Unit Three
Communication by Phonepyramids
Teaching Objective
In "Talking Face to Face", learn how to make and receive phone calls.
In "Being All Ears", practice listening comprehension to make and receive phone calls.
In "Maintaining a Sharp Eye", master the key words and structures and learn to understand the author’s attitude towards the communications revolution by reading through passage I; learn and practice how to communicate by phone in the US through passage II.
In "Trying Your Hand", learn to understand the telephone message in English and learn to write our own ; review the noun claus.
Teaching Procedures
Section I Talking Face to Face
1.Warm- up:
Expressions of telephone communication：
1).Person calling (打电话)
(1) Can you put me through to 2355213?
(2) Could I have extension 125?
(3) Could you tell me the number of the English Department?
(4) Hello, this is Jack.
(5)Good morning, Jack speaking.
(6)Let me talk to Jack.
(7)I would like to talk to Jack.
(8)When is he expected to be back?
(9)What time could I reach her?
(10)Sorry to have troubled you.
(11)Would you tell her I called?
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(12)Can I contact him this morning?
(13)Could you ask her to call me back?
(14)I must have dialed the wrong number.
(15)Plea tell him to phone 856852?
2). Person called (接电话)
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(1) A moment, plea.
(2) The line is busy.
(3) He is on another phone.
genuineleather(4) Just a minute. I will get the number for you.
(5) May I ask who is speaking?
(6) Hold the line. I will e if he’s in.
（7）Sorry, the number’s changed.
(8) I’d like rvice for my new apartment.
(9) Do you want to leave word for him to call you?
(10) Could I take a message for you?
2. Introduction of the samples of phone message
3. Practice the two dialogues in Follow the Samples
4. Practice dialogues according to the given tasks
中级口译培训5. Exercis
Section II Being All Ears
See the textbook.
regertSection III Maintaining a Sharp Eye
Passage I For Conversation Press #
Text-Related Information
1.A Cell Phone 手机
A cell phone is a small telephone you can carry with you that operates through networks of radio antennas or space satellites. Other expressions of a cell phone:
a cellular phone/telephone
b mobile phone /telephone
c. a handt
2.ATM 自动取款机
ATM is the abbreviation for automated teller machine. ATMs are found in business districts and shopping malls. People u them to get cash from their bank accounts and in many places, to pay for gas, groceries, and other things.
3.A Voice Mail 有声邮件
A voice mail is a telephone answering system on which spoken messages are left by one person for another.
Text Explanation扇贝
Para. 1
I’ve got a cell phone, email and voice mail. But why am I so lonely?
1.Important Words
1) lonely adj. alone and feeling sad, lonesome 孤独的，寂寞的
e.g. Without friends, she felt lonely in the city she had just arrived in.
没有朋友，她在她刚到达的城市里感到了孤独。
He felt lonely when his best friend moved to another place.
当他最好的朋友去了另外一个地方，他感到了孤独。
Para. 2
A funny thing happened on the way to the communications revolution: we stopped talking to one another. 英语48个音标
Para. 3
I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There they were, talking and talking on a beautifully sunny day and I became invisible, abnt from the conversation.
Language Points:
1. Explanation of Difficult Sentences
1)I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation.
英语课堂教学模式Analysis: holly cowinterrupting our conversation 现在分词短语作结果状语
Translation: 最近我和一位朋友正在公园里散步，突然他的手机响起来，打断了我们的谈话。
Example: The children fell, striking his head against the door and hurting it slightly.
2) There they were, talking and talking on a beautifully sunny day and I became invisible, abnt from the conversation.
Analysis: talking and talking on a beautifully sunny day现在分词短语作伴随状语
Translation: 在一个阳光明媚的日子，他们在那儿谈啊谈，而我却被冷落，成了谈话的局外人
Example: Lucy sat in the armchair, reading newspaper.
2. Important Words
1) recently adj: not too long ago; starting not too long ago and still going on, (syn.) currently 最近；近来
e.g.I saw my friend recently; we had dinner together last week.
我最近见到了我的朋友；我们上星期还一起吃了晚饭。
Recently, my brother has been working on his master’s degree at the university.
最近，我弟弟一直在大学里读取硕士学位。
I’ve only recently begun to learn German.
