Unit 6 Surprising Plants Listening, Understanding and Communicating 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语重大版（2019）必修第一册

Unit 6 Surprising Plants Listening, Understanding and Communicating By the end of this lesson, I will be able to: 1. describe some surprising plants from various aspects(eg. size, value, color, growing environment, meanings in different cultural contexts, etc.) . 2. listen for the key words in the listening materials . 3. use diagrams to collect and organize information. 4. improve the sensibility of listening by speaking . 5. be aware of flowers’ different connotations in different cultural backgrounds . Learning Objectives: Stage 1: Pre-listening(Brain-storming) Look at the pictures and discuss the following questions. Rose, lily, carnations, sunflower, daisy ,etc. When we show our appreciation to someone,we will buy carnations for mums, we will buy roses for the ones we love, etc. 1) what flowers are they?What is the symbolic meaning of each flower? 2) When and for whom do we usually buy it? Stage 2: While-listening Step 1: Listen to two conversations and match each of the following choices with corresponding conversation(s). Conversation 1: ___________ Conversation 2: __________ Two friends are buying flowers in a flower shop. The conversation is between a salesperson and a customer. The flowers are bought for his girlfriend. The customers get a discount. The flowers are bought for a teacher who is leaving. B , C A , D, E Stage 2: While-listening Step 2: Listening again and answer the following questions. Then discuss them with your partner. What is the strong hint of two roses? What kind of “homework” did the man do? What kind of flowers did the first student want choose for his teacher and why? (4)What did his friend choose and why? Showing love. Read online about the meanings of roses. He wanted to buy some carnations, because in his country, it’s the best choice to express his love for a teacher. Some lilies. Because his friend knows lily is Miss Li’s favourite flower Read the TAPESCRIP :Conversation 1 A: Excuse me? B: Yes? May I help you? A: Er, I need some flowers for my girlfriend. B: Very well. What are the flowers going for? A: I’m asking her to marry me. B: Oh. Here, we have some fresh red roses. You know, red roses are always the right choice to show love. A: How much are the roses? B: $20 per dozen. A: Well, I’m thinking about just two. I read online that two roses have a strong hint of a marriage proposal. B: Splendid! You have done pretty much homework. Will there be anything else? A: No, the roses will be fine. B: I’m sure your girlfriend will love them. Good luck, bye! (117 words) TAPESCRIP Conversation 2 A: Could you help us? We are looking for some flowers. B: OK. Who is the flower for, and do you have something special in mind? A: Oh, it’s for our Chinese teacher; she’s leaving tomorrow. But we have different opinions. I want to buy some carnations, because in my country, it’s the best choice to express your love for a teacher. C: Well, but I’m thinking about some lilies because I know lily is Miss Li’s favourite flower. B: Well, I think both kinds are all right. It’s nice to have some cultural meanings, but making it personal can also show your love and respect. Both of you can get 10% discount if you buy two dozens. A/C: That sounds good. B: Oh, I’ll give you two more cards for free. C: Wow, thanks a lot. Can you wrap them up for us? B: Very good. Would you like anything else? A/C: No, thanks. B: Well. Here you are, then! A: Thanks. Bye! (164 words)   Stage 3: Post-listening Make up a conversation between a salesman and a customer\customers based on the following situations. The sentence structures in the table below will help a lot. Situation 1 An international student is leaving. Situation 2 Your grandpa’s birthday is coming. Situation 3 A friend’s mother is in hospital. Salesperson customer May I help you?\How can I help you? Are you looking for something in particular? It’s on sale.\Sorry, we are out of.. How about these? You can get a 20% discount if you buy a dozen. Here you are.\ Here you go. (Do you want) Anything else? Excuse me, I am looking for… I need \ I’d like …,please. How much is this \ are these…? It’s too bright \ colourful\simple expensive. Do you give any discount? Could you gift-wrap them, please? That’s it. Thanks. Self-assessing Tick the options that you think you can do well. · □ I can tell some flowers’ names. · □ I know the cultural meanings of some flowers when giving these flowers to others as presents. □ I can listen for some key words much easier. · □I can make a similar dialogue by using what I have learnt from the listening(through sentence patterns,etc) · □ I can be more active in group discussion. · Homework Review the words and practise the sentence patterns in our daily life. THANKS FOR LISTENING $$