actress, teahouse, offer, end, in the end, no idea, act, show, common, describe, society, head teacher, college, novel, if, magic 

1. How was it?

2. You know, …

3. That’s the main thing.

4. No idea.

5. ― Do you want to see the Beijing opera?

  ― Yes, I’d love to.

6. ― Do you want to come to Lao She Teahouse with me?

  ― Yes, please. I’d like to go with you.

7. I wanted to see the Beijing Opera.

8. Lingling offered to take me there.

9. We only planned to watch for an hour.

10. We decided to stay for three hours.

11. I hope to understand more next time.

12. ― I want to see the Beijing Opera.

― Why don’t we …?

1. Function: Talking about intentions and plans.

2. Structure: Infinitive structures (1): infinitives as objects; verbs followed by infinitives.

3. Skills:

1) Listening and understanding familiar topics (Beijing Opera) finding specific information.

2) Describing intentions and plans in simple language.

3) Reading and understanding the sequence of events.

4) Writing a short passage about favourite play or film.

4. Around the world: Theatres

5. Task: Acting out a scene from a play.

Infinitive structures (1): infinitives as objects; verbs followed by infinitives.

Listening and speaking 

 PWP approach

1. Key vocabulary: actress, teahouse, offer, end, in the end, no idea

2. Key structures: Infinitive structures (1): infinitives as objects; verbs followed by infinitives.

3. Key sentences:

1) How was it?

2) You know, …

3) That’s the main thing.

4) No idea.

5) ― Do you want to see the Beijing opera?

  ― Yes, I’d love to.

6) ― Do you want to come to Lao She Teahouse with me?

  ― Yes, please. I’d like to go with you.

7) I wanted to see the Beijing Opera.

8) Lingling offered to take me there.

Tape recorder, OHP, video

1. Enjoy a play: Lao She Teahouse

2. Show some pictures.

3. Look at the pictures, and talk something about the pictures.

4. Introduce the new words.

5. Learn the new words.

6. Read the new words.