Step 1. Lead-in

1. Ask the students some questions about shopping.

1) Do you often go shopping?

2) If so, what do you usually buy?

2. Ask the students to make dialogues in pairs.

Situation: Now you are in a clothes shop. You are fascinated by one of the blouses. Make a dialogue between you and the shop assistant.

Step 2. Presentation and understanding

1. Ask the students the following question: If there is something wrong with the thing you have just bought, what do you usually do?

2. Listen to the dialogue and answer the questions.

1) What is wrong with the blouse? The color ran when she washed it.

2) What did the customer want to do with the blouse? She insisted that the shop should change the blouse for another one or give her money back.

3. Ask the students to pay attention to those sentences that express peoples' insistence.

4. Language points

1. A shop assistant in a clothes shop is speaking to a customer.

Cloth/clothes/clothing

* cloth 做衣服等用的材料。如布料、毛料、絲綢。物質名詞、不可數。但和某些詞構成復合形容詞，作為特殊用途的一塊使，是可數名詞，可寫為a cloth.

This piece of cloth is long enough for you to make a shirt.

The waiter dried the glass with a dirty cloth.

* clothes指具體的衣服，包括上衣、下衣、內外衣，不可作單數，不與具體數詞連用，但可與many (these, a few, some)連用。

Most of her clothes were made by herself.

He wears fine clothes.

* clothing 衣服、服裝的總稱，集合名詞，無復數形式，可說an aista suit of clothing

The orphans are well provided with food and clothing.

This shop sells men’s clothing.

2. When I washed it, the colors ran.

* The bus wasn’t running because of the snow.

* 運轉、進行＝work, be in act

The machine doesn’t run properly.

Don’t touch the machine while it running.

* control, manage, organize a business, club etc. 經營，管理

Who is running the restaurant?

His father ran a bus company ten years ago.

* run across偶爾遇見

I ran across an old friend of mine this morning in the park.

* run at向。。。沖去，突然襲擊、

She ran at me and grasped my hair and shoulder.

* run in 非正式訪問，逮撲

He lives close by and runs in whenever he likes.

He was run in for stealing.

* run out , run out of　耗盡，用光

They have run out of their money.

Their money has run out.

* run over壓過，復習

The old man was run over yesterday when he was crossing the street.

Let’s run over what we learned.

３．Of course I am not that foolish.

* that = so,

Can hard work change a person that much?

We can’t walk that far in an hour.

3. I would like to change this blouse, or else give me my money back.

* or else = otherwise, or, if not.

Hurry up, or else you will miss the train.

You must go there quickly, or else you will not be back in time.

4. If you want, you can change it for another one.

change … for

change … into

change with

You can change this old cap for a new one.

We must try our best to change our ideas into realities.

Times changed and we should change with them.

5. It’s not our fault.

* fault 過錯，過失

Every man has own faults.

Children should not be blamed for the faults of their parents.

* mistake 錯誤，不正確的事物、行為

There are many mistakes in his composition.

It is possible for us to make mistakes occasionally.

Step 3. Dialogue practice

1. Ask the students to make dialogue in pairs.

Situation: When the customer was talking with the shop assistant, the manager of the clothes shop came in. Make a dialogue between the manager and the customer.

2. Divide the students into several groups and let them act out their own dialogues.

Step 4. Dialogue Production

Ask the students to make dialogues similar to the one in Part 1.

Situation 1: You have just bought a shirt from clothes shop. But later you find that the shirt becomes smaller. So you go to the shop again. Make a dialogue between the assistant and you.

Situation 2: You have just bought walkman in a shop. But it does not work when you get home. So you go back to shop and ask for a new one.

Step 5. Consolidation

Ask the students to retell the dialogue in pairs

Lesson 38

Step 1. Revision

1. Check the homework exercises.

2. Revise the dialogue in SB Lesson 37, paying special attention to intonation.

3. Ask the students to retell the dialogue.

Step 2. Presentation

1. Check the vocabulary.

2. Get the students to look at the picture and describe it.

3. Read the introduction aloud to the students and ask some questions. Allow the students enough time to read the passage.

4. Collect the answers:

1) He wanted to buy a suit.

2) He looked poor, and his clothes were old.

3) With a very large banknote, probably a million-pound note, for it had six zeros.

Step 3. Reading

1. Go through Ex.1. Make sure the students know what to do.

2. Ask them to read the passage carefully.

3. Let the students to work in pairs. Check their answers with the whole class.

Step 4. Language points

1. This dialogue has been written from a short story by Mark Twain.

* write from, from 出自、來自．指來源．

Our present text is written form “ A Tale of Two Cities”, a novel by Charles Dickens.

The proverb comes from the intellect, and the intellect from the proverb.

2. Some of the language and expressions are a little different from modern English.

* a little = a bit有點．但是not a bit = not at all; not a little = very much.

They are not a bit tired. 他們一點也不累．

They are not a little tired.他們非常累．

3. The dialogue takes place at a tailor’s shop.

* take place發生、舉行。不及物動詞，無被動與態。

The meeting took place last week.

When did the second World War take place?

* take one’s place就座、就位

While I was wondering this, our head teacher took his place.

The meeting will begin, place take your places.

* take the place of 代替

Who will take the place of Mr. Wang?

Bamboo will take the place of wood.

4. No matter, Tod, show him the cheapest.

* matter = be important, 要緊、有關系，常用于疑問、否定、條件結構。

It doesn’t matter if I miss the train, because there is another later.

What does it matter to you?

* no matter = it doesn’t matter.但no matter how( when, what, where, weather) 引導讓步狀語從句。

No matter it rains or not, we will set off tomorrow morning.

No matter when you call on me, you are welcome.

*the matter 常與不定代此anything/something/nothing等連用，意思是不是“有問題、有毛病”。若要表示“某人／某事出了毛病、有問題”則在anything the matter 后加with sb./sth.

--- I heard he fell off the ladder. Is anything the matter with him?

--- Nothing the matter.

--- Is there anything the matter?

--- Of course, there is something matter.

5. You may find these rather expensive.

* rather/fairly

１． 均作副詞，“相當地”的意思。Fairly 語氣較弱，含積極肯定的意思，常與褒義詞連用；rather 語氣較強，含消極否定的意思，常與貶意詞連用。

２． 修飾可數名詞單數時，rather 可放在a之前或之后；fairly只能放在a之前。即rather a good teacher, a rather good teacher. rairly a good teacher.

３． rather 可以和too和比較級連用，而fairly則不能。

The question was fairly difficult, but most of us could answer it.

The question was rather difficult; few of us could answer it.

The animal is rather too clever to be caught by the hunter.

The apple id rather higher for us to reach .

* would rather … than 寧愿。。。而不愿，與其。。。不如。

I would rather stay at home than go to see the film.

He is rather wise than honest.

* would rather+that-后用虛擬語氣，

I rather you went home now.

We rather the teacher hadn’t done that.

* would rather do sth. = would prefer to do sth.

Would you rather stay at home or go to the cinema?

6. Ah, here is the thing I am after.

* be after = want sth./ try to gain sth.想得到某物

Jim is after another job.

Don’t marry her; she is only after your money.

* run after/search after 追求／追捕，搜尋

The policemen are after the thief.

The dog is after the cat.

* run after sb.追蹤某人／　be in search of 尋找／　search for = look for尋找

search … for 搜查　．．．　尋找

The film fans ran after the film star from city to city.

The soldiers are searching for the signs of the enemy.

７. Do me the favor to put on the shirt, and this suit.

* do sb. a favor/ do a favor for sb.幫某人一個忙，給某人做件事

Would you do me a favor? Would you do a favor for me?

Do me the favor to turn off the radio.

Would you do me the favor to close the window?

1. I will drop in and leave the new dress.

* drop in: visit unexpectedly or informally順便拜訪

Drop in and see me when you are next in Beijing.

He often drops in for coffee.

He often drops in at my place on his way home.

We dropped in on our teacher when we went to town.

* call on = drop in on 拜訪某人

call at = drop on at 拜訪某地

2. One moment, let me show you out.

show sb. out 送某人出去，

show sb. in領某人進去

show sb. round領某人參觀

3. pleasant/pleasing/pleased

* pleasant令人愉快的，合意的．可表示＂好玩，好意，舒服，和藹，有風趣＂．主語常為客觀事物＼場景＼天氣，指人時常指自然的吸引力；pleasing含有＂有意取悅對方＂的意思；　pleased 對．．．感到愉快；　pleasure 名詞，愉快，高興．

He felt pleased whit what you told him.

We had a pleasant party on the pleasant night.

The hostess was quite pleasant to the visitors.

The view from the window is very pleasant.

11. change

* take or put in lace of another or others 更換

He changed his clothes before he went out.

He changed into his working clothes.

Haven’t you changed your mind?

Would you mind changing it for a larger one?

* exchange 兌換

Can you change this five-pound note?

Where can I change US dollars for RMB money?

* make or become different 改變，變化

The wind has changed from north to east.

He was pleased to find his hometown greatly changed when he returned from abroad.

* changed condition, difference變化（c,n）

Great changes have taken place in country in the past few years.

* money in small unit零錢，找頭(u.n)

Here is your change.

Sorry, I can’t change the note. I am short of change myself.

Don’t leave your change on the shop counter.

* change … into … 把．．．變成．．．

We must try our best to change our ideas into realities.

* change … for … 把．．．　換成．．．　

You can change your old cap for a new one.

We will change trains at Shanghai for Nangjing.

* change with 隨著．．．而變化

Times changed and we should change with them.

Step 5. Sentence study

SB Page 57. Part 3. Read the instructions and the example sentence aloud to the students, then ask the students to pick up the sentences in bold from the text and give the answers. Collect answers from the class at the end.

I apologize. = I am sorry.

Is there anything the matter? = What’s wrong?

Ah, here is the thing I am after. = Here is the suit I am looking for.

A very good choice, Sir. = You are choosing something that is just right for you, Sir.

I can wait all my life, Sir. = I don’t mind how long I wait to be paid, Sir.

I’ll drop in. = I’ll call in at the shop when I am next time.

Let me show you out. = Let me come with you to the door, open it for you and say goodbye.

Step 6. Workbook

Step 7. Consolidation

Get the students to retell the text.

Homework

Read the passage again.

Finish off the Workbook exercises.

Lesson 39 12/21/2000

Step 1. Revision

1. Check the homework exercises.

2. Get the students to tell the story of the million-pound note.

Step 2. Preparation for reading

1. Tell the students what to do: Today we going to read a story about shopping in London. Here are some questions.

2. Write the questions on the blackboard.

1) What did the lady want to buy?

2) How many shops did she go to?

3) Why did she go to so many shops?

Answers:

1) Two bottles of wine for a dinner which she was planning to cook.

2) Six.

3) She wanted to see which shops offered the best advice and service and to write a report on them in her newspaper.

Step 3. Reading

1. Get the students to read the passage carefully and answer the questions.

1) What was the woman’s job?

2) What kind of meal was she planning to cook?

3) What kind of wine would be suitable for the meal?

4) Did she receive good service in all the shops?

2. Dealing with the language points

Step 4. Oral practice and language points

1. She did up the button in such a way that one at the bottom was not done up.

* do up 系，扣，包

Do up your shoes.

Why didn’t you do all the buttons up?

He is doing up a parcel.

* do up 收拾，整理，修理，打扮

She did herself up before going to the party.

Why is he doing up her hair?

I am going to do up this room first.

2. The assistant didn’t take her seriously.

* take … seriously 認真對待

You didn’t take his advice seriously, which cost you your failure.

3. What was worse, this wine was not at all suitable for drinking aith a meal.

* what was worse更糟的是

I don’t think it will be fine tomorrow. What is worse, we may have snow .

4. Finally, he did not give her the right change, but kept back five pound.

* not … but …不是。。。而是

It was not Tom but his brother you met last night.

He did not go but stayed.

* keep back 扣下，隱瞞, 忍住，阻擋住

She couldn’t keep back her tears at the news.

I know she is keeping back something back from me.

The dikes kept back the flood

The boss kept back 50 dollars.

You are keeping back something from us.

5. it seems/looks as if……

看起來似乎．．．．．．，其中it 為無人稱代詞，本身并無詞義．As if 引導表語從句或狀語從句．

It looks as if we shall have to walk home.

It looks as if he is worrying about something.

It seemed as if the suit was made to his own measure.

* The woman loves the children as if she were their mother.

6. No matter what he is wearing, Tod, just show him the cheapest.

* no matter what/who/when/……不論什么，無論何人．．．．．．

No matter what he says, I won’t believe him.

No matter what problems you have, come to me for help.

No matter who knocks, don’t open the door.

Step 5. Practice

1. Part 4. Read the instructions aloud to the students. Explain the meaning of the new words. Do the first three orally with the whole class. Then let the students work in pairs. Check the answers with the class at the end.

2. Part 5. Explain that the students have to make sentences from the two halves and that more than one answer may be possible. Do the first sentence with whole class, then let the students work in pairs. Ask for some sentences from the class at the end of this activity.

3. Part 6. Read the instructions and go through the example sentence. Get the students to do the exercise in pairs and then check the answers at the end.

Step 9. Workbook

Ex.1. Get the students to read through the passage and discuss the answers in pairs. Then ask the students to retell the story.

Ex.2 is optional. If possible, hold a discussion with the whole class. Different views are encouraged.

Ex.3 should be done orally and the answers may be written on the Bb. Ask the students to translate the sentences into Chinese.

Ex.4 should be done in pairs and then in class. Call out pairs of Ss to read and act out the dialogue.

Homework

Finish off the Workbook exercises.