韋博英語沙龍教材內(nèi)容Intermediate

1、intermediate salon preparation sheetintermediate salon list:1. finding the truth.2. tv adverts.3. what makes a friend?4. information sharing5. a foreign delegation.6. callers and receptionists.7. the passive voice.8. speculating.9. stereo types10. what have you done?11. self directed interviews12. t

2、hen and now.13. consequences14. points of view.15. the art of persuasion.16. functions swap17. quick thinking.18. asking questions.19. health problems.20. showing interest21. the world of work.22. summarizing and reporting back.23. life changes24. similar or different?25. talking about role models.2

3、6. pronunciation and intonation27. the survival game.28. whal's in the papers?29. a dangerous world30. figurative language31 it's a mystery.32. parents and families33. the future could be bright.34. a victim of crime.35.superstitions, luck and horoscopessalon 1dilemmahistoricalpoliticianrevi

4、ew these words and phrases:moralsethics interrogation interrogativepilotdrug dealer michelangelo beethoven soldierexercisesdefine the following words:liewhite liemoral dilemmaprovide an example of each; for example:lie - i asked her if she did her homework and she said yes; however, her teacher told

5、 me she did not do it. she told me a lie!1. lie2. white lie3. moral dilemmainterrogationin an interrogation, people ask questions to determine the truth. for example:last night i saw a movewhat movie did you see?when did the movie begin?who was in the movie?where was the movie theatre?how much was t

6、he movie ticket?please make five questions for the following statemente.g. last night we stayed at homesalon 2discuss the following questions with a friend:what does the word image mean?why is image important to us?which companies have the best image? why?who is your favourite spokesperson? why?writ

7、e 10 sentences describing your favourite tv ad include information about the main idea, why you like it, and what you see and hear while watching it.salon 3review these words and phrases:pun ctualcon fidenttrustworthyoutgoing timidinquisitive athletic ambiliousreserved well offcreative free spirit i

8、ntelligent social backgrounddescribe yourself. use 10 adjectives to describe yourself and state why or show that it is true in your response.examples:i am not very athletic because i rarely play sportsi am very confident. i always feel that i will do well.i am not outgoing. i am really shy around st

9、rangers10 self descriptionssalon 4review these words and phrases:slip biscuit board of directors typistmarital statustortoisemusical instrument thriller canarybachelor whiskey ownerexerciseswe can often use stem sentences to complete make many possibilities for example:the people who work: at mcdona

10、ld's are tired of eating hamburgersin the street often get dirty.at the bank like to see all the money.think of some examplesi always seem to be.a beach holiday can.3. cleaning your.4. the cheapest way to .5. some people think salon 5discuss with a friend:where is good to visit in your city?how

11、can you get a realistic picture of a new city? how can you really understand what it is like to live there?what is important when you are hosting guests to your city?have you ever been to another city/country? how comfortable were you? what made you more or less comfortable?make a list of 10 places

12、you would take an official delegate to visit in your city.salon 6formalinformalrequest contact hairdresserreview these words and phrases:receptionist clarity control extension put throughhold ontake a messageon firemechanic manager toothachemaking requests on the telephonewhen speaking on the teleph

13、one, it is best to be direct and to the point. do not explain your whole story or give lots of background information. simply stale your name and your purpose (my name is tom and i want to buy two tickets to wuxi on saturday). any extra information just wastes everyone time.practice giving the perti

14、nent information for the following situations:you are in a restaurant and you see two men beating an old man in the alley across the street. what information do you need to give the police? use your imagination.namelocationcrimenumber of perpetratorsdescription of perpetratorsnumber of victimsdescri

15、ption of victimurgencyyou wish to book a hotel in sanya for you and your family for the first week in march. what information do you need to ask the hotel?namedate of staylength of staynumber of roomssize of roomsroom location (on the beach?)special considerationssalon 7"shakespeare wrote "

16、;romeo & juliet" "，romeo & juliet' was written by shakespearethe second sentence uses the 'passive voice，. why do we often use the passive voice?change the following 'active9 sentences into 'passive9 ones:david cooked dinner.the mechanic fixed my car.they built the

17、church in 1380.the driver picked me up at the airport.a policeman helped him.salon 8think of some inventions made in the last 100 years. what are they and which do you think are the most important?salon 9review these words and phrases:punctualoutgoinghospitableaggressivetolerantnationalistictalkativ

18、epoliteromanticwell-dressedsociableruderespectfulhumorousseriousarroganthard-workinglazyquietignorantemotionalsophisticatedformalcasualpeople often use adjectives to describe characteristics of certain groups.the diplomat is a very formal woman.he is a very serious professoithe tv game show host is

19、a sociable man.use ten of the adjectives in the list above to describe different groups of people and why it is true. for example: the librarian is a quiet man, he rarely talks at work.salon 10review these words and phrases:sensiblecardinalpresent perfect simplecontinuous active passive jumbleannoyo

20、verwork fancytraditionalbring upexerciseswe use the following to discuss activities we started in the past and continue to do today:i've been activity- ing verb ending since approximate datefve been exercising three times a week since the spring of 2003 fve been living with my husband since we w

21、ere married in 2001.write two sentences using the model, and answer the following questions:1.why do you do it?what is an advantage?what is a disadvantage?2.why do you do it?what is an advantage?what is a disadvantage?we use the following to discuss an activity we often did before but do not do now:

22、i was activty -ing between date and date.i was studying in university between 1998 and 2001.i was working in a restaurant between june and september.write one sentence using the model, and answer the following questions:why did you stop this activity? do you want to do it again?salon 11compare the o

23、veremphasized answer and the avoidant answer with the effective answe匚how are they different?what can you learn from the effective answer? how can you use this to answer other difficult questions?what are your weaknesses?overemphasized i am not a good manage匚avoidant: i always get my work done on ti

24、me. when other people drop the ball, sometimes i get frustrated with lhem.effective9. i prioritize continual growth and improvement. an area on which i would like to focus is managing others who have different expectations from me. what needs to be done in order to complete responsibilities is intui

25、tive for me, so i am learning how to give better direction to others who are not self-motivated.find an english word that is the opposite of each of these negative ways to answer questions:negativepositivevaguedangerousdisrespectfulunbelievabledismissiveexploitativescatteredconcerningfrighteningevas

26、ivetoo much informationdangerous judgmentsalon 12review these words and phrases:used to do previous a long time agopast lifeages agocurrent currently presentpresently modemexercisesthere are several ways to describe actions in the past and current actions. practice using them belowused toused to is

27、to describe things you did before but don't do now for example: i used to play the bass but now i do not.write 3 things you used to do in the space below:present perfect continuousthe present perfect continuous has/have + been + verb(ing) is to describe something that started in the past and con

28、tinued up to now they have been talking for the last two hours i have been working at my company since june she has been cooking for her family all daywrite about three activities you started before and are currently doing.salon 13list 5 consequences for each of these things:new laws pollution scien

29、tific developments price increases extinctionsalon 14review these words and phrases:opinion point of view thought controversy compromiseexerciseswe often use certain phrases when we state our opinion. for example, what do you think about university students having part time jobs?my opinion is that u

30、niversity students should not work because the job distracts from studying.i feel that university students should work because it helps prepare them for jobs after universitystate at least two of your opinions to the following questions:do you think that women should retire at 55?do you think it is

31、okay for high school students to date?do you think mothers with very young children should be allowed to work?salon 15here are some tips for giving a persuasive speech:look the audience in the eyesspeak with passion emphasise important wordsuse gestures to support speechpitch the voice - highs and l

32、ows reduce the risk of sounding monotonepause just before an important word to add emphasisask rhetorical questions e.g. whafs the problem? the problem is./use stop-start repetition e.g. 'just take a moment to look at the results the results are./contrast words / ideas e.g. 'it makes a diffe

33、rence for tomorrow, today9have you ever made a speech before?what did you talk about? how many people did you speak in front of?salon 16(no preparation sheet)salon 17shark whale angry owl bat penguin doctor paleontologist helicopterreview these words and phrases:cat dog turtle elephant lion cat tige

34、r bear human dolphin happy violence jealous war flood drought plague eagle psychologist priest poet archaeologist sociologist historian airplane bus bird novel newspaper magazine radio broadcastwhat's the most interesting thing that yoifvc done in your life?write 5 sentences describing your expe

35、rience.what docs it mean to exaggerate?salon 1look at these sentences, they are all answers to questions:around 4 o'clockits a vegetable.not much, just killing time.thailand, for 2 weekshe's not here at the moment. would you like to leave a message? i don't think so, but yoitd better hav

36、e an x-ray to be sure.light bluealmost, fll email it you this afternoon.think of some questions which go with each answer.salo n 19write a definition in english for these words: needles allergies false teeth smoke vitamins or mineral supplements acupuncture sleeping pills dentist migraine headaches

37、stress backaches medicine mental healthsurgeon junk food blood type addiction donating your organs stitches sprained your ankle broken a bone burned black eye operation fear of hospitals fear of the sight of blood donating blood cosmetic surgery reflexology binge drinking stigmasalon 20(no preparati

38、on sheet)salon 21discuss with a friend:what is job mobility?how would it feel to be laid off?what is profit sharing?some companies use performance appraisal, what does that mean?what is a compensation package?what is a pension plan?what docs it mean to be on probation?what's time off 'in lie

39、u?'what is clocking in and out?what is net income? gross income?what expenses can people sometimes claim?what is career advancement training?what safety equipment should manual workers wear?why would someone take an internship?what is flex time?what would make the perfect workplace?salon 22revie

40、w these words and phrases:summarize summaiy pretendchurchwitch cruelwizardrulermiserable heartbroken persuade promotepoisonguiltwiseexercisesa summary is a shorter version of a longer piece of writing, speech, or text. the summary captures all the most important parts of the original, but expresses

41、them in a much shorter spaceexample:at a typical football match we are likely to see players committing deliberate fouls, often behind the referee's back. they might try to take a throw-in or a free kick from an incorrect but more advantageous positions in defiance of the clearly stated rules of

42、 the game they sometimes challenge the rulings of the referee or linesmen in an offensive way which often deserves exemplary punishment or even sending off. no wonder spectators fight amongst themselves, damage stadiums, or take the law into their own hands by invading the pitch in the hope of affec

43、ting the outcome of the match.unsportsmanklike behavior by footballers may cause hooliganism among spectatorsread the following and summarize it in one sentence.once one of the hottest markets in the world, sales of homes have virtually halted in some areas of shanghai, prompting developers to slash

44、 prices and real estate brokerages to shutter thousands of offices for the first time, homeowners here are learning what it means to have an upside-down mortgage when the value of a home falls below the amount of debt on the property. recent home buyers are suing to get their money back.banks are fr

45、etting about a wave of default loans"the entire industry is scaling back/ said mu wijie, a regional manager at century 21 china, who estimated that 3,000 brokerage offices had closed since spring. real estate agents, whose phones wouldn't stop ringing a year ago, say their incomes have plun

46、ged by two-thirds. shanghai's housing slump is only going to worsen and imperil a significant part of the chinese economy says andy xie, morgan stanley's chief asia economist in hong kongsummarv sentence:salon 23how has your life changed in the last 5 years, 10 years, 20 years? write down 3

47、things you 'used to5 do but don" do anymore:eg t used to live in hangzhou but now i live in shanghai."1.2.salons 24think about your best friend 一 what things are the same, similar or different about you two? write down 3 sentences:e.g. we both come from zhejiangwe like similar kinds of

48、 music.we have different tastes in clothes1.2.3.exercisesanswer the following questions:who are the characters in the story?describe professor sline:describe doctor roberts:what does sabina do to one of the fruit juices?what happens to harry and sline?does the drug work slowly or quickly?what are li

49、ke 'footprints in the sand'?simultaneous actionpeople often do two or more activities at one time. in business we often refer to it as multi-tasking. the word while is used to join the two activities for example:he likes to sing while taking a shower.she often talks on the phone while drivin

50、g the car.write five examples using the same pattern:we often dream while sleeping.salons 25be ready to discuss the following questions in class:what is a role-model?who is your role-model?what kind of person makes a good role-model?salons 26i. identification and practicemark the stressed words in t

51、he following sentences. after you have found the stressed words, practice reading the sentences aloud.john is coming over tonight. we are going to work on our homework together.we should have visited some more castles while we were traveling through the back roads of france.they are looking forward

52、to your visiting them next january.would you like to come over and play a game of chess?they have been having to work hard these last few months on their challenging experiment.shakespeare wrote passionate, moving poetryas you might have expected, he has just thought of a new approach to the problem

53、brainstorm as many uses as you can for each of these items. be creative!box of matchesmap of the stars as seen from the moonfood concentratelife raft50 feet of nylon ropemagnetic compassparachute silkfive gallons of waterportable heating unitsignal flarestwo caliber pistolsfirst aid kitone case of d

54、ehydrated milksolar power receiver-transmitteroxygensalon 2review these words and phrases:analyze headline icons committee unprecedentedrebukemediationinsurgencypope surgeinfectviolentprotestriot terrorismexercisesnews stories generally try to answer the following questions; who, what, when, where,

55、and why.make your own answers to these questions for the following questions* an example is provided below.example: man bites dogwho: henry yank came home late last night.what: he was attacked by his wife's dog and bit the dog on the throatwhen: it happened between two and three am in the mornin

56、g.where: henry was in the kitchen eating some cakewhy: his wife made the dog attack henry because she was very angryfamily of three stuck in an elevatorwho:what:when:where:why:riders are on the alert for thieveswho:what:when:where:why:cutriddlelook up the following words before you come to class:dro

57、wn be burnt choke be bitten be scalded suffocated poisonous yourself be shot crash get an electric shock fall be stung stuntman bulletwhat is the most dangerous thing you have ever done?why do you think some people are addicted danger?salon 30what does the word literal mean?fill in the blank for these common idioms:rsas a bat.asas a beeasas