(共62张PPT)
Unit 2
I think that mooncakes are delicious!
Section A (1a-2d)
To learn some festivals and their celebrations
To be able to give a personal reaction on the festivals
—What do you like best about …
—I love…I think/guess…
I kind of like…
I really like…
To learn the words and expressions
Objectives
Words:
mooncake lantern stranger relative pound
Phrase: put on
Patterns:
1. What do you like best about the Dragon Boat Festival
2. I love the races. I think that they’re fun to watch.
3. I wonder if it’s similar to the …in Yunnan Province.
4. I believe that April is the hottest month of the year there.
mooncake
lantern
stranger
relative
put on
pound
n. 月饼
n. 灯笼
n. 陌生人
n. 亲属；亲戚
增加(体重)；发胖
n. 磅；英镑
New words
How many Chinese festivals can you list
What do we usually do on those days or during the festival days
Lead-in
Free talk
Look and say:
What festival is this
For what or who do people celebrate it
Using：I think…
Presentation
mooncake n. 月饼
Mid-Autumn Festival
中秋节
on August 15th of the lunar calendar
八月十五
The Lantern Festival
sweet dumplings
tang-yuan
night of the 15th of the first lunar month
Dragon Boat Festival
on May 5th of the lunar calendar 五月初五
zongzi
the Chinese Spring Festival
on January 1st of the lunar calendar
A big meal
Lucky money
Paper cutting
spring festival couplets
firecrackers
Match the pictures with the descriptions.
1. ____ 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.
a
b
c
d
d
a
b
c
1a
T F
T F
T F
T F
Bill thinks that the races were not that interesting to watch.
2. Mary thinks that the teams
were fantastic.
3. Bill wonders if they’ll have
zongzi again next year.
4. Bill and Mary believe that they’ll be
back next year to watch the races.
Listen and circle T for true or F for false.
really
races
宾语从句
1b
Mary: ________ great day!
Bill: Yes, it was really fun!
Mary: What did you like best
Bill: I loved the _______! They were really interesting to watch. How fantastic the dragon boat teams were!
Mary: Yes. And look at the colors of the boats. ______ pretty they ______!
Bill: I agree! But I guess it was a little too crowded.
Mary: I don’t know… I kind of like to have more people around. It makes things more _________.
Listen again and complete the blanks.
What a
races
How
were
exciting
Bill: That’s true. Oh, and I really liked eating Zongzi.
Mary: Oh, me too! The sweet ones are my favorite.
Bill: I wonder ________________________ again next year.
Mary: Of course! They have them every year.
Bill: Then I believe that I’ll be back again next year to watch the races!
Mary: Me, too!
if they’ll have the races
听力原文
Mary: What a great day!
Bill: Yes, it was really fun!
Mary: What did you like best
Bill: I loved the races! They were really interesting to watch.
How fantastic the dragon boat teams were!
Mary: Yes! And look at the colors of the boats.
How pretty they were!
Bill: I agree! But I guess it was a little too crowded.
Mary: I don’t know … I kind of like to have more people
around. It makes things more exciting.
Bill: That’s true. Oh, and I really liked eating zongzi.
Mary: Oh, me too! The sweet ones are my favorite.
Bill: I wonder if they’ll have the races again next year.
Mary: Of course! They have them every year.
Bill: Then I believe that I’ll be back again next year to watch
the races!
Mary: Me, too!
practice
Look and say
interesting
I think that ________________________________ ___________________
Dragon Boat Festival is
interesting.
practice
Look and say
sweet or salty
I want to know ____________________________ ___________________
if the rice ball is sweet
or salty.
practice
Look and say
What are they doing
I wonder __________________________
what they are doing.
Mary: What a great day!
Bill: Yes, it was really fun!
Mary: What did you like best
Bill: I loved the races! They were really interesting to watch. How fantastic the dragon boat teams were!
Mary: Yes! And look at the colors of the boats.
How pretty they were!
Bill: I agree! But I guess it was a little too crowded.
What a great day!
How fantastic the dragon boat teams were!
How pretty they were!
what引导的感叹句， what修饰名词。
What +(a/an) + adj. +名词+主语+谓语!
how引导的感叹句，how修饰形容词或副词。
How + adj./adv. +主语+谓语!
a little too crowded
有点太拥挤
探讨
practice
________________________________
How delicious the hotpot is!
delicious ! ! !
practice
________________________________
What happy people they are!
happy people ! ! !
How happy the people are!
1c
Talk about the festivals in 1a， using I think…， I wonder..., How… What…
A: What do you like best about the Dragon Boat Festival
B: I love the races. I think that they’re fun to watch.
Tips:
1. First share common knowledge, e.g. origins, common celebrations;
2. Then share something that you usually do during one of these festivals that is specific to your family.
Read the sentences in 2a on page 10. Try to answer the following questions.
1. Are Wu Ming and Harry boys or girls Or a boy and a girl How do you know
2. Whose vacation are they talking about，Wu Ming’s or Harry’s
3. Did Wu Ming visit anyone on his trip
4.What do you think he did during his trip
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. Wu Ming visited his relatives/ friends/ classmates.
4. Wu Ming liked eating out/ shopping/ the Dragon
Boat Festival best.
2a
Wu Ming did a lot of fun activities, but there were also downsides. Listen again and fill in the chart.
Fun activities Downsides
Eating out
Shopping
Dragon Boat Festival in June
put on weight
spent money
hot weather
n. 消极面；缺点
2b
听力原文
2c
Role-play conversations between Wu Ming and Harry. Try to make two conversations :
Use the information in 2a and 2b;
use your own information.
What did you do on your vacation
I visited my cousins. The food was very delicious! I’ve put on five pounds.
What else did you do
Shopping, of course. I spent so much money.
So what was the weather like
It was quite hot. That’s one thing I didn’t like.
Sample conversation:
According to the correct answers in 2a, write a short passage about Wu Ming’s vacation.
Wu Ming and Harry are friends. Wu Ming told him something about his vacation. He went to Hong Kong for his vacation. He visited his relatives. And Wu Ming liked the Dragon Boat Festival best.
2d
When is Clara going to Chiang Mai Why is she going at that time
Read the dialogue in 2d, then answer the questions below.
2. Why are the Dai people mentioned in the dialogue
3. When is the Water Festival in Thailand And what do people always do
4. Why do people throw water at each other
Clara is going to Chiang Mai. Do you know where Chiang Mai is
Chiang Mai is a city in Thailand.
When is Clara going to Chiang Mai Why is she going at that time
Check your answers.
Clara is going to Chiang Mai in two weeks. Because there’s a water festival there then.
2. Why are the Dai people mentioned in the dialogue
Because the Water Festival in Chiang Mai is similar to the Water Festival of the Dai people in Yunnan Province.
3. When is the Water Festival in Thailand And what do people always do
The Water Festival in Thailand is from April 13th to 15th. People always go on the streets to throw water at each other.
4. Why do people throw water at each other
Because the new year is a time for cleaning and washing away bad things. Then you’ll have good luck in the new year.
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Language points
交际套语
句型
短语表达
Pay attention to the phrases and sentences.
Watch and then Role-play
1. Watch the video, and then read the dialogue aloud for a few minutes by yourself;
2. Role play in groups;
3. Role play in front of the class.
We’ll see which group does the best.
How much do you know about the Water Festival of Thai Let’s enjoy.
1. People go on the streets to throw water at each other.
throw… at
抛向/泼向/洒向……
Someone threw a stone at the car.
有人朝那辆汽车扔了一块石头。
Language points
2. Bill thinks that the races were not that interesting to watch.
this和that可用作副词，修饰形容词或副词，作程度状语，表示“这么”“那么”“这样”“那样”的意思。
I can’t walk that far.
我走不了那么远。
3. Guess what I’m going to Chiang Mai in two weeks.
in two weeks
in 加一段时间，可表示在一段时间之后。
The material will be ready in ten days.
材料将在十天之后准备好。
4. I wonder if it’s similar to the Water Festival of the Dai people in Yunnan Province.
be similar to
与……相似
My opinion on the matter is similar to Kay’s.
我对这件事的见解和凯差不多。
4. I’ve put on five pounds!
put on 增加（体重）；发胖
往往搭配weight或具体的体重数值
e.g. They’ve put on five pounds.
他们体重增加了5磅。
【拓展】
put on 穿上；戴上 Della put on her sweater and trousers and then she left home.
表演；演出 The local drama group are putting on “Jiang Jie” at the Capital Theatre.
pound n. 磅；英镑（可数名词）
e.g. The desk weighs 5 pounds.
这张课桌重5磅。
put back 把……放回原处
put down 放下；写下
put off 推迟；拖延
put up 搭起；张贴
put out 熄灭
put away 收起来
put短语
5. Guess what I’m going to Chiang Mai in two weeks.
Guess what 你猜怎么着？
用于向对方讲述一件自己认为会让对方感到惊讶的事情之前，字面意思是让对方猜，但通常是紧接着说出想说的事情。
e.g. —You are so happy!
—Guess what I found my lost watch.
6. I wonder if it’s similar to the Water Festival of the Dai people in Yunnan Province.
I wonder. . . 我想知道……
wonder和think都有“想”的意思，但有所区别。
think用于表达判断及想法，所接从句为肯定或否定的内容。 I think you’re right.
I think he’s not coming this time.
wonder用于表现思考、思索，后接宾语从句时多指所思考的某一问题，要用if，whether, what, who等疑问词引导。 if是否，是引导词，表示委婉地请求或询问信息。 I wonder if you can give me a hand.
I wonder whether/if he’ll come to help us.
He wondered what he should say when they met.
if与whether
1) 二者都可以引导宾语从句, 表示“是否; 是不是”。一般情况下两者可以互换使用。
e.g. I wonder if/whether you will be free tomorrow.
我想知道你明天是否有空。
2) 当whether与or not连用时, whether不可换为if。
e.g. I don’t know whether or not they can come to the party.
我不知道他们是否能来参加聚会。
if的双重身份
if 是否 引导宾语从句, 若表示将来, 从句时态用一般将来时
if 如果 引导条件状语从句, 条件状语从句中用一般现在时表示将来
I wonder if it will rain tomorrow. If it rains tomorrow, I’ll stay at home. 我不知道明天是否下雨。如果明天下雨, 我将待在家里。
① — I wonder ______ you would like to go to the concert with me tonight.
— Oh, I’d love to.
A. when B. that C. if D. why
② I don’t know ______ or not he should enter the race.
A. if B. that C. what D. whether
③ — Let’s go to the community if it ______ tomorrow.
—But nobody knows if it ______ tomorrow.
A. won’t rain; rains B. doesn’t rain; rains
C. doesn’t rain; will rain D. won’t rain; will rain
C
D
C
7. People go on the streets to throw water at each other. (翻译)
人们走上街头互相泼水。
throw at 抛向；泼向；洒向
动词throw后接所投掷的物体，用介词at引入泼洒的对象。
e.g. On our way here, someone threw a stone at our car, but fortunately we were not hit.
在我们来的路上，有人向我们的车投掷石块，所幸的是我们没被砸中。
It’s the first snow of the year, and the children are happily throwing snowballs at each other.
这是今年的第一场雪，孩子们高兴地拿雪球相互抛着。
Fill in the blanks to complete the sentences.
Have you seen the TV Don’t speak to s________
She has no r________ in town.
People go on the street to t______ water to clean and wash away bad things.
Chinese people enjoy m________ on Mid-Autumn Festival.
The bag weighs 50 p______.
trangers
elatives
hrow
ooncakes
ounds
Exercises
Fill in the blanks.
1. I wonder ______ it is similar ____ the Water Festival of the Dai people in Yunnan Province.
if
to
2. I think that we ate at least five meals a day! I’ve _______ five ________.
put on
pounds
3._______ well you sing but ______ badly he dances!
How
how
4. —Listen! Someone is playing the piano.
—Wow! ________beautiful music! I like it very much.
5. —_______ bad weather! It’s raining!
—Bad luck! We can’t go climbing today.
What
What
They visited their grandparents that day. I think. (合并句子)
I think _____ they _______ their grandparents that day.
that visited
Change the sentence.
put on five pounds
throw…at
I love the races. I think/believe…
I wonder whether/if…
What a great day！
Summary
Useful patterns
Guess what
Sounds like fun.
Yes, it’s true.
Yes, I think so.
Cool.
This is the time of…
I wonder if…
The Water Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival
The Chinese Spring Festival
The Lantern Festival
watch the races
a little
like… best
go…for one’s vacation
enjoy doing sth.
eat out
泼水节
端午节
春节
元宵节
看比赛
有点
最喜欢
去……度假
喜欢做某事
出去吃
five meals a day
put on
in two weeks
sound like…
from…to…
be similar to…
throw … at …
wash away
have good luck
in the new year
每天5顿饭
增加(体重)
在两周之后
听起来像……
从……到……
与……相似
朝……扔……
洗掉
有好运气
在新的一年里
Bill thinks that the races were not that interesting to watch.
Bill认为那些比赛看起来不那么有趣。
Bill wonders whether they’ll have zongzi again next year.
Bill想知道他们明年是否还有粽子吃。
What do you like best about the Dragon Boat Festival
端午节你最喜欢什么？
What did you do on your vacation
你假期干什么了？
Sentences:
But I believe that April is the hottest month of the year there.
但我相信四月是那儿最热的月份。
I wonder if it’s similar to the Water Festival of Dai people in Yunnan Province.
我想知道它是否与云南省傣族的泼水节相似。
Make a conversation about your vacation. You can use 2d as a reference.
Finish the exercises in Learning English.
Preview the passage Full Moon, Full Feelings on page 11.
Homework
Thank you!
