Unit 23 Telephones

Lesson 89

Teaching objectives and demands:
1. After learning the dialogue, the students are required to mater the following words and useful expressions: dial; excellent; have…on; get together; chat; all the best; have a word with
2. The students are supposed to use freely the set phrases of making telephone calls.
3. Language use: Manipulate listening, speaking practice
Key points:
1. Everyday English for communication.
2. Words and useful expressions

Teaching procedures:
Step 1. Revision
(1) Check the homework exercises of the previous unit.
(2) Talk about the equipment in a modern office: How many kinds of facilities you may meet in an office?

Step 2. Presentation
SB Page 61, Part 1. Talk about the picture and get s to tell what they think is happening. Then teach the new words dial; chat; excellent if necessary.

Step 3. Listening
Play the tape of Speech Cassette Lesson 89, and tell the students to listen to the tape to answer the following questions (the italic parts are possible answers):
1.Who want to speak to Pippa?
Steve.
2.What was the main idea of the telephone message?
It was about the lecture on Thursday evening.

Step 4. Reading
Read the text and explain the language difficulties if necessary.
(1) I think I dialled the wrong number. 我想我拨错号了。
dial既是动词，也是名词，意为“刻度盘”、“拨号盘”、“拨号打电话”，如：
Please clean the telephone set including the dial.
请将电话机清理一下，包括拨号盘。
Please dial the police station at once.
请立刻给警察局打电话。
dial在构成过去式或过去分词时需写成dialled，构成-ing形式时需写成dialling。

(2) Would you like a word with her? 你要与她说几句话吗?
(have) a word with sb. 与某人说几句话 speak to/with sb.
May I have a word with your manager?
我能与你们经理说几句话吗?
Would you like a word with Papa?
你要和爸爸讲几句吗?
word还可以构成一些其它的习语，如：
word for word 逐字地(翻译)
by word of mouth 口头地
take sb. at his words 把某人的话信以为真
have the last word 作最后的辩驳
eat one's words 食言
upon my word/my word upon it 我发誓
in one word 简言之
in short words 简言之
in other words 换句话说

(3) I called to ask you if you'd like to come to a lecture on Thursday evening at the college. 我打电话是想问问你是否想来学院听星期四晚上的一个讲座。
① called表示“刚刚打电话”，是过去时间。又如：
I called my husband just now, but he was not in his office.
我刚才给丈夫打了电话，但他不在办公室。
② come/go to a lecture 意为“来/去听讲座”，也可以用attend a lecture。
③ 注意on Thursday evening中的介词 on。英语中指某一天的上、下午或夜晚必须用介词on，如：
I'm coming back on Christmas Eve.
我准备在圣诞节之夜回家。
He was killed in an accident on the evening of April Fool's Day.
他在愚人节晚上死于一场事故。
④ at the college是特指彼此心目中都知道的那所学院。如果泛指“在学院”，则常用at college。

Step 5. Oral practice
SB P61, Part 2, get the students to match the 2 halves in pairs and after most of the pairs have finished, call out some of them to yell out to the rest of the class.

Step 6. Workbook
Get the students to do Ex.1 and 2 and then check the answers with the class.
Answers:
Ex.1
1.Could/Can/May I speak to Bill, please There is no Bill here I think I dialled the wrong number
2.Is that Jim This is Peter 　Is Bill there Would you like a word with him; Hold on 　　　　　　　I'll go and get/call him
3.I called to ask you if you have time to visit
9:00 to 11:00 this Friday morning or 1:00 to 4:30 next Tuesday afternoon
Just a minute/moment, please.　　　　　Which time is convenient for you
I have to ring off now. 　　　　　Someone is waiting to use the phone.
Ex.2
1.B；A 　　2.D；C 　　3.E；G 　　4.F

Step 7. Homework
(1) Finish off the exercises of Lesson 81 in the workbook.
(2) Revise the key points of this lesson.

Evaluation of teaching:








生词表:

learning [´lə:niŋ]   n.学习；学问；知识   (初中英语单词)

supposed [sə´pəuzd]   a.想象的；假定的   (初中英语单词)

freely [´fri:li]   ad.自由地；慷慨地   (初中英语单词)

communication [kə,mju:ni´keiʃən]   n.通信；通讯联系   (初中英语单词)

previous [´pri:viəs]   a.先，前，以前的   (初中英语单词)

equipment [i´kwipmənt]   n.装备，设备   (初中英语单词)

manager [´mænidʒə]   n.经理；管理人；干事   (初中英语单词)

convenient [kən´vi:niənt]   a.方便的   (初中英语单词)

waiting [´weitiŋ]   n.等候；伺候   (初中英语单词)

everyday [´evridei]   a.每日的，日常的   (高中英语单词)

presentation [,prezən´teiʃən]   n.介绍；赠送；提出   (英语四级单词)

happening [´hæpəniŋ]   n.事件，偶然发生的事   (英语四级单词)

revise [ri´vaiz]   vt.修订；修改   (英语四级单词)

speaking [´spi:kiŋ]   n.说话 a.发言的   (英语六级单词)