CommunicativeActivitiesPartIBook2-Unit2ListeningandSpeakingIntroductionofFunctionsInteractiveListeningandSpeakingWhatAreTheyFor?MoreSentencesReturntoMenuBook2-Unit2IntroductionofFunctionsBook2-Unit2ExpressingpossibilitiesandimpossibilitiesItispossiblethat…h(huán)avemore/fewchancestodo…h(huán)avegreater/lesspossibilitytodo…Thereismore/lessprobabilitythatsomethingwillhappen.Itismoreprobabletodo…than…Itisimpossible…certainlyhighly/lesslikelytodo/that…Book2-Unit2AGameofMagicIsitpossiblethathumanbeingswillestablish

asettlementonthemoon?Doesasmokerhavemoreriskofsufferingcancerthananonsmoker?Isitimpossiblethatonecanlivelongerthan48dayswithouteatinganyfood?Whatistheprobabilityofasnowstorminthesummer?Isitpossiblethatcomputerswillruletheworldinthefuture?Isitpossiblethatmanandanimalswillspeakthesamelanguageinthefuture?Whichismoreprobableforhumanbeings:Learninganewwordeverydayorlearninganewsentenceeveryday?

Answerthefollowingquestionsinoneortwosentencesusingthestructuresmentioned.InteractiveListeningandSpeakingBook2-Unit2ListeningDebatingGroupDiscussionNotesBook2-Unit2blah…blah…blah…:(BritishEnglish)

Aninformalexpressionusedbythespeakertoomitinformationbecausehe/shemaythinkthatitisboringtomentionitorthelistenersalreadyknowit,whichisconsideredquiterudetouseinconversation.couldthey:

couldindicatesimpossibilityordoubt.couldbeabadstart:

could

indicatesapossibilityListeningBook2-Unit21.Listentotheconversationandidentifytheexpressionsthatthespeakersusetoshowpossibilityandimpossibility.Itmaynotbe.Well,youmayhaveapointthere.Itcouldbeabadstart.1.c2.b3.a4.a,b5.a6.b2.Choosethecorrectanswersfromthechoice.ScriptDebatingBook2-Unit2RecentlyabookentitledTheBattleHymnofaTigerMotherignitesawiderangeofheateddiscussionoverwhatiscountedasgoodparentinginbothChinaandUS.Arethereanyrules/disciplinesinyourfamiliesthatyourparentsusedtoenforceonyou?Whatdoyouthinkofthoserules/disciplines?QuestionsforDiscussionReadtheAmy’srules,thenreadAmyandMatt’sarguments.Takeyourside.DebateonthestrengthsorweaknessofAmy’sparenting.DebateinClassBook2-Unit2BenjaminFranklinandhisThirteenVirtuesReadFranklin’sthirteenvituesandlookforChinesesaysofsimilarideas.GroupDiscussionBook2-Unit2Temperance:飲食節(jié)制Silence:沉默是金Order:

有條不紊Resolution:說到做到Frugality:

樸素節(jié)儉Industry:

勤勞樸實Sincerity:

真誠善良ReferencesBook2-Unit2Justice:

公平公正Moderation:

堅韌自律Cleanliness:

干凈整潔Tranquility:

沉著冷靜Chastity:

聲色有度Humility:

圣賢為師WhatAreTheyFor?Book2-Unit2Readtheexpressionson21andmatchwiththefunctions.1.f2.a3.e4.b5.c6.dCheckyouranswers.MoreSentencesBook2-Unit2AdditionalExpressionsforExpressingPossibilityandImpossibility

bafI’mnotsurewhyIcouldn’tfallasleep.Perhapsitwasthecoffee.Theyhavearoomoftheirown—possiblyforthefirsttimeintheirlives.Hedidn’twanttoadmitthatthiscouldbetheendofhismarriage.Book2-Unit2There’sjustachancethatshemayhaveleftherkeysintheoffice,soI’mgoingtolook.Tryit!Youneverknow,youmightbelucky.There'snowayyou're

goingtogetthejobwithoutgoodreferences.aninformalexpressionthatyouusewhenyouthinkthatsomethingmayhappen,butyouarenotcertainbecauseitisdifficulttosaywhatwillhappeninthefuturee.g.Itmighthavebeenbetterifshe’dhadchildren,althoughyouneverknow.stronglybelievethatsomethingisimpossiblee.g.MylegswereachingandIknewthattherewasnowayIwouldmakeitupthehill.hce7.SendingSandraaletterwasoutofthequestion,becauseherhusbandmightinterceptit.8.“Pleaseletmegototheparty,”Janebeggedhermother,butsheknewitwashopeless.

Ifanidea,asuggestion,etc.,isoutofthequestion,itiscompletelyimpossible,especiallybecauseitisnotallowed.

e.g.That’soutofthequestion:Mayismuchtoobusytolookafterthechildren.dgBook2-Unit2Book2-Unit2QuotableQuoteOnefatherismorethanahundredschoolmasters.

Discussthequestion:Whyisagoodfatherbetterthanahundredschoolmasters?

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