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课件网) “People Around Us — Annual Awards” Ceremony Dear students, Our class is happy to announce the “People Around Us — Annual Awards” Ceremony which will be held next week! This event celebrates the special people around us—our family, friends, teachers, and neighbours. They inspire us with their kindness, hard work, and unique qualities. Today, which relative will you choose Brainstorming What do you know about your relatives How do you describe the relative you choose to others general is handsome / beautiful / attractive / good-looking / pretty build is tall / short / thin / fat / strong / heavy / well-built / slim; is of medium height age is young / old / middle-aged; is in one’s twenties / thirties / forties; is about ... years old hair has long / short / straight / curly / wavy / black / brown / blond / grey / white hair; is bald other wears glasses; wears a tie / a hat / earrings; has a beard Gu Ling’s relatives 1 Gu Ling’s grandma is visiting her relatives in Australia. She sent Gu Ling a photo. Discuss the photo in pairs. Describe the people in it and guess what they do. Strategy 1: Look at the picture and predict the relationships between the people, their possible jobs, and ages based on the details. Gu Ling’s relatives 2 Gu Ling is phoning her grandma to ask about the people in the photo. Listen to the conversation and tick(√) the topics they talk about. age job appearance personality places of residence their children / rez d ns/ n.居住；定居 √ √ √ √ Strategy 2: Listen and catch the key words and identify their categories. Gu Ling’s relatives 3 Listen again and complete the notes. Then help Gu Ling find Uncle Danny and Aunt Mary in the photo. adj.(build) adj. number sentence adj. colour number sentence adj. Strategy 3: Predict the meaning and part of speech (e.g. adjective, number) based to the context. Gu Ling’s relatives 3 Listen again and complete the notes. Then help Gu Ling find Uncle Danny and Aunt Mary in the photo. strong grey 51 He works in a police college. proud black 45 She is a gardener. amazing Strategy 4: Use abbreviations or symbols to write down key information. Audio script Gu Ling: Grandma, I saw the photo you sent to me earlier, but I don’t know much about the people in it. Could you tell me about them Grandma: Sure. Who do you want to know about Gu Ling: Who’s the strong man on your left He’s about 50 years old, I guess. He has short, grey hair. He’s wearing glasses. Grandma: Oh, he’s your uncle Danny. He’s 51 years old. Gu Ling: Ah, I remember. Dad told me he is a policeman. Grandma: That was before he got hurt in an accident. Now he works in a police college. He trains people to be good police officers like himself. Gu Ling: I’m so proud of Uncle Danny. What about his wife, Aunt Mary Grandma: Aunt Mary is on my right. She has short, straight, black hair. She’s 45 years old. Gu Ling: What is she like And what does she do Grandm ... ...
