4.Talk about the picture on the top of page 32，using the following questions：What can you see in the picture？
What are the shapes of these coins？
Say today we"re going to read a text about coins.
Step 3 Listening and repeatingPlay the tape of the passage for the Ss to listen and follow.Then ask them to do the following True or False Exercises.
1）The earliest coins in the world were used in China from more than 3000 years ago.
2）Coins may have the same designs on the two sides.
3）Before coins appeared，seashells，bamboo stick and wood were used for money.
4）The latest collection ever found in England was one of about 20000 silver pennies.
Step 4 reading
Get the Ss to read the passage carefully to know more information about coins.Then let them answer the following questions.
1）What were the earliest coins called？
2）When were the coins with holes in them used？
3）What is the coin usually pressed now？Was the date always included in the past？
4）What were the earliest coins in the west made of？
5）How many coins did the collection found in England in 1978 contain？
6）How did so many Chinese coins get to Australia？
Answers：
1）The earliest coin in China was called bei money.
2）These were used from 221BC until 1916.
3）Today the coin is usually pressed with name of the country，value of the coin and the age.In the past the date was not always included.
4）The earliest coins in the west were made of gold mixed with silver.
5）It contained 54951 coins dating from the year 260-275AD.
6）It is known that thousands of Chinese worked in the gold mines in the late 19th century.
7）It is possible that one of them kept a kind of bank where the workers could keep their money safe.
8）Possibly this person died without anyone knowing where the coins were hidden.
Step 5 Language pointsWrite the useful expressions on the Bb.As usual，get the Ss to understand the following expressions.
1）with holes in it：The teacher comes in，with a book in his hand.
with＋n.＋介词短语
In the cave I found a coin，with the design of a panda on its face.
with的复合结构，也可以作方式状语，用以修饰谓语动词。
2）Coins may be of different size…：Be of＋n…
Coins may be of different sizes的意思相当于Coins may be different in size.
3）be pressed with，be mixed with，be covered with…
4）in the late 1870s，in the early 1870s5）It is…that＋Subject ClauseIt is known that…
It is possible that…
It is common to do…
Step 6 Note making
Part
3.Page 3
3.Get the Ss to read the passage again and make notes.T checks the Ss what information they have to put down.Let the Ss work individually，then check the answers at the end of this activity.
Earliest coins：bei money from 650BC.
Information on the coin：name of country，value，and date.
Metals and other materials：gold，silver，seashells，wood and so on.
Designs：agricultural tools，head of a famous person，panda，and so on.
Step 7 Practice
Part 4，SB Page 3
3.This activity helps revise the-ing form as subject.Go through the example and the first two sentences orally and then let the Ss do this exercise alone.Check the answers with the whole class.
Answers：
1）Discovering so many Chinese coins in Australia is surprising.
2）Having the head of a famous figure on one side of the coin is rather common.
3）Getting used to the life in a foreign country needs time.
4）Handing out the listening text to the students seems necessary.
5）Reading without full understanding is no good.
6）Seeing her sad made me sad.
Step 8 Practice
1.SB Page 33，Part
5.Make sure that the Ss know the special use of the verbs in the exercise.Note that verbs like intend，continue，like，start are followed either by to do or the-ing.Write the following on the Bb：finish doing，allow doing，needs doing，advise doing，practice doing，suggest doing，can"t help doing，consider doing.
2.Let the Ss do it alone and check the answers with the whole class.
Answers：
1.rewriting
2.travelling/to travel
3.smoking
4.to buy/buying
5.washing
6.eating，taking
7.speaking
8.using
9.laughing10.delivering1
1.making/to make 1
2.smoking/to smokeStep 9 Oral practiseGet the Ss to retell the whole passage according to the key words.
T：Now we have learnt about coins.We know the earliest coin，their sizes，weights and shapes.Let Ss retell the story according to the key words on the Bb.
Key words：the earliest coins，in China，different sizes，weights，shapes，…be made of different kinds of metal collections of coins that had been buried，tell a story.
Step 10 Workbook
Let the Ss to read the text once again.Then ask them to do WB Ex.2 Page 9
9.
Step 11 Homework
Finish off the work exercises in WB.
