5. ...expect too much from...

6. He's a terrific player.

Listening ---4. Language focus (Part 2)

1. ...they had a lot of stamina---they all ran and ran and RAN!

2. ...leading scorer with a magnificent 32 points...

3. The Rockets led by two points going into the fourth quarter, and were 69-61 in the lead with just under 9 minutes to play.

4. ... scored a three-pointer to tie the game at 83-83, which meant overtime.

5. There were only two timeouts in the entire game.

II.Function

Function ---1.Practice

Keys to Activity 1

a b a b a b

Function---2. Sentence making (Ask students to do Activity 3 work in pairs and complete the sentences )

Example:

I'm looking forward to going on holiday next summer.

I was delighted to see my uncle and aunt when they visited last weekend.

I feel nervous about the end-of-year exam.

I think the outstanding person is Yao Ming.

I think Venus Williams is a fantastic tennis player.

III.Everyday English-(4m). Paraphrase the following expressions

looking forward to it.

really hot

showed a lot of character

fast and furious

BABA

IV.Homework

Go to the library or surf the Internet to collect more information about the rules about basketball.

Find more listening material to practise.