1．重点词汇 permission；nation；reduce；fetch；compare；therefore；remain；dislike；share；persuade；hardly；go ahead；burn down；compared to；compare…with…；give up；call for；get into the habit of； be used to
2．重要句型 1） Every year，millions of smokers die because of illnesses which are caused by smoking tobacco．2）This is good news for the tobacco companies，but bad news for the health of the nation．3）The chance is that one smoker in four will die from smoking．4）Why do smokers continue to smoke，even when they know that the habit may kill them or at least cause a serious illness？
3．语法 复习宾语从句和表语从句（Noun Clauses as the Object and Predicative）
1）That means that once you start taking the drug，it is hard to stop．2）Seventy percent of the smokers say they would like to stop smoking．3）The problem with tobacco is that it contains a drug called nicotine．4）This is because each year millions of smokers die from the habit．
4．日常交际用语 请求许可和应答（Asking for permission and responses）
1）Do you mind if I smoke？2）I’m sorry，but it’s not allowed．3）Would you mind if I smoke in the office next door？4）I’m afraid all these offices are non－smoking offices．5）I wonder if I could use your phone．6）Sure．Go ahead．
然后，向这些同学捉问：Do you like your parents to smoke？Why／Why not？Can you say something about why smoking is bad？
2．准备放对话录音，用投影仪打出听前提问：Where does the conversation take place？
放录音一至两遍，请一位同学回答上述问题。
Key：The conversation takes place in Hank’s office．
3．再放录音，学生跟读一至两遍。
根据本课对话内容，教师再提出一些问题，检查学生的理解程度。
1）What does Wang Bing want to do？2）Why doesn’t Hank allow him to do so？3）Where can he go if he wants to smoke a cigarette？4）What else does he want to do？
Key：1）He wants to smoke in Hank’s office. 2）Because smoking is not allowed in the office and all the offices are non－smoking office．3）He can smoke in the entrance hall．4）He also wants to use the phone．
4．学生两个人一组，练习对话三至五分钟。教师请几组同学到前面表演。
5．教师指导学生归纳本课中所出现的有关请求许可和应答（Asking for permission and responses）的常用语句（见日常交际用语部分）。要求学生能熟练掌握这些语句，并在编练新的对话时加以运用。
教师提供如下情景，组织学生编演新的对话：
Situation 1：Student A wants to borrow a tape－recorder from the teacher’s office．They are going to have a class meeting and at the meeting they are going to play some songs of the past．The teacher promises to lend him one and shows him how to use it．
Situation 2：Someone is riding his bicycle on the playground．But it’s not allowed．You go up and explain this to him．After the explanation，this boy gets off the bicycle and says he feels sorry about that．
2．教师通过以下引导，使学生进入本课学习：We already know that smoking is a bad habit and smoking does a lot of bad to people’s health．This is true everywhere in the world，not only in China，but also in other countries，like Britain．Now we’ll see what happens to the smokers both in China and in Britain．