Period TwoPeriod Two

How much do you know about the Internet?

surf the net

shop on the Internet

communicate by e-mail

get new films on the Internet

have virtual reality schools

get all our entertainment

on the Internet

have an Internet connection

in every room of the home

find husbands or wives on the Internet

get all sorts of information on the Internet

What do you know about the history of the Internet ?

guess the possible answers to the following questions :

1Why did the net begin? A) for military reasons B) for scientific reasons C) for business 2 What year did it start in? A) 1959 B) 1969 C) 1979 3 When did people start calling it the

“Internet”? A) the 1980s B) the early 1990s C) the late 1990s 4 When did the Internet start to grow very fast? A) the late 1980s B) the mid-1990s C) the late 1990s

Listen to the radio programme and check your answers

1 Why did the net begin? A) for military reasons B) for scientific reasons C) for business 2 What year did it start in? A) 1959 B) 1969 C) 1979 3 when did people start calling it the “Internet”? A) the 1980s B) the early 1990s C) the late 1990s 4 when did the Internet start to grow very fast? A) the late 1980s B) the mid-1990s C) the 1990s

Pair work Discuss which website on Page 10 you

can visit to do these things?

a)b)c)d)e)f)

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1 Listen to a telephone conversation between two people in Brighton. Which thing from the Internet page do they decide to do?

They decide to go to the cinema on Friday evening to see Richard Balley’s new film, Virtual Planet

2 Listen to the conversation again. Complete the Function File with words and phrases from the list

below

you like, hang on, are you up to, Do you fancy, I’d better See you, 973273, Would, Why don’t we, I can’t, I’d love to, Sorry, Let’s, This is, please

Telephoning/ Making suggestions (Answer the phone) Hello. (1) ___________________. ( Say who you are) Hello, Mrs Turner. (2) ________ Mandy. (Ask to speak to somebody) Can I speak to L

ucy, (3) _________. (Ask somebody to wait) Just (4) __________ (Ask about plans) What (5) ________________ this weekend?

(Say you didn’t hear) (6) _______________?

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This is

please

hang on

are you up to

Sorry

( Make suggestions) (7) ______________ go　on Sunday morning? (8) ___________

__ doing something on Friday night? (9) ____________________ to go? (Reject suggestions) Well, (10)______________. I’ve got a musi

c lesson. (Accept suggestions) Great, (11) ____________ (Finish the call) Well, (12) ____________go now. (Make an arrangement) (13) ___________ meet at 6:30, outside t

he cinema. (Say goodbye) Right. (14) _________ tomorrow.

Why don’t weDo you fancy

Would you likeI can’t

I’d love toI’d better

Let’s

See you

Listen for words that are stressed. They are important words. ( e.g. 1 hello/Mandy)

Do not worry if you do not hear all the other words. (e.g. is/are/this/a /on)

Listen to some of the sentences from the dialogue. Pay attention to

the stressed words. Practice saying the sentences (The stressed words

are underlined).

1 Hello, Mrs Turner. This is Mandy. 2 What are you up to this weekend? 3 Oh good. Why don’t we go on Saturd

ay morning? 4 Well, I can’t…mm…I’ve got a music le

sson on Saturday morning. 5 Do you fancy doing something on Fri

day night? 6 Well, I’d better go now. 7 Let’s meet at 6:30, outside the cinema.

Think of things that you would like to do this weekend in your area. Have a telephone conversation with your partner and plan the weekend, use expressions from the function file.

Example Friday afternoon--go shopping in the town center Friday night--go to a disco Saturday morning--play tennis Saturday evening--go to the cinema to see the

latest “Star Wars” film Sunday morning--sleep! Saturday afternoon-- watch the local football team

Self-assessment2005年广东卷第二节：听取信息（共 5小题；每小题 1.5分，满分 7.5分）听下面的独白，用你所听到的词完成第 16至 20题。独白读两遍。Time Program Content 3:00 p.m. Open University

Course 16_____________

4:30 p.m. Afternoon Cinema 17 ________ by Charlie Chaplin

18__________ Spot the Mistake Competing with experts

7:00 p.m. The World Around Us

Sonoran Desert

19_____________ Sports Yesterday’s FA Cup Final

10:00 p.m. News News

10:15 p.m. 20______________ Artists of America

Chemistry

film/movie

6:15 p.m.

8:50 p.m.

The Art Show

To surf the Internet to learn more about websites.