Lesson 8
Step 1 Revision
1 Check the homework.
2 Revise the comparative and superlative for ms of well and badly. See TB Lesson 7， Step 5.
3 Dictate regular/ irregular forms of adverbs（See Checkpoint 2）。
Step 2 Listening
SB page 8， Part 1. Listening Cassette Lesson 8. Wb Lesson 8， Ex. 1. Say There is a sports meeting at a school. Now you'll hear the results over the loudspeaker. Ask the Ss to read the instruction. Mak esure the Ss understand the instructions. Play the tape once. Give the Ss a chance to write down their answers Play the tape again， with pauses after important information.
Let the Ss check their answers in pairs and then with the whole class. Play the tape one more time for the Ss to follow.
Listening text
（Loudspeaker's voice）
Hello again. Here are the results of the boys' and girls' relay races. First of all， the boys ' relay race.
Results： First- Class 3. Second- Class 1.
Third- Class 2.
Congratulations， Class 3.
Now the results of the girls' relay race.
First- Class 2. Second- Class 1.
Third- Class 3.
Congratulations， Class 2.
Step 3 Word stress
Wb Lesson 8， Ex. 2. Speech Cassette Lesson 8.
Practise the word stress. The stress for all these words falls on the first syllable.
Step 4 Read and act
SB page 8， Part 2. Speech Cassette Lesson 8. Play the tape for the Ss to listen and repeat. Ss act out the dialogue in pairs （one student plays the Head teacher， and the other student plays the other parts）。
Step 5 Checkpoint 2
Revise the comparison of adverbs. Practise the“useful expressions”。 Make sure the Ss understand the meaning of these expressions.
Discuss any other problems that the Ss raise.
Step 6 Test
Write this table on the Bb：
Ask the Ss to make up nine sentences， three for each subject.
Here is a model：
Meimei 3 Wu Dong 2 Lin Tao 1
Meimei swims fast.
Wu Dong swims faster.
Lin Tao swims fastest of all.
Step 7 Workbook
Wb Exx. 3 and 4.
Do Ex. 3 orally. Ask some questions as an example：
Who jumped higher， Zhang Jun or Lin Tao？
Then get the Ss to make up their own questions to ask and answer in pairs.
If time allows， do Ex. 4. Do the first two as an example， then let the Ss work alone. The answers for Ex. 4 are： 1 on； 2 at； 3 in， with， At； 4 In， behind， on， with； 5 Of； 6 from； 7 on， to， at； 8 to.
Homework
Finish off the Workbook exercises.
Revise the new words and phrases in Lessons 5-8.
Revise the irregular/ regular forms of adverbs.
