Motto: live one day at a time

T: Yesterday you were asked to retell Marty's story. You may refer to his mini bio on the PowerPoint. Now who would like to have a try?

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Step Ⅱ Discovering useful words and expressions

Deal with Ex1 && Ex2 in Discovering useful words and expressions. After dealing with Ex1, ask students to do Ex2 in groups. Then check the answers with the whole class. Show the suggested answers on the PowerPoint.

Deal with Ex1 && Ex2 on Page 48. Students are asked to do the exercises in groups. Then show the suggested answers on the PowerPoint.

As for Ex3, ask 10 students to translate the 10 sentences. And give them immediate help when necessary.

Step Ⅲ Discovering useful structures

Show some sentences that contain the infinitive and ask students to identify its function.

It is good to help others. (subject)

It is my ambition to make sure that the disabled people in our neighbourhood have access to all public buildings. (subject)

My ambition is to work in the computer industry when I grow up. (predicative)

I don't have time to sit around feeling sorry for myself. (attribute)

I am the only student in my class to have a pet snake. (attribute)

A big company has decided to buy it from me. (object)

My fellow students have begun to accept me for who I am. (object)

I have had to work hard to live a normal life. (adverbial)

Some days I am too tired to get out of bed. (adverbial)

We must call on local government to give financial assistance to disabled people. (object complement)

Note: The following verbs are normally followed by the infinitive.

afford, agree, appear, arrange, ask, attempt, care, choose, claim, come, consent, dare, decide, demand, deserve, determine, elect, endeavour, expect, fail, get, guarantee, hate, help, hesitate, hope, hurry, intend, learn, long, manage, mean, need, offer, plan, prepare, pretend, promise, refuse, say, seem, tend, threaten, want, wish

For example:

I can't afford to go to the pub.

He agreed to practise more.

You should learn to express yourself.

They managed to fix the problem.

Explanation of the Gerund and the Infinitive

Some words can be followed by either the infinitive or the -ing form. Please pay attention when there is no difference in meaning and when there is difference. Show the following on the PowerPoint.

Gerund and Infinitive (no difference in meaning)

We use the Gerund or the Infinitive after the following verbs:

begin He began talking.