Teaching Contents: This is a dialogue about Frank inviting Betsy to his party.
Teaching Objectives：
（1）Knowledge objectives
①Students will learn some new words and expressions，like promotion，throw a party，the more the merrier.
②Students will know how to invite people to parties，as well as how to react to people's invitation.
（2）Ability objective
Students'listening ability for general ideas and detailed information can be improved.
（3）Emotional objectives
①Students will learn to share their happiness with their friends.
②Students will be willing to apply their English into daily use.
Teaching Key and Difficult Points:
(1) Teaching key point
Students will know how to invite people to parties and how to react towards people's invitation.
(2) Teaching difficult points
①Students' listening ability for general ideas and detailed information can be trained.
②Students will make offers for their own party to their friends.
Major Steps:
Step 1Warming up(3 minutes)
Begin the class by sharing a fantastic experience of birthday party, then give students 1 minute to think about one of their unforgettable parties. And they can share it with the whole class by telling the time, theme and activities of that party.
(Justification: By talking about students' own parties, they will recall back some related expressions about this topic. And this will prepare them for the following listening.)
Step 2 Pre-listening(5 minutes)
Present some new expressions first, like promotion, throw a party, the more the merrier by making up a short paragraph—"People celebrate important occasions, like weddings, promotions or birthdays. Usually they like to throw a party to get their families and friends together and have fun. For most parties, it is the more the merrier and that's why people will invite lots of people to their parties".
(Justification: It is easier for students to understand the meaning and master the usage of new expressions with the help of context.)
Step 3 While-listening(6 minutes)
Before playing the tape for the first time, remind students that during listening they should not pay much attention to specific words or expressions but all they need to do is to get the main idea of it. After listening, invite some students to tell the class what happened, and why it happened.
Then ask students to listen to the dialogue for the second time with a filling task on the blackboard.

(Justification: Listening for the first time is to train students' listening ability for general ideas and the second time is to train their listening ability for detailed information.)
Step 4 Post-listening(6 minutes)
(1) Students need to work with their deskmates to do the dialogue with the help of the chart on the blackboard.
(2) Then they will be divided into groups of 4 to design a party for their parents' wedding anniversary. They need to determine the theme, the schedule, the activities and the invitation letters of this party. Two groups will be invited to share their ideas.
(Justification: The first activity is for students to practice the targeted language point-how to invite people for parties and how to react to people's invitations. The second activity is to provide a chance for them to use the language.)