高职国际英语教案book1 Unit 4(3)

b. Because he was up all night. [√]

2. Why doesn’t John want to go to the dentist on Friday?

a. Because he has football training this afternoon. [ ]

b. Because he has football training on Fridays. [√]

3. Where has John’s father been?

a. He has been to work. [ ]

b. He has been to the hairdresser’s. [√]

4. What happens after John eats the ice cream?

a. The toothache returns. [√]

b. He talks to his friends on Facebook. [ ]

5. Where does he get the painkillers?

a. He finds them in the bathroom. [√]

b. His mother gives them to him. [ ]

6. How does his mother know that the toothache is back?

a. Because he tells her it is back. [ ]

b. Because she sees the bottle of painkillers in John’s hand. [√]

7. Who phones the dentist in the morning?

a. John phones the dentist. [√]

b. John’s mother phones the dentist. [ ]

8. When is the first available appointment to see the dentist at

the end?

a. The first available appointment is on Friday. [√]

b. The first available appointment is next week. [ ]

9. Why is John lucky?

a. Because his toothache has disappeared. [ ]

b. Because he can see the dentist in the afternoon. [√]

4.3Directions: Write down all the pros and cons of having a parent who tries to organise your life as John’s mother did.

Pros:

You don’t have to worry about making appointments or other decisions.

You will never miss an appointment because your parent will

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remind you.

You will never have to make a decision about your life and your future.

Cons:

You don’t learn to organise your own life.

You rely on your parent too much.

You cannot organise your own free time because your parent has made arrangements.

You have to check with your parent before making arrangements.

You feel like a child and don’t learn to be an adult.

You have no chance to make mistakes and learn through them.

4.4Now make three groups, one pro group, one con group and one jury who has to decide who has the better idea. You can refer to the ideas in the following box. You can start like this:

Pro group: It is good to have a parent who organizes your life because …

Con group: Yes, but …

Ideas to help you have a discussion:

That is a good point but ...

But you must remember that ...

On the one hand ... but on the other hand ...

I disagree because ...

But don’t forget that ...

4.5Directions: Role-play. Work in groups of four. Write a dialogue

for the four characters in the story. Practice your dialogue in your group. Now you can perform it for the class. Perhaps somebody can film it and the class can give you some feedback on your performance.

Making appointments and apologizing

4.6 Directions: Listen to the recording and find out why Mandy

has to see the doctor.

Mandy has to see the doctor because she thinks she has a broken finger.

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4.7Directions: Tick the correct word.

1. Mandy’s surname is ... Cross [√] Ross [ ].

2. Mandy thinks she has broken her ... hand [ ] finger [√].

3. She hurt it ... at home [ ] at school [√].

4. She was playing ... baseball [ ] basketball [ √].

5. She can see the doctor at ... 5 [√] 4 [ ] this afternoon.

6. She wants to come in the morning because she has a ... basketball game [ ] basketball training [√] in the afternoon.

7. If the finger is broken she will not play basketball for ... 6 days [ ] 6 weeks [ √].

4.8Directions: All these people have problems with appointments. Listen and find out what their problems are.

4.9Directions: Decide whether the following statements are true (T)

or false (F).

Dialogue 1

1. Peggy’s hairdresser’s appointment is tomorrow. [ T] [ ]

2. She wants a haircut. [ T ] [ ] Dialogue 2

3. Colin wants to speak to Mike. [ ] [ F ]

4. Colin has an appointment tomorrow. [ T] [ ]

5. Mr Patterson has no time on Friday. [ ] [ F ]

6. Colin’s p hone number is 0131-440-2768. [ T ] [ ] Dialogue 3

7. Frank does not want to go for his dental check-up. [ T ] [ ]

8. He didn’t want to go last year either. [ T ] [ ]

9. He thinks the dentist is an important man. [ ] [ F ] 4.10Directions: Work with a partner. Use the language boxes to make the following dialogues.

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- 16 - You want to make an appointment at the dentist’s. The assistant can only offer you an appointment in three weeks, but you will be away holiday then. Try to convince her to find an earlier appointment.

Your mother has to see the school principal. You have made an appointment for Wednesday morning, but your mother has to work then. Ring the school office and postpone the appointment.

You have an appointment with your English teacher, but you have a headache so you ring the school to cancel.

Jack asks you to go out for dinner but you decline because you have to prepare for an exam.

Language for making appointments: I’d like to I need to I want to Is it possible to Can I May I book / make an appointment to see with

the doctor,

a dentist,

my English teacher,

the school principal,

the boss,

A B What seems to

be the problem?

What is the problem? What is it about?I have

toothache.

a headache.

a problem with the next English test.

to take a day off school next Wednesday.

a jo

b interview.

a letter asking me to come for a jo

b interview.

I’m afraid

Unfortun- ately

I’m sorry, but I have to

I must

cancel

postpone

my appointment

on …

with

for …

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Lesson 4

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