1. lesson 2 1 Garage Sale Step 1 before reading Explanation of garage sale Garage sale: the term “garage sale” comes from the place where one displays the household items he wishes to sell. Most people do not wish strangers to come into their house, so they will place the items for sale in the garage. Setting up sale items in garage provides protection from the weather. If a person does not wish to use his garage to display the items for sale, he may place them on tables in his front yard. This would then be a “yard sale”.

2. Step 2 reading tasks Ask Ss to get prepared for the following questions A. Understanding main points Read the text on the opposite page about the different ways in which companies are organized and answer these questions.

3. Step 3 read the text 1. Prepare for the vocabulary Ask the students to read through the words loudly Explain some of the terms: NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. centralization: the process by which the activities of an organization, particularly those regarding decision making, become concentrated within a particular location and group.

4. localization: the process of adapting a product to the language and culture of a particular region. matrix: an a regiment of numbers, symbols, etc. in a grid, treated as a single quantity in mathematical operation. customer centric: centered about the needs and desires of the customer.

5. 2. ten minutes to read and understand the passage in a rough way ask Ss to give the general idea of the passage and try to find the keys to the questions in reading tasks A.

6. Step 4 summarization 1. finish the following reading tasks B. match these definitions with the four organizational structures describe in the text. Step 5 exercises in class Finish exercises A, B and C