Lesson 17 Part Ⅰ Warming-up Exercises

Part I Warming-up Exercises

A. Sentence Structure

Training Focus:

Recognizing meaningful segments:  1.  noun phrases  2. adverbial phrases and clauses

Directions: Listen  carefully. Yon will hear a statement followed by a question.  Write a short answer in the space provided.

Key

1. Miss Green didn't go to work yesterday because she had a bad cold. Why didn't Miss Green go to work yesterday? 2. Mr.  Baker went to see a doctor last week. Who went to see a doctor last week?   3.  The doctor asked Mr.  West to take some sleeping  pills.   What did the doctor ask Mr. West to do?    4.  Dr. Green works as a children's dentist in Washington D. C.     Where does Dr. Green work as a dentist? 5. The girl went to the record shop to buy a few records the  week before  last.     When  did  the  girl go  to  the record shop? 6.   The girl paid six pounds sixteen pence for the records.  How much did she pay for the records? 7. Jack asked his cousin in New York to come to visit him. Whom did Jack ask to visit him?  8. The Watsons went to visit the farm twice a year. How often did  the  Watsons go to visit the farm? 9. Mrs. Norris bought a sweater in Shaw's  Department Store yesterday. Where  did she buy a sweater? 10. Susan  bought a red  and  white tie for  her father. What did Susan buy for her father?

B．Dictation

Directions:  Listen carefully. Repeat the sentence silently.

Write the sentence Listen again, and  check your answer. 1. I'm very sorry to near that. Well. you'd better stay at home. 2. Some dentists earn a lot of money;

all dentists have a lot of responsibility. 

Part Ⅱ Miss Green Was Ⅲ

Lesson 17

Ex.Ⅰ

Directions：Answer the questions you hear on the tape.

1．Why is Mr.  Baker very happy to see Miss Green every morning?

2．Miss Green  was ill one  Monday, wasn't she? What wasthe trouble?

Key: (see tapescript)

Ex. Ⅱ

Directions:  Write down what Miss Green said on the phone.

Key: (see tapescript)

Tapescript:

Miss Green Was Ⅲ (1′20″)

Mr. Baker is very happy to see Miss  Green every morning because she is a good secretary.   One Monday Miss Green didn't come to work because she was ill.   She had a terrible cold and a bad headache,  so she phoned Mr.  Baker.

(The telephone rings.) 

Miss Green: Good morning, Mr. Baker.

Mr. Baker: Good morning, Miss Green. What's wrong? Where are you?

Miss Green: I am at home. I'm ill. I'm afraid I've got a terrible cold and a bad headache.

Mr. Baker: I'm very sorry to hear that. Well, you'd better stay at home.

Miss Green: Thank you, Mr. Baker. See you  tomorrow, I hope.

Mr. Baker: See you tomorrow, I hope. Good-bye.

Miss Green:  Good-bye,  Mr. Baker.  

Part Ⅲ Dr.William N.Green

Lesson 17

Ex. Ⅰ

Directions:  Fill in the blanks with the verbs you hear on the tape.

Key: (see tapescript)

Ex.  Ⅱ

Directions:  Fill in the blanks with the prepositional phrases you hear on the tape.

Key: (see tapescript)

Tapescript:

Dr.  William N.  Green    (1′)

Dr.  William N.  Green is a children's dentist. Most of his patients are children. Children like to come to his office. He tells them about their teeth.   He cleans their teeth well He also takes care of their toothaches and fixes their broken teeth. Then he gives them a small gift.

Dr. Green lives in Olney. That's a small town near

Washington, D. C. But his dental office is in Washington at 1616 Jefferson Street, He gets up at 6∶15 every morning.   He eats breakfast at 6∶45 and leaves for work at 7∶15. He drives to work and keeps his car in a parking lot on Madison Street. He gets to his office about 8∶00.

Some dentists earn a lot of money; all dentists have a lot of responsibility.