Think about it How often do you make

Think about it: How often do you make phone calls to your friends? • make phone calls to… 给某人打电话 How do you practice your English?

Learn the new words

Why does Wang Mei want to speak to Jenny? Because she would love to practise/ speak English.

Read answer 1. Can Wang Mei follow Jenny when they’re talking on the phone? No. She can’t. 2. How does Wang Mei practise her English? She watches many English television shows and cartoons.

Read the dialogue in groups

Talk about the language points

打电话用语 1. A：Is that/ this. . . （speaking）? B：Yes. This is ……(speaking). No. It isn’t. 2. A: May I speak to ……, please? B: Hold on, please. / Wait a moment, please. / Certainly. / Sure. / Of course. Make a short dialogue with them.

My cousin, Li Jing, would like to speak to you. 我的妹妹李晶想要跟你说话。 would like to do sth. 想要做某事

How do you practice by yourself? 你怎么样自己练习？ practice doing sth. 练习做某事

Make a new dialogue in groups

选一选 1. I’m afraid I can’t follow you, sir. Can you speak more slowly? (选出与画线部分意思相近 的一项） A. find B. run after C. understand D. keep 2. Tom runs _______than Dave. A. slowly B. more slowly C. slow D. Slower

3. I often _______telephone calls to my friend on Saturday evening. A make B send C use D play 4. —Is that Jim speaking? —_______. A. Yes, I am. B. No, I’m not. C. No, that isn’t D. Yes, this is Jim.

5. He comes form ______ So he is an _______ A. America, American B. America, America C. American, American D. America, America.

Try to use the expressions you learned in this lesson and give a phone call to your good friend.