Unit 1 Festivals around the world
Ｉ Teaching goals
▲ Talk about festivals and celebrations
▲ Talk about the ways to express request and thanks
▲ Learn to use Modal verbs
▲ Write a similar story with a different ending
II Functional items
功
句
式
Talk about festivals
*Festivals are meant to celebrate important events
*What’s your favorite holiday of the year
*What festivals or celebrations do you enjoy in your city or town
*Do you like spending festivals with your family or with your friends
*What part of a festival do you like best——the music the things to see the visit or the food
*Festivals and celebrations of all kinds are held everywhere
*They lit fires and made music because they thought these festivals would bring a year of plenty
*Some festivals are held to honor the dead or satisfy and please the ancestors
*Festivals can be held as an honor to famous people or the gods
*The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring
*Festivals let us enjoy life be proud of our customs and forget our daily life for a little while
Request
CouldWould you please
Could I have
Could we look at
I look forward to
May I see
Thanks
It’s very kind of you
Thank you very muchThanks a lot
I’d love to
It was a pleasure
Don’t mention it
You are most welcome
词 汇
1 四会词汇
starve plenty satisfy ancestor lamp lead feast bone origin trick poet arrival national gain independence gather agricultural European custom award award watermelon handsome rooster admire energetic forward Easter clothing religious social Christian daily permission possibility fool apologize drown sadness obvious wipe lovely couple weep announcer forgive
2 认读词汇
Obon incense skull Halloween carnival lunar parade Jesus cherry blossom Trinidad Valentine weave herd the Milky Way magpie
3 固定词组
take place in memory of dress up play a trick look forward to day and night as though have fun with turn up keep one’s word hold one’s breath
4 重点词汇
starve satisfy lead gather admire apologize drown wipe weep forgive
语
法
Modal verbs may might can could will would shallshould must can
▲ They lit fires and made music because they thought these festivals would bring a year of plenty P1
▲ Some festivals are held to honor the dead or satisfy and please the ancestors who could return either to help or to do harm P2
▲ Festivals can be held as an honor to famous people or the gods
重
点
句
子
1 Discuss when they take place what they celebrate and one thing that people do at that time P1
2 They lit fires and made music because they thought these festivals would bring a year of plenty P1
3 Some festivals are held to honor the dead or satisfy and please the ancestors who could return either to help or to do harm P2
4 They light lamps and play music because they think that this will lead the ancestors to earth P2
5 The festival of Halloween had its origin as an event in memory of the dead P2
6 The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring P2
7 They might include parades dancing in the streets day and night loud music and colorful clothing of all kinds P2
8 The teacher said that we could not leave early
(permission) P5
9 The hunters are lost They could starve(possibility) P5
10 It was Valentine’s Day and Hu Jin had said she would meet him at the coffee shop after work P7
11 She said she would be there at seven o’clock and he thought she would keep her word P7
12 I don’t want them to remind me of her So he did P7
The First Period (Warming up & Prereading)
Teaching goals
1 To get the students to talk about festivals
2 To learn about how festivals begin and how to celebrate festivals so as to enable them to learn more about different cultures while learning different language
Important points
Knowledge accumulation of festivals and cultures
Teaching aids a taperecorder
Teaching procedures
Step One Leadin
Free Talk Did you have a good time in your winter holidays
When did you feel most happy and excited Why
( At the Spring Festival Because it＇s the most important festival in our country)
Step Two Warming up
1 Let the Ss think about the other Chinese festivals
( Lantern Festival Pure Brightness Festival Dragon Boat Festival MidAutumn Festival New Year＇s Day Chung Yeung Festival)
2 Discussion One
1)Let the Ss look at the information about Chinese festivals and discuss another four Chinese festivals according to the example in warming up When does the festival come
What do people celebrate
What do people do
Festivals
Date
festivals
Date
New Year
January1st
Teachers＇ Day
September 10th
International Women＇s Day
March 8
National Day
October 1st
Arbor Day
March 12th
The Spring Festival
Lunar New Year
International labor Day
May 1st
Dragon Boat Festival
the fifth day of the fifth lunar month
International Children＇s Day
June 1st
MidAutumn Festival
the 15th day of the 8th lunar month
Army Day
August 1st
Lantern Festival
the 15th day of the 1st lunar month
Chinese Youth Day
May 4th
Pure Brightness Day
April the fifth
2) Let the Ss fill in the form in the warming up and ask some to share their opinions with the whole class
3 Discussion Two Talk about some foreign festivals
( Christmas April Fools Day Easter Day Halloween Valentine＇s Day Thanksgiving Day Obon)
Step three Prereading
Let students think about the questions
1) What is your favourate holiday of the year Why
2)What festivals or celebrations do you enjoy in your city or town Do you like spending festivals with your family or with friends What part of a festival do you like best the music the things to see the visits or the food
Step Four Language Points
1mean to do 算做某事
mean doing 意味着…
I never meant him to work for us
Passing the entrance examination means being admitted into college
2 celebrate vt
(1) do sth to show that a day or an event is important 庆祝祝贺
celebrate Christmas one’s birthday a wedding anniversary a victory
(2) praise and honor 赞扬称颂
The names of many heroes are celebrated by the poets
词语辨析：celebrate congratulate
celebrate常接日期事情场合congratulate常接 congratulate sb onupon sth表示某事祝贺某：congratulate you on your marriage 时表示私庆幸意思：I congratulated myself on my escape from being punished
3take place vi
英语中表示发生词短语均物动语态语发生事
词语辨析：take place happen occur come about
take place 发生举行常指计划发生事带非偶然意思
happen 常指具体客观事物情况发生含偶然意味具体事物事件作语时happen occur 换happen作碰巧意时occur代come about 互换
occur出现较正式词指事情偶然意外发生思想突然浮心头occur to 想起意思
come about 发生 常指偶然发生事情时候how 连happen 法较接
In 1919 the May 4th Movement took place in China 1919年中国爆发五四运动
It happened to rain that day 天恰雨
The traffic accident occurred on Wednesday
How does it come about that you were caught by the police 会警察抓？
Step Five Assignment
Collect as much information about festivals as possible
Preview the words and expressions of the text
The Second & the Third Period (Reading)
Teaching goals
1． To develop the students’ reading skills skimming scanning summarizing and finding out details
2． To arouse the students’ interest in festivals cultures especially those in Chinathus promote their culture awareness
Important points
1 Comprehension of the reading part
2 Useful words and expressions concerning festivals
Teaching aids
a taperecorder
Teaching procedures
Step one Revision
Review the names of the festivals and talk about them
Step Two Reading
1Read the passage quickly and then try to answer the following questions
1) What＇s the main idea of the text This reading briefly introduces the earliest kinds of festivals with the reasons for them then four different kinds of festivals that occur in most parts of the world
2) How many parts can the text divide into (5 parts)
2 Let the Ss look at the pictures and the heading of each section then ask questions to help them understand what the text might be about
ancient Festivals
Why would people celebrate at these three times of the year
Why do you think music and fire or light are used in festivals
Festivals of the Dead
What kind of things are done to honor the dead
Why do you think about the Mexican practice of making cakes with skulls and bones
What do you know about Halloween What pictures have you seen
Festivals to Honor People and Events
What festivals or celebrations can you think of that honor famous people or important events
Who do you think should have a festival to honor them Why
Harvest Festivals
Do you know of any harvest celebrations in China
Spring Festivals
Why are spring festivals popular Talk about all the cultural practices you know of any spring festivals？
Step Three Listen to the text and understand it
Step Four language points
1starve (v) starvation (n)
1) to cause a person or an animal to suffer severely or die from hunger挨饿饿死
eg Millions of people starved to death during the war 战争中数百万计挨饿死
2) to feel very hungry 感觉饿 (仅进行时态)
eg When will the dinner be ready I’m starving 晚饭什时候做快饿死
** Starve for sth starve sb of sth (cause sb to )suffer or long for sth greatly needed or wanted (某) 某事物受苦渴获某事物 缺乏通常动语态
eg The homeless children were starving for love 家孩子渴爱
2． daysyears… of plenty 富裕(尤指食物钱) 日子 年月生活等
You have a life of plenty what would you be worried about 丰衣足食什担忧
**Plenty of water 许 饰数名词
3 satisfy (vt) 满足 满意 进行时态
**satisfy sbsth ……满意(满足)
be satisfied with sbsth ……感满意
be satisfied to do sth 做……感满意
eg The girl satisfied her mother by cleaning up the kitchen 女孩清洗厨房母亲满意
My English teacher was satisfied with my English study
4do harm 损害危害 伤害
do more harm than good 弊利 do good 做事处
do harm to sb (idom )harm sb
Come to harm be injured physically mentally ormorally 身体精神道义受损害常否定式
Any kind of pollution will do you harm 污染会带危害
Smoking does great harm to one’s health 吸烟健康危害极
5 in memory of to the memory of sb serving to remind people of sb to the memory of sb esp as a tribute作某纪念纪念某
eg He wrote a long moving poem n memory of his good friend纪念挚友写首感长诗
6 lead to
注意：to 介词接动词－ing形式
1) 领通
All Roads lead to Rome 条条路通罗马
You see the path on your right It leads to the village
2) 导致 招致
Careless driving led to this accident
**Lead sb to+n 带领…通…
Lead sb to do sth …做
7 dress up to wear one’s best clothes 穿盛装
**dress (sb) (in sthas sbsth) put on fancy dressetc 化装扮
Children love dressing up
We dressed up for the wedding
8play a trick tricks(on sb) 捉弄某开某玩笑
It’s acceptable to play tricks on your friends on April 1st 4月1日天朋友开玩笑接受
He likes to play a trick on others
9look forward to sthdoing sth 期某事做某事
expect (usually with pleasure)（通常愉快心情）
We’re looking forward to seeing you again 盼见
注意：lead to样里to 介词
I look forward to hearing from you as early as possible
Boys and girls are looking forward to Childrens Day
10award (n) 奖品裁定助学金
(vt) 授予判定
award sth (to sb) make an official decision to give sth to sb as a prize as payment or as a punishment 颁发授予
The judges awarded both finalists equal points 裁判员判定决赛双方分数相
11 admire (v)羡慕 admirer 赞赏者追求者
1) admire sbsth (for sth) regard sbsth with respect pleasuresatisfactionetc 赞赏羡慕某(某事物)
They admire our garden
I admire him for his success 佩服事业成
2) express admiration of (sbsth) 表示赞美夸奖某(某事)
Aren’t you going to admire my new house
12 as though as if 仿佛……似（引导句时句谓语动词常虚拟语气）
He talks as though he knew all about it 说话口气全部知道
He looks as though he had seen a ghost 起见鬼样
Step Five Work in pairs to do Ex2 and 3 on page3
Step Six Assignment
Do Exercise 1Comprehending
Exercise1 Page42
Ex15 on page 4
The Fourth Period (Discovering Useful Structure)
Teaching aims
To discover and learn to use some useful words and expressions
Get the students to study the use of modal verbs
Difficult points
How to use proper modal verbs according to the concrete and authentic situations
Important points
The meaning and correct use of each pair of modal verbs can and could may and might will and would shall and should must and can’t
Teaching Procedures
Step One Revision
Read the vocabulary of Unit 1 again
Retell the text
Check the answers to the homework
Step Two Discovering useful structures
Read & find out the usage of modal verbs
Teaching Modal verbs Page 9194 Grammar
Step Three Summing up
From the demonstration of the modal verbs above we can find most of them can be used to express certainty but the degree of them is different
He might be in the classroom (quite not sure)
He may be in the classroom
He could be in the classroom
He should be in the classroom
He must be in the classroom (quite sure)
Step Four Practice
1Find out sentences with modal verbs from the reading passage and try to explain their meaning教参P10
2 Do Ex2 & Ex3 Page 6
Explanation to the exercises
Step Four Assignment
Exercises P43
The Fifth Period ( Listening &Speaking )
Teaching goals
1 To train the students’ listening ability through the listening context
2 To learn about the Carnival in Trinidad and how people celebrate it so as to enable them to learn more about different cultures while learning different language
3 To develop the students’ speaking skills with the help of the sample dialogue
Important points
1 Information grasping of the listening part
2 Mastery of the words and phrases concerning festivals in daily expression
Teaching procedures
Step 1 leadin
1 What’s the topic of this unit Festivals around the World
2 What are the festivals we learnt in this unit
Step 2 listening
Do you know there is a big and famous carnival in Trinidad every February Li Mei and Wu Ping are visiting Trinidad and they are getting ready to go to the carnival parade Listen to the tape and find out what the plans for the parade are Then answer the question
Part 1
1 What is wrong with Li Mei’s clothing and shoes
Li Mei’s clothing is too thick and her shoes are not comfortable enough to walk in for a long time
2 What advice does Carla give Li Mei
Carla suggests that Li Mei change her shoes to something more comfortable wear some lighter and cooler clothing and also take a hat
Part 2
3 Why is it important for them to have water
It is important for them to have water because it is very hot and they will be doing a lot of walking
4 Why is it difficult for them to hear each other
It is difficult for them to hear each other because the music is very loud
5 Why do they plan to meet at the parking lot at 8 o’ clock
They plan to meet at the parking lot at 8 o’clock because they might get separated in the crowd
Step 3 Speaking
T Now Suppose you are Li Mei or Wu Ping
You have visited Carla and Hari’s home in Trinidad and you have returned home to Zhejiang
You are phoning their mother to thank her for the visit
The expressions below might help you
CouldWould you please… I’d love to
It’s very kind of you… I look forward to…
Thank you very muchThanks a lot It was a pleasure…
You’re most welcome Don’t mention it
Homework
Preview the reading context A Sad Love Story on page 7 and do the relevant exercises thereafter
The Sixth Period (Extensive reading and writing)
Teaching aims
To introduce a crosscultural view of lover’s festivals – Qiqiaojie and Valentine’s Day
Train the students’ reading ability
Enable the students to engage imaginatively in the story and to use their own ideas of changing the ending
Improve the students’ writing ability
Teaching Procedures
Step 1Leadin
T In the last period we have learnt many kinds of festivals Some are set in memory of the dead some are set in honor of some great people and some are set in celebration of harvest Do you know the festivals set for lovers
T You are familiar with them Today we are going to learn a love story
Step 2 fast reading
Read fast and get the key words
Introduction
Zhinu the _______ girl the most lovely of the daughters visited the earth and met Niulang the _______ boy
Development
They f___ ___ _____ married secretlyand were very happy
Climax
（高潮）
The Goddess of Heaven got so angry that she forced Zhinu back to ________ Niulang tried to f_________ her but was stopped by the Milky Way Thus the c_______ were separated
Ending
The Goddess of Heaven allowed the couple to meet once a year on the ______ day of the s_______ l_______ month when magpies made a _________ of their wings
Step 3 careful reading
T Read the passage again and answer the following questions one by one
1 What does this (L8 para3) mean
_______________________________________________________
2 Where did Li Fang and Hu Jin wait for each other Did they meet on time
_______________________________________________________
3 How did Li Fang feel
_______________________________________________________
4 How would he get rid of his sadness then And what about Hu Jin
_______________________________________________________
Step 4 Postreading
T The two love stories happened in two different festivals What are their similarities and differences How should we treat Chinese traditional festivals and some western festivals
T Nowadays some people pay more attention to the Valentine’s Day than Qiqiaojie which was once one of the most popular festivals in ancient China Anyway each festival in China has its own tale and meaning So we should hold on to our own festivals and culture as well as pass them on from generation to generation We should never allow some western festivals to take the place of Chinese traditional festivals
Step 5 Language points
1) turn up 出现场 He finally turned up but he was several hours later
2) keep one’s word 遵守诺言 (反义：break one’s word )
Nobody will respect you any more if you don’t keep your word this time
注意：word 表示诺言消息时总单数形式
较：a man of few words 言语 a man of one’s word 说话算数
3)hold one’s breath 屏息屏气
He held his breath not daring to make any sound
4) apologiseapologize vi道歉
*apologise for sthdoing sth
apologise to sb for sthdoing sth
5) drown…in 淹没浸泡……里
He drowned his sorrow in drink every day after her wife’s death
6) It was obvious that…
It形式语真正语that引导语句正式文体中that省略句语句子疑问句it作形式语
Is it probable that they will come tomorrow
2) remind sb of sth 某想起…… 提醒某 that宾语句时省略介词of
remind sb to do 提醒某做…
This reminded me of the days when I was in the countryside想起乡日子
She reminded me that I hadn’t watered the flowers提醒没浇花呢
He reminded me not to forget my promise提醒忘偌言
Step 6 Writing
T Li Fang met Hu Jin after he lost heart and threw away the Valentine’s gifts To his surprise Hu Jin kept her word and waited for him in the tea shop all the time What should he do What would happen to the two lovers Please write a different ending to the story of Li Fang beginning with As he sadly passed the tea shop on the corner on his way…
Assignment
Preview Reading Task (Page 44) and do Ex 23 Page 45
Ex23 on Page42
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Unit 1 Festivals around the world
Ｉ Teaching goals
▲ Talk about festivals and celebrations
▲ Talk about the ways to express request and thanks
▲ Learn to use Modal verbs
▲ Write a similar story with a different ending
II Functional items
功
句
式
Talk about festivals
*Festivals are meant to celebrate important events
*What’s your favorite holiday of the year
*What festivals or celebrations do you enjoy in your city or town
*Do you like spending festivals with your family or with your friends
*What part of a festival do you like best——the music the things to see the visit or the food
*Festivals and celebrations of all kinds are held everywhere
*They lit fires and made music because they thought these festivals would bring a year of plenty
*Some festivals are held to honor the dead or satisfy and please the ancestors
*Festivals can be held as an honor to famous people or the gods
*The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring
*Festivals let us enjoy life be proud of our customs and forget our daily life for a little while
Request
CouldWould you please
Could I have
Could we look at
I look forward to
May I see
Thanks
It’s very kind of you
Thank you very muchThanks a lot
I’d love to
It was a pleasure
Don’t mention it
You are most welcome
词 汇
1 四会词汇
starve plenty satisfy ancestor lamp lead feast bone origin trick poet arrival national gain independence gather agricultural European custom award award watermelon handsome rooster admire energetic forward Easter clothing religious social Christian daily permission possibility fool apologize drown sadness obvious wipe lovely couple weep announcer forgive
2 认读词汇
Obon incense skull Halloween carnival lunar parade Jesus cherry blossom Trinidad Valentine weave herd the Milky Way magpie
3 固定词组
take place in memory of dress up play a trick look forward to day and night as though have fun with turn up keep one’s word hold one’s breath
4 重点词汇
starve satisfy lead gather admire apologize drown wipe weep forgive
语
法
Modal verbs may might can could will would shallshould must can
▲ They lit fires and made music because they thought these festivals would bring a year of plenty P1
▲ Some festivals are held to honor the dead or satisfy and please the ancestors who could return either to help or to do harm P2
▲ Festivals can be held as an honor to famous people or the gods
重
点
句
子
1 Discuss when they take place what they celebrate and one thing that people do at that time P1
2 They lit fires and made music because they thought these festivals would bring a year of plenty P1
3 Some festivals are held to honor the dead or satisfy and please the ancestors who could return either to help or to do harm P2
4 They light lamps and play music because they think that this will lead the ancestors to earth P2
5 The festival of Halloween had its origin as an event in memory of the dead P2
6 The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring P2
7 They might include parades dancing in the streets day and night loud music and colorful clothing of all kinds P2
8 The teacher said that we could not leave early
(permission) P5
9 The hunters are lost They could starve(possibility) P5
10 It was Valentine’s Day and Hu Jin had said she would meet him at the coffee shop after work P7
11 She said she would be there at seven o’clock and he thought she would keep her word P7
12 I don’t want them to remind me of her So he did P7
The First Period (Warming up & Prereading)
Teaching goals
1 To get the students to talk about festivals
2 To learn about how festivals begin and how to celebrate festivals so as to enable them to learn more about different cultures while learning different language
Important points
Knowledge accumulation of festivals and cultures
Teaching aids a taperecorder
Teaching procedures
Step One Leadin
Free Talk Did you have a good time in your winter holidays
When did you feel most happy and excited Why
( At the Spring Festival Because it＇s the most important festival in our country)
Step Two Warming up
1 Let the Ss think about the other Chinese festivals
( Lantern Festival Pure Brightness Festival Dragon Boat Festival MidAutumn Festival New Year＇s Day Chung Yeung Festival)
2 Discussion One
1)Let the Ss look at the information about Chinese festivals and discuss another four Chinese festivals according to the example in warming up When does the festival come
What do people celebrate
What do people do
Festivals
Date
festivals
Date
New Year
January1st
Teachers＇ Day
September 10th
International Women＇s Day
March 8
National Day
October 1st
Arbor Day
March 12th
The Spring Festival
Lunar New Year
International labor Day
May 1st
Dragon Boat Festival
the fifth day of the fifth lunar month
International Children＇s Day
June 1st
MidAutumn Festival
the 15th day of the 8th lunar month
Army Day
August 1st
Lantern Festival
the 15th day of the 1st lunar month
Chinese Youth Day
May 4th
Pure Brightness Day
April the fifth
2) Let the Ss fill in the form in the warming up and ask some to share their opinions with the whole class
3 Discussion Two Talk about some foreign festivals
( Christmas April Fools Day Easter Day Halloween Valentine＇s Day Thanksgiving Day Obon)
Step three Prereading
Let students think about the questions
1) What is your favourate holiday of the year Why
2)What festivals or celebrations do you enjoy in your city or town Do you like spending festivals with your family or with friends What part of a festival do you like best the music the things to see the visits or the food
Step Four Language Points
1mean to do 算做某事
mean doing 意味着…
I never meant him to work for us
Passing the entrance examination means being admitted into college
2 celebrate vt
(1) do sth to show that a day or an event is important 庆祝祝贺
celebrate Christmas one’s birthday a wedding anniversary a victory
(2) praise and honor 赞扬称颂
The names of many heroes are celebrated by the poets
词语辨析：celebrate congratulate
celebrate常接日期事情场合congratulate常接 congratulate sb onupon sth表示某事祝贺某：congratulate you on your marriage 时表示私庆幸意思：I congratulated myself on my escape from being punished
3take place vi
英语中表示发生词短语均物动语态语发生事
词语辨析：take place happen occur come about
take place 发生举行常指计划发生事带非偶然意思
happen 常指具体客观事物情况发生含偶然意味具体事物事件作语时happen occur 换happen作碰巧意时occur代come about 互换
occur出现较正式词指事情偶然意外发生思想突然浮心头occur to 想起意思
come about 发生 常指偶然发生事情时候how 连happen 法较接
In 1919 the May 4th Movement took place in China 1919年中国爆发五四运动
It happened to rain that day 天恰雨
The traffic accident occurred on Wednesday
How does it come about that you were caught by the police 会警察抓？
Step Five Assignment
Collect as much information about festivals as possible
Preview the words and expressions of the text
The Second & the Third Period (Reading)
Teaching goals
1． To develop the students’ reading skills skimming scanning summarizing and finding out details
2． To arouse the students’ interest in festivals cultures especially those in Chinathus promote their culture awareness
Important points
1 Comprehension of the reading part
2 Useful words and expressions concerning festivals
Teaching aids
a taperecorder
Teaching procedures
Step one Revision
Review the names of the festivals and talk about them
Step Two Reading
1Read the passage quickly and then try to answer the following questions
1) What＇s the main idea of the text This reading briefly introduces the earliest kinds of festivals with the reasons for them then four different kinds of festivals that occur in most parts of the world
2) How many parts can the text divide into (5 parts)
2 Let the Ss look at the pictures and the heading of each section then ask questions to help them understand what the text might be about
ancient Festivals
Why would people celebrate at these three times of the year
Why do you think music and fire or light are used in festivals
Festivals of the Dead
What kind of things are done to honor the dead
Why do you think about the Mexican practice of making cakes with skulls and bones
What do you know about Halloween What pictures have you seen
Festivals to Honor People and Events
What festivals or celebrations can you think of that honor famous people or important events
Who do you think should have a festival to honor them Why
Harvest Festivals
Do you know of any harvest celebrations in China
Spring Festivals
Why are spring festivals popular Talk about all the cultural practices you know of any spring festivals？
Step Three Listen to the text and understand it
Step Four language points
1starve (v) starvation (n)
1) to cause a person or an animal to suffer severely or die from hunger挨饿饿死
eg Millions of people starved to death during the war 战争中数百万计挨饿死
2) to feel very hungry 感觉饿 (仅进行时态)
eg When will the dinner be ready I’m starving 晚饭什时候做快饿死
** Starve for sth starve sb of sth (cause sb to )suffer or long for sth greatly needed or wanted (某) 某事物受苦渴获某事物 缺乏通常动语态
eg The homeless children were starving for love 家孩子渴爱
2． daysyears… of plenty 富裕(尤指食物钱) 日子 年月生活等
You have a life of plenty what would you be worried about 丰衣足食什担忧
**Plenty of water 许 饰数名词
3 satisfy (vt) 满足 满意 进行时态
**satisfy sbsth ……满意(满足)
be satisfied with sbsth ……感满意
be satisfied to do sth 做……感满意
eg The girl satisfied her mother by cleaning up the kitchen 女孩清洗厨房母亲满意
My English teacher was satisfied with my English study
4do harm 损害危害 伤害
do more harm than good 弊利 do good 做事处
do harm to sb (idom )harm sb
Come to harm be injured physically mentally ormorally 身体精神道义受损害常否定式
Any kind of pollution will do you harm 污染会带危害
Smoking does great harm to one’s health 吸烟健康危害极
5 in memory of to the memory of sb serving to remind people of sb to the memory of sb esp as a tribute作某纪念纪念某
eg He wrote a long moving poem n memory of his good friend纪念挚友写首感长诗
6 lead to
注意：to 介词接动词－ing形式
1) 领通
All Roads lead to Rome 条条路通罗马
You see the path on your right It leads to the village
2) 导致 招致
Careless driving led to this accident
**Lead sb to+n 带领…通…
Lead sb to do sth …做
7 dress up to wear one’s best clothes 穿盛装
**dress (sb) (in sthas sbsth) put on fancy dressetc 化装扮
Children love dressing up
We dressed up for the wedding
8play a trick tricks(on sb) 捉弄某开某玩笑
It’s acceptable to play tricks on your friends on April 1st 4月1日天朋友开玩笑接受
He likes to play a trick on others
9look forward to sthdoing sth 期某事做某事
expect (usually with pleasure)（通常愉快心情）
We’re looking forward to seeing you again 盼见
注意：lead to样里to 介词
I look forward to hearing from you as early as possible
Boys and girls are looking forward to Childrens Day
10award (n) 奖品裁定助学金
(vt) 授予判定
award sth (to sb) make an official decision to give sth to sb as a prize as payment or as a punishment 颁发授予
The judges awarded both finalists equal points 裁判员判定决赛双方分数相
11 admire (v)羡慕 admirer 赞赏者追求者
1) admire sbsth (for sth) regard sbsth with respect pleasuresatisfactionetc 赞赏羡慕某(某事物)
They admire our garden
I admire him for his success 佩服事业成
2) express admiration of (sbsth) 表示赞美夸奖某(某事)
Aren’t you going to admire my new house
12 as though as if 仿佛……似（引导句时句谓语动词常虚拟语气）
He talks as though he knew all about it 说话口气全部知道
He looks as though he had seen a ghost 起见鬼样
Step Five Work in pairs to do Ex2 and 3 on page3
Step Six Assignment
Do Exercise 1Comprehending
Exercise1 Page42
Ex15 on page 4
The Fourth Period (Discovering Useful Structure)
Teaching aims
To discover and learn to use some useful words and expressions
Get the students to study the use of modal verbs
Difficult points
How to use proper modal verbs according to the concrete and authentic situations
Important points
The meaning and correct use of each pair of modal verbs can and could may and might will and would shall and should must and can’t
Teaching Procedures
Step One Revision
Read the vocabulary of Unit 1 again
Retell the text
Check the answers to the homework
Step Two Discovering useful structures
Read & find out the usage of modal verbs
Teaching Modal verbs Page 9194 Grammar
Step Three Summing up
From the demonstration of the modal verbs above we can find most of them can be used to express certainty but the degree of them is different
He might be in the classroom (quite not sure)
He may be in the classroom
He could be in the classroom
He should be in the classroom
He must be in the classroom (quite sure)
Step Four Practice
1Find out sentences with modal verbs from the reading passage and try to explain their meaning教参P10
2 Do Ex2 & Ex3 Page 6
Explanation to the exercises
Step Four Assignment
Exercises P43
The Fifth Period ( Listening &Speaking )
Teaching goals
1 To train the students’ listening ability through the listening context
2 To learn about the Carnival in Trinidad and how people celebrate it so as to enable them to learn more about different cultures while learning different language
3 To develop the students’ speaking skills with the help of the sample dialogue
Important points
1 Information grasping of the listening part
2 Mastery of the words and phrases concerning festivals in daily expression
Teaching procedures
Step 1 leadin
1 What’s the topic of this unit Festivals around the World
2 What are the festivals we learnt in this unit
Step 2 listening
Do you know there is a big and famous carnival in Trinidad every February Li Mei and Wu Ping are visiting Trinidad and they are getting ready to go to the carnival parade Listen to the tape and find out what the plans for the parade are Then answer the question
Part 1
1 What is wrong with Li Mei’s clothing and shoes
Li Mei’s clothing is too thick and her shoes are not comfortable enough to walk in for a long time
2 What advice does Carla give Li Mei
Carla suggests that Li Mei change her shoes to something more comfortable wear some lighter and cooler clothing and also take a hat
Part 2
3 Why is it important for them to have water
It is important for them to have water because it is very hot and they will be doing a lot of walking
4 Why is it difficult for them to hear each other
It is difficult for them to hear each other because the music is very loud
5 Why do they plan to meet at the parking lot at 8 o’ clock
They plan to meet at the parking lot at 8 o’clock because they might get separated in the crowd
Step 3 Speaking
T Now Suppose you are Li Mei or Wu Ping
You have visited Carla and Hari’s home in Trinidad and you have returned home to Zhejiang
You are phoning their mother to thank her for the visit
The expressions below might help you
CouldWould you please… I’d love to
It’s very kind of you… I look forward to…
Thank you very muchThanks a lot It was a pleasure…
You’re most welcome Don’t mention it
Homework
Preview the reading context A Sad Love Story on page 7 and do the relevant exercises thereafter
The Sixth Period (Extensive reading and writing)
Teaching aims
To introduce a crosscultural view of lover’s festivals – Qiqiaojie and Valentine’s Day
Train the students’ reading ability
Enable the students to engage imaginatively in the story and to use their own ideas of changing the ending
Improve the students’ writing ability
Teaching Procedures
Step 1Leadin
T In the last period we have learnt many kinds of festivals Some are set in memory of the dead some are set in honor of some great people and some are set in celebration of harvest Do you know the festivals set for lovers
T You are familiar with them Today we are going to learn a love story
Step 2 fast reading
Read fast and get the key words
Introduction
Zhinu the _______ girl the most lovely of the daughters visited the earth and met Niulang the _______ boy
Development
They f___ ___ _____ married secretlyand were very happy
Climax
（高潮）
The Goddess of Heaven got so angry that she forced Zhinu back to ________ Niulang tried to f_________ her but was stopped by the Milky Way Thus the c_______ were separated
Ending
The Goddess of Heaven allowed the couple to meet once a year on the ______ day of the s_______ l_______ month when magpies made a _________ of their wings
Step 3 careful reading
T Read the passage again and answer the following questions one by one
1 What does this (L8 para3) mean
_______________________________________________________
2 Where did Li Fang and Hu Jin wait for each other Did they meet on time
_______________________________________________________
3 How did Li Fang feel
_______________________________________________________
4 How would he get rid of his sadness then And what about Hu Jin
_______________________________________________________
Step 4 Postreading
T The two love stories happened in two different festivals What are their similarities and differences How should we treat Chinese traditional festivals and some western festivals
T Nowadays some people pay more attention to the Valentine’s Day than Qiqiaojie which was once one of the most popular festivals in ancient China Anyway each festival in China has its own tale and meaning So we should hold on to our own festivals and culture as well as pass them on from generation to generation We should never allow some western festivals to take the place of Chinese traditional festivals
Step 5 Language points
1) turn up 出现场 He finally turned up but he was several hours later
2) keep one’s word 遵守诺言 (反义：break one’s word )
Nobody will respect you any more if you don’t keep your word this time
注意：word 表示诺言消息时总单数形式
较：a man of few words 言语 a man of one’s word 说话算数
3)hold one’s breath 屏息屏气
He held his breath not daring to make any sound
4) apologiseapologize vi道歉
*apologise for sthdoing sth
apologise to sb for sthdoing sth
5) drown…in 淹没浸泡……里
He drowned his sorrow in drink every day after her wife’s death
6) It was obvious that…
It形式语真正语that引导语句正式文体中that省略句语句子疑问句it作形式语
Is it probable that they will come tomorrow
2) remind sb of sth 某想起…… 提醒某 that宾语句时省略介词of
remind sb to do 提醒某做…
This reminded me of the days when I was in the countryside想起乡日子
She reminded me that I hadn’t watered the flowers提醒没浇花呢
He reminded me not to forget my promise提醒忘偌言
Step 6 Writing
T Li Fang met Hu Jin after he lost heart and threw away the Valentine’s gifts To his surprise Hu Jin kept her word and waited for him in the tea shop all the time What should he do What would happen to the two lovers Please write a different ending to the story of Li Fang beginning with As he sadly passed the tea shop on the corner on his way…
Assignment
Preview Reading Task (Page 44) and do Ex 23 Page 45
Ex23 on Page42
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