Period 4 Listening and vocabulary; Pronunciation and SpeakingTeaching contents: Listening and pronunciationTeaching important points: train listening and speaking abilities.Teaching difficult points: How to use the sentence patterns in communication.Teaching methods：explaining, practicing and listeningTeaching procedures： Step 1 Have a dictation of the words and useful expressions learnt in the text. current, latitude, furniture, bury, feather, fur, occur, tropical, equator, rotating, violent, wave, strike, cemetery, coffin.Step 2 Read the passage at Activity 1, Page 25, then fill the map and explain the process of eruption. Step 3 Listen and answer the following questions at Activity 4, Page 25.Answers: 1 In the center of Plymouth, capital of Monserra2 A reporter and Frank Savage , Governor of the island.3 No, it isnt. 4 About 6,000. 5 None. 6 They dont know.Step 4 Listen to the tape and fill the blank.Reporter: Im standing in the center of Plymouth, the capital of Montserrat, where just one week ago, a _ _ took place.With me is Frank Savage, the_ of the island. Mr Savage, thank you for talking to us.Savage: Youre welcome.Reporter: What exactly _ last week?Savage: Well, the volcano _, and _ and _ poured down the mountain towards the sea. _, there are several villages in its path.Reporter: Thats _. Was anybody hurt?Savage: No. _, we had plenty of _ and I told people who lived in the path of the ash and lava to leave the island. We _ get half the population to another island before the eruption took place. Reporter: Why are you still here?Savage: Well, Im still working because theres a lot to do.Reporter: How many people live on the island?Savage: Eleven thousand people live here and about six thousand people have left.Reporter: Which areas are the most_?Savage: Well, the most dangerous places are between the _ and the sea. There are a lot of villages there. And it was very dangerous. _, hundreds of houses_ when the lava reached them.Reporter: Oh, Im very sorry to hear that.Savage: _, no one was killed.Reporter: Are the houses still _ _?Savage: No. Fortunately, we _ all the fires _ quite quickly.Reporter: Thats very good news. Well, its a beautiful sunny day here in Plymouth. Does this mean that the danger _?Savage: No! The volcano could erupt again! People must understand that it is still very dangerous and they cant _to their houses.Reporter: OK-So thats the message from the governor_. When will people be able to return home?Savage: We dont know at the moment._, it wont be too long.Reporter: Thank you for your time, Mr Savage.Savage: Thank you.Step 5 PronunciationListen and underline the words which the speaker stresses. These key words contain the main ideas.