Lesson 38-39

　　Teaching aims:

　　1. After learning the text, the students are required to master the following words and useful expressions: defence/defense; Cairo; pause; aloud; sudden; flash; in a flash; hold out; uniform; calm; fear; break into; fair; sunglasses; the moment; aircraft; adventure; break off; fight; reception desk; bee; lightning; Hong Kong

　　2. Revise the grammar: the indirect speech.

　　3. Get the students to read the text using the following reading skills: skimming, scanning and note making.

　　Key points: 1.Words and grammar   2. Reading comprehension   

　　Teaching methods: Reading—note making and practice.

　　Teaching procedures:

　　Step 1. Revision

　　(1) Check the homework exercises.

　　(2) Revise the key points of Lesson 37.

　　Step 2. Presentation

　　Get the students to talk about the picture, ask the students the following questions as a lead-in: Where do you think the story happened? What do you think is the story about?

　　Step 3. Scanning

　　Now get the students to read the text and answer the following questions:

　　① Why was Bill worried?

　　② Where had Bill planned to travel to?

　　③ What was the new plan?

　　Step 4. Scanning

　　Tell the students to read the text more carefully to find out the specific information. Answer the questions in Ex. 1 on P110 and Ex. 1 on P111 in the workbook. Pick out some students to answer the questions. After that the students are expected to master the important information of the text.

　　Step 5. Language points

　　(1) hold out 伸出，拿出

　　He held out his hand and stopped a taxi. 他伸手拦了一辆出租车。

　　(2) on one‘s arrival ……一到达

　　On his arrival he went straight to the counter.

　　他一到达就径直向服务台走去。

　　(3) in uniform 身着制服

　　Do you know the man in uniform over there?

　　你认识那边身着制服的人吗 ？

　　(4) appear calm 外表显得很镇静（注意这里 appear 是系动词，故后接形容词 calm ，不要用 calmly ）

　　(5) with fear 害怕地

　　(6) have a look around = look around = look about = look round 环顾四周

　　(7) follow sb upstairs 跟某人上楼 (注意upstairs 为副词，其前不要加 to )。又如：go upstairs / downstairs

　　(8) break into 非法进入，破门而入；闯入

　　We had to break into the room as we had lost the key.

　　This box looks as if it’s been broken into. 看来这箱子有人撬过。

　　(9) walk over to 走到……处

　　(10) by name 名叫；指名道性地

　　The assistant, Tom by name, is asking to see you.

　　一个名叫汤姆的售货员要求见你。

　　by the name of 名叫，以……身份

　　A friend of mine by the name of Mike will be your manager.

　　我的一个名叫迈克的朋友要成为你们的经理。

　　(11) walk around 在……随便转转

　　(12) smile to oneself 暗自微笑

　　The man with the beard smiled to himself.

　　Bill smiled to himself and began to feel less anxious.

　　I saw Mary smile to herself as she read the funny article.

　　注意类似的表达还有： think to oneself 暗想，say to oneself 自言自语。

　　(13) make a lot of money 赚一大笔钱

　　(14) for a moment 一下子，片刻，一会儿

　　注意：for the moment目前，暂时

　　(15) get on the aircraft to 乘飞机去……

　　(16) It is perfect for 对……妙极了

　　(17) force sth open 强行打开

　　注意：open 作宾补。如：The boxes of precious stones were forced open. 一箱箱宝石被强行打开。

　　(18) break off 打断，折断，突然停止，休息，绝交

　　He broke off a branch and gave it to me.

　　Tom broke off telling the story to answer the telephone. 汤姆讲故事时突然停下来，去接电话。

　　She broke off with her best friend. 她与自己最好的朋友断绝了往来。

　　Let’s break off for ten minutes. = Let‘s have a rest for ten minutes.

　　(19) a flight of  twelve stairs 一节 12 级台阶

　　(20) turn round / about 转身，转向

　　They turned round and stood in the middle of the room , completely astonished .

　　Step 6. Comprehension

　　SB P57, Part 2. Get the students to put the following sentences into correct order according to the plot of the story.

　　SB P57, Part 3. Discuss the six questions in pairs or in groups of four. After they have finished, some students are picked out to report they opinion to the rest of class.

　　SB P58, Part 2. After the students have rest the whole story, they are asked to answer the eight questions in pairs. This practice is designed to consolidate the story.

　　Step 7. Practice---- grammar revision

　　SB P59, Part 3~5, Tell the students to do the exercises about indirect speech. Tell the students to work in groups to change the sentences into indirect speech or direct speech as required.

　　Step 8. Workbook

　　Get the students to do the wb exercises in these two lessons individually and then check the answers with the class. Answers: See Wb P110~111.

　　Homework

　　(1) Finish off the exercises of Lesson 38~39 in the workbook.

　　(2) Revise the key points of these lessons.