1、Period Two Reading and Vocabulary Step 1. Tell the Ss that we have learned about the importance of the relation between persons. And all of us should keep good interpersonal relationship to the others. Now we will learn a story about Roy.Ask every two Ss to read some passages and guess the main idea
2、 of the text and then communicate with each other.Read the whole text and ask every student to answer the questions according to the information. Now listen to the tape and check their answers. The teacher asks the Ss more questions about the text.Step 2. Ask the Ss to read the text again and organi
3、ze the Ss to explain the words and phrases in English in order to draw the Ss attention to the words.Ask the Ss to do the exercises by themselves and the teacher check and correct the answers.Ask the Ss to read the text quickly and then do exercises in Activity5, then the teacher check and correct t
4、he answers to all the Ss. Step 3. Important words or phrases 1. He was standing in the centre of a group of boys, and he was telling a joke.Here tell a joke is a phrase; its meaning is to tell funny stories to somebody. 说笑话e.g. 他经常给孩子们讲笑话所以孩子们都很喜欢他。He often tells a joke to the children, so all of th
5、em like him.In addition, we can use tell in many other phrases. For example:tell a story讲故事； tell the truth说出真相；tell a lie撒谎；tell the difference between the two说出两者的区别； tell its own tale 不说自明；tell tales揭人隐私，搬弄是非2. When he reached the final line, every one burst out laughing.Here burst out is a phras
6、e; its meaning is suddenly begin doing sth.突然开始做某事 burst out laughing突然大笑起来；it can be translated into burst into laughtere.g. 看到妈妈那孩子突然嚎啕大哭起来。The child burst out crying/burst into crying at the sight of his mother.3. But just under a year ago, Roys father was knocked over by a car.Here knock over is
7、 a phrase; its meaning is sb. by striking him撞倒某人e.g. 昨天晚上当他散步时被一辆车撞倒了。When he was walking in the street, he was knocked over by a car last night.Here tell the Ss some more phrases about knock.knock sb. on the head打某人的头；knock ones head against the door把头撞到门上；knock sth. in/into sth.将某物打进某物4. At that
8、moment, the door swung open.Here swing is a verb; its meaning is move to and fro while hanging or supported前后摆动，摇摆。e.g. 他走路时摆动着手臂。His arms swung as he walked.In addition, the word swing has other meanings. For example(1) 急转身；急旋转；急回头e.g. 当那人试图使快艇转弯时，方向盘脱手了。As the man tried to swing the speed-boat round, the steering-wheel came away in his hands.(2) 剧变，骤变e.g. 他转喜为悲。He swung from happiness to rears.5. My mouth fell open and I just looked at him.Here the word fall is a link verb; its meaning is become 变得。And it is followed by prep. e.g. 短缺（某物）fall short (of sth.) 睡着fall asleep