Following Instructions 跟指示
BasicFollowing instructions.
- Five action words: stand up, sit down, open, close, point to.
- Listen to the whole instruction before you move.
- Add please to sound polite.
文體小知識：Listen and do.
§Text Passage
1Amy: Hello, Ben! Let us play a game!
2Ben: Good morning, Amy! Good idea! I speak, and you listen and follow my instructions.
3Amy: OK! I am ready.
4Ben: Stand up, please.
5Amy: I stand up.
6Ben: Open your book and point to the cat in the picture.
7Amy: Here it is!
8Ben: Well done! Now close your book and sit down.
9Amy: I sit down. This game is fun! Let us play it again.
10Ben: You follow every instruction very well.
11Amy: Thank you! Now it is my turn. Listen and follow me.
12Ben: OK! I am ready.
13Amy: Repeat after me: goodbye, Ben!
14Ben: Goodbye, Amy! See you tomorrow.
§Sentence-by-sentence translation Sentence-by-sentence translation
Amy: Hello, Ben! Let us play a game!
Amy：哈囉，Ben！我們來玩個遊戲！
Ben: Good morning, Amy! Good idea! I speak, and you listen and follow my instructions.
Ben：早安，Amy！好主意！我說，你聽着，跟着我的指示做。
Amy: OK! I am ready.
Amy：好！我準備好。
Ben: Stand up, please.
Ben：請站起來。
Amy: I stand up.
Amy：我站起來。
Ben: Open your book and point to the cat in the picture.
Ben：打開書，指着圖畫裡的那隻貓。
Amy: Here it is!
Amy：在這裡！
Ben: Well done! Now close your book and sit down.
Ben：做得好！現在合上本書，坐下。
Amy: I sit down. This game is fun! Let us play it again.
Amy：我坐下。這個遊戲好好玩！不如再玩一次。
Ben: You follow every instruction very well.
Ben：你把每一個指示都跟得很好。
Amy: Thank you! Now it is my turn. Listen and follow me.
Amy：謝謝你！現在輪到我。你聽着跟我做。
Ben: OK! I am ready.
Ben：好！我準備好。
Amy: Repeat after me: goodbye, Ben!
Amy：跟我讀：拜拜，Ben！
Ben: Goodbye, Amy! See you tomorrow.
Ben：拜拜，Amy！明天見。
1Summary 重點摘要
Following instructions.
2Vocabulary cards Vocabulary
Hello.
Good morning.
Goodbye.
Listen.
Follow.
Instruction.
Speak.
Repeat.
3Step by step Steps
- Common instruction wordsFive short phrases come up all the time in class: stand up, sit down, open, close, point to. Learn these five first, and you can act as soon as you hear them. Doing the action while you listen fixes the words far better than just reading a book.
- please is politeThe teacher says, "Stand up, please." Adding please to an instruction makes it friendly and polite. please can sit at the end of the sentence or at the front: Please open your book. Learn to add this one word, and your words sound gentle at once.
- Listen to the whole lineOpen your book and point to the cat. has two actions: first open the book, then point to the cat. Listen to the whole sentence before you move, and count how many actions there are. If you start halfway through, you often miss the second half.
- Ask when unsureIf you do not hear clearly or you do not understand, say Pardon, please? and ask the speaker to say it again. Never guess and never act at random. Asking first is a sign of serious learning, and teachers and classmates are always happy to repeat. Asking boldly is how English improves.
- Repeat after meThe teacher says, "Repeat after me: goodbye, Ben!" Repeat after me means say it after the speaker, so the pupils answer Goodbye, Amy! This drill trains pronunciation and intonation: listen once, say it once, and your mouth remembers the rhythm of the whole sentence.
- Answer praiseWhen you do well, you hear Well done! or You follow every instruction very well. Answer praise with Thank you! Accept it happily and thank the giver, and you will do the next instruction with even more energy.
- Pair practiceWork in pairs: one gives instructions, the other acts: Stand up. Then Open your book. Then Point to the cat. Finally Sit down. After one round, swap roles, so each of you takes a turn to speak and a turn to act, and both of you get the practice.
5Worked example Example
Listen and act: follow the four instructions, then say the action verbs.
- Listen to instruction one: Stand up, please. Stand up as soon as you hear it.
- Listen to instruction two: Open your book. Open the book and lay it flat.
- Listen to instruction three: Point to the cat. Point your finger at the cat in the picture.
- Listen to instruction four: Close your book and sit down. Do both actions, not just one.
- Say the verbs again: stand up, open, point to, close, sit down, doing each action once more.
- Finally test each other: your friend reads an instruction and you act it out.
- Answer: The order: stand up, open the book, point to the cat, close the book and sit down. Five verbs: stand up, open, point to, close, sit down. Listen to the whole line first, and never miss the second action.
6Common mistakes Mistakes
7Quick check Quick check
Q1What does Stand up mean?
Q2What is the opposite of open?
Q3One line has two actions. What do we do?
Q4What do we say when we do not hear clearly?
Q5What does Repeat after me mean?
8Recap Recap
- Five action words: stand up, sit down, open, close, point to.
- Listen to the whole instruction before you move.
- Add please to sound polite.
- Ask when unsure: Pardon, please?
- Repeat after me means say it after the speaker.