(共20张PPT)
Unit 2
I think that mooncakes are delicious!
Section B 3a-Self Check
Learning objects
1. Write a letter about your favorite Chinese
festival.
2. Improve your comprehensive writing ability.
3. know how to make sentences as exclamations.
By the end of the class, you will be able to …
Review
What’s your favorite festival
I think it’s the Spring Festival.
When is the day
It’s on the first day of Chinese lunar year.
Why do you like it so much
I guess because I can get lucky money from relatives and have fun.
What’s your favorite festival
I think it’s Halloween.
When is the day
It’s celebrated on October 31st.
Why do you like it so much
I think I can get a treat or play a trick on others.
Writing
What is your favorite Chinese festival
When is it
What do people eat
What do people do
Why do you like it
Theme: favorite Chinese festival
3a
Your English-speaking pen pal wants to know about your favorite Chinese festival. Make some notes about the festival.
What is the name of the festival
When is it
What do people eat
What do people do
Why do you like it so much
What is the name of the festival
When is it
What do people eat
What do people do
Why do you like it so much
the Mid-Autumn Festival
The 15th day of the 8th lunar month
Mooncakes
Admire the moon, share mooncakes, tell folk stories about the Mid-Autumn Festival
Families get together on the Mid-Autumn Day
For example:
Write a letter to your pen pal and tell him/her about your favorite Chinese festival. Use your notes in 3a.
3b
Use the following expressions to help you:
My favorite Chinese festival is…
It is celebrated in/ on… During this festival, people…
It’s my favorite festival because…
It makes me feel…
In your letter
First, introduce the festival and when it is celebrated.
Finally, explain why you like it best and how it makes you feel.
Then talk about what people do and eat.
My favorite Chinese festival is…
It is celebrated in/on …
During this festival, people…
It’s my favorite festival because…
It makes me feel…
写作注意点:
1. 开门见山
2. 短语的使用应给予重视
3. 句式的多样性
4. 注意句子的衔接
About writing...
点明主题
节日习俗
看法与意愿
My favorite Chinese festival is…
… is one of the traditional festivals in China.
It is celebrated in/on …
Chinese people have been celebrating it for…
During the festival/ On that day, people usually…
At night, Family will …/Children…
One of the most exciting things is…
It’s exciting to…
It’s my favorite festival because…
It makes me feel happy and…
How interesting/fantastic …!
In my opinion, we should…
谋篇布局
短语储备
traditional Chinese festival a symbol of
different kinds of such as get together lay out
play a part in in order to
look forward to carry forward(弘扬)
have a good time spread love and joy
share and give love and joy to sb.
Dear Tony,
Do you know the Mid-Autumn Festival in China It’s my favorite festival. It’s celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month.
During this festival, people usually hold Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations. People say “Happy Moon Festival” to each other.
Sample writing
On the Mid-Autumn night, families get together in the open air outside their houses, admire the moon and eat mooncakes. People also tell folk stories about the Mid-Autumn Festival. For example, the story of Chang’e is one of the most popular ones.
It’s my favorite festival because families get together during the festival. It makes me happy.
Yours,
Li Ming
课堂实练
Dear Linda,
How are you these days I want to tell you my favorite Chinese festival——the Spring Festival! It is a Chinese traditional festival. Chinese celebrate this festival every year. It begins on Jan.1st and lasts more than 15 days. During these days, people are on holidays and visit their friends. Families have meals together. My favorite food is dumplings. Children are always happy. Me, too. I always visit my grandparents during the festival, and I can play with my sisters and brothers. I really love this festival. How about you
Yours,
Lisa
Sample writing
the Spring Festival
1.Complete the passage with the words in the box.
Many Western countries celebrate Easter. This holiday is always on a Sunday _________ March 22nd ____April 25th. It celebrates the beginning of new life. Hens ____ eggs, giving birth to life, so an egg is a symbol of new life.
spread…around between…and give out business lay relatives
between
and
lay
Self Check
A popular activity during Easter is to hide eggs around your home or garden for friends or _________ to find. These can be real eggs, but they are more often chocolate eggs. Not only do people ________ them _______ in different hiding places for an egg hunt, but they also _______ these treats as gifts. So just like Christmas, Easter creates good __________ for supermarkets and chocolate stores.
relatives
spread
around
give out
business
2. Rewrite these sentences as exclamations.
1. The mooncakes are delicious.
________________________________!
2. The festival will be fun.
________________________________!
How delicious the mooncakes are
What a fun the festival will be
3. This concert is boring.
_______________________________!
I’m really excited.
_______________________________!
5. The band played really loud music.
_______________________________!
How boring this concert is
How excited I am
What loud music the band played
3. Make sentences about a festival/festivals you like using these words + that/whether/if.
I think ___________________________________
___________________________________.
I know ___________________________________
___________________________________.
that mooncakes with yolks are more delicious than the ones
that the shape of the mooncake symbolizes the full moon at mid-autumn
I believe_____________________________________.
I wonder_____________________________________.
whether we will eat zongzi the next Dragon Boat Festival
we will have a good luck in the new year
Summary
First, introduce the festival and when it is celebrated.
Finally,explain why you like it best and how it makes you feel.
Then, talk about what people do and eat.
My favorite festival