Ask Ss some questions:

1. When were you born?
2. When is your birthday?

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Tell the Ss:

Your best friend’s birthday is coming up.

What would you like to buy for him/ her?

Show the pictures about some presents.

1. Ask students to look at the picture in Part A on page71 and guessing the meanings from pictures.

3. Ask Ss to choose their favourite presents

1. Ask students to look at the pictures again and report which presents are suitable for girls and which ones are suitable for boys

2. Tell students to write down the suitable presents for Simon and Sandy in Part A. Point out to them that some presents are suitable for both.

3. Ask students to check their lists in pairs.

Read and practise the dialogue in pairs.

Replace the underlined words in pairs.

1. Listen and answer the question:

What does Hobo want to do?

Does he have any money?

2. Practice and act

Preview the passage on Page76-77

 Show the pictures on the screen as a background. Ss ask and answer in pairs. Ask several groups to come to the front to act out the dialogue (Page 74).

Use some pictures to teach the new words: pretty, prefer, match, expensive, cost and discount.

1. Ask the Ss  to read the dialogue as quickly as possible and then answer the following questions

1) How much do the last year’s cards cost?

2) What present does Amy buy for Simon?

3) Does Amy buy a CD for Sandy? Why?

4) How much money can Amy spend?

5) What present does Amy buy for Sandy?

2. Play the tape for Ss to listen and repeat, then choose several groups to act it out.

In the first shop, Amy  wants to buy some football cards and stickers for _____.The ____of the football cards is ___ yuan. Amy thinks they’re  too _____. The shopkeeper says there is  a _____on last year’s cards. They’re only 6 yuan. But Amy _____to buy new cards. At last, she buys  some football stickers. They _____her 5 yuan.

In the second shop, Amy wants to buy _______ and a _____for Sandy. She knows Sandy likes hair clips and  listening to  music. But she has only ____ yuan. After she____9 yuan buying the hair clips, she doesn’t have ____ money to buy her a ______. Amy thinks the pretty hair clips will ______Sandy’s favourite T-shirt.

Ask Ss to make the similar dialogue with partners, using

their own words.

Recite the dialogue

Ask Ss to answer some questions to revise the dialogues. Then get Ss to act them out.

Ask Ss to read the dialogues together.

Ask Ss to do P77 Part B1 individually. Encourage Ss to guess the meanings of words from the context and the given definitions.

Ask Ss to look at the table in Part B2. Check the answers with the whole students.

Explain the important language items with the Ss.

Do some exercises.< 金三练> P72-73

1. Can I help you? What can I do for you?

2. How much do the cards cost?

3. That’s quite expensive.

4. I don’t have enough money to buy her a CD .

5. I’ll buy/take/get them.

6. They match her favourite T-shirt.

Ask Ss to make a new dialogue using the important language items above.

Finish the exercises on <补充习题> P44-45