Language Focus: the modal verbs, numbers.

Teaching Objectives: Revise the distance and dialogues.

Properties: Recorder; Overhead Projector.

Teaching Procedures:

I. Showing the teaching aims

II. Revision

Revise the text and ask some students to read their retellings in class. Then practise the Present -Perfect Tense.

III. Leading in

Get the students to look at the Exercise

1 ) How many kilometres by train is it from… to…?

2) How far away is…from…?

3) What about …?

Tell the students to read the model question. Let them understand this exercise, then get the students to ask and answer in pairs. Finally check the answers with the whole class.

IV. Practice

Part 2. Let the students look at the diagram, It tells us the distance between cities. Let’s look at the model first.

A: How many kilometres by train is it from Nanjing to Wuhan?

B: 1229. ( One thousand two hundred and twenty nine)

A: How many kilometres is it from Kunming to Shanghai?

B: 2677. How many....?

Ask the whole class some questions about the distance. Make sure the students can say numbers correctly. Then divide them into small groups to make up questions. At last, report their work in class.

V. Acting

Let the students read Part 3 silently. Ask them to practise in pairs. Pay attention to the modal verbs.

VI. Workbook

For Exercise 1, ask and answer in pairs.

For Exercise 3. Get the students to read over the sentences and fill in the blanks.

The answers are: was ...repaired, began, make, was told, got, decided, received, found, would be repaired

Exercises in class

Change the following sentences into Passive Voice

1. Bruce writes a letter to his parents every week.

2.Lilei mended the broken kite this morning.

3.1 must buy a Christmas present for Mr Green.

4. Li Ming can't finish the homework on time.

5. We should water the flowers twice a day.

VI. Homework

Finish off the exercises in the workbook.