talking quietly? • Could the writer hear the actors or not? • Did he turn round or not? • What did he say? • Did the young man say, ‘The play is not
interesting,’ or did he say, ‘This is a private conversation!’?
When?
Last week
Who? Which? What? I
Action went
They I
were talking
went
Who? Which? What?
How? Where? When?
loudly.
to the theatre.
shopping
yesterday.
We
stay
at
on
• Conversation:
an informal talk in which people exchange news, feelings, and thoughts
• Theatre:
places to see a film, cinema
• Loudly:
adverb fow, work in pairs and ask your partner these questions. Then put your answers together into a paragraph to retell the story.
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Now, it’s your turn. Please use simple statements to describe what you did yesterday after work with your partners.
Homework
• Finish the exercise on page 15. • Preview Lesson 2
Lesson 1 A private conversation
By Ariel 14.May,2012
Warming up
“Manners make the man.” 观其待人而知其人。
What should we do in public?
What can’t we do in public?
Good manners or not?
• Help the old people.
• Pick flowers in the park.
• Knock at the door before entering a room
• Spit
• Jump over the fence
• Throw rubbish onto the ground
• Lady first.
Others bad manners in public places:
• Smoking without asking people • Talking loudly on the cell phones • Jumping in the queue
Listen and answer the question:
• Attention: May I have your attention please?
notice
• Bear: I can’t bear it anymore.
to be so upset about something that you feel unable to accept it or let it happen； stand
• Why did the writer complain to the people behind him?
Vocabulary
• Private: Don't read that - it's private.
personal information or secret and not for other people to know about
• Rudely: He answered me very rudely.
adverb for rude, impolite
Telling the story
• Where did the writer go last week? • Did he enjoy the play or not? • Who was sitting behind him? • Were they talking loudly, or were they
home Sundays.
Reorder the sentences.
• the film I enjoyed yesterday • the news listened to I carefully • a tree in the corner of the garden he planted • this morning a book I from the library borrowed • there a lot of people are at the bus stop • a new school built they in our village last year • the match at four o’clock ended • she a letter from her brother last week received • quietly the door he opened • well the man the piano played