UNIT 6 Great Ideas Learn words and expressions

UNIT 6 Great Ideas

• Learn words and expressions about great ideas. • Listen for details. • Learn how to offer, accept and decline invitations. X UNIT GOALS Lead-in Listen and Practice Communication Strategy Watch and Talk

LEAD-IN A. Below are the pictures of some cool inventions. Match the invention listed in the box with the picture. 1. _______ 2. _______ 3. ______ 4. _______ 5. _______ amazing fan strawberry cutter Mom’s “Hand” ear flashlight spy camera pen

B. Look at the pictures again. Talk about them with the help of the tips. Example Tips A: Look at this picture. Have you seen this? B: What? Hmm… Someone is eating noodles? A: No. I mean the chopsticks she X Tips uses. Are they special? Words and Expressions Describing Great Ideas: B: Yeah. They have a fan, right? Nouns: invention, design, imagination… A: You’ve got it. Is it amazing? Verbs: help do something easily, simplify our work, save B: Definitely. Good invention! time. Oh, and energy, make us feel A: it can help cool meals. It ismore convenient. . . Adjectives: great, fantastic, special, useful, very helpful especially whenmarvelous, you helpful, amazing, unbelievable, economical and are eating something hot. practical. . . B: Great! I’ll buy one.

II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE Could You Help Me Plan a Surprise Party? Let's Go Bowling! How Can I Break Up with My Boyfriend? One Way to Make Money! The Jeans Were a Big Hit! Now I Can Do Many Things!

II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE Script Could You Help Me Plan a Surprise Party? Culture Tips A. Listen and check (√) True or False. 1. The surprise party is in is three weeks. X A surprise a party that is not made 2. Patricia hasn't been to known Emily's beforehand to the apartment for about two person months. in honorisittoo is being 3. Emily’swhose apartment small held. for a big party. 4. Tom advises Emily to only invite Patricia’s family. 5. Emily also invites Tom to come to do some clean-ups. █ □ □█ ○█□ ○□█ □ █ ○□█ █ □ ○□█ CHECK

II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE Script B. Listen again and circle the correct statements about Tom. ○1. He is Emily’s good friend. 2. He is also on the tennis team. ○3. He's helping Emily plan a surprise party. ○4. He can bake wonderful cakes. 5. He has bought a new couch for Emily. CHECK

II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE C. Suppose your best friends birthday is coming. Share with your partner how you will plan a surprise party for him/her.

X get back to 回复，答复 II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE Let’s Go Bowling! A. Listen and check (√) True or False. 1. Sandy hasn't been bowling for months. 2. Brook will take the history exam next morning. 3. Sandy can’t meet Brooke at the library until around 9: 00. 4. Ingrid can't speak Japanese, but Brooke can. New Words Script True False █ □ ○█□ ○□█ █ □ █ □ ○█□ CHECK

II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE Script B. Listen again and fill in the blanks with the information you’ve heard. _____ if you’d like to go Brooke: Hi, Sandy. I was wondering bowling with me_______ this weekend. Sandy: Bowling! Wow, I haven’t been nextbowling in years. haveaamovie see tomorrow date with my _____ Sorry, though, I can’t. I______ weekend boyfriend. Brooke: Oh, I see. Well maybe ______ ? get back to you Sandy: Yeah, that might work. Can I ______ meantime, do you want to about it? In the _____ with me tonight, Brooke? Brooke: Thanks, but I don’t have time tonight. I have that big history exam morning. Sandy: Oh, that’s right. I took that class_______ last semester. I can help you study if you’d like.

II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE New Words X act cold 表现冷漠 How Can I Break Up with My Boyfriend? break up with … 与……断绝关系 A. Listen and check (√) True or False. True 1. It is the first boyfriend that Abby wants to break up with. 2. Abby’s boyfriend treats her well. 3. Hannah broke up with her last boyfriend three months ago. 4. Hannah advises Abby to notice other guys. ○□█ □ █ ○□█ Script False █ □ ○□█ ○█□ █ □ CHECK

II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE Script How Can I Break Up with My Boyfriend? B. Listen again and sequence the suggestions made by Hannah in the correct order from 1 to 5. Number 1 shows what is mentioned first, and number 5 shows what is mentioned last. _____ 4 Start spending less and less time with him. _____ 2 Whenever you see him, act cold. _____ 5 Invite him over for dinner one evening and tell him the bad news. 3 Start noticing other guys when you’re with _____ him, especially guys that are his friends. 1 Stop answering his text messages. _____ CHECK

II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE How Can I Break Up with My Boyfriend? C. Talk with your partner about something unhappy that recently happened to you. Then ask for his/her advice to solve your problem.

II. LISTEN PRACTICE logo. AND 徽标 X One Way pixel to Make 像素 Money! A. Listen and circle the correct answers. Script New Words C 1. The speaker is _____. A. inside Alex’s new apartment B. inside Alex’s old apartment C. outside Alex’s new apartment D. outside Alex’s old apartment 2. What are pixels? B A. The logos of companies. B. The little dots on a computer screen. C. John Smith and Jackie Mitchell. D. A million dollars. CHECK

II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE Script One Way to Make Money! A. Listen and circle the correct answers. 3. Alex made a million dollars by____. A A. starting a website B. running a company C. buying pixels from other companies D. working for WBA News 4. Which statement of the following is true? C A. Alex can not go to college now B. Alex could go out with his friends for dinner before. C. Alex can buy anything he wants now. D. Alex could sell each pixel for two dollars before. CHECK

II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE Script One Way to Make Money! B. Listen again and fill in the blanks with the information you’ve heard. _______ called “The Million Dollar” 1. He started a website Homepage ______. their logos. _______ 2. Companies bought the pixels to show go out with his 3. Four months ago, he couldn’t ______ friends for dinner. go to college … and he can buy a new 4. Now, he can ______ car.

II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE Script The Jeans Were a Big Hit! A. When Listen and the was bestyoung, summary the passage. A. Levicircle Strauss he of opened a small supply business and sold supplies to go to the gold diggers. And finally, he made a fortune with them. B. When Levi Strauss was young, he opened a small ○ supply business and sold supplies to the gold digger. But later, he invented Levi's jeans and made a fortune with them. C. When Levi Strauss was young, he was one of the gold diggers. Then he invented Levi's jeans that later became popular among people around the world. D. When Levi Strauss was young, he was one of the gold diggers. Then he inherited a small business and became very rich with it. CHECK

II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE Script B. Listen again and fill in the blanks with the 1. Theinformation story of theyou’ve first heard. pair of jeans starts with Levi Strauss, a. _______ 2. He sold supplies such as tents, shovels, and young salesman _______ to the gold diggers. ___ 3. Their quickly and pots regular and panspants always had holes in every pocket. _______ worn out 4. Why not make pants out of canvas, the used for tents? heavy material ______ 5. In the U. S. in the 1950 s, blue jeans because all the rage with and. teenagers ____ college students _______

II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE Script New Words Now I Can Do Many Things! A. Listen and check (√) True or False. True False X ballerina 芭蕾舞女演员 1. Bernard普通话（旧指中国官话） lived near Paris with his family ○□█ █ □ Mandarin when he was young. █ □ 2. Bernard's grandmother lived in ○□█ California. 3. Bernard never went to the beach with □ █ ○█□ his grandmother. █ □ 4. Bernard can dance the tango now ○█□ because his teacher taught him. CHECK

II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE Script Now I Can Do Many Things! B. Listen again and complete the chart. What they can/can’t do 1. Bernard's parents speak. Spanish French well. _______ couldn’t ____ 2. Bernard's father could speak some. 3. Bernard speak Chinese. dance very well can __________ 4. Bernard's sister can also. The Reasons spent Because they both ______ worked for a large____ fourwork for year American. Because he a lot of time in Argentina. company Because he____ studied Mandarin for _____. Because she’s a ballerina.

II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE Now I Can Do Many Things! C. List at least three things you could do when you were a kid and talk about them with your partners.

III. COMMUNICATION STRATEGY Offering, Accepting and Declining Invitations A. Listen and Practice. Then practice again using the other expressions. B: Sorry, I can’t. I have to work on that website project A: Would you for class. like to go to Laura’s party * Thanks, but I’m tonight? busy. * Thanks, but I don’t A: Oh, right. Well, have time. there’s another party next week. * That sounds great. Would you like to * Sure, I’d like that. B: That sounds go to that one? * Definitely. good. Thanks! * Do you want. . . * I’d love to. * Can you. . .

III. COMMUNICATION STRATEGY Declining Invitations B. Pair Work. Continue these conversations with a partner. Use the phrases and expressions from Activity A to offer, accept, or decline invitations. 1. A: Do you want to come to my birthday party? B: Sure, . . . 2. A: Would you like to have dinner with us? B: Thanks, but. . . 3. A: Do you want to go to the concert with us? B: Sorry, …

III. COMMUNICATION STRATEGY Declining Invitations C. Role-play. List a few things that you want to invite a partner to do. Then invite your partner. Be sure to use phrases to offer, accept or decline invitations. Example: concert at the student union tomorrow A: Would you like to go to a concert at the student union tomorrow? B: Sorry, but I can’t. I need to help my brother set up his computer. A: Okay. There’s a basketball game on Friday. Do you want to go to that? B: I’d love to.

IV. WATCH AND TALK The Amazing Cell Phone Part A: A. Predict and Watch. What do you think is happening? Look at the photos and circle your guesses. Then watch Part A to check your predictions. Script

Script IV. WATCH AND TALK The Amazing Cell Phone Part A: 1. Lena has a new invention that she wants to show… 2. Hector says he doesn’t have time because he’s … 3. Lena shows Hector a special … 4. When Hector listens, it… √ Jakea Hector going home √ busy Laptop computer √ phone works perfectly √ doesn’t work CHECK

IV. WATCH AND TALK Script B. Second Watching. Who said it? Watch Part A again and write the name of the person next to each line. Write L for Lena, H for Hector, and J for Jack. 1. _____It’s not a regular cell phone. It’s amazing. J 2. _____This H keyboard is broken. 3. _____I can’t believe this. This is so cool. L 4. _____Yeah, I can also speak a little Spanish. H 5. _____Please, you are the perfect person for this. L 6. _____Oh, no wonder! The battery’s dead. L J 7. _____Isn’t that cool? 8. _____Thanks, but I don’t have time. H 9. _____ J Come on. You can take a break for a minute. 10. _____Can you see what Lena has? J

IV. WATCH AND TALK Script C. Third Watching. Watch Part A for the third time and write T for True or F for False next to each statement. 1. _____Jake is excited about Lena’s phone. T 2. _____Hector says he’s too busy to look at it. T 3. _____Hector is busy making coffee for a customer. F 4. _____Lena invited Hector to go to the movie. T T 5. _____Hector can speak German. F 6. _____Jake speaks Spanish and German. 7. _____Hector is amazed at what he hears in the F headphones. F 8. _____Lena decides to throw the phone away because it’s broken. T Lena is disappointed when Hector says he can’t 9. _____ hear anything. F 10. _____Chaz accepts Lena’s invitation to go to the movies.

IV. WATCH AND TALK Suggested Answer D. After Watching. 1. Write your answers to the following questions in the chart. Answers (Why or Why Not) Questions Do you think Hector No, I don’t think he was is interested in the interested. He wasn’t using eye contact at first when they asked phone? him to look at it. What do you think I think the phone is a translator because she wanted to know the phone does? what languages he spoke. What do you think The cell phone will work well. will happen in Part B?

IV. WATCH AND TALK D. After Watching. Suggested Answer 2. Describe an interesting invention you’ve seen or heard about to your partner. I think the wireless Bluetooth is a great invention because people can use it to talk on their cell phone even when the phone is across the room.

IV. WATCH AND TALK Script The Amazing Cell Phone Part B: A. Predict and Watch. What do you think is happening? Look at the photos and circle your guesses. Then watch Part B to check your predictions. 1. Lena tells Hector the phone (works now /still doesn’t work). 2. Lena spoke English into the phone and Hector heard (German /English) in the headphones. 3. Hector agrees with Lena that the phone is (too big/ cool ). CHECK

IV. WATCH AND TALK Script B. Second Watching. Watch Part B again and circle the correct answers. B 1. Lena tells Hector that______ cell phone. A. the travel magazine sent her a new B. she recharged the battery for the C. she bought a new 2. When Hector hears Lena talk in the phone, he A looks______. A. amazed B. bored C. annoyed C 3. Lena spoke English, but Hector heard______ in the headphones. A. Japanese B. French C. German CHECK

IV. WATCH AND TALK Script B. Second Watching. Watch Part B again and circle the correct answers. C languages. 4. The cell phone can translate over_____ A. thirteen B. twenty C. thirty A 5. Lena asks Hector if he would like to go to_____ with her and Jake. A. the movies B. the mall C. dinner 6. Chaz goes over the main points of the video in the order in which they happened. This is also B called____. A. sequencing B. summarizing C. categorizing CHECK

IV. WATCH AND TALK Script C. Third Watching. Watch Part B for the third time to sequence the lines. Number from 1 to 10. CHECK _____ 5 It can translate over 30 languages. _____ 9 Jake told Hector to check out Lena’s new invention. _____ 8 A good summary should tell us the main events that happened from beginning to end. 7 Let’s go back for a moment and summarize. _____ 1 I recharged the battery. Would you like to try it again? 3 I didn’t know you could speak German. _____ 10 Lena had to recharge her cell phone battery. _____ 4 You mean this phone can translate English into Germa _____ 2 Hello again, Hector. I’m sorry you couldn’t hear me before. 6 Would I like to see a movie with you and Jake? _____

IV. WATCH AND TALK D. After Watching. Talk about a book or a movie that you know about. What’s special about it? Remember to tell the main events that happened from beginning to end.

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