Work in pairs. Think of three or four teachers who you think are excellent and explain why. Use some adjectives as many as possible to describe him/her. Make notes.Getting ready-word-guessing Use the suitable words to fill in the blanks and guess the meaning of the words. easy-going warm-hearted good-looking hard-working Lee Hom is handsome, that is, _. The _ man wanted to help the old woman.Her _ nature (本质）本质）makes her easy to get along with. The man teacher is _.good-lookingwarm-heartedeasy-goinghard-workingeasy-going warm-hearted good-looking hard-workingWork in pairs to group the words in the box according to the headings below. kind alive pretty caring humorous good-looking old funny lively excellent handsome easy-going lazy clever able serious beautiful warm-hearted shy young strict patient traditional ordinary-looking tidy silent active confident interesting hard-working A: AppearanceB: Personal quality C: Professional quality D: OthersGrouping words helps you learn and remember them better.kind alive pretty caring humorous good-looking old funny lively excellent handsome easy-going lazy clever able serious beautiful warm-hearted shy young strict patient traditional ordinary-looking tidy silent active confident interesting hard-workingA: Appearance B: Personal qualitypretty good-looking old handsome beautiful young ordinary-looking kind humorous easy-going lazy warm-hearted shy silent confidentC: Professional qualityD: Otherscaring serious strict patient hard-workingalive lively funny active excellent clever interesting able traditional tidy acvtive Use some adjectives in the box to describe one of your favourite teachers. You may start like this: One of my favourite teachers is Mr./Miss _. He/She is _ (maths) teacher. He/She looks _. I like him/her very much because _.Wangmathsvery younghe is very humorous2. Predict Tonys general impression of his English teacher with the help of the following words and expressions from the text. enjoy musical tone prepare lessons wellsense of humor admire use aids in an imaginative way musical: (music+al) connected with music or consisiting of musicimaginative:(imagine+ative) an imaginative man is one who is good at imagining. Your prediction:Tony likes his English very much.Fast Reading-Skimming Skim the text to check your prediction and find out how Tony thinks of his new school life. tipsSkimming is a type of rapid reading which is used to get the main ideas of a passage. Tony enjoys his new school life. Fast reading - ScanningScan the text and complete the following table with the information from the text.Then share the ideas with your partner. Mr Millsdevotion to his teachingBefore class,he _ his lesson very well.In class,he_ what he wants. he has a _ voice according to the content. he has a sense of _.he teaches the students to think in an _ way. he uses special ways to explain _.preparesacts outchanginghumorimaginativegrammatical rulesMr Millsdevotion to his teachingAfter classhe discusses different _ with students in English.he_ games together with students. subjectsplaysDetailed-readingRead the text again and decide whether each of the statements is true or false. Correct the false one(s)_ 1) Tony has been learning English with great interest since he entered junior middle school. _ 2) Mr Mills uses his arms, hands, fingers and facial expressions to help express his feelings. FF Mr Mills uses his arms, hands, and fingers and to help express his feelings.Tony didnt like English learning English when he was in junior middle school._ 3) Mr Hills likes communicating with his students in English after class. _ 4) We know from the letter that Mr Mills is crazy about pop music. _ 5) According to the letter, Mr Mills must know how to play Chinese chess. TFTWe know from the letter that Mr Mills may know something about pop musicPara 1-2 Question: Which sentence is the topic sentence?WordguessingBut Im pretty crazy about this subject now. pretty means: A. nice B. very.I do enjoy the new school life here.You do be on time next time. Para 3-4 Questions:1)How do you understand “his voice always changing according to what he is thinking about?”It means that Mr Mills is so devoted to teaching and he is good at changing his voice to attract his students. 2) What is successful class according to Mr Mills?He believes that a class is a success if the teacher and his students can share several chuckles and at least one loud laugh. 3) Which sentence is the topic sentence?Mr Mills is our English teacher and Im impressed very much by his devotion to teaching. Wordguessing 4) We can hear loudness and the musical tone if the students and the teacher cant share several chuckles and at least one loud laugh.It means easily heard voice It means small soft laugh. 5)he likes to meet with students outside of the classroom to discuss different subjects in Subjects means: topicsDiscussionWorks in groups and discuss why Tonylikes Mr Mills so much. Try to use adjectives and examples to support your idea. You may discuss the following aspects.A. His devotion to teaching B. His creative ideas about having a successful class. C. His personal qualities D. His relationship with students. 课后练习课后练习请用方框内所给单词或短语的适当形式请用方框内所给单词或短语的适当形式完成下面短文。完成下面短文。enjoyable, furthermore, share, hardworking, unless, at least, catch up with, believe, impress, sizeMr. Zhang is my English teacher. He is the most 1. _ and easy-going person I have ever met. He is of medium 2. _ and a bit fat. But students like him very much.He is a good and experienced teacher. He is also quite friendly. As soon as school is over, he becomes the students friend and sometimes plays games with us. sizehardworking3. _, sometimes he discusses questions with us in English. He is experienced. He 4. _ that no teaching is a success 5. _, during it, the students and the teacher 6. _ several jokes and 7. _ one loud laugh. He makes learning 8. _ and more lasting. We are greatly 9. _ by his imaginative teaching.believesshareimpressedFurthermoreUnless more enjoyable at leastWith his help, I 10. _ my classmates and my English is very good now.catch up withAccording to what your group have discussed, write down the reasons why Tony likes Mr Mills so much. Homework