1. The first English lesson
Module 1
Nice to meet you
Unit 1
The first English lesson

2. Warming up
Introduce yourself

3. Listen and check (√) how many people speak. √
Tapescript
W: Hello. My name’s Wang Hui.
L: Hello. My name’s Lingling.
W: Nice to meet you, Lingling.
L: Nice to meet you, Wang Hui.
W: I’m a new student. Are you a new student?
L: Yes, I am.

4. Look at the picture. Which words can
you use to describe it?
Chinese class
father friend
mother school
student teacher

5. Listening Listen and check (✓) the true sentences.
1. Miss Li is a teacher.
2. Lingling is from Beijing.
3. Daming and Lingling are friends.
4. Daming and Lingling are English.
5. Wang Hua is twelve years old. √ √ √ X X

6. Listen and read.
Miss Li: Hello. My name’s Miss Li. I’m a teacher and I’m Chinese. I’m from Wuhan. What’s your name? Where are you from ?
Lingling: My name’s Lingling. I’m from Beijing. I’m twelve years old and I’m Chinese. This is Daming. He’s my friend. We’re students.

7. Daming: Hello. My name’s Daming. I’m a student and I’m twelve years old. I’m from Beijing. Lingling is my friend. What’s your name?
Wang Hui : My name’s Wang Hui . I’m thirteen years old. I’m from Shanghai and I’m a student. I’m Chinese. I’m in Class One.

8. Miss Li: Nice to meet you, Wang Hui.
Wang Hui: Nice to meet you.
Learning to learn
When you introduce yourself,
you can say:
My name is… I’m a …
I’m …years old.
I’m from…

9. Text explanation. 1. I’m from Wuhan. 我来自武汉。 be from 表示“来自哪里”、“从哪里来”或
“是哪里人”。如：
He’s from Beijing. 他是北京人。
如果不强调从哪里来，只是要说明身份，
也可以说：
He’s a Beijinger. 他是北京人。
They’re English. 他们是英国人。

10. 2. I’m a student and I’m twelve years old.
我是一名学生，12岁。
…years old,表示“……岁”。有时它 可以省
略，只用数字来表达年龄即可。
如：My friend Linda is fourteen.
英语里经常把两个或更多意思上关系很密
切的句子合并成一个并列句。并列句可以
用and 连接，如：
He’s English and he’s in Class One.
他是英国人，他在一班。

11. 3. I’m from China and I’m Chinese.
我来自中国，我是中国人。
表达来自某个国家时，要使用国名，如：
China, England, Canada等等。如果要强
调是某国人时，则要用其形容词形式，
如：Chinese, English, Canadian 等。如：
Tom is from America and he’s American.
汤姆来自美国，他是美国人。
She comes from Japan and she’s Japanese.
她来自日本，是日本人。

12. Speaking Work in pairs. Ask and answer. A: What’s your name?
B: My name’s….
A: Where are you from?
B: I’m from….
A: Nice to meet you.
B: Nice to meet you, too.

13. Vocabulary and pronunciation
Listen and repeat.
/ i: / read teacher Chinese meet
/ i / sit miss listen sing ring
/ e / desk twelve friend bed get
/ æ / bag stand match hat cat

14. desks students teachers
Listen and repeat.
bags books chairs
desks students teachers
Can you see these in your classroom?
What else can you see?
erasers, blackboards, maps , flowers

15. Match the words with the pictures.
read close open stand up sit down
match write practise listen
Keys:
1. close 2. read 3. match 4. open 5. practise
6. stand up 7. listen 8. sit down 9. write

16. Game
Work in groups and do the game “Now listen and do”. The teacher may say “Open your books.” , and the other students follow it. At last let’s find out which team is the best.

17. Exercises 1. 用be动词的适当形式填空： My mother _____ a teacher.
Your sister _____ ten years old.
His students _____ all in the classroom.
You and I _____ good friends.
I _____ from Guangdong.
Lucy _____ an English girl.
She _____ in Class Two this year.
You _____ our Chinese teacher this term. is is
are
are am is is
are

18. Homework Read and learn the new words. Act out the dialogue.
Finish off the WB EX. 1-4