1. No, they didn't.

2. He met Sally somewhere else in London.

3. No. Tony took the photos himself.

4. Yes, she is. Because she says "Wow".

5. Both of them are very nice schools with computers, Internet, swimming pool and a huge sports ground. But Park School is not as good as their school at English.

6. Because their school is better than Park School at English and they are good at English. They believe they study hard and well enough to get top grades.

Then ask students to read the conversation aloud in pairs.

Vocabulary

T: Read the conversation again to find the incline words and phrases in Activity 6.

A few minutes later.

T: Have you found them?

Ss: Yes. It's very easy.

T: OK! Read them after me and also the rest in Activity. "term, exam, grades, maths, geography, PE, swimming pool, and gym.

Ss: "term, exam, grades, maths, geography, PE, swimming pool, and gym.

T: Do you know the meanings of them?

S1: Of course. Subjects: maths:数学 geography: 地理 PE：体育

S2: places: a swimming pool gym: 体育场

S3: term: 学期 exam: 考试

T: Good! Now, complete the sentences in your own words in Activity 6.

The sample answers:

1. At the end of this term, I have to do an exam in Chinese, English and maths.

2. My grades in English are good.

3. I have maths five times a week, and geography three times a week, and PE twice a week.

4. A swimming pool is somewhere you can swim and a gym is somewhere you can do some sports.

Step 6: Language notes

1. Guess what?

guess what或you'll never guess,用在口语当中，在告诉别人令人惊讶的事情之前常用到。如：

Guess what! I've got a new computer.

You'll never guess who I saw today.

2. "But what...?" 但是什么?

这里Betty 说 But what...? 是在追问Tony没说完的内容。如：

-The new teacher has a good way of teaching. But... 新来的老师课讲的好，不

过......

- But what...? 不过什么?

- But he's too serious, I think. 不过他太严肃了，我觉得。

3. It was great to see her again. 很高兴又见到她了。

句中it是形式主语，真正的主语为to see her。例如：

It's nice of you to say so. 你这样说太好了。

It's very important for me to learn English well. 对我来说，学好英语太重要了。

4. What's it like? 它怎么样?

句中like为介词，意思为"像......"，如：

What's the weather like today? 今天天气如何?

What's your English teacher like? 你们英语老师人怎么样?

5. Let's have a look. 让我看一看。

let sb. do sth. 意思为"让某人做某事"。如：

Let's go shopping, OK? 我们去购物吧，好吗?

Step 7: Pronunciation and speaking

Pronunciation