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ect some stones and make the wall for the shelter. And we need people to cut branches. B: OK, why don’t we both do that? C: I’d rather you cut the branches. I’ll carry them and let’s put some of them on the ground to sleep on. B: Surely. Let’ s get going. And then we can make a fire to make something to eat. Step VI Talkback In turn, each group tells the class their plan to survive. The class then votes for the group with the best chance of surviving. Step VII Homework Finish the unfinished exercises on Pages 90 and 91. 。4 Listen to three people on a survival course. Then say which of the problems in Exercise 2 are mentioned. Check students’ answers by playing the cassette again, pausing it after each answer. When dealing with Ex 4, give students time to read the expressions before play the tape again. T: Now, please read the expressions first. The expressions ah are spoken immediately after the expressions 18. Each pair express the same meaning, but in quite different way. While listening, please match the expressions. Play the tape. Then check the answers. T: Then, please discuss which expressions involve exaggeration and which involve understatements. A sample discussion: S1: I think the expressions: 1 2 3 f 5 6 a d are exaggeration while the rest are understatements. S2: Yes. We also use such expressions a lot in Chinese. T: Listen to the tape again, pay attention to the reactions to suggestions. Let’s begin. After listening T: Who’d like to read out the negative reactions to the class? S: Let’s me try. These negative reactions are: Surely, it’d be better to explore a bit. It’s quite big, but I don’t see why we have to build it near here. Don’t you think it would be better near the stream? Surely, we can do that when it’s finished. T: Good. Then turn to Page 90, try to finish Ex 1. Look at the pictures and plete what the people are saying, using idiomatic expressions. Check the answers by having individuals read out their sentences. T: Who’ d like to read out your sentences for the first picture? S1: Let me try. It’s freezing in here. T: Right. What’s the second one? S2: Yes, my feet are blocks of ice. T: The