Step 3 Listening

Tell the Ss that we are going to learn a dialogue. In the dialogue Jim and Bob are at Li Jia’s house for dinner.

1. Get the Ss to listen to the tape.

2. After listening, ask the Ss to answer the questions.

3. Get the Ss to listen to the tape again. This time listen and repeat.

Step 4 Reading

Ask the Ss to see how Li Jia offers food to the guests.

T: Please listen to the tape carefully with your books closed. After that, you are to answer some questions.

1) How many kinds of food do the friends talk about in the dialogue? (five)

2) What are they? (beancurd, beef, chicken, pancake, soup)

Step 5 Language study

T allow the Ss enough time to discuss the difficult phrases or sentences. After that, ask some Ss to explain them. If they have any problems, the T explains them.

1) Do you like. . . ? (in general)

Would you like. .. ? (It’s more polite than “Do you want. . .now?”)

2) How about some more beef? (There is no main verb here. This is acceptable in speech, but not usually in written English. )

3) There’ s plenty more. =There’s plenty more beef.

4) Next time you must come to us. =We will invite you to have supper at our house next time.

5) Help yourself to. . . ==Please take. . .for yourself.

6) another piece of =one more piece of

Step 6 Practice

1. Get the Ss to read the dialogue in pairs. Then ask some Ss to read it.

2. Do Talking and Oral Practice on Page 29.

3. Watch the video - taped performance of the dialogue.

Step 7 Summary and further practice

1. Summary

Go over the useful words and expressions and ask some Ss to make up sentences.

2. Communicative activities

Allow the Ss enough time to make a similar dialogue using the expressions and structures.

3. Ask one or two pairs to act their dialogues out.

Step 8 Homework

Ask the Ss to finish the exercises on Page 92.