Unit 14 Mainly revision

　　(1) Is Ken enjoying his new school? Why?

Key: No. Because the other students went to the same junior middle school, so they got along well with each other. They made fun of Ken. So he spent a lot of time alone. He found it hard to make friends with them. )

　　(2) Why doesn't Yang Mei want to spend her winter vacation with her cousin?

Key: They used to be very good friends. Recently she discovered that her cousin had started to tell lies. She told him that it was wrong to tell lies, but he just laughed at her. )

　　(3) What's Amy's advice for Ken?

Key: Don't worry about being short. Look for a special friend. Don't spend too much time alone. )

　　(4) And for Yang Mei?

Key: Have another talk with her cousin. Tell him the reason why she doesn't want to spend her vacation with him.

Step III. Detailed-reading
Read the answering letter again and find out the information of the following.

　　1) Which is the reply to Letter A and which is to Letter B?

Key: The one on Page 54 is the reply to Letter A; the other on Page 55 is the reply to Letter B.

　　2) How do you know about that? Say some key words.

Key: For A: new school, make fun of, short. For B; tell lies, spend your vacation. . .

　　3) Decide which is True and which is False.

　　a. Ken didn’t enjoy his new school at all because it was so small.

　　b. Ken asked Amy for advice on how to grow tall.

　　c. Yang Mei thought it wrong to tell lies.

　　d. Yang Mei loves her cousin so they were planning to spend part of the winter vacation together.

　　e. Amy's advice to Ken is that he should look for one special friend.

　　f. Amy told Yang Mei that she shouldn't ask her cousin home for the vacation.

Suggested answers: F F T F T T

Step IV Practice
用所给动词的适当形式填空

invite, do, keep, get, use, grow, ask, make, become, think

　　1. Today the Great Wall ____ a place of interest not only to the Chinese people, but also to the people from all over the world.

　　2. They thought it important ____ a secret.

　　3. Our teachers ____ he could pass the examinations last term.

　　4. Recently he ____ the suggestion that they should talk with each other in English.

　　5. I don t think we know him well enough ____ him for advice.

　　6. I asked how she ____ on with her work.

　　7. He ____ to eat rice, but now he has been used to eating steamed bread.

　　8. He came in without ____.

　　9. All the seeds she had dropped ____ into trees.

　　10. Are you going ____ a washing today?

Step V Oral practice

　　1. Make a dialogue between Amy and her mother using what they have learnt. Begin like this: A for Amy, M for mother.

　　M: Have you written back to. . . ?

　　A: Yes.

　　M: Did you give. . . some advice?

　　A: Yes.

　　M: What’s your advice for. . . ?

　　2. Ask the students to discuss the following topics in groups of four. Write down the main points. Then ask one of the four to show their own opinions.

　　1) What will you do if you have a friend who has begun to tell lies?

　　2) Do you think whether to be thin or fat is important to people especially to young ladies?

　　3) What can we learn from the lesson?

　　3. Make up a new dialogue using “I thought. . . , but it wasn't.”

 For example:

　　 A: Where did you go for the weekend?

　　 B: Well, I was going to the shop, but in fact I went to the free market.

　　 A: What was it like?

　　 B: I thought it would be very busy and crowded, but in fact it was quiet.

Step VI Homework
　　1. Exercises in the Wb.

　　2. Read the passages repeatedly and then recite one of them.

　　3. Write a short passage using the words and expressions learnt in this unit.

Suggested model:

　　Li Hong told me that she was tired of her partner and she was considering changing the seats with others in a few days' time. Her partner had studied very well. She thought it was going to be fun for them to sit together. But later she found she didn’t like her at all and they couldn’t get on well with each other. I asked her why, she didn't reply to my question, and she just said sometimes he laughed at her. She also worried about her changing because she had to ask for the permission of the head teacher.

探究活动

编写对话

　　1．假定你是Amy, 接到两封信。用自己的语言描写这两封信，或编写一个与自己母亲的小对话。