Language Focus: make up one’s mind, mostly, vet, pig, countryside, teat, before long, regard, exactly, keep, experience.

Teaching Objectives:

1. Understand the text.

2. Learn some useful words and expressions.

Properties: Recorder, Overhead Projector.

Teaching Procedures:

I. Show the teaching aims

II. Revision

1.Check the homework.

2. Let some Ss talk about their pets with the words they have learned.

III. Leading in

Ask the students this question: There is a famous animal doctor in England. He wrote many books about animals, what’s his name? Let the students read the text and answer the question.

IV. Reading

Get the Ss discuss the questions in groups.

1.    What do you think an animal doctor do?

2.    Where does an animal doctor work?    

Then ask the students to listen to the tape and answer the question:

 What do you think this story is about?

Then go through the questions of Exercise 1 in the workbook. Make sure they can understand them. Ask them to read the story more carefully and discuss the answers to Exercise I in the workbook in pains. Check the answers with the whole class. Deal with any grammatical or lexical problems that arise.

1. make up one's mind to do something

He has made up his mind to study English well.

2. go on with something: Ley’s go on with our lesson.

3. regard . . . as

He regards his teacher as his mother.

V. Reeling aloud

Play the tape for the students to listen and repeat. Use any methods that you think suitable: repetition by the whole class, groups, pairs or individual students. Then give out some key words and phrases. Let the students retell the story.

Explain:

Make up one’s mind= make a decision

Vet= a doctor for animal

Mostly= most often

VI. Workbook

Do Exercise 2. The answers are: for, grow up, into, that, made up, mind, treat, Before, treated, heal, treating, At, at, on, regarded

For Exercise 3. Let the students do it by themselves. Choose the best answer, then read the sentences together. Pay attention to the grammar. Let the students make up more sentences.

VII. Homework

1. Write down the sentences from Wb Lesson58;

2. Retell the story.