Unit1Talesoftheunexplained

Part1:TeachingDesign

Aimsandrequirements

?Readanewsstoryaboutamissingboyandamagazinearticleabout

Yeti

?Listentoadialoguebetweenabossandhisemployee

?Talkaboutaliensandconductaninterview

?Writeareport

?Tellamysteriousstory

Procedures

?WelcometotheUnit

Step1:Brainstorming

1.Boysandgirls,haveyoueverheardsomethingnotonlyinteresting

andattractivebutalsounexplainedatallevenwiththehelpofmodern

scienceandtechnologyintheworld?Herearesomepicturesonthe

screen.Canyoutellmewhattheyare?

ThechancesforseeingaUFOaregreaterforthosepeoplewholive

insmalltownsorinthecountryandareoutsidelateatnight.

UFOs.Yes,theyarecalledUFOs,meaningunidentifiedflying

objects.

UFOscomeinallshapesandsizes.Someareonlysmallspotsoflight

thatmoveinstrangepatternsacrossthenightsky.

Somecanbeseeninthedaytimeareoftendisk-orsaucer-shaped.

UFOswereonceseenindifferentpartsofChina.Lookatsome

picturesonthescreen,please.

Doyouthinksuchkindofthingsmysterious?Areyoucuriousabout

them?BesidesUFOs,canyoulistanythingmoreunexplainedyou've

everheardorseeninyourdailylife?

TheyareYetis,theLochNessMonster,StonehengeandthePyramidsin

Egypt.

2.Openyourbooksandlefslookatpageone.Pleasereadtheinstruction

andfocusonthefivepicturesandillustrationsfirst.Thenanswerthe

followingquestions:

Dothefivepictureshavesomethingincommon?

Ifso,whatisit?(unexplained;nosatisfactoryanswers;mysterious;no

evidence...)

Canscientistsexplainthesephenomena?

Howdoyoufeelaboutthem?

Areyouabitcurious?

3.Thinkofasmanyexpressionsaspossibletoanswerthequestions

above.Trytomakeupsomesentencesandreadthemtotheclass.Iwill

alsoofferyousomeexamples.

Theyaremysteriousbecausenosatisfactoryanswershavebeenofferedto

explainthem.Thoughthesemysterieshavepuzzledpeopleforalong

time,theystillshowgreatinterestinthem.

Peoplefeelpuzzledbythemysteries.

4.Reporttheinformationyouhavecollectedtotheclass.Youranswers

arequitedifferent.Nowwewillusesomeofyouranswersasaprompt

foraclassdiscussion.Forexample,

Teacher:WhatinformationhaveyougotaboutUFOs?

StudentA:...

Teacher:DoyouthinkStudentA'sinformationinteresting?What

abouttheinformationyou'vegot?Isthereanythingdifferent?

StudentB:...

5.Pleasediscussthetopicsinpairs.Herearesomequestions.

AboutUFOs:

HaveyoueverreadsomereportsaboutUFOsinChina?

AreyouinterestedinUFOs?

Aretheyreallyfromanotherplanet?

WhatdothelettersUFOstandfor?

WhydoyouthinkUFOsvisitourplanet?

AboutYetis:

WherearetheHimalayas?

What'stheweatherlikethere?

Whydosomepeoplemakegreateffortstoclimbthem?

(hobby;dream;challengethemselves;makediscoveries;overcome

difficulty,..)

AYetiisreportedtobehal住manandhalf-beast.Haveyouheardofit?

Doyouthinksomeclimbers'disappearancesareconnectedwithYetis?

AboutStonehenge,thepyramidsandtheLochNessMonster:

StonehengeandthepyramidsinEgypt,themostfamousofwhichisthe

GreatPyramid,areculturalrelics.

Wherewerethepyramidsbuilt,ontheeastcoastoftheNileoronthe

westcoast?

Whatarethereasons?

DoyouthinktheGreatPyramidisawonderinhumanhistory?

HowwastheGreatPyramidbuilt?

Ihaven'theardofStonehengeortheLochNessMonster.Theyareabit

newtome.Whataboutyou?

Wouldyoubeinterestedindiscoveringmoreaboutthem?

Step2:Sharinginformation

1.Lefsdealwiththequestionsinpairs.Forthefirstquestion,youmay

discussitthisway:DoyoubelieveinUFOs?Whatmightbethemost

acceptableexplanationforUFOs?Youmaygivedifferentanswerssuch

as:

-Aliensfromspace.

-Militarytestaircraft.

-SomeUFOsarealien,somearetestaircraft.

-UFOsareevidenceofhumanspacetravel.

-UFOsareneitheraliennortestaircraft.

-UFOsdon'texist.

Youcanexpressyouragreementsanddisagreementswitheachother.

2.Summarizeyouranswersandthenreporttotheclass.

Sampleanswers

1.1haveafirmbeliefinUFOs.Infact,Ihaveseenafewmyself.UFO

standsforUnidentifiedFlyingObject,thatis,anobject,apparently

movinginthesky,whichwecannotidentify.However,ifyouaskme

whetherornotIbelieveinspacecraftcarryingvisitorsfromouterspace,I

wouldhavetosay'no'.Idonotbelieveinthem.

2.ThecontinentofAntarcticawasdiscoveredin1818.Itwasonce

supposedtohavebeencoveredbyiceforhundredsofthousandsofyears.

However,in1949scientiststooksamplesfromsedimentdeepbeneath

Antarctica,whichrevealedthatgreatrivershadonceflowedinto

Antarcticauntilabout6,000yearsago,Manymoremysteriesremainto

bediscovered.

3.I'malwaysinterestedinthestoriesofUFOsandaliens.AndIhopeI

willhavethechancetomeetonesomeday.Ifitreallyhappenstome,I

willaskquestionssuchas'Whoorwhatareyou?','Whereareyoufrom?'

and'Howlongdoesittaketotravelfromyourplacetoourplanet?'.Iwill

trymybesttocommunicatewiththem,discoveringwhattheirlifeislike

andwhytheyhavecometotheearth.

UFOsUFOstandsforUnidentifiedFlyingObject.According

tosomewitnesses,itiscolorlessandmovesata

slow,steadyspeedwithlittlenoise.

TheLochLochNessisabiglakeinScotland.Nessie,theLoch

NessNessMonster,wassightedasfarbackasthe6th

MonstercenturyAD.

YetisTheYetihasbeencalledthe'missinglink';half^man,

half-beast.Itissupposedtoliveinthehighest

mountainintheworld—MountQomolangma.

Stone-hengeBeingoneofBritain'sgreatestnationalicons,itstands

formysteryandpower.Somepeopleguessthatitwasa

templeforworship.ThereasonwhyStonehengewas

builtremainsunknowneventoday.

TheGreatTheGreatPyramidofKhufuisoneoftheseven

PyramidwondersoftheancientGreatworldandtheonlyone

peoplecanvisit.ItisthegreatestoftheEgyptian

pyramids,whichservedasburialplacesforthe

Pharaohs.

?Wordpower

Step1:Brainstorming

1.Doyouknowhim?

2.Whendidspaceexplorationbeginintheworld?(In1957)

3.Whendidthefirstmanlandonthemoon?Andhow?(In1965)

4.WhenwasthefirstmannedspaceshiplaunchedinChina?

(Oct.15,2003)

5.Areyouinterestedinmakingdiscoveriesinspace?

Nowthereisascientistwhowilltellyousomethingaboutouter

spaceandspaceexploration.Herearesomepictures.Canyouname

them?

Step2:Vocabularylearning

1.Readthefirstpartofthespeechandcompletethetimelineofthemain

eventsmentioned.

TimeEventSign

1957thelaunchofthe1startificialSpaceexploration

satellitebegan.

1959unmannedspaceshipslaunchedinto

space

19611sthumanbeingtraveledinspacePeopleorbitedthe

Earth

2.Guessthemeaningsoftheunknownwordsfromthecontext.Words

likelaunch,artificial,orbitandtracearenewtoyouall.Listentome,

please.Spaceexplorationbeganwiththelaunchofthefirstartificial

satellite.Whatdoes'launch'mean?Whatwordcanbeusedtoreplace

'artificial'?Whatabouttheword'man-made'?

3.Nowcontinuewithyourdiscussionbyansweringthefollowing

questions:

Howcanaspaceshuttlebesentintospace?

Canitflyintospacebyitself?

Withthesetwoquestions,youshouldfocusonreadingtheposterthe

scientistisshowingtoyou.Bytheway,doyouknowthedifferences

betweenspaceshipandspaceshuttle?

▲Aspaceshipisavehicleforcarryingpeoplethroughspace.

▲Aspaceshuttleisavehiclethatisdesignedtocarrypeopleintospace

andbacktotheEarthseveraltimestodoexperiments.

Thinkaboutotherinformationthescientistmayrefertointhefollowing

partofhisspeech.

4.Readthesecondpartofthescientist'sspeechandcompletePartC

individuallyaccordingtotheinstructions.We'llthenchecktheanswers.

AnswerstoC(Page7)

Iguesssomeofyouaredreaminganastronaut

Tocheckyourreadingcomprehension,Tdliketoaskyousome

questions:

Whatwillhappentotherocketsaftertheshuttlehasbeensenttospace?

Wherewilltheastronautsdotheirresearch?

Whycan'ttheyremovetheirspacesuits?

Step3:Vocabularyextension

1.Rightnowwe'vegotsomeknowledgeaboutspaceandspace

exploration,andlearnedsomerelevantwordsandexpressions.Let's

reviewthem.

innerspace

space

outerspace

Theprocessofspaceexploration

Firstartificialsatellitewaslaunched.

PeopleorbitedtheEarthin1961.

Photosaretakenandsamplesarecollectedfromtheplanets.

Achievementsofspaceexploration

astronauts-travel—walk-inspace.

planets—examined.

photos—takenandsamples—collected.

PleasefocusonPartDandcompleteitindividually.

AnswerstoD:

(3)Earth(5)Jupiter(1)Mercury(4)Mars(8)Neptune

(9)Pluto(2)Venus(6)Saturn(7)Uranus

2.ReadthedialogueinPartAonpage84andthenewspaperreportin

PartBonpage85inReadinginWorkbook.Iwillaskyoumorequestions

toseehowwellyouunderstandthetworeadingmaterials:

PartA

BesidesStevenSpielberg,anotherperson,CharlesDickens,ismentioned.

Doyouknowsomethingabouthimfromthedialogue?

Theword'emotion'hasbeenusedtwicebyAlan.Canyouguesswhatit

means?(Itmeansastrongfeeling.)

PartB

Inthelastsentenceofthethirdparagraph,thereisanewword'souvenir'.

Canyouguessitsmeaningfromthecontext?(Itmeansathingkeptto

remindoneofaperson,aplaceoranevent.)

?Project:Tellingamysteriousstory

TheprojectinthisunitisdesignedtohelpyoulearnanduseEnglishby

doingagroupproject.ThereadingmaterialaboutYetisisasamplefor

youtoseehowamysteriousstorycanbewritten.Trytowriteastoryon

oneofthefivemysteriesinthesectionWelcometotheunit.

Usewhatyouhavelearnedinthisunittocompletetheproject.You

maydiscusswhatmysteryyouwanttowriteastoryabout,andcollectas

muchinformationasyoucan.Pleasethinkcarefullyandcreativelyabout

thestory.Dividetheworkamongyourselvesandcooperatebyworking

together.Inthisway,Tmsureyouwilllearnsomethingthatyoudidn't

knowbefore.

Reading

1.Readthearticlequicklytofindthemainideaofeachparagraphandthe

connectionsbetweenthem.

Paragraph1Yetisarereportedtohavebeenseenallovertheworld.

Paragraphs2-4DescriptionsofYetisindifferentplaces(supported

detailsforparagraph1)

Paragraphs5-6Scientists'differentopinionsaboutYetis

Paragraph7Scientistshopetofindthetruth.

2.Readthearticleagain,andfindanswerstothefollowingquestionsand

fillintheformbelow:

InwhichyearswereYetisseen?

WherehaveYetisorsimilarcreaturesbeenseen?

WhathasbeenreportedaboutYetis?

WhatdoscientiststhinkofYetis?

3.Trytodistinguishthewritingfeaturesofamysteriousstorysothatyou

mayknowhowtowritesuchastory.

Thewritingfeaturesofamysteriousstory:

*aninterestingandattractivetitle

*anattractivebeginning

*somedetailsofthestorywithsomepicturesorphotos

*whatscientistsorpeoplethinkaboutthestory

*anopenendofthestory

4.YoumayalsoconsultthestoryBoymissing,policepuzzled,whichisa

newsstory,whileSearchingfortheYetiisanoverviewaboutYetis.

Comparethetwoarticles.Theformeroneisanewspaperreport.Soafter

readingthefirstparagraphreaderswillknowwhathashappenedand

whenandwhereithappenedandmoredetailsandinformationaregiven

inthefollowingparagraphs.Thelatteroneisamagazinearticle.Itisan

overviewwithgeneralinformationaboutYetis.Soittellsreaderssome

detailsaboutYetispeoplehaveseenindifferentplaces.

5.DoPartsB1andB2onpage81inWorkbook,soyouwillhaveabetter

understandingabouttheusagesoftheusefulwordsandexpressionsin

Project.

PartsDIandD2onpage83inWorkbookareassignedasyour

homeworktopractiseusingsomewordsandimportantpatternsinthis

unit.

Tellingamysteriousstory

Toconductthisproject,youneedtofollowthefollowingfoursteps:

planning,preparing,producingandpresenting.Tdliketogiveyousome

guideforeachstep:

1.Atthestepofplanning,youshouldfirstmakeclearthedeadlineisthe

endofthisweek.Thenworkinsmallgroupstodiscussfirstwhattowrite

andthenthequestionsinthispart.Divideuptheworkanddecidewhat

eachgroupmemberwilldo.

2.Whenpreparing,youmeet,discussandchoosefromtheinformation

eachgroupmemberhascollected.Oneofyouinthegroupwritethe

outlineaccordingtotheresultofthediscussion.Whenfinished,the

outlineshouldbeapprovedbythewholegroup.

3.Thenextstepisproducing.Eachofyoushouldwriteapartofthestory.

Thenputwhatyouhavewrittentogether.Proofreadthestorytocorrect

mistakesifthereareany.Newideascanbeadded.Thosewhoare

responsibleforillustratingthestoryshoulddrawyourpicturesaccording

tothewriting.Thenthewholegroupshouldapprovethestoryandthe

illustrations.

4.Thencomesyourtimeofpresenting.Thestorytellerofeachgroupisto

tellyourstorytothewholeclass.Thenputupyourstoriesonthewallsof

theclassroom.

Answers

PartBl(page81)

1hairyhair2strengthstrong3existenceexist4cli

mberclimbing

5describedescriptions6heavyheavily7amazesamazing

8reallyreal

PartB2(page81)

1searchfor2similar3livingon4convinced

5madehisway6supported7onaverage8mysteries

PartCl(page82)

1havedonehavemade2havelost

3havebeenpreparinghaveinvited4hasbeenwritinghasn't

finished

5hasforgottenhavebeenexpecting6havebeenwaitinghasn't

turned

7hasbeensnowinghavehad8havebeentryinghavegothas

happened

PartC2(page82)

1hasbeendoinghaswrittenhavebeenpublishedisteaching

2havebecomewrote

3e-mailedansweredhavebeenexpecting

4havelistenedhavebecome

5havebeenreadinghavelearnedwill/amgoingtointroduce

PartDI(page83)

1spaceship2amazing3creatures4research5missing

6experiences

7

disappeared8witnesses9disappearance10evidence11frig

htened12havebeenhaving

PartD2(page83)

1.Hewillnotgiveupuntiltheproblemissolved.

2.1rememberIputthebookawayafterreadingthefirsttwopages,but

nowithasgonemissing.

3.AccordingtoBill,thefootballmatchwillbeheldonthefirstSundayin

June.

4.Theairportwasclosedbecauseof/duetothebadweather.

5.Theneighboursreportedseeinghimleavethehouseinablackcoat.

6.Thepolicehaveruledoutthepossibilityofmurder.However,hisdeath

stillpuzzleseveryone.

7.1amsurprisedthattheseventy-year-oldmanhaspassedthecollege

entranceexaminationsandgotintoafamousuniversity.

8.Isthereanypossibilitythatachildcanstartatoycompanyonthe

Internet?

Reading

PartA(page84)

1.ToshowAlanthatmanypeoplehavemadestoriestomakeusfeel

moved.

2.HefeelsthatthefilmistoolongandthatStevenSpielbergjustwanted

tomakeasadstory.

3.Itisonehourandforty—fiveminuteslong.

4.E.Tisjustlikeus.Heneedslove,friendshipandhelp.

5.ThefirsttimesheistellingAlanhowthefilmisstilllovedbymany

peoplealongtimeafteritwasmade.Thesecondtimesheistelling

himthatthespecialeffectsstilllookgoodaftermorethantwentyyears.

PartB(page85)

1.Peoplewereworriedaboutterrorism.ChinahadaproblemwithSARSand

manycountrieshadmanyproblems.

2.Whenitfirstappeared,theywerescaredandtriedtokillitbutnow

theyarehappytoseeit.

3.Thewriterwantstoshowthatmanythingsarethesame.Thoughmany

peopledon'tbelievethemonstersreallyliveinthelakes,tourismhasstill

increasedinbothplaces.

4.Peoplecouldopenshopstosellsouvenirs.

5.No,moreandmoretouristsarevisitingthelakes.

Listening

PartsAandB(page86)

TVreport:1.townJiangsueleven2.visiting3.coloured

lights4.twohillsclouds

Dad'sbeliefs:1.plane2.hundredsofpeoplesee3.Tian'anmen

Square

PartC(page86)

1.town2.Jiangsu3.eleven4.visiting5.colouredlights

6.plane7.hundredsof8.see9.Tian'anmenSquare

Writing

PartB(page87)

DearJim,

Ihadastrangeexperiencelastnight.Itwasunusuallydark.Inoticeda

lightinmybackgardenandwalkedtothedoortotakealook.AUFO

hadlandedinmygardenandopeneditsdoor!Icouldn'tbelievemyeyes.

AnalienwaswalkingdownthestairsoftheUFO.Hewalkeduptome

andsaid,'Now,I'mtakingyoutoanewplace.'Withthat,heledmeinto

theUFOandweflewtotheMoonandthentoMars.JustasIbeganto

enjoytheride,thealienbroughtoutatorch.Allofasudden,astrong

beamshoneinmyeyes.Ihadtokeepmyeyesshuttoavoidthelight.

Guesswhat?Itwassunlightshiningonmybed.Whatadream!

Yourstruly,

?TaskConductingasurvey

Thissectionconsistsofaseriesofactivitieswhichprovideyou

opportunitiestolearnandpractiseyourlanguageskillsoflistening,

readingspeakingandwriting.Yourabilitytoanalyzeproblemsis

supposedtobeimproved.TheTasksectionisdividedintothreesteps,

eachofwhichisprecededbyaskillsbuildingactivity.Bygoingthrough

thethreesteps,youwilllearnhowtodesignaquestionnaire,howto

conductaninterview,howtoanalyzestatisticsandhowtowriteareport

whichincludesconclusionsandrecommendationsbasedonthesurvey.

Skillsbuilding1:Completingaquestionnaire

Thisparttellsushowtodesignaquestionnaire.Sixrulesaregiventolet

youknowthestyleofthelanguageusedinaquestionnaire,sothe

questionsandstatementsdonotcauseanyconfusion.Yououghttoknow

whataquestionnaireis,andwhatthepurposeofquestionnaireis.Please

gooverthesixpointsonpage12sothatyouwillknowhowtodesigna

questionnaire.Youareexpectedtoknowthatquestionsorsentences

shouldbeaccurateandsuccinct.Finishtheexerciseaboutthe

questionnaireaboutpeople'sshoppinghabits.Andgiveyourreasonswhy

youthinkthesestatementsarenotproperlyconstructed.

Answers:

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425564

Step1:designingaquestionnaire

1.Pleaseworkinpairsonthequestionnaireforasurveyofabookclub

onpage13.ReadoverPartA,thequestionnaire,andidentifythethree

inappropriatequestions/statementsinit,andcorrectthemaccordingtothe

rulesonpage12.

2.Listentothefirstpartofthetapeandchecktheircorrectionsofthe

questionnaire.

Tapescript

Part1

Boss:Sothisisthequestionnaireyouhavepreparedforthisyear's

survey,right?

?yee:Yes.Iwasjustwonderingifyoucouldtakealookformeandtellme

ifIneedtomakesomechanges.

Boss:Tellmewhatyouhavedonetoimproveyourquestionnaire?

?yee:Allright.Ireadawebpageabouthowtowriteaquestionnaire,andI

improvedmyquestionnairebasedontherulesIfoundthere.Theyare

reallyhelpful.

Boss:Whatchangeshaveyoumadethen?

(yee:OriginallyIasked'HowdidyoufindoutaboutBestBookCluband

whendidyoujointheclub?'underQuestionTwo,butsinceIshouldonly

askonepieceofinformationatatime,nowIhavetwoquestionshere

instead.TheyareQuestionTwo—'HowdidyoufindoutaboutBestBook

Club?'andQuestionThree—'Whendidyoujointheclub?'.

Boss:Soyouhadsevenquestionsandnowyouhaveeight.

Employee:That'sright.

Boss:Whataidyoudo?

?yee:Ichanged'Howmanytimeshaveyouvisitedbookshops?'to'How

manytimehaveyouvisitedbookshopsinthelastsixmonths?'becauseI

understandthataspecifictimereferencehastobegiven.Otherwisethere

mightbeconfusion.

Boss:That'sQuestionNumberFive,ortheoriginalNumberFour,

right?

Employee:Yes,andinQuestionNumberSeven,ortheoriginalNumber

Six,Icuttheinstructiontoonlytwowords—'Pleasespecify',becausethe

originalsentencewastoolonganddifficult.IknowI'mnotsupposedto

usesuchdifficultlanguageinaquestionnaire.Nowit'smucheasierand

clearer.

Boss:Obviously

Answers

A.Question2shouldbedividedintotwoquestions:

2.HowdidyoufindoutaboutBestBookClub?

newspapers[]magazines[]friends[]Internet[]TV

[]

3.Whendidyoujointheclub?

2000[]2001[]2002[]2003[]

So,altogethertherearenow8questionsinthequestionnaire.Theoriginal

Question4shouldbemoreaccurateandchangedlikethefollowing:

5Howmanytimeshaveyouvisitedbookshopsinthelast6months?

TheoriginalQuestion6shouldbechangedintoQuestion7.The

instructionintheblankistoolonganddifficultandshouldbecutinto

onlytwowords'Pleasespecify'.

3Listentothesecondpartofthetapeandfinishdesigningthe

questionnaireinPartA.

Tapescript

Part2

Boss:Now,thisyearwe'regoingtostartanewmysterybookclub.So,canyou

addtwomorequestions?QuestionNumberNine,areyouinterestedina

mysterybookclub?QuestionNumberTen,howmuchwouldyouspend

onmysterybookseachmonth?

Employee:Letmetakethemdown.Nine,areyouinterestedinamysterybook

club,questionmark.

Boss:Oh,don'tforgettoadd'yes'and'no'withaboxbesideeachofthem,so

thatclubmemberscanchoosetheiranswer.

Employee:OK.Andten,howmuchwouldyouspendonmysterybookseach

month,questionmark.Isthatright?

Boss:Right.Don'tforgettoprovideanswersunderthequestion.

Employee:OK.Theanswerscouldbelessthantenyuan,tenyuantonineteen

yuan,twentyyuantotwenty-nineyuan,andnolessthanthirtyyuan.

Boss:Good.

Employee:Anythingelsethatyouwantmetodo?

Boss:Canyougivemethenewquestionnairetomorrow?

Employee:Sure.

Answers:

B9Areyouinterestedinamysterybookclub?Yes[]No[]

10Howmuchwouldyouspendonmysterybookseachmonth?

lessthan￥10[]￥10—19[]

￥20-29[]nolessthan￥30[]

Skillsbuilding2:greetingothersandmakingintroductions

Learnhowtogreetothersinanappropriatemannerfirstandthenyouwill

knowhowtointroduceyourselvesandsaywhatyouintendtodoand

why.Practiseadialogueinpairsattheend,usingtheskillsyouhave

learnedinthispart.

1.Howdoyougreeteachotheroryourteachersonthewaytoschoolinthe

morning?

PleasegooverPoint1onpage14.

2.Whatdoyousaywhenyoufirstmeetsomeone?Howdoyouintroduce

yourselftoothers?

GooverPoint2.Youwillconductaninterviewaftertheintroduction.

3.Workinpairs,oneasamemberfromtheschoolmagazine,theotheras

thestudentwhosearticleistobeincludedinthenextissueoftheschool

magazine.Talkaboutthewriter'splanforthearticle.Youmaybeginlike

this:

Student1:Goodmoming/aftemoon.Mynameis..I'mamemberofourschool

magazine.I'dliketoaskyouafewquestionsifyoudon'tmind.

Student2:Certainlynot.Whatdoyouwanttoknow?

Youmaytalkaboutthefollowingthings,suchasJustinFoster's

disappearance,visitstosomehighschoolsintheUSAorhobbiesand

interestsofhighschoolstudents,etc.

Possibleexample

Student1:Goodmorning/afternoon.

Student2:Goodmoming/aftemoon.

Student1:Mynameis...I'mamemberofourschoolmagazine.I'dliketoask

youafewquestionsifyoudon'tmind

Student2:Certainlynot.

Student1:Iknowyouaregoingtowriteanarticleforthenextissueofour

schoolmagazine.Couldyoupleasetellmewhatyou'regoingtotalk

about?

Student2:Iwilltalkaboutwhatourstudentsusuallydoafterschool.

Student1:Oh,itmustbeveryinteresting.Canyoutellmesomething

moreaboutyourarticle?

Student2:Yes.Idesignedaquestionnaireforasurveyaboutwhatthestudents

inourschoollikeintheirsparetime...

Step2:conductinganinterview

Inthispart,youwillconductaninterviewaboutBestBookClubinpairs,

usingthequestionnaireyouhaverevisedonpage13.Inthiswayyoucan

practisethespeakingskillsyouhavelearnedinSkillsbuilding2.Youcan

gatherstatisticsfromanumberofquestionnairesafterconductingsome

surveys.

1.ReadPartAonpage14tomakesureyouknowwhattodo.Thenwork

inpairstorole-playaninterviewbetweenaclubemployeeandaclub

member.Atthesametime,finishthequestionnaireonpage13.Youcan

beginlikethis:

Clubemployee:Hello.

Clubmember:Hello.

Clubemployee:Mynameis...I'mastaffmemberinthisclub.Iknowyou'rea

memberofourclub.WouldyoumindifIaskyousomequestions?

Clubmember:Ofcoursenot.

2.WorkinpairstogooverPartBonpage15.Thistime,oneofyouwillbe

thebossoftheclub,theothertheemployeeoftheclub.Theemployee

willtellthebosstheclubmember'sanswerstothequestionnaire.Usethe

questionsinPartBtocreateadialogue.

Skillsbuilding3:analyzingstatistics

You'lllearnherehowtoanalysestatisticsthataregatheredfrom

questionnaires,andhowtodrawconclusionsandmakerecommendations

throughthestatistics.Trytoimproveyourabilitiesofanalysingand

solvingproblemsintheactivities.

1.Gooverthetwopointsonpage16.Makesureyouknowwhatcanbe

obtainedthroughanalyzingthestatisticsfromquestionnaires.Through

analysis,youcandrawconclusionsandmakerecommendations.Thus,

youcan