Unit 3 What is in a Name?
Teaching Objectives • 1. Function: describing an object/a person • 2. Grammatical points: NP+ be + adj./NP • 3. Vocabulary: point to , give … look, as if, come across, interview, fill out, application, can’t help , short for, open to , in (age), have…on(wearing), let out, • 4. learn to understand and talk about some cultural bias in employment through reading, discussion, writing and task-based activities
Content Part 3 Extended Activities Part 1 Listening and Speaking Part 2 Reading Comprehension and Language
Part 1 Conversation one:Listen to the conversation, and complete the tasks. • 1. What did Jim say to welcome the newcomer? • A. You are welcome. • B. Please join us! • C. Welcome aboard. • 2. What did Jim say to mean that he would get along well with the newcomer? • A. Yes, it’sure. • B. Certainly, Mr. Zhang. • C. That’s for sure, Mr.Zhang.
Part 1 Conversation two:Listen to the conversation, and complete the tasks. • 1. What did the lady say to offer help? • A. What do you mean? • B. Is there anything I can do for you? • C. What can I do for you. • 2. What did the boy lose? • A. A black nylon umbrella. • B. A nylon black unbrella. • C. A large white umbrella.
Part 1 Make your own dialogues Students are asked to make similar conversations. The following expressions are for references: -- This is… -- What size/shape/colour is it? -- What does it look like? -- What do you call that thing about …? -- John doesn’t look his age. -- He’s got his father’s eyes.
Part 2 Text Step 1. pre-reading warming-up activities 1. Which of the following jobs are more suitable for males and females: fashion-designer chef baby-sitter pilot company manager nurse
pilot companymanager chef
fashion-designer nurse baby-sitter
For males: • fashion-designer, company manager, chef, pilot • ( strong, brave, intelligent, rational, diligent ) • For females: • fashion-designer, company manager, baby-sitter, nurse • ( careful, considerate, patient, emotional)
2.Distinguish the following names for males and females in Chinese: 曹玉婷 唐国强 李淑贤 苏建忠 王宏杰 林莉 方毅 李耀先 贺玲玉 庞雪冰 李丹丹 朱方刚
Male names: 唐国强 苏建忠 王宏杰 方毅 李耀先 朱方刚 • firmness, strength, the power of nature, moral values • Female names: 曹玉婷 李淑贤 林莉 贺玲玉 庞雪冰 李丹丹 • elegance, manners, virtues, the beauty of nature
2. Distinguish the following names for males and females in English: • William Diana Daphne Thomas Christine Christopher
Male names: • William Thomas Christopher • Female names: • Diana Daphne Christine Chris
Chris
Step 2 Text learning • 1. Ss try to get the answers to the following questions while listening to the tapescript: 1) Why did Chris come to the company? 2) Who felt surprised to see Chris? How did they show their surprise? 3) Do you think Chris will get the job? Why? Is it fair or unfair to Chris?
Keys: • 1) Chris came for a job interview. • 2) First, the receptionist, “Oh, uh…well, just take a seat…” . Second, the three young women, gave a strange look. Last, Mr. Lambert, “Oh, that isn’t you, is it?”. • 3) (open-ended answers)
2. Ss read through the text to get the main idea of it. • 3. Ss summarize the text with the key words given: Chris interview surprise nervous mistake…for open to embarrassed • 4. Ss present the summary.
Summary of the text Christopher came to company, interviewing for an office assistant work with the name Chris, everybody there was surprised to see his coming. It came out that the job was only open to women, and, Mr. Lambert had mistaken Chris for Christine, a female name.
Step 3 home work • 1. Prepare the retelling of the text • 2. Prepare the exercises in part III • 3. Preview the language points: as if should/shouldn’t have done come across v+ing 做伴随状语 could not help doing sth
Part 3 Extended Activities Step 1 Checking home work Teacher checks the students’ retelling of the text Step 2 language points Make sentences with the following expressions: • as if • should/shouldn’t have done • come across • v+ing 作伴随状语 • could not help doing sth
Find out other formations of the words given in dictionary: • advertise (v.)— (n.) • interview (v. n.)— (n.) • apply (v.)— (n.)
It looks as if it will rain. • She looks as if she were made of ice. • The train have just left, you should have come a little earlier. • She is sad, you shouldn’t have hurt her. • I came across my old classmate in the bookshop today. • They came out of the classroom, talking and laughing. • The cat is so cute that I couldn’t help touching it.
Step 3 Pronuciation • Let the students imitate and practise the following phones: [] [] []
