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tegies, students will learn how to deal with cultural references. T: Look at the things in Exercise 6. What do they refer to? Can you guess? Ss: … T: Actually, these things all have cultural references that we may not be familiar with. Then how to know their references? Here is a strategy for you — LISTENING STRATEGIES. Read it please. Then let students listen to the conversation in Exercise 6 and guess the cultural references of the things. Check the answers. Ask students to report back their guesses to the class and say what clues in the context helped them guess the cultural references of the words. Step IV Function File Deal with Exercise 7 Give students time to read the Function File and guess the missing words. Draw their attention to the two sorts of suggestions, tentative and stronger. Play the recording for students to plete the gaps and see if their guesses are correct. Check students’ answers by having individuals read out the sentences. T: Now let’s listen to the conversation again. This time, pay attention to the expressions used for making suggestions on the screen. After listening, please plete the Function File in Ex 7 with the expressions. OK? Show these words and phrases on the screen. let’s, it’s time, I’d charge, why don’t they, I think they should, what would be rally great is if, I wish they’d, they ought to, it’s about time, there could be, what about, it’d be a good idea if, I think it’d be good if th