1、L/O/G/OUnit TwoGetting to Know Each Other大学英语交际口语教程大学英语交际口语教程（第二版）（第二版）Section One Talking About Your Present Situation 大学英语交际口语教程大学英语交际口语教程（第二版）（第二版）Activity 2-1-1A Cocktail PartyDirections:Step 1.Read the following background information:A cocktail party usually lasts a couple of hours.Drinks,both
2、 alcoholic and non-alcoholic,are served as well as a variety of snacks(小吃小吃).These snacks are usually finger food which means people eat them with their fingers,not with knives and forks.The purpose of a cocktail party is for the guests to circulate and meet and chat with different people.For this r
3、eason,people at a cocktail party usually dont sit down;instead,they stay standing and move around the room.大学英语交际口语教程大学英语交际口语教程（第二版）（第二版）Step 2.Brainstorm with students for questions that people often ask when they are meeting each other for the first time.Put the questions on the blackboard.Some qu
4、estions are provided only as suggestions on Page 236.Step 3.Have all the students move around the room talking to each other.Keep two(or three)students talking for a few minutes,stop them and then ask the students to move around in order to find a new partner to talk with.Talk to as many people as p
5、ossible.大学英语交际口语教程大学英语交际口语教程（第二版）（第二版）Step 4.Single out a student,have him/her point to another student and say to the rest of the class,“Who can tell me something about X?”Those who have spoken to that person will tell the class what they remember.This step can continue until more students have cha
6、nces to practice.大学英语交际口语教程大学英语交际口语教程（第二版）（第二版）Activity 2-1-2AgeDirections:Step 1.Divide the class into pairs or groups of 3 to 4,and have each group sit in a circle.Step 2.Read the following background information on Page 54:It seems when we are very young we want to grow up as fast as possible,but
7、 when we get older we wish we were younger.When asked how old we are,we oft en feel reluctant to answer this question.Actually,we should be proud of our age because life is always offering us,no matter how old we are,opportunities to fulfill our hopes and dreams.大学英语交际口语教程大学英语交际口语教程（第二版）（第二版）Step 3.
8、Work together with your partner(s)to discuss the seven questions on Page 54.When the group discussion is finished,the teacher can have some students report to the class their answers to the questions.大学英语交际口语教程大学英语交际口语教程（第二版）（第二版）Activity 2-1-3 Rescue Worker,Save My.Directions:Step 1.Divide the clas
9、s into pairs or groups of 3 to 4,and have each group sit in a circle.Step 2.Read the following background information on Page 55:On your way back home,an earthquake occurs.As you get to your home,you find it has collapsed.Luckily,all members of your family are safe,but almost everything else is buri
10、ed in the ruins.A rescue worker walks up to you and says,“I can save just three things that are in your home for you.Tell me which things you want to save.”大学英语交际口语教程大学英语交际口语教程（第二版）（第二版）Step 3.In your group,take turns telling what are the three things you would want to have saved and explain why.1)_
11、 2)_ 3)_ 大学英语交际口语教程大学英语交际口语教程（第二版）（第二版）Step 4.When the group discussion is finished,the teacher can have all the students move around the class,telling each other the three things they would want to have saved and explain why.Step 5.Later on,the teacher can have some students report to the class the
12、 things they would want to have saved and explain why.Judging from the three things a particular student would want to have saved,other students can make some comments right afterwards on what kind of person he/she is.大学英语交际口语教程大学英语交际口语教程（第二版）（第二版）Activity 2-1-4 Supposing You Werent You Directions:S
13、tep 1.Divide the class into pairs or groups of 3 to 4,and have each group sit in a circle.Step 2.Read the following background information:Sometimes we may imagine that we could become different things or objects and still have some of our own qualities.大学英语交际口语教程大学英语交际口语教程（第二版）（第二版）Step 3.Work toge
14、ther with your partner(s)to discuss the twelve questions on Page 56.You can imagine what you would like to be and explain why.Note:discuss one question at a time.Judging from the choice a particular student has made,other students can make some comments right afterwards on what kind of person he/she
15、 is.After each student has a turn,go on to the second question.Useful expressions you may use are If I were a/an.,I would be I would like to be.because大学英语交际口语教程大学英语交际口语教程（第二版）（第二版）Step 4.When the group discussion is finished,the teacher can have some students report to the class their choices for e
16、ach question and explain why.Judging from the choice a particular student has made,other students can make some comments right afterwards on what kind of person he/she is.大学英语交际口语教程大学英语交际口语教程（第二版）（第二版）Activity 2-1-5What If?Directions:Step 1.Divide the class into pairs or groups of 3 to 4,and have ea
17、ch group sit in a circle.Step 2.Work together with your group members to discuss the ten questions on Page 5657,and explain your reasons when necessary.Step 3.After the group discussion is finished,the teacher can have some students report their opinions to the class.大学英语交际口语教程大学英语交际口语教程（第二版）（第二版）Se
18、ction Two Talking About Your Past大学英语交际口语教程大学英语交际口语教程（第二版）（第二版）Activity 2-2-1 Childhood Memories Directions:Step 1.Divide the class into pairs or groups of 3 to 4,and have each group sit in a circle.Step 2.Read the following background information on Page 57:We all have a number of childhood memorie
19、s We all have a number of childhood memories that made us happy in one way or another.As that made us happy in one way or another.As we get older,we tend not to think about them we get older,we tend not to think about them very much.Yet to do so helps us recall the very much.Yet to do so helps us re
20、call the sweet feelings we had at the time.sweet feelings we had at the time.大学英语交际口语教程大学英语交际口语教程（第二版）（第二版）Step 3.Work individually for approximately 1 minute.Recall some of your sweet childhood memories and be prepared to explain why.1)Toy?2)Playmate?3)Picture?4)Game?5)Book or story?6)Place to go?7
21、)Hobby?8)TV show?9)Birthday?10)_?11)_?12)_?大学英语交际口语教程大学英语交际口语教程（第二版）（第二版）Step 4.Exchange your childhood memories with your partner(s).Step 5.When the group discussion is finished,the teacher can have all the students move around the class,telling each other some of their sweet childhood memories.Lat
22、er on,the teacher can have some students present their childhood memories to the class.While listening,other students can ask questions.大学英语交际口语教程大学英语交际口语教程（第二版）（第二版）Activity 2-2-2Someone SpecialDirections:Step 1.Divide the class into pairs or groups of 3 to 4,and have each group sit in a circle.Ste
23、p 2.Read the following background information on Page 58:In our life,there are always some individuals who have had a strong impact on us.Our direction in life may even have changed because of them.Their influence might be on a way of thinking or acting or doing something in a different way.大学英语交际口语
24、教程大学英语交际口语教程（第二版）（第二版）Step 3.Work individually for approximately 1 minute.Think of some of the people who have greatly influenced your life in a positive way from your earliest years to the present:1)Who was this person when you met him/her?2)How old were you when you met this person?3)How did this
25、person influence you?4)How would your life be different if you had not met this person?5)Do you still see this person?大学英语交际口语教程大学英语交际口语教程（第二版）（第二版）Step 4.Share with your partner(s)the story of some of the most influential people in your life.Step 5.When the group discussion is finished,the teacher
26、can have all the students move around the class,telling each other who the influential people are/were in their lives and how their lives changed as a result of this contact.Later on,the teacher can have some students report to the class who the influential people are/were in their lives and how the
27、ir lives changed as a result of this contact.While listening,other students can ask questions.大学英语交际口语教程大学英语交际口语教程（第二版）（第二版）Activity 2-2-3 Happy Events in Your LifeDirections:Step 1.Divide the class into pairs or groups of 3 to 4,and have each group sit in a circle.Step 2.Read the following backgrou
28、nd information on Page 59:When asked what are the happy events in our lives,we may feel that nothing good happens to us.Actually,during our lives we experience a number of events which give us great happiness or pride,but sometimes we just dont have enough time to recall how lucky we have been.大学英语交
29、际口语教程大学英语交际口语教程（第二版）（第二版）Step 3.Work individually for approximately 1 minute.Recall as many happy events in your life as you can.Step 4.Share with your partner(s)some of the happy events that you still hold fast in your memory.Note:each student reveals just one event in the first round.After each st
30、udent has a turn,go on to the second round.大学英语交际口语教程大学英语交际口语教程（第二版）（第二版）Step 5.When the group discussion is finished,the teacher can have all the students move around the class,telling each other some of the happy events in their lives.Later on,the teacher can have some students present to the clas
31、s some of the happy events in their lives.While listening,other students can ask questions.大学英语交际口语教程大学英语交际口语教程（第二版）（第二版）Section Three Talking About Your Future大学英语交际口语教程大学英语交际口语教程（第二版）（第二版）Activity 2-3-1 What Are Your Lifetime Goals?Directions:Step 1.Divide the class into pairs or groups of 3 to 4,
32、and have each group sit in a circle.Step 2.Read the following background information on Page 59:The older we get,the faster time passes.There are many things we want to do yet there never seems to be enough time to do them.To know whether or not we cherish our own life time,we can examine what we ac
33、tually want to achieve in our life.大学英语交际口语教程大学英语交际口语教程（第二版）（第二版）Step 3.Work individually for approximately 1 minute.Think of three things that you most want to do in your lifetime.1)_ 2)_ 3)_Step 4.In your group,take turns telling what your three most important lifetime goals are and how you are go
34、ing to achieve them.大学英语交际口语教程大学英语交际口语教程（第二版）（第二版）Step 5.When the group discussion is finished,the teacher can have all the students move around the class,telling each other their lifetime goals and how they are going to achieve them.Later on,the teacher can have some students present to the class their lifetime goals and how they are going to achieve them.While listening,other students can ask questions.L/O/G/OThank You!
