Lesson2Relaxing

Teachingaims:

Topractiselisteningforspecificinformation.

Tousestrategiestopredictanswersbeforelisteningtoatext.

Topractiseexpressingpreferences

Tobecomeawareofhesitationtechniques.

Tolearnaboutwaysofdealingwithstressineverydaylife.

Teachingdifficulties:Topractiseexpressingpreferences

TeachingAids:computerandcassette

Teachingprocedures:

.Warmingup

T:Todaywearegoingtostudylesson2relaxing.What

’s

meaningofrelaxing?

S:

T:Relaxing

meansto

rest

while

youare

doing

something

enjoyable,

especially

after

workor

effort.

Doyouknowwhat

Isay?

S:

T:In

ourlifeweoften

face

all

kindsofstressandworries.

Think

about

situations

inyour

life.

Usethe

keyworkstosay

howrelaxingorstressfultheyareforyou.Dotheexercise

1.

S:

T:Toomuchstressandworriesforalongtimedoesharmto

ourhealth,wemustthinkofwaystogetridofthem,nowlook

atthepicture,stressful?

S:

T:Yes,theyarerelaxing,theseareeffectivewaysof

reducingstress.

ⅡListening

wewilllistenaninterviewaboutrelaxing,butbeforelisteningwedoanexercisetohelpyouunderstand.

Dotheexercise2,Youwillhearthefollowingwordsintheinterview.Usethemtocompletethesentences.

Inordertolivehappilywemustthinkofwaystoreducestress,doyouthinkso?Whatwaysdoyouhave?

T:Theinterviewwillgiveyousomenewideas,butbeforeyou

listen,readthequestionscarefully,trytothinkof

possibleanswers.

Dotheexcise3and4

Dotheexcise5

T:Nowletmetestyourrememberingability,youreadthrough

thequestions,answerthemifyoucanrememberanyoftheanswers.

Students

listen

to

the

cassette

again

and

answer

the

questions.

Dotheexercise6.

T:WewilllistentoMark

’sdialogueaboutrelaxingand

stress.Iguessmaybeyouwillhavethesamefeelingand

experience.

Pay

attention

to

his

stressful

actives

and

relaxingactivestofilltheblank.

Whenstudentshavecheckedtheiranswers,askthem

“Before

examsandbefore

goingto

parties

whatdoyoudotoavoid

much

toostress?

Dotheexercise7

StudentslookattheFunctionFileactivityandseeifthey

canrememberorcanguessanyofthemissingverbs.

Students

listen

to

the

cassette

again

and

complete

the

sentencesintheFunctionFile.

Remindstudentsofthesewords

’character:v+ving.

Dotheexercise9

Inouroral

language

weoftenpause.Nowlisten

to

Markagain.

Whichwordsorsoundsdoesheusetohesitate?

Studentslistentothecassette.Aftereachsentence,pause

thecassettesothatstudentscanrepeatthehesitation

device.

Practice-Speaking

Inpairsstudentsactoutaroleplayinwhichoneperson

is

notsurewhattosayandsousesalot

of

hesitation

words.

Forexample,

Youborrowyourfriend

’sfavorite