The Third Period

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Linda and Li Hui are asking and telling each other about their families at the English Corner.

Key Words:

an only child

look like

with dark hair

with fair hair

slim

a manager

a teacher

fat thin tall short

dark hair fair hair brown hair

What does she look like?

• She is tall and thin, with brown hair.

• She is short and fat, with red hair.

• She is slim, with fair hair.

1 Pair work

2 Pair work

1. He is tall and thin, with dark hair.

2. She is fat and short, with fair hair.

3. She is tall and thin, with red hair.

What does … look like?

Summary 1 : Ask about a person’s appearance What does she look like?Summary 2 : Describe a person’s appearance She is slim, with fair hair.

Now think over how to say :

What do they look like?他们长得什么样？She is short and fat, with brown hair.她又矮又胖，有着棕色的头发。

What does his sister look like?他的姐姐长得什么样？He is tall and thin, with dark hair.他又高又瘦，有着黑色的头发。

What does he look like?他长得什么样？

Guess their jobs

He is ________.

He is __________.

He is _________.

He is __________.

She is _________.

jobs

A: What does/do… do?B: …

Pair work

Summary 3: Ask about a person’s job What does he do?/ What is he?/ What’s his job?Summary 4: State a person’s job He is a worker.

Now think over how to say :

What do they do？他们是做什么的？He is a manager.他是一名经理。What does his father do？他的父亲是做什么的？She is a doctor.她是一名医生。What does she do？她是做什么的？

Talking about families

• Take out your family photos and ask each other about your families. Use the word and question cues.

Word Cues: • nurse, doctor, teacher, engineer, artist,

worker, farmer, manager, driver …

Question Cues:• How many people are there in your family? • What does … look like?• What does … do?

More questions:• Who does … work for?

• Describe one of your classmates and

his or her family after the model.

• Model _______ is my classmate. There are _______ people in her/ his family. …

Write a passage

• In six to eight sentences, describe your family, using the sentence patterns.

• Read your description to the class.

Homework

• Review the sentence patterns

• Write a passage about your family

Situational Choice:1. 你想知道照片上的妇女的职业，你问（ ） A. Who’s he? B. What does she do? C. What’s his job? D. What’s her job?2. 你想知道同学的爸爸的职业，你问（ ） A. What is her father? B. What’s his father? C. What’s your father’s job? D. What does your father do?