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Unit 4
UNIT 4 Stage and screen
Watching a performance
1. To learn some information about arrangements of music festival
2. To make arrangements in groups
1. What functions does -ing have as adverbial
2. Can you remember any types of TV programme
Dating back to the 1970s,
Glastonbury Festival is a music and arts festival that takes place on a large farm in Somerset in South-west England. Most of the organisers are volunteers and much of the money raised from ticket sales goes to charity. Many famous bands have performed at the festival over the years, and the number of people attending has grown to about 200,000.
Listen to the conversation and choose the correct memo.
提高听力的小技巧：
1. 学会抓关键词。
2. 学会划分意群。
3. 学会提前思考。(学会猜测，包括对话题的预测、甚至通过常识进行答案的预测。)
4. 学会做笔记。
5. 学会注意数字。
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1. Meet at London Paddington
Take a train to Castle Cary
Stay in a hotel for four nights
Take a rain jacket and food
2. Meet at London Victoria
Take a coach to Castle Cary
Camp for four nights
Take a tent and a rain jacket
3. Meet at London Victoria
Take a coach to the festival site
Camp for four nights
Take a tent and an umbrella
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Listen again
and complete
the flyer.
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28
London Paddington
￡70.40
London Victoria
10:00 am
￡30
10:30 pm
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Pay attention
to numbers.
Now talk about how Josh makes arrangements. Listen again if necessary.
Work in pairs. Act out the conversation about making arrangements to go to a comedy show.
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Student A
You want to go a comedy show this weekend. Tell Student B about the show and make arrangements to go and see it together.
Argentina’s Famous Mime Comedian
Nana Stuart
Comedy Club
(near the Central Station)
17&18 April 6 pm
Tickets $ 25 at the door (cash only)
I’ve got tickets…
It’s close to…
It starts at…
We can…
I think…
Let’s meet at … at …
I suggest…
Student A wants to go to a comedy show this weekend. Listen for information about the show and make arrangements to go and see it together. You will need to ask for the following information:
time and place of the show
how to get there
where and when to meet
what to take with you
Student B
Did you manage to get tickets for…
Where is …
When does it start
How can we get there
How about…
Where / When shall we meet
Should I bring…
A: There is a concert sung by Celine Dion in Nanjing on 20 April.
B: Great! Did you manage to get ticket for it
A: Yes. Shall we go together
B: Of course. Where is the concert held
A: The Central Stadium. And it starts at 7 pm.
B: How can we get there
A: By coach. I think it’s not far from the station. And we can take a taxi to go to the stadium.
B: Good. Where and when shall we meet then
A: Let meet at 9:00 am on 19 April.
B: Should I bring anything
A: Your ID card. Nothing more.
B: Great. See you then.
Work in pairs. Make arrangements to attend a concert in another city.
Words within a complete sentence can be pronounced in two different ways: weak and strong. The strong, or stressed, pronunciation is less common as it is used to emphasise the most important words in a sentence. It helps clearly convey meaning and also creates a natural rhythm to the sentence.
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Many famous bands have performed at the festival over the years, and the number of people attending has grown to about 200000.
the number of… ……的数量
(接可数名词复数形式，谓语动词通常用单数形式）
eg *The number of graduates in our university this year is 2000.
*The number of students in our school has grown from 1,000 to more than 1,500.
词条 不同点
a number of 许多…… a number of + 复数名词 + 复数谓语
the number of ……的数量 the number of + 复数名词 + 单数谓语
Last night a number of people were invited to the party, and the number of them was fifty.
【语境应用】单句语法填空。
1) ________ number of students are likely to be admitted to universities.
2) The number of the people present at the circus _________ (be) much smaller than expected. There were many tickets left.
3) A number of her cassette tapes __________ (sell) that year. This was a big event in her life.
A
was
were sold
Write down your conversation about the arrangements for going to concert in another city.
