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Incomplete Plosion. ba d cold grea t care blac k dog bi g boy A difficul t person A goo d chance abou t three years ago a t primary school Le t me see… Tell him I’m no t coming. I’ d li ke to know…. Don’t forget to turn it off. Jack can speak good French.
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bad cold great care black dog big boy A difficult person A good chance about three years ago at primary school Let me see… Tell him I’m not coming. I’d like to know…
Don’t forget to turn it off. Jack can speak good French. I want to read science fiction in English. I’ve never listened to English broadcast programs. I would not consider him a good friend.
1. I’ve studied English for more than 6 years. 2. I find this article difficult to understand. 3. I often listen to English songs, CCTV English news and Radio Beijing.
4. Now I’m trying to focus on the general idea, not worrying about the new words. 5. I don’t think when we speak, but it is important to we have to sound like an English person pronounce well enough to make ourselves understood.
Talking about Likes, Dislikes and Preference Communicative function Unit 3, Book 1, P Unit 5, Book 2, P
Expressing Likes and Dislikes • Listen to the tape and complete the passage with the missing words. • Listen again and try to retell the passage with other expressions forLikes and Dislikes.
Talking about Preference 1 • Speaking Task: • Listening Task: • Listen to the dialogues and take the notes of the speakers’ likes or preference. • Listen to the dialogues twice more and repeat after the recording. • Pair work: role-play 2
Do you like … or…? They are all right, but I like … better (than …).
Which do you prefer, … or …? I prefer… (to…). I must say I have a stronger preference for … than …. I like … better than …
Do you find … or … more to your taste? I find … more to my taste.
Which appeals to you more, … or…? … appeals to me more. … affects me more emotionally/physically/mentally.
Who is your favorite sportsman/singer/scholar (… or…)? It’s hard to say/decide.
Which… do you like best/most? Which… is your favorite? I’d say… is my favorite.
What’s your favorite…? I have a passion for….
climbing table tennis football/soccer
Dialogue 1 pop music/song Celine Dion Dialogue 2 opera musicals going to performance listening to it Dialogue 3 listening to music ( any other pastime)
New words Invitation Elegant: tasteful and stylish Attractively Elementary school
Questions: • What do we know about this party? • It was a get together of college students. • It was given by Sam. • Sam and I were both invited to it. • It was given by a very beautiful girl.
According to the speaker, which of the following is true? • The girl was the only person he knew at the party. • The girl’s beauty attracted his attention. • The speaker’s friend introduced him to the girl. • The girl persuaded him to stay a moment.
3. What were the topics of the conversations between the speaker and the girl? • The weather • All of the above • TV programs • Sports
4. What surprised the speaker most? • The girl pretended to know him. • The girl knew the names of quite a few famous football players • The girl knew his name used by some people in his elementary school days. • The girl was so friendly toward him.
5. What do we learn about the girl? • The girl was friendly with everybody she met. • The girl was a person with whom you could easily develop a close friendship. • The girl and the speaker might have gone to the same elementary school. • The girl must be the most beautiful one at the party.