Unit 13 Rainy days make me sad.
Part 1: Teaching design (第一部分：教学设计)
Structures: make/s me ＋ infinitive, make/s me ＋ adjective
Target language: I’d rather go to the Blue Lagoon restaurant because I like to listen to quiet music while I’m eating. Me too! Loud music makes me tense. I agree. Loud music makes me uncomfortable.
Vocabulary: lighting, mysterious, tense, silky, owner, product, knowledge, for instance, shiny, skin, cream, toothpaste, endangered, uncomfortable, useful
Learning strategies: Personalizing, Matching
Section A
Goals
●To learn to use make/s me ＋ infinitive, make/s me ＋ adjective
●To listen and talk about eating in a restaurant
Procedures
Warming up by learning to use make/s me ＋ infinitive, make/s me ＋ adjective
On page 103 is the grammar focus chart. Read the three sentences and try to understand its structure.
Loud music makes me tense.
Loud music makes me want to dance.
That movie made me sad.
Now you are supposed to make as many sentences with the
make/s me ＋ infinitive, make/s me ＋ adjective structure as possible.
1a Looking and saying
On page 102 is a picture of restaurants. Which one would you like to go? And why?
◆ I like to go to the one on the left because the music there would make me excited.
◆ I like to go to the one on the right because the music there would make me quiet.
◆ I like to go to the one on the left because the pictures there would make me tense.
◆ I like to go to the one on the right because the things there would make me happy.
1b Listening and completing
Listen to a conversation between Amy and Tina talking about eating in restaurants.
While listening, pay attention to the “make/s me ＋ infinitive, make/s me ＋
adjective structure” .
Tapescript
Girl1: I’m hungry, Amy.
Girl2: So am I. Why don’t we get something to eat?
Girl1: Yeah. Let’s go to the Rockin’ Restaurant. I love their hamburgers.
Girl2: Oh, Tina… I hate the Rockin’ Restaurant.
Girl1: Why? The food is great, isn’t it?
Girl2: The food’s fine. I just don’t like the atmosphere. Those awful pictures on the walls make me sad, and the loud music makes me tense.
Girl1: OK. So where do you want to go, Amy?
Girl2: Let’s go to the Blue Lagoon. The soft music makes me relaxed.
Girl1: Not me. It makes me sleepy.
And now complete the unfinished sentences in the chart on page 102.
The Rockin’s Restaurant The Blue Lagoon
The awful pictures make Amy sad. The soft music makes Amy relaxed.
The loud music makes Amy tense. The soft music makes Tina sleepy.
Now you are supposed to read the tapescript. While reading, underline the expressions and circle the connectives.
1c Doing pairwork
What are your opinions about the two restaurants? Which on would you like better?
A: I’d rather go to the Blue Lagoon Restaurant because I like to listen to quiet music while I’m eating.
B: Me, too! Loud music makes me tense.
A: I agree! Loud music makes me uncomfortable.
A: I’d rather go to the Rockin’s Restaurant because I like to listen to loud music while I’m eating.
B: Me, too! Loud music makes me excited.
A: I agree! Loud music makes me happy.
2a Listening and numbering
3 4
2 1
A boy and a girl are talking about their past experiences. Listen to their talk and number the pictures on page 103.
Tapescript
Boy: Did you and Amy have fun last night, Tina?
Girl: Well, John… yes and no.
Boy: Was Amy late as usual?
Girl: Yes, she was. And waiting for her made me angry.
Boy: Where did you go?
Girl: First we went to the Rockin’ Restaurant, but Amy didn’t want to stay. She said that loud music made he tense.
Boy: That’s funny. Loud music always makes me want to dance.
Girl: Me too. So then we went to the Blue Lagoon. It was quiet and the food was great. We had a good time.
Boy: Then did you go to the concert at the high school?
Girl: No. We decided to go to the movies. We saw Remember Me Forever. It was a really good movie, but it was so sad it made us cry.
Boy: Sad movies don’t make me cry. They just make me want to leave!
Girl: You sound just like my brother!
2b Listening and checking
You are supposed to listen to the conversation once again. Before you listen, go over the seven sentences said by Tina and John in the box on page 103. While you listen, check √the things said by them respectively. After you listen, check your answers against each other’s.
√Waiting for her made me angry.
√She said that loud music made her tense.
×Loud music makes me happy.
√Loud music always makes me want to dance.
√It was so sad it made me cry.
√Sad movies don’t make me cry. They just make me want to leave!
×It made me sad.
All right now, you are supposed to read the tapescript. While
Reading, try to circle the “make/s me ＋ infinitive, make/s me ＋ adjective structure”, underline the expressions and blacken the connectives.
2c Doing pairwork
Go over the activities in 2a and 2b. Then in pairs try to role play the conversation between Tina and John. You may make use of the examples on page 103 to begin with.
John: Did you have fun with Amy last night?
Tina: Well…yes and no. She was really late.
John: Amy was late as usual, wasn’t she?
Tina: Yes, she was.
John: And waiting for her made me angry?
Tina: Yes, it made me angry.
John: What did you do?
Tina: First we went to the Rockin’ Restaurant.
John: Did you stay long there?
Tina: No, we didn’t because Amy didn’t want to stay.
John: Why?
Tina: She said that loud music made he tense.
John: That’s strange. Loud music always makes me excited and want to dance.
Tina: Me too.
John: So then you went to the Blue Lagoon as usually, didn’t you?
Tina: yes, you guess right.
John: It was quiet and the food was great there. Did you have a good time there?
Tina: Yes, we did.
John: Where did you go then?
Tina: I wanted to go to the concert at the high school. But Amy didn’t like to go there. We decided to go to the movies.
John: What movie did you watch?
Tina: We saw Remember Me Forever.
John: It was a really good movie, wasn’t it?
Tina: Yes, it was, but it was so sad it made us cry.
John: Sad movies make me want to leave!
Tina: You behave just like my brother!
3a Reading and answering
On page 104 is an article about restaurant science. Before you read, imagine just what a restaurant science is. While you read, try to divide the sentences into parts, underline the expressions and, blacken the connectives and circle the “make/s me ＋ infinitive, make/s me ＋ adjective” structure.
Restaurant science
Restaurant owners have to know how to make food. They also have to know how to make money. Here are some things they’ve learned from scientific studies. The color red makes people hungry. Red also makes customers eat faster. Many fast food restaurants, therefore, have red furniture or walls. Soft colors like pink and light blue ma ke people relaxed, so they spend more time eating their meals. Soft lighting makes people look good, but it makes food look bad. Loud music may be nice at first, but it soon makes people want to leave. Hard seats also make customers want to eat quickly and leave. Many restaurants, especially fast food restaurants, use this knowledge to make customers eat faster. Customers only sit for about 20 minutes before they leave. Because customers don’t stay very long, small restaurants can serve many people every day.
Now you are to answer the three questions on page 104 in the box.
1.What does the color red make most people feel? →The color red makes people
hungry. Red also makes customers eat faster.
2.Why do so many fast food restaurant paint their walls red, play loud music, and have hard seats? →Because red color makes customers eat faster, loud music makes people want to leave and hard seats also make customers want to eat quickly and leave.
3.Do you think it’s fair that some restaurants are designed to be uncomfortable. → No, I don’t think so. The restaurant owners are running the restaurants in order to make money. They want more customers to come to spend money in their restaurants.
3b Doing groupwork
Now let’s play a game. Tell your group members about a place you know well. Let them try to guess the name of the place.
A: The seats are very hard.
The white walls make me stressed.
B: Is it this classroom?
A: No, it isn’t.
B: Is it a hospital?
A: Yes, that’s right.
A: The house is very big.
The noise makes me tense.
B: Is it a railway station?
A: No, it isn’t.
B: Is it a dancing hall?
A: No, it isn’t.
B: Is it a therter?
A: Yes, that’s right.
4 Completing and surveying
1) How do you feel about pollution?
2) It makes me kind of angry. How about you?
3) It makes me want to join a clean-up campain.
A survey about…
How do you feel about…? You Zhao Mingyuan Li Baoguo
Pollution Makes me uncomfortable Makes me unhealthy Makes me headache
Heavy traffic Makes me tense Makes me go on foot Makes me stay indoors
Loud music Makes me excited Makes me shut my ears Makes me crazy
Endangered animals Makes me sad Makes me unable to fall asleep Makes me stop eating meats
Smoking Makes me sick Makes me stressed Makes me cry
People who keep you waiting Makes me angry Makes me hungry Makes me thirsty
Closing down by looking and saying
SECTION B
Goals
●To learn to use make/s me ＋ infinitive, make/s me ＋ adjective structures
●To listen, talk and read about products
Procedures
Warming up by playing a game
Good morning, class. It is so cold today. The weather here
makes me sad. Now let’s first play a game to make us happy. We shall try to say as many sentences with make/s me ＋ infinitive, make/s me ＋ adjective structures as possible. The one who says the most such sentences will be made the monitor for today!
1a looking and matching
On page 105 are four pictures of daily products. Now read, think, and match them with the slogans in the box.
1. Whiter than white → toothpaste
2. For that mysterious look → sunglasses
3. For the shiniest hair ever → shampoo
4. For silky skin → cream
1b Making a list
In our life we use lots of products every. Which ones do you like best, and which ones do you not like? Now make a list of them, three for each choice.
The ones that make me happy The ones that make me sad
computer, bike, handphone car, book, bed
wine, camera, CD player clock, football, medicine
2a Listening and ticking
You are going to listen to a conversation about products used in daily lives. Before you listen, go to page 105 and read the names of the products and the comments in the chart.
Tapescript
Girl1: Wow! Look at this ad for Easy Care Shampoo. For the shiniest hair ever.
Boy: I can’t stand ads like that! They make me really mad.
Girl1: Why?
Boy: They make you think that you can look like the person in the ad. But I bought that shpmpoo and it didn’t work.
Girl2: I agree. Look at this one. Lookout Sunglasses. For that mysterious look. I’ll bet they don’t even keep out the sun.
Boy: And what about this one! Beauty Cream-the silky skin soap.
Girl2: Wait a minute! I tried Beauty Cream and it works really well. It makes your skin really soft. Have you ever tried Starshine Toothpaste?
Girl1: Oh, you mean Whiter than White? Yeah, I tried it and it tastes terrible. I’d never use it.
Boy: I guess you shouldn’t believe everything you read.
After you listen, tick the products they like, and kick out the ones they don’t.
Products What people say
No 1. Easy Care Shampoo → d. It didn’t work.
No 2. Lookout Sunglasses → c. They don’t even keep out the sun.
Yes 3. Beauty Cream → b. It worked really well.
No 4. Starshine Toothpaste → a. It tastes terrible.
2b Listening and drawing
Next you are to listen and draw to show what the people say about the products.
Finally go on to read the tapescript to learn some expressions and the make/s me ＋ infinitive, make/s me ＋ adjective structures.
2c Doing groupwork
In 1b you have made a list. Now to practice spoken English you are to make use of the list making a conversation with your group members.
A: Have you ever had Beijing Duck?
B: Yeah. I love it.
A: Have you ever used a computer?
B: Yeah. I love it.
A: Have you ever ridden a bike?
B: No, I don’t love it.
A: Have you ever used a handphone?
B: Yeah. I love it.
A: Have you ever drunk wine?
B: No. Never. I don’t love it.
3a Reading to decide
On page 106 you will find article talking about advertising.
Before you read, guess at the ideas to be talked about in the article. While you read, underline the expressions, blacken the connectives and circle the examples of the make/s me ＋ infinitive, make/s me ＋ adjective structures.
Advertising: pros and cons
In the modern world, advertising is everywhere！Some people think that ads are great. Others hate ads, saying that they make our cities and countryside look ugly. Many ads are aimed specially at teenagers, and some young people see mo re than 100 advertisements a day. It’s true that some ads can be very useful. For instance, they can help you to compare two different products so that you can buy the one you really need. They can also help you save money. When prices are listed, you can go to the store with the lowest price. Ads also tell you when stores are having sales. However, some advertising can be confusing or misleading. Sometimes the words sound good but don’t really tell you anything about the quality of the product. At other times, the picture in an ad looks a lot better than the real thing. And you have to be careful. At times an ad can lead you to buy something you don’t need at all.
After you read, decide if you agree with the author or not.
3b Reading and completing
On page 106 in the center is an unfinished article. Read it and try to complete it using the information about two or more products in activity 2a.
Some advertisements tell the truth and some don’t. For example, the Easy Care Shampoo says it will give the shiniest hair ever. But my friend tried it and found it didn’t work. Lookout Sunglasses advertised don’t even keep out the sun! And there is the Starshine Toothpaste. It tastes terrible. It smells! But the Beauty Cream is a real thing. It works really well for me.
3c Looking and writing
After you read, you are to write! Now go back to page 105 to write slogans of your own with the help of the slogans of theirs there on page 105.
Car→ It runs faster and never turns over!
Handphone → Call you, hear you, go to you, come to me!
…
4 Doing pairwork
In pairs discuss how the posters on page 106 make you feel.
A: I would love to make friends with the two pretty girls.
B: Not, me. This poster makes me angry!
A: I would love to see this movie.
B: Not, me. This poster makes me terrified!
A: I would love to visit this park.
B: Me, too. This poster makes me excited!
Closing down by drawing your own posters
At the end of the period we shall do something interesting: we
shall draw pictures or posters. To advertise your products or services you have to draw posters. Now let’s wait and see whose products of posters are the most attractive and persuasive!
SEFL CHECK
1 Reading and filling
To do something boring, go to page 107 and read the 5 sentences in the box. Complete them with a correct word given in its correct form. OK?
list, lead, compare, keep out, taste
1.I need a new jacket. This one doesn’t keep out the cold.
2.Customers say the food at the restaurant tastes terrible.
3.When prices are listed, you can go to the store with the lowest price.
4.Working hard at English can lead to a good job.
5.Wait before you buy that watch. Let’s compare prices in another store.
2. Reading and writing
In the center of page 107 is a diary. Now you are given the right to read this diary by Ming. While reading keep your eyes on the structures and expressions. You know how important structures and expressions are for learning English.
Dear Diary, 28, June
I thought today was going to be really bad. To start with, it was raining, and rainy days make me sad. And it was my birthday, but when I got up, no one was at home, and Mom and Dad hadn’t left me a note. I walked to school with my best friend, Gu. She didn’t say anything either. This made me a little angry. After all, I remembered her birthday last month. In class, the teacher asked me for my homework, but as I was so tense when I left home, I had forgotten to bring it with me. That made me annoyed with myself. But things got better. Gu invited me for lunch. I was so surprised. Mon and Dad and all my friends were there. I had a wonderful surprise birthday lunch. That made me VERY happy.
Early morning Late morning Noon Lunch time
sad A little angry annoyed surprised
Just for fun!
Looking at the posters above and write ad slogans for them.
Reading: Receiving money makes me uncomfortable.
Before you read, go to the vocabulary list for this part on page 155. Read the words and study the word formation for meanings.
While you read, blacken the predicates and circle the connectives.
Receiving money makes me uncomfortable.
Many books have been written about “the art of giving”. But what about the art of receiving? Sometimes, receiving a gift can be difficult, especially when someone buys you a gift you don’t want！
“I remember when I was about twelve years old, my parents bought me a purple purse,” laughs Guo Xiaojing. “It really made me feel embarrassed, because to be honest, I thought the purse was really ugly！Still, I pretended that I liked it because I knew it would make my parents happy！”
Han Ling agrees. “That sounds like my grandparents！A few years ago, my grandparents gave me an orange sweater for my birthday. I used to wear it every time I visited them, but when I left their house, I took it off！Of course, this made me feel guilty. It was a very nice thought, but my grandparents have different taste from me！I think it’s hard to buy clothes or other personal things for people.”
To make things easier, some people would rather just give money. In some cultures, however, receiving money can make people uncomfortable. “When someone gives me money, it just makes me think they’re being lazy,” says John Wilson. “In England, we have a saying: It’s the thought that counts. When someone gives me money, I feel they don’t think at all. I prefer to receive a gift that has some thought behind it. I don’t mind if it’s something I don’t need. If someone has thought about a gift for me, it always makes me happy.”Different people have very different thoughts on this subject！So maybe the art of receiving is even more difficult than the art of giving！What do you think?
Part 2: Teaching Resources (第二部分：教学资源)
I. What is a poster?
A poster is any large piece of paper which hangs from a wall or other such surface. They are a frequent tool of advertisers, propagandists, protestors and other groups trying to communicate a message, and they also see personal use by people, especially the young, who wish to decorate in a relatively low-cost manner.
II. Some wonderful slogans of advertisements
Trust me, you can make it. (美容)
Human technology. (Nokia)
When there is no tomorrow. (联邦快递)
The milk chocolate that melts in your mouth-not in your hand. (巧克力)
Good to the last drop. (雀巢咖啡)
Next to myself, I like BVD best. (BVD内衣)
Just do it. (运动鞋)
Things go better with coke. (可口可乐)
One card, all the possibility. (Visa)
MasterCard. Master the shopping possibility. (Card)
It's everywhere you want to be. (Visa)
Don't leave home without it. (美国通卡)
Ugly is only skin-deep. (汽车)
Shape up your image, future and life.
Natural is beautiful. (美容)
Gifted photographers require beautiful print quality.
Using your own way to enjoy working; It's no price. (信用卡)
Everything we do is driving by you. (汽车)
Travel by air without any reservation. (鞋子)
A diamond is forever. (钻石)
We do chicken right. (炸鸡)
No matter how you look at typing, we are your type. (打字机)
The taste that refreshes. (饮料)
Nokia connection people. (Nokia)
Makoto Bank. Making communities together. (银行)
Ford has a better idea. (Ford)
Save our mouth for Memtos. (食品)
It's Finger Licking good./we all do it for you. (快餐)
Are you in or out? (美语补习班)
Keep walking. (酒类)
We share. (寿险)
Made to move. (Nike)
We're family. (信用卡)
Forever sport. (Adidas)
Just call me, be happy. (大哥大)
So charming, so easy. (化妆品)
Air France-making the sky best place on earth. (航空)
Your favorite spare for your pleasure and dream. (动画商品)
It's been a long hard road without you on the mind. (汽车)