Lesson 3 Nine to Five教学实录与评析

Unit 14 Careers

Lesson 3 Nine to Five The Road to Success Period 2 Grammar Learning

王愉

洛阳实验二中

Objectives •

To understand the grammar rules of objective clauses for special and general questions. •

To practice making reported statements Step 1. An Interview •

Listen to the interview with Huang Lili who is a dancer. Tapescript Most of us have ordinary, nine-to-five jobs. We interviewed someone

whose job is different. Huang Lili, 23, from Harbin, is a dancer. Journalist: When did you decide to be a dancer? Huang lili: When I was at school. I want to do something exciting so I

applied to a dancing school and got accepted. I love dancing. This is the life for me. Journalist: Describe a typical day. Huang Lili: Well, my days are usually very long. Yesterday, for example, I was practicing until 10 o'clock and today I got up early to practice bending.

I'm working on a new act now, which I’m going to perform on stage for the first time here in Beijing next week.

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Journalist: Is your job dangerous? Huang Lili: I... er ...I've had a few accidents.Last year , I broke my wrist and last month I twisted my ankle, but it doesn't happen that often so it's not that bad. Journalist: What are your plans for the future? Huang Lili: If things go well, I'll continue with dancing for another five or ten years. And after that, I want to be a coach and stay with the group!

Step 2. Find the equivalent expressions Read the following report,which is based on the interview. Then underline the time and place expressions.(Page27 Ex.5) Task1: The following time and place expressions were used in the interview.

Find the equivalents in the report. today→______

last year→_______ here →_______

next week→_______ now→________

last month→_______ Task2: Find objective sentences for special and general questions. _____________________________________________________

Step 3.

Sentence learning Choose the objective clauses for special questions and general questions. Then talk about the features . 1." My days are usually very long."

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→She replied (that) her days were usually very long.

2." what are your plans for the future?" →I asked what her plans were for the future.

3."Is your job dangerous?' →I asked if /whether her job was dangerous.

4."I'm working on a new act now." →She said that at the time she was working on a new act. ______________________________________________ Step 4. Summary Features of the reported statements for special questions& general questions. 1.link words ________________________

2.tense_____________________________

3..order____________________________ Step 5. Practice 1)" Have you won any cooking competitions" I asked____________________________________. "Yes.I won two cooking competitions last year." He said______________________________________. 2)"Have you cooked any Chinese food?" I wondered___________________________________. "I have never cooked anything Chinese."

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He admitted___________________________________. 3)"what do you think of your job?" I wanted to know_______________________________. "My job is as creative as an artist's" He said ______________________________________. Step6. Group work Choose a question and answer the questions.

Change the direct speech into indirect speech. For example:

S1: What are your plans for the future? S2: I will work hard to become an engineer. S3: What did he ask? S4: He asked________________________. S5: What did he answer? S6: He said/ answered_________________. Homework

Write a report of your interview.

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Keys:Step 2: today→that day

now →at the time

here →there

next week→the following week

last year →the year before

last month→the previous month

Task 2: I asked Huang Lili when she decided to be a dancer.

Finally I asked her if her job was dangerous.

Step 3: Sentence2 and Sentence 3.

Step 4:Features of the reported statements

1.link words:

that+fact; wh-,how+question; if/whether+Yes/No question

2.tense:

main sentences,

clause

present tense

present,past,future,present perfect

past

past, past perfect

3.order: If the clause is a question, then normal order should be followed.

Step 5: 1) I asked if he had won any cooking competitions.

2) He said that he had won two cooking competitions.

3) I wondered if he had cooked any Chinese food.

4) He admitted that he had never cooked anything Chinese.

5) I wanted to know what he thought of his job.

6) he said that his job was as creative as an artist’s.

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