Unit 2 Section A.ppt

1、Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious! Section A,How many festivals do you know? What are they?,Water Festival Dragon Boat Festival Spring Festival Lantern Festival,Lead in,Water Festival,Dragon Boat Festival,Spring Festival,Lantern Festival,d,b,a,1a Match the pictures with the descriptions. 1

2、._ The Water Festival in Thailand. 2._ The Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong. 3._ The Chinese Spring Festival in Beijing. 4._ The Lantern Festival in Jiangxi.,Presentation,c,1b Listen and circle “T” for true or “F” for false.,1c,Talk about the festivals in 1a.,A: What do you like best about the Drag

3、on Boat Festival? B: I love the races. I think that theyre fun to watch.,2a Listen to the conversation between Wu Ming and Harry and circle the correct words in the sentences.,1. Wu Ming and Harry are cousins/ strangers/ friends. 2. Wu Ming went to Singapore/ Hong Kong/ Macao for his vacation. 3. He

4、 visited his relatives/ friends /classmates. 4. He enjoyed eating out/ shopping/ the Dragon Boat Festival best.,2b Wu Ming did a lot of fun activities, but there were also downsides. Listen again and fill in the chart.,2c,Role-play conversations between Wu Ming and Harry. Use the information in 2a a

5、nd 2b or make your own conversations.,A: What did you do on your vacation? B: I visited my cousins. I think that we ate five meals a day! Ive put on five pounds! A: I guess the food was delicious, right?,put on 增加（体重）；发胖,2d Role play the conversation.,Language points: 1. in two weeks 2. sound like 3

6、. be similar to 4. each other 5. wash away 6. good luck,两周以后 听起来像 与相似 相互 洗掉 好运,Read the conversation again and answer the questions: 1. Where is Clara going in two weeks？ 2. Is April the hottest month of the year there？ 3. When is the water festival there? 4. Why do the people in Thailand go on the

7、streets to throw water at each other? Because the new year is a time for cleaning and washing away bad things. Then youll have good luck in the new year.,Chiang Mai.,Yes, it is.,From April 13th to 15th.,3a Read the passage about Mid-Autumn Festival and answer the questions.,1. How do people celebrat

8、e Mid-Autumn Festival？ People eat mooncakes to celebrate it. 2.What story is the reading about? Its about Change.,Full Moon, Full feelings,Language points: 1. in the shape of 2. folk stories 3. the most touching 4. magic medicine 5. shoot down 6. refuse to do sth. 7. fly up to the moon,以的形状 民间故事 最动人

9、的 神奇的药 射下 （shoot 过去式shot） 拒绝做某事 向上飞到月亮上（fly 过去式flew）,8. so.that. 9. call out sbs name 10. lay out 11. admire the moon 12. share sth. with sb. 13. on the earth 14. as a result,如此以至于 呼唤某人的名字 摆开；布置 赏月 和某人分享某物 在地球上 因此，所以,2,4,3,_ Pang Meng tried to steal the medicine. _A goddess thanked Hou Yi by giving

10、him magic medicine. _Change refused to give Fang Meng the medicine and drank it all. 1 Hou Yi shot down the nine suns and saved the people on the earth. _Hou Yi was very sad and watched the moon at night, and wished his wife could come back. _As a result, Change became light and flew up to the sky.

11、_ Hou Yi planned to drink the medicine with his wife.,Read the passage again. Put the events in the correct order.,5,6,7,3c Without looking at the passage, try to complete the sentences with the correct words.,1. People like to a_ the full moon on the Mid-Autumn night. 2. The story of Change is one

12、of many t_folk stories. 3. Hou Yi got m_medicine for shooting down the nine suns. 4. Pang Meng wanted to s_ the medicine. 5. Hou Yi l_out fruits and desserts in the garden.,dmire,ouching,agic,hare,aid,Grammar Focus,4a Write sentences using the words given.,think/ Lantern Festival / beautiful I think

13、 that the Lantern Festival is beautiful. 2. dont know / whether / he / come home /for the festival I dont know whether he will come home for the festival. 3. believe/ Water Festival / most / fun I believe that Water Festival is the most fun. 4. wonder/ if / mooncakes/ delicious I wonder if the mooncakes are delicious. 5. how/ exciting/ races 6. what/ interesting