(共16张PPT)
Unit 2
I think that mooncakes are delicious!
Section B 3a—Self Check
Grade Nine
Revision
What festival is it
Whan is it
What do people do to celebrate it
January or February
put up couplets
visit relatives
get red packets
eat dumplings
December 25th
have a big dinner
give each other presents
send Christmas cards
make Christmas trees
Spring Festival
Christmas
What festival is it
Whan is it
What do people do to celebrate it
Mid-Autumn Festival
Halloween
September or October
get together
watch the moon
eat mooncakes
October 31st
dress up
have a party
Trick oe treat
make pumpkin lanterns
Revision
What festival is it
Whan is it
What do people do to celebrate it
June
eat zongzi
have dragon boat races
the 4th Thursday of Nov.
get together
have a big turkey dinner
Dragon Boat Festival
Thanksgiving
Revision
Leading-in
Talk about favourite festivals.
A: Which is your favourite festival
B:___________________.
A: Why do you like it
B: Because______________________________
_____________________.
Spring Festival
get red packets, wear new clothes
and eat dilicious food.
Your English-speaking pen pal wants to know about your favorite Chinese festival. Make some notes about the festival.
3a
Pre-writing
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
Spring Festival
the 1st day of Chinese lunar calendar
Nian gao jiao zi fish
clean the house before the festival
prepare sth. for the Kitchen God
have a dinner with the family on the eve
put up couplets visit relatives
give lucky money to children
meeting relatives
receiving “lucky” money
Enjoy setting off fire crackers
Write a letter to your pen pal and tell him/her about your favorite Chinese festival. Use your notes in 3a.
3b
While-writing
假如你是李华,你的英国笔友Kate来信询问你最喜欢的中国的传统节日。请你给她写一封回信介绍你最喜欢的中国传统节日——春节的情况。
参考词汇:阴历的lunar;团圆reunion
【思路点拨】
体裁:应用文(书信);信的主体部分为说明文
时态:一般现在时
人称:第三人称
First, introduce the festival and when it is celebrated.
While-writing
写作模板
Then talk about what people do and eat.
Finally, explain why you like it best and how it makes you feel.
My favorite Chinese festival is Spring Festival.It is in January of the lunar calendar.
During this festival, people clean the house before the festival. They prepare sth. for the Kitchen God on the 23rd day of the twelfth month of the lunar year. They put up couplets
bofore the Eve. People have a reunion dinner with the family on the eve. ...
It’s my favorite festival because I can get a lot of luck money and wear new clothes. Also it makes me feel very happy to be with my family.
Dear ,
My favorite Chinese festival is Spring Festival. It is the most important traditional festival in China. It is in January of the lunar calendar.
People clean the house before the festival. Also, they prepare something for the Kitchen God on the 23rd day of the twelfth month. They usually go back home to get together and have a dinner with the family on the eve. During this festival, Chinese eat dumplings, give lucky money to children and visit relatives.
It’s my favorite festival because I can get a lot of luck money and wear new clothes. Also, it makes me feel very happy to be with my family.
Yours truly,
Li Hua
While-writing
【参考范文】
1 Complete the passage with the words in the box.
spread...around between...and give out business
lay
relatives
Post-writing
Self Check
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. 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.
between
and
lay
relatives
spread
around
give out
business
复活节是基督教纪念耶稣复活的重大节日
分散;传播
孕育生命
not only ... but (also) ... 意为“不但……而且……”。当not only位于句首时,其后的主谓要部分倒装。此外,当not only ... but (also) ... 连接两个代词或名词作主语时,谓语动词要与but (also)后的代词或名词在数上保持一致。如:
Not only he but also I am wrong.
Not only books but also water is needed.
2 Rewrite these sentences as exclamations.
1. The mooncakes are delicious.
2. The festival will be fun.
3. This concert is boring.
4. I’m really excited.
5. The band played really loud music.
How delicious the mooncakes are!
What fun will the festival be!
How boring this concert is!
How excited I am!
What loud music the band played!
Self Check
3 Make sentences about a festival / festivals you
like using theses words + that / whether / if.
Self Check
I think _________________________________________________________.
I know _________________________________________________________.
I believe ________________________________________________________.
I wonder _______________________________________________________.
that mooncakes are delicious.
whether we will have fireworks at the next Spring Festival.
that eating fish on Spring Festival will bring us good luck.
that the shape of the mooncake symbolizes the full moon.
1. _____ good advice! It’s so helpful to us.
A. How B. What C. What a
2. —____ excellent work you have done!
—It’s very kind of you to say so.
A. What an B. How C. What
单项选择
Exercises
B
C
3. —____ interesting the storybook is!
—Yes. I have read it twice.
A. What B. What an
C. How D. How an
4. ____ great picture! Who painted it
A. How B. What
C. How a D. What a
C
D
5. When COVID-19 first appeared in 2019,
people didn’t know ________ doctors
could cure it.
A. if B. that
C. what D. why
A
Homework
Make a poster about your favorite festival.