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re doing something wrong. People shouldn’t fight each other. Sun Nan, a famous singer in 2021 was plained to disturb his neighbours, and his neighbours called 110 . He had to make an apology to his neighbours and turned off his stereo. T: From the pictures we learn what we should do in a munity and what we should not do. Have you had any conflict with your neighbours? How did you deal with the conflict? ... Students are given several minutes to recall the conflict they had. ... T: Today we are going to learn Lesson 1 Living in a Community. In the text are two newspaper reports, which are about conflicts between neighbours. Step II Before you start Discuss the first two questions in Before you start. T: Read the first newspaper report. Whose side are you on, the drummer’s or his neighbours’? Why? Students are given five minutes to finish the first question. After students discuss question 1, they will be asked to guess the meaning of the idiom “hit the road”? T: OK, so much for the discussion. After reading the report, can you guess the meaning of the idiom “hit the road”? Ss: To leave or depart. To set out, as on a trip。s really time to hit the road. Come on, it39。 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