北师大版高中英语必修4教案Unit10 2 The Right Price

2TheRightPrice

Objectives

■Topractiseintensivelisteningskills.

■Topractisethelanguageofshoppingandbargaining.

■Torecogniseandpractisethepoliteriseinintonation.

Resourcesused

Cassette,up-to-dateexchangerateintoBritishpounds.

Possibleproblems

StudentsmayneedtorevisehowtosayamountsinBritishcurrency.

Background

MostBritishpeoplewouldonlybargainwhenbuyingahouseorperhapsacar.Bargainingisnotacceptableinshops,butismoreacceptableinstreetmarkets,charityshopsandcarbootsales.ThereareseveralorganisationsintheUKwhichlookafterconsumer’srightsandcustomersaremorewillingnowadaystocomplainaboutpoorserviceandgoods.ThequoteisbyGordonSelfridge,whowasthefounderofthefirstimportantdepartmentstoreinBritain,Selfridges,whichisinLondon.Mr.Selfridgewasasuccessfulbusinessmanbutinthelateryearsofhislifehelostallhismoneyanddiedinpoverty.Hisquotereflectstheattitudetoservicethathewantedinhisstore.Routesthroughthematerial

.Ifyouareshortoftime,setsomeoftheexercisesforhomeworkandomitExercise8.

.Ifyouhavetime,dotheOptionactivity.

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LanguagePower:pages56-57.

Listening

Beforeyoustart

Exercise1

KeyWords

abargain,tobargain,cash,discount,price

■Givestudentsanexampleusingthewordssothattheyhearthemincontext,e.g.‘Susanwentshoppinglastweekandshegotabargain.Shesawareallygoodcassetterecorderinashop.Thepricewas￡200buttherewasadiscountoftenpercent(10%)ifyoupaidcash.Soshepaidthemoneyandgottenpercentofftheprice.’

■Studentsmatchthewordsanddefinitionsandthenchecktheanswersinadictionary.

Answers

1price2abargain3discount4tobargain5cash

Exercise2

■Readtheexampleandelicitotherwaysofestimatinghowmuchsomethingis,e.g.‘It’sprobably…/Ithinkit’sperhaps…’

■Inpairs,studentsguessthepriceoftheobjectsusingrenminbi.Thenexchangeviewsinclassandseeiftheirestimatesagree.

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■TellstudentsthecurrentrateofexchangeintoBritishpoundsandhavethemworkoutthepricesinpounds.

Listentolearn

Exercise3

■AskstudentstocheckthemeaningoftheKeyWordsinadictionary,orthevocabularylistofthebook.

■Givestudentswordsorphrasesofsimilarmeaningtothewordsandaskthemtomatch.Answers

enthusiastic(eager,interested)

definitely(certainly,surely)

valuable(worthalotofmoney)

firm(steady,notuncertain)

confident(believing,showingtrust)

aggressive(forceful,offensive)

politely(withgoodmanners)

■Giveexamplesofthewordsusedincontext,tryingtoelicitthewordfromstudents.Forexample,“Hedoesn’tcareaboutthepriceofanything.He’llbuyitaslongasitis(valuable).”“Heissucha(confident)manthatheneverloseshisconfidencewhenheisindifficulty.”

Exercise4

■Studentsreadthequestions.Tellthemthatthesearenotmultiple-choicequestions:theremaybemorethanoneitemmentionedintheanswer.

■Studentslistentothefirstpartoftheinterviewandanswerthequestions.

Answers

1ad2a3allthethingsinthephotographs

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Tapescript

Presenter:Helloandwelcometo‘TheShoppingProgramme’.Todaywe’regoingtotalkaboutbargains.InthestudiowehaveHelenCooper,ajournalist,andaveryenthusiasticshopper.

Helen:Hello.

Presenter:MostpeopleinBritaindon’tbargainforthings,youknow,argueaboutthepriceof

something.Wepaythefullpriceintheshop.Theonlytimeweprobablybargainiswhenwebuy

houseormaybewhenwebuyacar.Butwhataboutyou,Helen?Whichofthesethingsherewouldyoubargainfor:themotorbike,theearrings,theholiday,theoldrecord.

Helen:Well,itdependswhereyouare.Youcan’tusuallybargaininasupermarket,butsometi

youcanbargaininshopsandFemale:I’msorry.Thoseearringsleastaretwentyworthatpounds.

Helen:They’reverynice,Iagree.Butthey’renotreallyworthmorethantwelvepounds.Com

you’renotsellingmuchtoday.Andanyway,Ihaven’tgotmuchmoremoneyonme.Female:I’lltakeseventeen.

Helen:OK,onelastffer.oFifteenpounds.That’sfair.

Female:Sixteenpounds,cash.Andthat’sit.

Helen:OK,I’lltakethem.

Exercise7

■Explainhowimportantintonationistoconveymeaningandhowthewrongintonationcancompletelychangethemeaningofamessageormakeyouappearimpolite.Ifpossiblegivethe

classanexamplefromtheirownlanguagetoillustratethis.Tellstudentsthattherisingint

typicalofdirectquestions,butthatitalsosignalsapoliteattitudewhengreetingpeople,attentionorpermission,etc.

■Studentslistentothefirstpartofthecassetteagain,payingparticularattentiontothe

intonationpattern.

■Studentslistenagainandrepeatthephrasesafterthecassette.

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■Elicitorpointoutthat‘morning’signalsapolitegreeting,‘Excuseme’isusedtoattractattentioninapoliteway,and‘please’tomarkapoliterequest.Givestudentsafewsituationsforthemtoattractattentionormakeapoliterequest,e.g.Youasksomeonetoclosethewindow/Youareinarestaurantandwantthemenu/Youareinashopandwanttotryonacoat/Youareinatrainandthewomanoppositeisgettingoffbuthasleftherbagontheseat.

Speaking

Exercise8

KeyWords

asilverbracelet(￡15),aCD(￡12),apairoftrainers(￡50),

aleatherjacket(￡90),apairofjeans(￡30),aT-shirt(￡7)

■StudentsreadtheKeyWordsandthepriceoftheobjects.

■Inpairs,theymakedialoguesbargainingfortheobject.Tellthepairstomakeanoteofthepricesatwhichtheobjectsweresold.Studentstaketurnstobethecustomerandtheseller.

■Thepairsreportthefinalpricesoftheobjects.Thepairthatsoldeachobjectforitslowestpriceactsouttheirdialoguefortheclasstohear.

Exercise9

■StudentscanpricetheirobjectsinrenminbiorinEnglishpoundsiftheywish.

■Demonstratethedialoguewithoneofthestudents,thenhavetwostudentsdothedialoguefortheclasstofollowbeforestudentsworkinpairs.

■Ingroups,studentsdiscussthequestions,thenfeedbacktothewholeclass.Askstudentsiftheythinkconventionsaboutbargaininghavechangedovertheyears.Dotheybehave