Task 2,Unit,2,Reporting on short-sightedness (period 2),Skills building 2 Interviewing someone,When conducting an interview, how shall we organize the interview in a proper way?,1. introducing yourself,2. the reason why you are doing the interview,3. asking general questions and then more specific questions,Lets discuss,Lets think back,How can we protect our eyesight?,Do eye exercises twice every day.,Do not read in bed or without good lighting.,Take some eyesight supplements such as Vitamins A, C and E.,Examine your eyesight regularly.,Have your eyes relaxed once an hour when working on computers or watching TV.,Focus your eyes on green trees and grass often for a rest.,Step 2: interviewing a doctor,Interview a doctor to find out more ways to protect eyesight.,Pair work:,Lets practise,Steps: 1. Go through the sentence structures on page 28, make sure the students understand each suggestion. 2. Work in pairs. 3. Demonstrate their interview in class.,Skills building 3 writing a radio script,When writing a script, what need you include?,who you are the subject the opening explanation of what the topic is background information and current situation reference to other sources suggestions closing,Lets think,Lets try,the subject,What Im going to talk about in this programme is about what should be done at home to protect our eyesight.,Label the following parts:,reference to other sources,The reporters of our school radio station have interviewed a famous eye doctor in No. 1 Peoples Hospital. The doctor has given some advice on how to protect our eyesight. They also have talked with the headmaster of our school to ask what the school will do to solve the problem.,suggestions,The doctor suggests that we should ,The headmaster says that our school will ,the opening,Hi, everyone. It is the news time now.,explanation of what the topic is,The topic today is what we can do to protect our eyesight.,background information, including the current situation,We can find more and more teenagers are wearing or need to wear glasses so that they can see clearly. In our school, the number of students who are short-sighted is also increasing.,closing,Thank you for listening to my report.,This is (your own name), who will talk about what our school has decided to do in order to protect our eyesight.,who you are,Write a radio script for the school radio station following the steps:,Step1: Work in groups to write an outline.,Step2: Organize the information.,Step3: Read the script to partners to polish the script.,Lets practise,Possible example:,Reporter: Good morning, everyone. This is David at the school radio station. We are investigating a problemshort-sightedness, which is very common among Chinese teenagers today. We have interviewed a doctor in our city about what parents and students can do to protect students eyesight. The doctor strongly suggests that every year students eyes should be tested to identify any problems, and they should not read in bed with poor lighting as well.,Apart from this, weve also made a survey on the measures they take in No.1 and No.9 Secondary Schools. They both have taken steps to protect students eyesight such as asking students to look out of the window at regular intervals, changing types of paper and advising them to do eye exercises both at school and at home.,I hope our investigation might bring your attention to the problem and be helpful for you. Thank you for listening.,Language points,Lets learn,certain adj.,having no doubt or knowing exactly that sth. is true, or known to be true, correct, exact or effective,Are you absolutely certain (that) you gave them the right number?,你完全肯定你给他们的号码是对的吗?,You should make certain (that) everyone understands the instructions.,你们应该确保每个人理解这些指示。,(2) know/say for certain,I dont know for certain if shes coming.,我并不确切知道她是否会来。,(3) adj.,named but neither famous nor known well,I had lunch today with a certain Tom not the Tom, I should explain.,我应该解释一下，我和某一位Tom吃午饭的， 不是这个Tom。,make certain/sure of/that ,to take action so that you are certain that sth. happens, is true, etc.,Make certain (that) we have enough drink for the party.,确保我们晚会有足够的饮料。,Made sure of the time and the place of the meeting.,查实会议的时间和地点。,some students 一些学生 certain students 某些学生,NOTE: some student = a certain student 某个学生,Homework Interview the mental counselor on campus about how to release mental stress. Write a report for the school radio station.,