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excited. Can you guess why? Then show students four sentences and then let students tell the function of “it”. 2) presentation

◆ To find that the ground was covered with snow made me feel excited.

It made me excited to find the ground was covered with snow. It was interesting that we played with snow together.

Summary1. “it” can be used in the subject position to stand for the infinitive, gerund, or a clause. It is ...+ to do/doing/a clause

Then give students some situations for them to practise using “it”. situations:1. go out alone at night 2. win the first prize

3. China will hold Olympic Games

4. maybe Mr. Smith will give a speech here.

Now, please look at the two sentences on the screen: It is said that Tom has come back from abroad.

People say that Tom has come back from abroad.

Summary2. It is also used in the subject position to stand for a clause. But it can be changed into “people + vt. + that clause”. That is, It be+V.p.p+that clause (V.p.p: reported, believed, thought, proven, know, hoped, suggested, hoped…)Then let students do the exerises1and2on page 78. Now let students look at the sentence on the screen and tell the function. ( used to emphasize one part of a sentence) It was last year that Henry gave me a new tie for my birthday. It was Henry who gave me a new tie for my birthday last year . It was for my birthday that Henry gave me a new tie last year. Summary3.强调句型 It is +…that (who)…

Summary4 Impersonal “it” can be used to talk about something or somebody mentioned above such as time, date, weather, distance, season… Step4. practice 1) Pair work

Let students make up a dialogue according to the following situation.

Situation: Tom was robbed of his wallet at the gate of the bank when he was getting out. He called the police at once. Soon a policeman came and asked him and asked him and one of his clerks in the bank. At last, the wallet was found . The possible beginning: