Unit 1 How’s your college lifeAIMS• Listening for Names • Introducing Yourself or Others in a Conversation • Understanding and Talking About College LifeI. lead-in• Where are you from? • Why did you choose this university? • What’s your major? Why did you choose it? • How do you pay for school? • What do you think is the most difficult when learning English?II. Reading and spelling English names1. Ask students to give some English names (e.g. Christopher, David, James, Jason, Matthew, Michael, and Steven for males, Lisa, Jennifer, Katherine, Jessica and Sarah for females). 2. Write the students’ English names on the board and read them. Ask the students to follow and pay attention to the pronunciation and the spellings of the names.III. Pair work: complete the dialog with the words and expressions given below and role-play it with your partner. I got here, Nice to meet you, ok , My name is… Are you International student? We’re going to be, But you can call me…Situation: Michael and Robert meet for the first on campus. They shake hands, greet each other and introduce themselves.M: Hi! _____ Michael. Nice to meet you! R: _____, Michael. I’m Robert. _____ Bob. M: _____, Bob. _____ here? R: Yes, _____ last week. I’m from Canada. M: So, _____ in the same class.IV. Pair work: complete the dialog with the words and expressions given below and role-play it with your partner.Hi / Hello! How about you? How are you doing. Good. I’m just fine. Can you Recommend?Situation: Joe and Jack greet each other in front of the school library, and Joe recommend a professor for Jack’s Chemistry course.Joe: Hi, Jack. Jack: _____, Joe. _____. Joe: _____, thanks. _____. Jack: ____. Well, you see, I’m planning to take chemistry this semester. _____ a professor? Joe: Dr. Smith, of course. They say he’s a prominent professor in the chemistry.V. Pair work: complete the dialog with the words and expressions given below and role-play it with your partner. • I’d like you to meet… • Thank you • This is • Excuse me • Glad/good/nice to meet/see you • Same here • Very nice meeting youSituation: Jason introduces Michael to Jane in front of the classroom building.Jason: Hi, Jane. ____ my friend, Mike. Mike ____ Jane. Michael: ____. Jane: Glad to meet you, too. Michael:Jason often tells me how much he enjoys you playing piano. Jane:____. I enjoy watching him playing tennis too. Michael:____. I have an appointment, so I’m afraid I must go now. ____. Jane:____. Bye!VI. Create a dialog with your partner according to the given situation.Situation: Sarah introduces Betty to her roommate, Lisa, in the lobby of the dorm building. Betty tells Lisa that Sarah is always speaking of Lisa’s kindness to her. And Lisa says that Sarah is so nice to her too.For ReferenceSarah:Lisa, l’d like you to meet my friend, Betty. Betty , this is Lisa, my roommate. Lisa:A pleasure to meet you, Betty. Betty:Sarah’s always speaking of your kindness to her. Lisa:She’s so nice to me too. Betty:It was very nice meeting you. Lisa:Same here.Useful Expressions - Greetings• Good morning/afternoon/eve ning. • Hi! How are you (doing)? • How are things? • Hello! How have you been? • Hi, what’s up/new? • Nice/Good/Glad/Please d to see you/meet you.Useful Expressions - Responses• Good morning/afternoon/ev ening. • Not bad. • Everything is all right. • Fine, thanks. • Very well, thank you. / Nothing special. • Same here.Useful Expressions -Introductions• My name is… • Let me introduce myself. • Meet/This is… • I’d like you to meet… • I’d like to introduce…Useful Expressions - Reponses• Very pleased/happy to meet you. • I’m pleased to meet you. • It’s a pleasure to meet you. • A pleasure to meet you.For Reference• Sarah: Lisa, I’d like you to meet my friend, Betty. Betty, this is Lisa, my roommate. • Lisa: A pleasure to meet to you, Betty. • Betty: Sarah’s always speaking of your kindness to her. • Lisa: She’s so nice to me too. • Betty: It has very nice meeting you. • Lisa: Same here.VII. Create a dialog with a partner for each of the following situations. Role- play the dialog in front of the class.Situation: Two freshmen are talking about college life and their majors. A majors in business and B computer science. They are both understand with their major to some extent.The problems you are supposed to talk about.A: say what you think about college life. B: give your opinion of A’s view. A: tell B your problem and the cause for that. B: give your opinion of what A says, and tell him/her about your situation. A: comment on B’s words.For Reference• A: Hi, John. Life on campus is really exciting! It’s totally different from high school. • B: Yeah. I feel the same. It’s an entirely new world. • A: Well, me problem is this: I major in Engineering, but I want to work in a foreign trade company. So, I decide to spend more time on English. But, it’s hard, you know, to manage your time. • B: I。