A garden of poems（The First Period）
and twenty nine in each leap year.
t: very good. now turn to page 25. do the third part. do you know“打油詩”?
in english limerick is like“打油詩”in chinese. it is a special, funny poem and is written just to make people laugh. read the two limericks and enjoy them.
(students read the poems together and at last two students are asked to read them.)
t: what is the pattern of each poem? “pattern” means “格調”.
se: it's funny. it is written just to make others laugh, i think.
t: now, please answer the last question on page 25.
sf :to talk about poets and poetry, we often use the words ：“good, bad,
interesting, funny, dull, meaningful, meaningless, etc”.
sa: we will also use“ moving, instructive, encouraging, make me happy, sad, etc”.
t: what phrases do you think will be useful when you express your intentions
and reach decisions?
sh :when we want to express our intentions, we often say: i'm going to…; i
intend/mean/plan to… ; i will…; i feel like (doing sth. )…; i'd like to… ; i'm ready to…; i would rather not…etc.
si：when we want to reach decisions, we often use: in my opinion, we should…;
what's your opinion? i think/believe/suppose we should…;i don't think it's
necessary to…; we must decide…; i hope we can reach/come to/arrive at/ take/make a decision, etc.
step iii listening
t： now let's do listening. please turn to page 25 and read the instructions first. (students begin to read the instructions. some minutes later, teacher says the following. )
t: do you know what you should do after you listen to the tape?
ss: yes.
t： now i'll play the tape. when i play it for the first time, do ex. 1, please.
when i play it for the second time, do ex. 2. if you have anything you don't
hear clearly, please let me know. at the end of listening, i'll play the tape once more and give you enough time to check your answers. then check your answers with your partner. i'll ask one or two students to give us their answers at last. do you understand what i've said?