eight o’clock 
nine o five 
ten fifteen / a quarter past ten 
eleven thirty / half past eleven 
twelve forty-five / a quarter to one 
seventeen fifty / ten to eighteen 
Tell the time 
8:00 
9:05 
10:15 
11:30 
12:45 
17:50 
go to bed 
go swimming 
read books in the library 
listen to music 
play basketball 
play soccer 
Listen to the passage in 1a carefully and complete the table. 
 Time 
 Activity 
 6:20 a.m. 
 gets up 
 
 has breakfast 
 7:30 a.m. 
 
 12:10 p.m. 
 
 after school 
 
 
 gets home 
 after dinner 
 
 
 goes to bed 
7:00 a.m. 
 goes to school 
 has lunch 
 plays soccer 
5:30 p.m. 
 does her homework 
9:45 p.m. 
Read the passage and answer the questions. 
(1)When do the classes begin? 
(2)How many classes does she have in the morning? 
(3)Where does she have lunch? 
(4)When does she play soccer with her classmates? 
(5) How does she go home? 
Classes begin at eight. 
 She has four classes in the morning. 
She takes the subway home. 
She has lunch at school. 
She plays soccer after school. 
在学校 
放学后 
Read and understand. 
1b. Work in groups of three. Discuss the following pictures and retell the passage in 1a. 
1c. Talk with your partner about your day with the help of 1a. Then report it to the class. 
 I usually get up at … in the morning. At … o’clock, I have breakfast … 
 … is my friend/classmate. He/She usually gets up at … in the morning … 
2. Ask and answer questions with the following information. 
Han Qing 
play soccer 
play basketball 
What does Han Qing usually do after school? 
 He usually plays soccer, but he doesn’t play basketball. 
A:________________________________________ 
B:______________________________________________ 
 What does Wen Wei usually do after school? 
B: He usually goes swimming, but he doesn’t go fishing. 
Wen Wei 
 go swimming 
go fishing 
A:__________________________________________ 
B:____________________________________________ 
A: What does Ellen usually do after school? 
B: She usually listens to music, but she doesn’t watch TV. 
Ellen 
listen to music 
watch TV 
A:__________________________________________ 
B:______________________________________________ 
B:__________________________________________ 
 _____________ 
A: What does Wang Junfeng usually do after school? 
B: He usually does his homework, but he doesn’t 
 go to the park. 
Wang Junfeng 
do his homework 
go to the park 
A:__________________________________________ 
Example: 
Activity: meet friends watch TV listen to music 
 read books cook go to the zoo play soccer 
 
Frequency: once a week twice a week three times a week 
 very often every day seldom never 
3. Work in pairs. Make up new conversations with the words and phrases in the box. 
A: Do you often read books in the library? 
B: Yes, I do. / No, I don’t. 
A: How often do you come to the library? 
B: Three times a week. 
Survey your classmates about how often they do the following things and fill in the table. Then report it to the class. 
 Activity 
name 
watch TV 
in the 
evening 
walk to 
school 
play computer games 
help your 
parents 
play 
basketball 
Wang Li 
once a week 
… 
You may report it like this: 
 Wang Li watches TV in the evening once a week… 
Report it to the class 
4a. Read and write the words. 
read 
feet 
head 
great 
bridge 
4b. Read the following sentences aloud, paying attention to the rising tone( ) and the falling tone ( ). 
1. The Chinese judge needs cheese, meat and bread. 
2. The girl in jeans can cook great beef. 
We learn: 1. some words: begin, after, basketball, swim 
 listen, music, library, week, once, twice 
 2. some phrases: at school, go to bed, listen 
 to music, play basketball / soccer 
 3. some sentences: What do you usually do 
 after school? 
We can: 1. talk about the daily activities. 
 eg. I often cook in the evening. 
 2. use the Present Simple Tense correctly. 
 e.g. She usually gets up at 7:00. 
 Memorize the new words and phrases. 
 Review the present simple tense. 
 Talk about the daily activities.