Answers：
1. I hope to call on you at your home at 5 o’clock today.
2. I do hope you’ll go with us.
3. I have a lot of things to deal with this morning.
4. Don’t forget to pick me up at the office at six.
5. I have meant to meet you at the airport， but was stopped by an importantmeeting.
6. It’s time they did some cleaning.
IX.
Homework
Finish off the Workbook exercises.
Lesson 58
Period： The Second PeriodContent： Lesson 58
Properties： RecorderTeaching Objectives：1. Study this lesson to know about the famous detective Sherlock Holmes.
2. Get the students to know by what way Sherlock Holmes helped the young lady and saved her life.
3. Get the students to know about the text by fast reading and intensive reading.
4. Get the students to grasp the main idea of some key words.
Language Focus：
1. Useful expressions： pay sb. a visit =visit sb.
be fastened tono matterlong before2. The Past Participle as Attribute and Adverbial.
Teaching Procedures：I. Organizing the classGreetings.
II. Showing aims
Have the students know what they will learn in this lesson and what they will do in this class：
1. Master some useful expressions.
2. Read the passage， try to do some reading comprehension.
3. Learn the Past Participle as Attribute and Adverbial.
III. Revision
1. Check homework.
2. Revise some useful expressions in the last lesson.
IV. Pre-reading
Introduce the writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 柯南道尔爵士（1859-1930）。美国医生及侦探小说家。
Then ask students the questions：1. Do you like reading detective stories？
2. Have you ever read detective stories about Sherlock Holmes？
At last， tell them to look at the picture of Lesson 58. 。 Talk about the picture. Let’s see who can say more words or sentences in a minute or two.
V. Fast Reading
1. Ask the students to read the text of Lesson 58 quickly， and do the true or false questions：
（1） The young lady was living with her uncle who came back from abroad two months ago.
（2） Her uncle was the only relative the lady had got.
（3） Holmes paid a visit to the lady’s house when her uncle was away.
（4） Holmes was very interested in the hole in the wall.
（5） The red bell rope was connected to the kitchen.
（6） The lady’s uncle was a non-smoker.
2. Reading compression and choose the right answers.
（1） What did a young lady come to visit Sherlock Holmes one day for？
A. On business
B. For his holidays
C. To see to personal affairsD. To take part in a conference （2） A young lady visited Sherlock Holmes because 。
A. her parents died
B. she had a lot of moneyC. she was living with her uncleD. she was not sleeping very well （3） If the young lady dies， will get her money.
A. her grandparentsB. her uncleC. some other relativesD. her aunt （4） Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes will spend the night to see what will happen.
A. outside the lady’s roomB. in the uncle’s roomC. in the lady’s room D. at the police station（5） Holmes got into the Uncle’s bedroom because.
A. he used a thin metal wire to open the doorB. the door wasn’t lockedC the lady had the key to the doorD. he had all kinds of keysAnswers： （1） C （2） D （3） B （4） C （5） AVI. Intensive Reading1. Play the tape of the passage for the students to listen and follow. Readthe passage carefully.
2. Give the following questions and ask them to do the “asking and answering” in pairs.
（1） When did Sherlock Holmes live in London？
（At the end of the nineteenth century.）
（2） What did the lady hear at night？
（A low whistle）
（3） What did the lady and her uncle do several times？
（Quarrelled with each other）
（4） How did Holmes travel to the young lady’s home？ With whom？
（By train. With his friend Dr. Watson）
（5） What did Holmes examine beside the lady’s bed？
（The red bell rope.）
（6） Where was the end of the rope？
（Upon the pillow.）
（7） Where did the rope go？
（Fastened to a nail.）
（8） What was Holmes sure of after examining the room？
（There was no doubt that the lady’s life was in danger.）
VII. Discussion
Put the students in groups of four. Get them to locate these phrases in thetext and explain their meaning to each other. Then collect answers from the class.
Answers：
I dare say my uncle will. = I hadn’t thought about it， but I think that myuncle probably win.
In the kitchen. = the bell will ring in the kitchen.
No matter. = It doesn’t matter （that） you haven’t got a keyI don’t think so. = I don’t think that the bell will ring in the kitchen.
Not as far as I know. = Not to my knowledge. I have no reason to believe that he does.
Then do the discussion activity in part 3. The success of which will dependon your class.
VIII. Workbook
Wb Lesson 58. Exx. 2-3.
I.Homework
1.Read the passage again.
2.Finish off the workbook exercises.
Lesson 59
Period： The Third PeriodContent： Lesson 59
Properties： RecorderTeaching Objectives：1. Read and retell the whole story by role-playing.
2. Deal with any language problems.
3. The Past Participle as Attribute and Adverbial.
Language Focus：
1. Useful expressions：in silence， again and again， on and on， break into， be supposed to2. The Past Participle as Attribute and Adverbial.
Teaching Procedures：I.Organizing the classGreetings.
II. Revision
1. Check the homework.
2. Ask some students to retell the text with their own words.
III. Preparation for readingTell the students to read the passage quickly and find out what happened tothe lady’s uncle.
IV. Listening
Now let the students listen to the radio and then answer the questions：（1） What did Holmes decide to do？
[Spent the night in the lady’s room.］（2） What did Holmes do after he heard the noise？
[Struck a match］
（3） How did Holmes hit the bell rope？
[With heavy blows］］
（4） What did he hear then？
[A scream］
（5） What did her uncle keep as a pet？
[A snake］
（6） Why did her uncle keep it？
[Bit the lady］
V. Reading
Let the students read the passage carefully. Do the reading comprehension.
（1） The young lady came upstairs and said “Good night” to her uncle， but she 。
A. went downstairs again B. didn’t enter her bedroomC. stayed with HolmesD. didn’t shut her bedroom（2） The uncle screamed again and again because 。