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Instructor: Jonathan Wright
(and some writing!)
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Interchange Video Activity Book 3
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书名：《剑桥国际英语教程 录像活动用书3》第3版
作者：Dorothy E. Zemach
出版社：外语教学与研究出版社 剑桥大学出版社 2007.1
定价：19.90元
Contents
unit 1 Dream Date
unit 2 Urban artist
unit 3 Kid sister
unit 4 Bigfoot lives
unit 5 Travel world
unit 6 Heartbreak Hotel
unit 7 Saving Florida's manatees
unit 8 Salsa
unit 9 Stress relief
unit 10 Fort Steele Heritage Town
unit 11 If only...
unit 12 Need information? Ask Jeeves.com
unit 13 Car trouble
unit 14 Behind the scenes in TV news
unit 15 Entertainment or environment? A town debates
unit 16 The ultimate challenge
Chapters We Will Cover
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Interchange Video Activity Book 3
The following eight units will be covered:
Unit 1 Dream date
Unit 2 Urban artist
Unit 3 Kid sister
Unit 5 Travel world
Unit 6 Heartbreak hotel
Unit 7 Saving Florida’s manatees
Unit 14 Behind the scenes in TV news
Unit 15 Environment or entertainment
Today’s video vocabulary:
“Personality Types”
• Work in pairs: With your partner, read the following
personality descriptions. Then decide together on a word
from the word-box below that matches the description.
1. Jill is always talking about herself. She thinks she’s better
than other people.
2. Mike is very relaxed. Nothing seems to upset him.
3. Paul always tells people exactly what he thinks. He doesn’t
hide his feelings.
4. Erika has big plans and works hard to achieve them.
5. John asks a lot of questions, and he’s interested in what I
have to say.
6. Leah is a great friend. She’s giving of her time and energy,
and she also forgives others easily.
a good conversationalist
generous
easygoing
egotistical
ambitious
straightforward
Pair activity – Who are You?
1.
write down as many words and phrases as
you can think of that describe something about
yourself.( in English!)
2. Then, write down any additional
words/phrases in Chinese that you don’t know
the English words for.
3. Share what you wrote with your seat partner. If
you’ve written any Chinese words to describe
yourself, ask your partner if he/she can
translate into English.
Here are some words to describe
your teacher:
• likes to go
hiking!
• gentle
• sensitive
• quiet
• friendly
• imaginative
• easy-going
• enjoys
swimming
Course Objectives: Part 1
• To improve your communication effectiveness
in speaking and listening to others in English.
• To realize (put into full use) the potential skills
you already have in English speaking and
listening.
• To decrease your stress in speaking English
and increase your enjoyment of communication
in another language!
......and, last but not least,
• To pass the final exam!☺☺☺
Course Objectives: Part 2
• To practice and develop your English
writing composition skills via 3 essay
assignments:
• Descriptive essay
• Comparison and Contrast essay
• Argumentative Essay
Final Exam Guidelines
• The students should take two exams: one written exam,
which includes translation and writing, and one speaking
exam. The speaking section amounts to 20% of the total
score, writing and translation 60%. The rest, that is 20%,
comes from the student's class performance,
attendance, and assignments. Therefore, we can use the
following formula:
• Students' final score = Speaking 20% + Writing &
Translation 60% + Class Performance 20%
• There is no listening exam at the end of the term, but at
least two quizzes will be given during the course, the
result of which will be taken as part of the class
performance.
• Note: The spring semester’s final exam will count for
40% of your YEAR grade for this English course.
Speaking Exam- Summary
• The speaking exam will involve working with a
partner of your choice to deliver a 3 minute
dialogue based on a topic taken from one of the
following sources:
1. Units covered from last semester’s reading and
listening texts
2. This semester’s New Interchange 3 Video
Activity Book
• You and your partner will have 6 minutes to
prepare a dialogue based on the topic you
receive. (you may not refer to any related
materials) Topics will be drawn at random from
several possibilities you won’t know ahead of
time, so be familiar with all the topics covered
both last semester and this semester!
Speaking Exam- More Details
• In the speaking exam, students are required to do pairwork. But if
the class has an odd number, a group of three is allowed. Students
decide on their partner one or two weeks before the exam. During
the exam,
• Step 1. Each pair draws one question by lot.
• Step 2. Prepare for 6 minutes, not allowed to refer to their notes or
any related materials.
• Step 3. Present a 3-minute conversation in front of a teacher.
(Normally, the teacher tests only students from other classes, not
his own classes.)
• Step 4. Teachers score the students on the basis of content,
fluency, pronunciation and intonation, and grammar.
• The questions in the exam come from the lessons covered in the
first term (Sept. 2010 – Jan. 2011), including Exploring Horizon (
《探索》)and Listening and Speaking for Postgraduates (《研究生
英语听说教程》), and also Interchange -- the book we use this
second term (Feb. 2011 – July 2011). For example, do you think
money can complicate life between husband and wife? Why or why
not? (from unit 5, Exploring Horizon) Some questions may be
taken directly from the three books mentioned above, or slight
changes made to them; some may be questions related to the
topics from the three books.
Today’s Video activity: “Dream Date”
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Listen to the video recording for the first time to
get the big picture. Pay special attention to
body language of each of the players – what
can you sense from their body language?
• As you listen, try to answer the following 3
questions:
1. What kind of guy is Sarah looking for?
2. Which of today’s vocabulary words best fits
each player? (check your notes!)
3. Who do you predict she’ll choose?
Watch for Details
• Correct the mistakes below:
• Bachelor 1 is thirty-nine (twenty-nine) years old.
He’s a former college football coach from
Pocatello, Idaho, who loves playing or watching
almost every kind of game. Bachelor 2 is a thirtyyear-old doctor from Los Angeles. Everyone
should know his soap-opera, Our World.
Bachelor 3 comes from Sarah’s hometown of
Ames, Iowa. In his free time, he enjoys
swimming and surfing the internet. He and
Sarah went to college together.
Watch for Details (Corrections)
• Bachelor 1 is twenty-nine years old. He’s a
former college football star from Pocatello,
Idaho, who loves playing or watching almost
every kind of sport. Bachelor 3 is a thirty-yearold actor from Los Angeles. Everyone should
know his soap-opera My World. Bachelor 2
comes from Sarah’s hometown of Ames, Iowa.
In his free time, he enjoys reading and surfing
the internet. He and Sarah went to high school
together.
Who said it?
Which bachelor (#1,2, or 3) said the words below?
1. I’d be too embarrassed to tell you the truth.
2. It really bothers me when people lie.
3. I would take you to my favorite night club where
everybody knows me.
4. I’d take you out to a nice dinner.
5. I think I’m a pretty good friend, and people trust me.
6. Actually, I’m pretty good at most things I do.
7. Well, I guess I’m pretty easygoing.
Who said it? (Answers)
Which bachelor (#1,2, or 3) said the words below?
1. I’d be too embarrassed to tell you the
truth.(B1)
2. It really bothers me when people lie. ((B2)
3. I would take you to my favorite night club
where everybody knows me. (B3)
4. I’d take you out to a nice dinner. (B2)
5. I think I’m a pretty good friend, and people
trust me. (B2)
6. Actually, I’m pretty good at most things I do.
(B3)
7. Well, I guess I’m pretty easygoing. (B1)
Stand “This tent can stand winds
up to 100 mph (miles per hour)!”
I CAN’T STAND IT
WHEN........
IT REALLY UPSETS ME
WHEN.......
I THINK ITS DISGUSTING
WHEN.......
Homework: “pre-writing” activity for your first
Essay: “Who Am I?”
• Begin thinking about next class’s first
descriptive essay assignment:
“Who Am I?”
• What do you want to say about yourself ?
• You are encouraged to write down some
notes/ideas to help you get started and organize
your thoughts.
• Do not try to write a finished essay, however.
Next class I will give complete background
and guidelines important for this
assignment!
Homework: Role-play your own
“Dream Date”
• Work in your small groups outside of class time and actout your own “Dream Date” program. Depending on your
group makeup, you may have 3 bachelors or 3
bachelorettes. If you have a group of 5, one of you can be
the program host.
• Use the 3 questions below from the video we watched,
plus two more of your own questions.
• Be prepared to present your “program” to the class if
asked – please keep your time between 5-7 minutes!
1. “What’s your idea of the ideal date?”
2. “Tell me two things about yourself: one positive and one
negative.”
3. “Finish this sentence: ‘I can’t stand it when....’”
Homework summary
• ALL CLASSES:
• Purchase the New Interchange textbook – bring to
our next class!
• Small group activity: Role-play your own “Dream
Date”
• pre-writing activity for descriptive essay: “Who am
I?”
• Complete the “Getting to Know You” paper handout
along with a picture of yourself; be sure to answer
the last question on the handout describing
something about yourself – we will use this in a
future class activity!