Unit 10 Teenager’s Nightmare

I .Teaching Objectives

1. Functions : Expressing commands

2. Grammar points :would , might /could in hesitant requests ; must , etc.

prohibition , absence of obligation , should /ought to duty and obligation

3. Vocabulary :get down to , undertake , gibe oneself up to , resign oneself to , on

end , carry out , urge , in case , temptation , be meant to do , go through , concentrate on , tidy up

II . Focal Points

1. Functions : Expressing commands

2. Grammar points :would , might /could in hesitant requests ; must , etc.

prohibition , absence of obligation , should /ought to duty and obligation

3. Conversation

III . Teaching Process 1. Listening and Speaking Activities

1) Introduction to the formulas of expressing commands 2) Listen to the conversation twice 3) Correct the answers 4) Pair work

Practicing : Read Conversation Explanation

Speak before the class

Make up another dialogue using the cues in the box 5)Make your own dialogue Team & group work Presentation

6)Matching exercises : What are they for ?

If you want to learn more

2. Reading Comprehension

1) Warm-up questions

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2) Listening to the text twice

3) Doing the comprehension work : Reading the text

Discussion : Read the text carefully to find the answers to the questions and look to

the evidence from the text to support the answers

Retelling the text using the key words 4) Extended Activity Exercises

Step 1 Listening and Speaking Activities

1. Formulas for expressing commands

Bill , come over here .

You ought to revise the lessons before the exams .

You must spend at least one hour on your lessons every night .

Don’t watch TV for more than half an hour … don’t go out to play football every day .

Do you mind not making so much noise ? Follow me .

You must be careful .

You mustn’t smoke in the office . You’re to stay here until I return . Jack and Susan stand over there ! Faster ! Not so fast ! This way ! Bring it here .

Mike , Billy and Tom , you form a group and discuss this topic . Do eat up your din-din . Go ahead ! Off you go ! Down your leg ! Up you come !

Now , what are the results of your exams ? Can I have a look at the school report ? Do you object to cleaning the room for the party ? Will you be quiet ?

2. Listen and speak :

Listen to the following conversation twice and try to tick what you have heard as the correct answer to the questions .

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3. Try to speak more

1) Listen to the tape

2)Explanation of the conversation :

Blank : without writing or print ; unmarked Make sense : have an understandable meaning Eg. What you say makes no senses .

Make a fuss of /over sb./sth : pay particular and often excessive attention to sb.

/sth .

Eg. Don’t make so much fuss over the children . Be blind to sb. /sth. : be oblivious to sb. /sth .

3) Read the conversation by themselves and then try to memorize

them .

Invite two pairs of students to speak before the class and then exchange their roles .

Depending on the cue box on the right , ask them to make up another

conversation .

Act out the conversation. 4) Make your own dialogue

Presentation Team work

5) What are they for ?

Explanation

Pair work : matching the exercises 6) If you want to learn more

Will you be quiet : impatient command Din-din : dinner , spoken to children

Somebody let me out : informal style , a casual command

Down your leg : used to children , in training , or very familiar people

Step 2 Reading Comprehension and Language

Activities

1. Warm-up questions and discussion 2. Listen to the text twice

3. Read the text and try their best to answer the questions .

Section 1 --------- The most awful time in taking exams

When is the most awful and terrible time for someone taking an exam ?

(When you take an exam , the most awful and terrible time comes at the

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beginning and at the end .)

Section 2 ------- at the beginning of taking exams

What are the troubles for those who revise before an exam ? (Those who set out to revise always wished that they had started revision a lot earlier , and had written everything a bit more clearly . Besides , they find there always are things which take their attention away from their work . ) What is meant by the sentence “you can’t put the clock back ”?

(It means Once something has been done , it cannot be undone in the text . The writer means it is no use regretting the poor handwriting and loss of time .) What does the expression “strange amusements ”refer to ?

(Strange amusements refers to the students’ sudden urge to do things such as tidying up their rooms although the untidy rooms have not been bothered for a long time .) What is the main trouble for the second group -------- those who don’t revise ? (The main trouble for the second group is that they have neither the determination nor the willpower to force themselves to revise , even though they know what they should be doing . So they suffer the most severe guilt complexes . )

Section 3 -------- at the end of taking exams

Why does the writer have a desire “to light a fire with all your notebooks and files ” ? Why can’t she do that ?

(Because examinations are a nightmare to “teenagers ”they would put an end to this nightmare . But they cannot do so , because they may have to re-take their subjects if they fail .) When is the worst day in the exam procedure ? (The worst day in exam procedure is the one when you know that the postman is to deliver the letter .) Why does the letter in a brown envelope seem so important to an examinee ? (The letters contains the results of your exam , which will decide your fate : succeeding in study , getting a job , going to the university you wish to attend , or failing the exam . ) What is the most horrible horrible news the letter may bring to an examinee ? (The most horrible news the letter may bring you is that you have failed in the exams and need to suffer all the horrors again . )

4. Practicing asking and answering the questions in pairs . 5. Retell the text using the key words .

6. Explanation of the new words and phrases .

A4 : a type of paper sized 29.5 cm by 21 cm

Digesting the delights of pure mathematics : The narrator is being ironic in

saying this . The abstract mathematics is probably enjoyable only for those mathematics prodigies rather than ordinary teenagers .

Guilt complexes : A complex is a psychological or emotional problem . The

person who suffers a complex is usually under a severe

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obsession of a particular concern . In the text , the writer means that those who fail to work hard for examinations would keep feeling guilty of lacking willpower . The phrase is the author’s coinage out of the phrase Oedipus Complex . We can also talk about “inferiority complex .”

Await : a more formal phrase for wait for .

Assignments

1. Do the exercises on the textbook . 2. Writing

P 132 Exercise 6 3. Oral practice :

Hold a debate titled with “do away with exams ” , dividing the students into “Supporting Side ” and “Opposing Side ” . 4. Feedback

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