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Teaching aims By the end of the class, students will be able to: 1. learn the key words like agenda, deadline, rigid, forgetful,

trend by heart.

2. learn more about the grammar filling. 3. hold the belief that it's never too late to learn. Teaching key points 1.

Words like agenda, session, academy, deadline, rigid, forgetful, trend. 2.

Skills of finishing grammar filling when given nouns and adjectives. Teaching process Step 1 Vovabulary The students will have ten minutes to finish the exerciseof vocabulary. Complete the passage using the words below in the correct form.

agenda

session

academy

diploma

deadline curriculum

rigid

forgetful

format

trend My sister decided she wanted to be a manager and told me that she was going to study for a ___________ in Business Administration. She was busy so she asked me to look for some suitable colleges or _____________ on the Internet that offered a ___________ that was both theoretical and practical. This ___________ seemed very good to me and

less ___________ than the more old-fashioned courses. As I did my investigation I found the ____________ was for some __________to take place in the College and others in a business connected to it.My sister was very happy with my results. She noted the ___________ for the applications on each course. In case she became ____________ , I made an ________ for her setting out what had to be done. She was very grateful to me especially when her application was accepted and she was offered a place on her preferred course. Explanation When given nouns, students should know 以下情况想到用复数：

1.名词前有表复数概念的

修饰词（many等）

2. 谓语动词为复数形式时，则作主语的名词用复数。

3. 由句意来判断

4. 用来表示祝愿和客气的名词时，如congratulations，regards，wishes等。

Please send my best regards to your parents. 5．注意一些不规则变化的名词复数，如

foot, ... When given adjectives, students should know 形容词原级一般做定语，表语和补语。

比较级判断：than，

the..., the...,句意。

最高级判断：the..., 句意。

Step2 Grammar filling According to a review of evidence in a medical journal, runners live three years1. ________ (long) than non-runners. You don’t have to run fast or for long2. _________(see) the benefit. You may drink, smoke, be overweight and still reduce your risk of 3. __________

(die) early by running. While running regularly can’t make you live forever, the review says it 4. _____

(be) more effective at lengthening life 5. _________

walking, cycling or swimming. Two of the authors of the review also made a study published in 2014 6. ___________

showed a mere five to 10 minutes a day of running reduced the risk of heart disease and early deaths from all 7. ___________

(cause). The best exercise is one that you enjoy and will do. But otherwise ... it’s probably running. To avoid knee pain, you can run on soft surfaces, do exercises to 8. __________ (strength) your leg muscles , avoid hills and get good running shoes. Running is cheap, easy and it’s always 9. ____________(energy). If you are time poor, you need run for only half the time to get the same benefits as other sports, so perhaps we should all give 10. _________

a try. Keys : longer, to see, dying, is, than, that/which, causes, strengthen, energetic, it.

Ask the students to discuss the passage and finish the exercise. Step 3 Conclusion What have you learnt in this period? vocabulary: skills: others: Ask the students to show what they have learnt in this period.