T: What is student B doing? Ss:-She is writing.

4. Show some pictures to the students to present other sentence structures:

What is he / she /it doing? --He/She/It is...

What are they doing?-They are...

In this way to revise some names of activities.

Step2 Match work (1a)

(1) Show a picture with an apartment to the Ss and ask: What is this?-It's an apartment.

Teach apartment / happy.

(2) Show the picture on Page 25 to the Ss and say, This is a happy apartment. There are many people in it. Today is Sunday. Many people are at home.Now, look at the pictures.Work in pairs to ask and answer questions like this:

　　　　S1:What is the boy in picture e doing?

　　　　S2:He is talking on the phone.

(3) Ask Ss to match each word or phrase with one of the pictures quickly. Then check the answer. (d-a-b-c-f-e)

Step3 Listening （1b）

(1) Point out the names of the people.

T: I'm a member of this apartment. Let me introduce the neighbors to you. (show the pictures to them) Jenny Dave Mary John

(2) Listen

T: What are these people doing? Listen to the recording and write the number of the activity each person is doing.

(3) Check the answers. (2-4-1)

(4) Pairwork

T: Suppose you are one of them. Make a dialogue like this:

A: What are you doing, Jenny?

B: -I'm watching TV.

(5) Invite some pairs to act out their conversations

Step4. Guessing game