Lesson 2 The Right Price
lesson 2 the right price
teaching aims:
1. to practice intensive listening skills
2. to practice the language of shopping and bargaining.
3. to recognize and practice the polite rise in intonation.
teaching difficulties: to practice the language of shopping and bargaining.
teaching aids: computer and cassette
teaching procedures:
ⅰ. warming up
teacher ask some questions to lead students to discuss the problem of price and bargain. the purpose of the exercise is to practise spoken english.
1. generally speaking do you think the prices marked on the goods are reasonable?
2. can you judge the value of daily goods
3. do you often regret having bought something for price?
4. are you good at bargaining?
5. how do you reduce the price? what do you say?
ⅱ listening
do the exercise 4.
now let’s listen to an interview about where you can bargain
do the exercise 5
now let’s listen to the part you will learn some skills about bargaining.
do the exercise 6
we can bargain in the market in chinese freely. if one day you go abroad do you know how to bargain? now let’s listen to the cassette you will learn how to bargain in english.
do the exercise 7
intonation can express a people’s manners. being polite is very important in communication especially in business. now listen to the first part of the dialogue again. the underlined expressions have a rising intonation. this sounds polite
ⅲ speaking
practise your spoken english
make up a new dialogue about buying a leather jacket (￡90)
salesgirl: is there anything i can do for you?
customer: i’d like a. a leather jacket
salesgirl: what kind would you like?
customer: the red leather jacket maybe fits me .ah, that will do nice. can i try it on?
salesgirl: certainly
customer: how do i look?
salesgirl: it looks nice on you.
customer: how much is it?
salesgirl: ￡90
customer: oh, it is a bit expensive, though i like it, it is at most worth70 pounds.
salesgirl: it is the most popular style and good quality. the color suits you well.
customer: but it seems to be bigger, besides i haven’t much more money on me.
salesgirl: i’ll take ￡85
customer: ok, one last offer, 75 pounds. that’s fair, or else i have to try somewhere.
salesgirl: 77 pounds, cash, and that’s it
customer: ok , i’ll take it .
ask students to make up dialogue about bargain with their partners
ⅳdiscussion
is the customer always right?