●Task Reporting school activities

As we all know, there are various school activities for students to attend. What school activities do you often have? Can you name some? This section consists of a series of activities which provide you with opportunities to practise your language skills of listening, reading, speaking and writing. It is divided into three steps, and each step is preceded with a skills building activity. Through the three steps, you will learn to solve a practical problem in your daily life--how to talk about school activities and how to write a notice about a school activity.

Skills building 1: understanding a programme

Suppose you are monitor of a class and you are to plan and arrange a class meeting for parents to visit your school. What will be informed your classmates of about the class meeting? That is to say, what will be included in your plan?

Here you can find out what a programme usually includes when you read the guidelines and you will know what you should notice when you are listening to someone talking about a programme.

1. Read the five points in Skills building 1 on page 12. Write down the names of months and the seven days of a week in abbreviations. For example, 2nd/2 Feb; 5th/5 Mar; 3rd/3 Aug; 21st/21 Oct; 30th/30 Nov; Mon; Wed; Tue; Fri; Sat

2. Listen to the tape and finish the timetable on page 12.

Tapescript

Reporter: Good morning, Mr Gu. What's your programme like for next week?

Scientist: On the twenty-first of October, that's Monday, I will visit your school, Datong High School, at nine thirty in the morning, I will give a talk to the whole school. At a quarter to one in the afternoon on the twenty-second, I will attend an important school assembly at Guanghua High School, and I will go to the school concert at Xiangming High School at six p.m. on the twenty-third.

Reporter: Wow. You are really busy. I look forward to seeing you again on Monday. Answers:

Date Day Time Venue Activity 21st Oct

22nd Oct

23rd Oct Mon

Tue

Wed 9:30 a.m.

12:45 p.m.

6:00 p.m. Datong High School give a talk

attend an important school assembly

go to the school concert Step1: completing a timetable for a school programme

This part is designed to help you develop your listening skills by listening to a talk given by the headmaster about a school programme. Complete the programme according to what the headmaster says. Identify the times, venues, subjects of some talks and who the speaker is.