Make students know how to listen to get the main ideas, and do the listening on P52. In step1, students use the skill to listen to a conversation and find the useful expressions.

When we are listening to get the main ideas of something, we should try to find out:

1. how many people are talking

2. where they are

3. what they are doing

4. what they are talking about

Finish the listening.

Step 3 Skills building 2

Make the students how to describe pictures and try to write a description of a historical place. In step 2, write a description about the Attack on Pearl Harbor according to the information found on a website.

1. How would you describe a picture?

2. From an audience's point of view, what do you want to know most when seeing a picture?

3. How do you decide whether a description is good or not?

When we are describing a picture, we should pay attention to:

• Do not point out every detail.

• Briefly mention the picture's subject.

• Focus on the related background information about it.

Step 4 Skills building 3

Make students know what a simple outline of a speech often includes and organize some notes into an outline for a speech. In step 3, plan an outline to introduce their illustration and give their talks.

Homework

1. Write a passage about the Grand canal in about 150 words according to the information given on P113

2. Preview Project.