American English

David : Can you give an example ?

Terry : A woman said she would ring me the next day .

David : What' s strange about that ?

Terry : Well , we say , I' ll call you tomorrow ,

David :  Now that sounds very funny to me !

Terry : There' s another thing . In the States people stand closer to each other than English people . For example , if I' m talking to English people at a party . I find that they stand quite a long way away from me .

David : Anything else ?

Terry : Well , yes , It' s clear to me that English people don' t like touching somebody or being touched , Now in the States touch is important,Friends touch each other on the arm ,for example . And we often put an arm round a friend when we say " Hello " or " Goodbye ".So I have to remember not to touch people when I' m in England.

David : What else ?

Terry : You drive on the left and we drive on the right . I almost got killed on the street , the other day . I looked to the left and started to cross, There was a car coming from my right ! Luckily it stopped and didn't hit me .

( Play the cassette twice , Let the Ss check their answers in pairs , then with the whole class. Play the tape to check the answers . )

Suggested answers :

Ex.1.English language , words , parties , touching , saying " Hello " and " Goodbye " , driving ,

Ex. 2. True : 2. 4.

Ex. 3. 1. What' s it like living in England , Terry ?

2. A woman said she would ring me the next day .   3. What' s strange about that ?

4. Well , we say " I'll call you tomorrow . "         5. Now that sounds funny to me !

6. So I have to remember not to touch people when I' m in England.

Step III .Checkpoint

T: Please turn to Page 12. Look at checkpoint 3. Make sentences with the useful expressions , Wang Ping .you try , please , Say as many as possible .

Step IV. Word Study

T: Now look at Lesson 12. Part 2. Word study . Please fill in the blanks with a suitable word according to the words given.Pay special attention to the words "pronunciation" and "pronounce”

Answers :

　　Noun 　　　　　　Verb 　　　　　　Adjective
　　difference 　　　　& 　　　　　　different
　　speech 　　　　　speak　　　　　　spoken
　　difficulty 　　　　& 　　　　　　difficult
　　pronunciation 　pronounce 　　　　　&
　　mixture 　　　　　mix 　　　　　　　&
　　Europe 　　　　　　& 　　　　　　European

Step V .Writing

T: Now  let' s look at Lesson 12, Pant 3. Writing . First , look at the checkpoint 3. Grammar

(Ask one student to read.If the verb " say / tell " is in the Past Tense.you usually change the verb tenses into Indirect Speech.) While doing this texercise,you should pay attention to the verb tenses.First write them in your exercise books, then check them in pair .

(After the students have done ,Show the answers on the screen .Let one student to read it aloud . The others check their answers.)

Answers :

1.She said that in china about seven people in ten spoke / speak ( as it is always true ) Putonghua.

2. She said her elder brother had taught her some of the Chinese Characters .

3. She said there were / are over  50.000 different characters in Chinese.

4. She said she had learnt about 5.000 characters at school.

5. She said she had practised writing them for homework .( " practise " must be followed by a gerund.)

6. She said she hadn't found it easy at first .

Step VI . Workbook.

T: Let' s do exercises . Please turn to Page 70. Ex.1. Li Ming , Read the first three groups of words , tell their parts of speech , and then put them into Chinese. ---

Suggested  answers :

　　mix 　　　　v. 混合 　　　invent 　　v. 发明
　　mixture 　　n. 混合物 　　invention 　n. 发明
　　operate 　　v. 实施 　　　instruct 　v, 教育
　　operation 　n. 实施 　　　instruction　 n. 教育
　　cross 　　　v. 越过 　　　build 　v. 建筑
　　crossing 　n. 交叉点 　　　building 　n. 楼房
　　luck 　　　　n. 运气 　　　danger 　n. 危险
　　lucky 　　　adj. 幸运的 　　dangerous 　adj. 危险的
　　interest 　　n. 兴趣 　　　difference 　n . 不同
　　interesting adj . 有趣的 　different 　adj . 不同的
　　cloud 　　　　n. 云 　　　　difficulty 　n. 困难
　　cloudy 　　　adj. 多云的　 difficult 　adj . 困难的

T: Now Let' s do Ex . 2. Write the answers in your exercise book , then check them in pairs , at last check them with the sentences on the screen .

Suggested answers to Ex.2.

1. Sara said to Yang Mei she was doing a biology experiment then.

2. Sara said to Yang Mei she wasn't free that day .

3. Sara said to