American English

4. Sara said to Yang Mei she would have to stay in the lab until the next day .

5. Sara said to Yang Mei she was going to write a report the next week.

6. Sara said to Yang Mei she had watched a very interesting TV. programme the day before .

7. Sara said to Yang Mei she had to wait there that afternoon

8. Sara asked Yang Mei whether she would go to the lecture that afternoon.

T: Now let' s do Ex .3. Please tell us which answers are correct and which are wrong ? Ying Ying , how  to correct the wrong ones ? Please tell us the correct sentences .

Suggested answers :

True : 1, B      2, A     3, B      4,  B

1. A should be : I don' t know what the word means .

2. B should be : What is this word " address " pronounced

3. A should be : He said that he had never been to the States .

4. A should be : She may have some difficulty in pronouncing English words .

T: Now let' s do Ex . 4. Put the following into English , using the phrases given . First write them in your exercise - books , then check them in pairs . At last I' ll give you correct answers

( Show the answers on the screen.)

Suggested answers to Ex . 4.

1.There are more or less some spelling differences between British English and American English(第11页) .

2. Do you still ask your parents for money ?

3. How do you change water into ice ?

4. In my home town we grow wheat , rice , cotton , corn and so on.

5. You look the same as your father.

6. A great many birds come to Kunming for winter every year .

Step VII . Sum up :

T: In the last period , we've learned some rules of verbs when we change Direct Speech into Indirect Speech . Now let' s discuss how the adverbials of  time and place as well as pronouns and the verb " come " should generally be changed if we change Direct Speech into Indirect Speech: . When we change Direct Speech into Indirect Speech.

" this  --------  that               these --------- those

now  -------- then                 today --------- that day

this week ( month , etc , ) ---------- that week ( month---)

yesterday --------- the day before

last week ( month , etc ) ---------- the week ( month, etc ) before

three days ago -------- three days before

tomorrow ------------- the next ( following ) day

next week -------- the next ( following ) week

here  --------- there     come -------- go

( Write them on the Bb.)

Step VIII . Homework

Revise the Direct Speech and Indirect Speech

Step IX .The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard

Lesson 12
Direct Speech 　　　　Indirect Speech
this 　　　　　　　　　that
these 　　　　　　　　　those
now 　　　　　　　　　　then
today 　　　　　　　　　that day
yesterday 　　　　　　　the day before
three days , --- ago　　three days --- before
tomorrow, 　　　　　　　the next ( following ) day
next week 　　　　　　　the next ( following week
here 　　　　　　　　　there
come 　　　　　　　　　go
Attachment :

Unit 3 Revision (  Page 71)

Suggested answers to the exercises :

Ex 1  :   1. B      2. A     3. D      4. E     5.C

Ex 2  :

1. She said that she had some difficulty with English pronunciation

2. Mr , Huang said ( that ) he would come to China the next week .

3. She said ( that ) had been to the States three times .

4. The teacher told s that there were lots of differences between British and American English(第11页)

5. She said ( that) she had once talked with some foreigners in English .

Ex 3 :

Dear Wang Ning ,

　　In your letter , you asked me to explain the differences between British English and American English(第11页) . The differences between the two are mainly found in spelling and in pronunciation . For example , the English say ask[ a:sk] , dance[ da:ns], while the Americans say , In England they pronounce not ,box in America they say [nat] , [baks] .The words colour , metre and traveled in British English are spelt color , meter and traveled in American English(第11页) . Sometimes different words are used for the same thing ,For example , in England the