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 　　1 　　T：walkacrossthestage-slow 　　S1：Howdidshewalkacrossthestage? 　　S2：Shewalkedveryslowlyacrossthestag