Lesson 62
Period: The Second Period
Properties: Pictures, Tape-recorder
Teaching Objectives: How to show the way or ask the way to a place.
Language Focus: What about/ how about
Let sb. do sth.
Be happy to do sht.
Teaching procedures:
Ⅰ. Organizing the class
T: Good morning, class!
Ss: Good morning, teacher!
T: Sit down, please. Who’s duty today?
Ⅱ. Revision
T: The student on duty starts his/her dialogue with the following words about directions. Get the students in one group to give response one by one.
1.—Excuse me. Can you tell me where the Beijing Zoo is?
--Certainly. Go down Xiwai street westwards, walk about 5 minutes. You can’t miss it.
2.—Excuse me. Can you tell me the way to McDonald?
--Yes. Go along this street, it’s in front of you.
3.—Excuse me, but I’m trying to find the post office.
---Yes, go on until you get to the end of the street.
T: Give more information about asking the way.
1. Is this the right way to …?
2. I wonder if you could tell me where…is.
3. Excuse me, which is the way to…?
4. Please show me this place on the map.
5. Is it far?
6. Should I take a bus/trolley bus/underground train?
7. Will it take me long to get there?
8. Which is the shortest way to …?
Showing the way:
1. Go straight ahead and then turn right/left.
2. Go along this road and then cross the street at the traffic lights.
3. First right, second left, you can’t miss it.
4. Walk down the street and turn right at the corner. The department store will be right in front of you.
5. The drug store is next to/near/opposite the post office.
6. It’s at the end of the corridor(走廊) on the left.
7. Yes, you are going in the right direction.
8. Take bus/trolley bus No.1 and then change to bus No.20 at…
9. You may take the subway/underground train/tube.
10. I’d like you to take a tube. It saves your time.
11. It takes you about 20 minutes to get there.
Ⅲ. Presentation
T: Present the dialogues. Using appropriate gestures.
1. You are hungry. You need to buy some food.
Where is the food shop?
2. You are a student. You need to buy some books.
Where is the bookstore?
Ⅳ. Practise
T: Oral work. Complete the following dialogue in different ways.
A: Excuse me. Could you please ?
B: Certainly. First , second .
You can’t .
A: ?
B: No, it’s only 5 minutes’ walk.
A: Thanks a lot.
B: .
Ⅴ. Learn Part 1 and part 2
T: Get the students to answer the questions about Part 1.
1.—What do you do when you don’t know the way?
-- Excuse me …
--Is this the way to …?
-- Which is the way to …?
--Should I take…?
2.—What do you do if somebody asks you the way to a place you don’t know?
-- Sorry.
--I’m new here.
--Ask the police.
T: Give the students two minutes to practice the second part in groups(3 in one group).And then get them to act it out.
T: Pair work again. They ask and answer about Part 2 .
For example.1. How many people are there in this dialogue?
2. Who are they?