Unit 7 Waiting for a CallUnit 7 Waiting for a Call• Part I

Listening and Speaking Activit

ies

• Part II

Reading Comprehension and

Language Activities

• Part III Extended Activities

Part I Listening and Speaking Activities

• Introduction of functions• Listen and speak• Try to speak more• Make your own dialogue

Introduction of functions

– Good luck! / Good luck with!

– Have fun. / Enjoy yourself! – All the best! / Every

success with you. – Please give my best

wishes to John! – I wish you success in the

project.– Please remember me to

your family!

Expressing Good wishes– I’m terribly/awfully sorry.– I regret my decision.– I regret having done it.– What a foolish thing I’ve

done!– How could I do such a

silly thing!– I wish I hadn’t done/said

that.– I should have thought

twice.

Expressing Regret

Listen and speak• Listen to the conversation and tick the correct

answer to each question.

Turn to p. 1, and let’s listen.Turn to p. 1, and let’s listen. Turn to p. 1, and let’s listen.Turn to p. 1, and let’s listen.

1. Where is Sam when Jane phones him?

Key: a

2. Which of the following sentences expresses Sam’s regret?

Key: b

3. How did Jane feel last night?

Key: b

4. Which of the following sentences expresses Sam’s regret?

Key: c

Try to speak more

Note: • should have done sth: used to say that st

h that was expected has not happened. e.g. The bus should have arrived ten minutes ago. 公共汽车十分钟以前就该到了。

• bother: v. to annoy someone, especially by interrupting them when they are trying to do something

Make your own dialogue1. Betty is a young college student who has falle

n in love with a man at a dancing party. Betty hopes to concentrate on her study when she is young. But the temptation is very strong. So she is torn between study and love. Now, she is talking to the youth counsellor of her school, Mrs. Hartley. Make a dialogue with the following cues. (Turn to page 93)

2. Study the following picture and work out the following questions: (Turn to page 93)

What is she looking and what is she doing?

How is she feeling?

Prepare a short story of about one minute.

Part II Reading Comprehension and Language Activities

• Pre-reading Tasks

• Language Points

• Comprehension work

Part II Reading Comprehension and Language Activities

• Pre-reading Tasks

– How would you feel if you fail to get a promised call from your friends?

– Which of the following words do you think best describe the feeling of a woman who waited a long time but failed to get a promised call from her lover?

hopeful angry anxious

desperate restless obsessive

Waiting for a call

Language Points

1. filthy: dirty and dishonest

e.g. The company was caught up in

some filthy business.

Language Points

1. filthy: dirty and dishonest

e.g. The company was caught up in

some filthy business.

e.g.

1. She pretended not to hear, and kept on walking.

2.keep (on) doing sth. : to continue doing something or to do the same thing many times

e.g.

1. It won't hurt to postpone the matter for a few days.

2. It won’t hurt to postpone the meeting.

3. It won’t/wouldn’t hurt (sb./sth.) (to do sth): (esp ironic) it, etc will/would not cause harm or inconvenience

e.g.

1. Several windows had been smashed.

2. The car smashed into a tree.

4. smash: v. a. to break sth, or to be broken, violently and noisily into many pieces; b. hit sth very hard

e.g.

1. At last her father relented and came to visit her.

2. The police will not relent in their fight against crime.

5.relent: vi. to change your attitude and become less strict or cruel towards someone

Comprehension work (Questions for discussion )

1. What was the girl doing? How did she feel?

2. What did she intend to do to distract herself? What did she hope would happen?

3. What did the man promise? How long had the girl been waiting for the call?

4. What excuse did the girl think up for the man? Why?

Comprehension work (Questions for discussion )

5. At the end of the story, did the girl get the expected call?

6. Do you think the girl feels a love for the man which is unrequited? How do you know?

7. Do you think the man would call? Why or why not?

Part III Extended Activities

• Translation

Translation 1. I’ll do it my own way if you don’t mind.

2. John couldn’t have been in the classroom. We were there just a few minutes ago.

3. Such rude behavior cannot be excused.

4. My salary went up by half when I changed companies.

5. The workers smashed the bottles with the hammer.

6. I don’t think it hurts (anybody) to get up earlier.

7. You are asking too much of me.

8. I keep making the same mistake. It’s really annoying.