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Page 38 in your book. What can you think of? Where do you think these people live in? What is their life like? S4: In the picture we can see there are many households, two flatbed tricycles and three bicycles in the big courtyard. People dry clothes in the yard. I think they are natives of Beijing and they live in the Beijing’s hutongs. And they live a simple and friendly life in perfect harmony, which can seldom be enjoyed by the people living in the blocks of flats. Step III Read to learn Deal with Ex 2 T: Then look at the title of this lesson. Can you predict what the article is about? S: Maybe it is about the history and today of Beijing’s hutongs, because it uses “changing”. T: Well. Read the article quickly and check your prediction. Then choose the best title for the article from the four titles in Ex 2. I’ll give you 3 minutes. After 3 minutes, check the answer together. The best title is Beijing’s Hut ongs. Deal with Ex 3 Ask students to work individually, reading the text and choose a heading for each paragraph. T: Next, read the text again and choose a heading for each paragraph. After a while T: Have you finished? Ss: Yes. T: Let’s check the answer s together. The heading for A paragraph is “What is a hutong?”。 for C is “Connecting lives”。 for the last paragraph is “Beijing’s hutongs today”. Deal with Ex 4 Ask students to read the text carefully and judge if the statements are true or false. Students may pare their answers with the others. Then