Pre-listening Read the questions and predict what the speaker is going to talk about.

Speaker Li Yue

Place ________

Time In the ____

Audience ________

Topic ______ and how to ______ it.

Advice It’s important to take ______ out from study to _______.

Warning If not, you can become __________ and stress leads to _________.

While-listeningListen for information and fill in the blanks.

In her old middle school

morning

Middle school students

Stress avoidtime

relax

stressedill health

Post-listening1.Summary for listening skills.• Make good use of the time to read

questions before listening.

• Predict what the speaker is going to talk about.

• Take notes while listening.

Post-listening1.Summary for listening skills.• Take down key words as quickly as

possible. If there is not enough time, mark some symbols.

(Note: Remember to make it a complete vocabulary after listening.)

Post-listening1.Summary for listening skills.• Don’t bother about new words in the liste

ning material. Keep concentrating on listening.

• Check answers for accuracy( 准确性 ) and integrality （完整性） .

Post-listening

2. Comments about the speech.

• the beginning of the speech Attractive?• the middle of the speech Impressive?• the end of the speech Polite?

Tips for a speech

• Choose a topic that the audience is concerned about.

• Make good preparations.• Entertain and interest the audience in the

beginning.• Illustrate some personal experiences to

make it persuasive. • Always be polite.• Speak with emotion.

Four objectives of speech( 演讲目标）

• To offer information 提供信息• To entertain the audience 使听众感到乐趣• To touch emotion 动之以情• To move to action 使听众行动起来

High school students often feel sleepy in the first class in the morning. Give some advice on how to stay awake in class. (within three minutes)

Sentences to help you:You’d better… You need to…It’s a good idea to… You should…

Preparation Work on your own to plan your speech. Make

notes only. Don’t write out the whole speech. Remember to:

• 1.Introduce yourself and the topic of your speech.

• 2.Say something about why you want to talk to them about this topic.

• 3.Give the students a few suggestions that they will find easy and sensible to follow.

• 4. Finish your speech with some words of encouragement.

Presentation and Valuation

• 1. Did he / she speak clearly?• 2. Did his / her voice rise and fall

appropriately or did he / she speak in a flat, boring tone all the time?

• 3. Did he / she sound friendly?• 4. Did he / she give good advice?• 5. Was the speech well planned?

• 1. Talking too rapidly. （语速太快）• 2. Speaking in a monotone. （声音单调）• 3. Presenting without enough emotion or p

assion. （感情不充分）• 4. Talking down the audience. （对观众采

取一种居高临下的姿势）• 5. Disorganized and rambling performance.

（演讲无组织，散乱无序）

Avoid

Listening skills• Predict what the speaker is going to talk about.• Take notes while listening.• Check answers for accuracy( 准确性 ) and inte

grality （完整性） .

Tips for a speech• Entertain and interest the audience in the begi

nning.• Always be polite.

Listen to the passage again after class and finish the exercises on P58, then try to imitate the speaker.