T: Please listen to the tape and try to answer the questions. (听两遍)
T: Can you answer them now? Try to fill in the blanks.
T asks Ss to say something about Peter.
4. This is Peter. He wants to be penfriends with Liu Tao. Suppose you are Liu Tao, what are you going to write back? What is Liu Tao going to tell him?
T:Read the dialogue and try to write down the information.
5. Open your books.
a. Practice in pairs.
b. Read the dialogue. T is to be mother and Ss are to be Liu Tao.
c. T plays the tape.
Ss listen and read themselves.
Step3: Consolidation
1. Try to retell the text.
Liu Tao wants Peter Liu Tao is going to tell Peter
2. T: Do you want to know some penfriends from Canada?
T shows an e-mail from Lyla.
3. T: Here are the letters from Canada. Each group gets a letter. Discuss what you are going to tell them.(师分发给每组学生一封美国来信和一张信纸)
3. Discuss what you are going to write. T shows some advice.
Step4 Homework Try to write a letter to your pen friend.
Dear Miss Zhang: