【正文】 na, England, America and Japan. Let the students discuss for 2 or 3 minutes. Then let them say in front of the class. When the student is speaking, the others can ask him or her questions about his subject. Step2. Listening task Listen and answer the following questions: 1. Table manners in China and Canada are quite ______. 2. In China, if your guests have no food on their plates, putting food on their plates is ______. 3. It’s ______ to use a toothpick at the table. Finish the task in class in oral. Step3. Read the text and find out the sentences with the new words. All societies have customs about how to eat politely. We call these customs “table manners”. It’s okay to eat it, especially if it’s something dry, like a piece of bread. In Canada, if you drop something on the tablecloth, you pick it up and put it on your plate. Parents are forever telling their children: “Don’t talk with your moth full!” Step4. Reading task: Read the text and decide the statements are true or false. 1. In China, if you drop something on the tablecloth, you usually pick it up and eat it. 2. In Canada, to finish the food in front of the class in rude] In China, everybody has a knife at the table. Exercises: Fill in the blanks with the right forms of the words given. 1. I think______(sing) loudly at table is not polite. 2. It’s rude ______ (point) to the others when you eat at table. 3. His mother said he ______ (return) the fork to the restaurant tomorrow. 4. Nobody ______(know) the secret except me. : Project: What’s the story? 1. Find pictures in magazines. 2. Make up a quick story about your picture. 3. Trade your picture with the students from another group. Practice: Show some pictures to the students. Let the students picture them. Show some different pictures in different situations. Let them give vivid description. When they finish one picture, try to show them the whole story. If we don’t have enough time, show them the main idea. Suppose you have a foreign friend. He will e to China. Make a chart. Write down his/her name, his nationality, his language and his aims. Show it to your partner, then finish it in class. Lesson 19： Sayings Teaching Content: Mastery words and expressions: culture, several, action, fly, as soon as Oral words and expressions: saying, penny, earn, boil, hatch, judge, prevention, cure, worm, fence, spoil, broth, honey, vinegar, Nick, giggle Teaching Aims: 1. Know more about the differences between the Chinese and Western table manners. 2. Train the students focus abilities. 3. Cultivate the students’ cooperation abilities. Teaching Important Points: 1. Understanding the English saying. 2. The expressions of similarities and differences. 3. The past future tense. Teaching Difficult Points: Learn the expressions of similarities and differences between Chinese and Western countries on table manners and sayings. Teaching Preparation: pictures Teaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, pictures Type of Lesson: new lesson Teaching Procedures: in: The teacher begins the class by discussing the question. It is a group activity. Ask the students to tell the manners at the table. In the activity, the students will think of many funny stories. Give them chance to speak in front of the class. Praise the groups that act well. Step2. Listening task: Listen and answer the following questions: 1. Who does Nick sit beside? 2. Is Nick full at last? Listening is necessary for training the students listening abilities. Remember to give them a few easy questions to answer. Step3. Reading task: Read and find the new words: But as soon as his bowl was empty, the grandmother put more in it. Wu Yang’s little sister giggled. Let the students make sentences with the new words. S1: The students stop talking as soon as the teacher es in. S2: My mother came in as soon as I watched TV. S3: While I am speaking, Wang Yan giggles all the time. Step4. Read and find the difficult language points: 1. Nick ate it all up. 2. The grandmother kept giving him more. 3. Wu Yang was trying not to smile. Let the students try using the phrases in English. S5: I’m so hungry that I eat up all the food on the table. S6: He was not good at English, but he kept trying his best. We all admire him. S7: Try to pass the exam, please. Step5. Divide the class into several groups in three or four. Guess the meanings of the English sayings. First let them exchange the meanings of the sayings in the group first. Then exchange the meanings in groups. Let the students decide which are the correct answers to the English sayings. Step6. Exercises: will call you __________(一……就 )