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s neighbour, thirtyyearold Keith Smith cause Held parties every night, latenight drumming (noise pollution from Yang Ming ) The water Smith sent over his balcony ended up on the McKay’s, or too often on the McKays themselves. conflict Complaints from his neighbours about loss of sleep。 Yang Ming feels his right have been ignored. On James birthday, he hit Smith with his walking stick because water from above got the McKays and the cake wet through. result The local council took action. Yang Ming was found living in a hotel. Although McKay spent the birthday night in jail, he said he had the best birthday, for a large crowd sang him, “Happy Birthday “when he le ft the police station. Skimming Ask students to skim the text and then finish Ex3 on Page 20. T: Look through the questions first. Then skim the text to find the answers. Ten minutes later, we will check the answers together. Ask individual student to answer the questions. Suggested answers: 1. Yes, he does. From the sentence “He’s bid his furnished apartment goodbye ...” we can learn there is furniture in his apartment. 2. He held parties every night but the biggest problem was his latenight drumming. 3. Because he claims Yang is an alcoholic. 4. Yes, he has. Because he doesn’t mind living in a hotel. What he really ca res is that besides being called an alcoholic his music has been classified as “noise”. 5. A fortnight. 6. Yes, there are. Because he is eighty years old. 7. The water from Smith’s balcony got the cake wet through and all the candles were put out by the water. Step IV Explanation During this procedure Teacher will play the tape for students. Students will underline the difficult sentences. After listening to the tape, Teacher will explain the text and deal with language problems. T: Now we will deal with some difficult language focuses. Now I will play the tape for you. Please make marks where you have difficulties. After listening to the tape, explain the difficult sentences to students. Before explaining the difficult points, students are asked to refer to the notes to t