结，并播放录音让学生跟读、正音。）

(5)Tell the Ss，"New Year's Day is very special to me. Because my birthday is on New Year's day."Then point to January 1st on the calendar and ask the Ss:

T: When is my birthday?

Ss: Your birthday is _________________.(on January 1st)

Help the Ss to learn to use "on " before the date.

(6) Pairwork

Ask the Ss to talk about their birthdays with their partners. Choose two or three pairs to act out their conversations.

A: When is your birthday?

B: My birthday is on _________________.

（设计说明：通过谈论老师的生日，引导学生们运用相关句型展开对生日的讨论。从而为接下来的听力活动做好充分的语言准备。）

Step II. While-listening activities

1. Listen and find the general idea.

(1)Ask the Ss to look at the picture in 1a and tell them some children are talking about something in front of the calendar. Let them guess what the children in the picture are talking about. Some of the Ss might guess the answer: birthday.

Listening Strategy: help the Ss to know they can use the given pictures and the given written message to guess the main idea.

(2)Play the tape and ask the Ss to listen to three conversations and find out:

--What are the three conversations about？

--It's about_________________.

A. the children's birthdays.

B. the children's good friends.

（设计说明：在听大意前，引导学生借助图片和图片上的文字信息预测对话大意，以培养学生们预测的听力策略。）

2. Listen to the conversation more carefully and find the specific ideas

(1) Ask the Ss to listen and number the conversations[1-3].

(2) Check the Ss' answers. Then play the tape again, ask the Ss to fill in the blanks with the right dates.

Conversation 1

A: When is your __________, Linda?

B: My birthday is on ________ 2nd.

Conversation 2

A: _________ is your birthday, Mary?

B: It's on ________ _________.

Conversation 3

A: When is your birthday, Mike?

B: My birthday is ________ ________ _________.

Check the Ss' answers.

(设计说明：本部分的内容重在培养学生们听寻大意,和听寻细节信息的能力)

Step III. Post-listening activities

1. Read