Knowledge and skills
1.To get students to master all the useful new words and expressions in this unit.
2.To have students understand the new grammar item “the use of ‘it’” better,and enable them to use the following structures correctly:It+be+(difficult/necessary/a rule/a duty)+for/of sb.+to do sth.;It/This/That is+the first/second time+that sb.has/have done sth.;It is/has been+years/days/weeks since sb.did sth.;It will be long/hours/days/years before sb.do/does sth.