Lesson1Aprivateconversation

　　Listeningcomprehension

　　1Introducethestory

　　T：Todaywe'lllistentoastoryaboutsomepeopleinthe

　　theatre.

　　2Understandthesituation

　　T：Whatdoyouthinkishappeninginthepicture?

　　3Listeningobjective

　　T：Listentothestoryandseeifyoucananswerthisquestion:

　　Whydidthewritercomplaintothepeoplebehindhim?

　　4Playthetapeorreadthedialogue

　　5Answerthequestion

　　Afterthereading,askthequestionagain:Whydidthewriter

　　complaintothepeoplebehindhim?

　　Trainstudentsnottoshoutouttheanswer.Instead,askone

　　student,thenasktheotherstoagreeordisagreewithashowof

　　hands.

　　Answer:Becausetheyweretalkingsothathecouldnothear

　　theactors.

　　6Intensivereading

　　Playthetapeorreadthestoryagain,pausingafterevery

　　sentencetocheckthestudentsunderstand.

　　Obtainbriefexplanationstodifficultiesinthetextfromthe

　　studentsthemselves.OnlyuseChineseifaconfirmatory

　　translationisnecessary.

　　7Playthetapeorreadthestoryagain

　　Thestudentslistenonly.

　　8Repetition

　　Playthetapeorreadthestoryagain,pausingafterevery

　　sentence,andaskthestudentstorepeat(a)inchorus,(b)insmall

　　groups,and(c)individually.Notethisactivityisoptional.

　　9Readingaloud

　　Askoneortwostudentstoreadthestoryaloud.

　　Comprehensionquestions

　　1Wheredidyougolastweek?(Tothetheatre.)

　　2Didyouhaveagoodseat?(Yes,Idid.)

　　3Wasitaninterestingplay?(Yes,itwas.)

　　4Youenjoyedtheplay,didn'tyou?(No,Ididn't.)

　　5Whowassittingbehindyou?(Ayoungmanandayoungwoman.)

　　6Couldyouhearwhattheactorsweresaying?(No,I

　　couldn't.)

　　7Whycouldn'tyouhear?(Theyweretalkingloudly.)

　　8Whatweretheydoing?(Talkingloudly.)

　　9Didyougetangrywiththemornot?(Yes,Idid.)

　　10Youturnedround,didn'tyou?(Yes,Idid.)

　　11Howdidyoulookatthem?(Angrily.)

　　12Theydidn'tpayanyattention,didthey?(No,theydidn't.)

　　13Couldyoubearit?(No,Icouldn't.)

　　14Whatdidyoudothen?(Iturnedroundagainandsaidangrily,

　　‘Ican'thearaword!’)

　　15Whatdidtheyoungmansay?(‘It'snoneofyourbusiness.

　　Thisisaprivateconversation!’)

　　Askingquestions:Askmeif⋯

　　T：AskmeifIwenttothetheatrelastweek.

　　S：Didyougotothetheatrelastweek?

　　T：When⋯?

　　S：Whendidyougotothetheatre?

　　1Iwenttothetheatrelastweek.(When)

　　2Ihadagoodseat.(Whatkind)

　　3Isawaninterestingplay.(What)

　　4ayoungmanandayoungwomanweresittingbehindme.(Who)

　　(Where)

　　5theyweretalkingloudly.(How)

　　6Icouldn'theartheactors.(Who)

　　7Iturnedround.(What⋯do)

　　8Ilookedatthemanandthewomanangrily.(How)

　　Patterndrill

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　　T：walkacrossthestage-slow

　　S1：Howdidshewalkacrossthestage?

　　S2：Shewalkedveryslowlyacrossthestag