresses?

(4) What do you like most about these films?

(5) Do you know the Chinese names of them?

2. Write out what types of sentences these are.

(1) There was a very big hole in the ship and water began to come inside.

(2) One afternoon in April 1912, a new ship set off from England to America on its first trip.

(3) It's hard to say because I like many films.

(4) Do you know how many people lost their lives?

(5) On September 1,1985, people found the ship 4,000 metres under the sea.

3. Discuss the usage of the following.

few, little, either, either. . .or, neither, neither. . .nor