(After a while，teacher checks their answers.)
Suggested answers：
In general, in store, keep in touch with, lead to, paying no attention to
T：Now read this passage again and try to continue the story．Write an ending to the story．After a while，I\'ll ask some of you to read out your story．
(After a while，ask some students to read out their own ending to the story．)
Step Ⅲ Grammar
T：Thank you for your stories．Now please look at the sentences on the blackboard．
(While the students are preparing their stories，the teacher writes the following sentences on the black-board and underlines the clauses with coloured chalk．)
(Bb：1．Who bought the book is un-known?
2．They know that the habit may kill them．
3．All I can say is that he has always been good to me．)
T：Who can tell me the function of the clause in each sentence? Any volunteers? OK．Wang Li，please．
S：In the first sentence，“who-clause” is used as the Subject．“That—clause” in the second sentence is an object clause while in the last sentence “that-clause” is a predicative clause．
T：Is what she said right?
Ss：Yes．
T：Very good．In the Object Clause“that”is optional and can be omitted．But in the Predicative and Subject Clauses，“that”is necessary and can not be omitted．You must remember that．Are you clear?
Ss：Yes．
T：OK．Look at the sentences on the screen and tell which part the Noun Clause act as．
(Show the following on the screen．)
1．What life will be like in the future is difficult ot predict．
2．They are careful about what they eat and exercise regularly．
3．The schools of the future will proba-bly be quite different from what they are today．
4．We can not be sure whether our dreams will come true，but we can at least be hopeful that…
5．If we learn to accept change and appreciate what is new and different, we will be well-prepared for whatever the future may have in store．
(Teacher asks the students to do it one by one．)
S1：“What life will be like in the future” is used as the subject．
S2：“What they eat and exercise regularly” is the object of preposition“about”．
S3：“What they are today” is the object of preposition “from”．
S4：“Whether our dreams will come true” is used as the predicative．
S5：“What is new and different” is used as the object of verb “appreciate” and
“whatever the future may have in store” serves as the object of preposition “for”
Step Ⅳ Practice
T：OK．Look at Part 2 on Page 46．Use the expressions in the right box to change your questions about the future in the left box into Noun Clauses．You may do like this．
e.g．How we should use modern technology is a big issue．But you should pay attention to the word order in the Notm Clause．Normal word order is used in it. Do you understand?
Ss：Yes．
(Give the students three minutes to practise and then ask some of the students to read out their sentences．
One student, one sentence．)
Suggested answers：
1.I can’t imagine what the advantages of e-schools are．
2．Scientists have(not)found answers to the question why there is no life on the moon.