Module 2 Public holidays
Unit 1 My family always go somewhere interesting as soon as the holiday begins.
【教学目标】
听: Listen to people talking about public holidays
说: Talk about holiday plans and Chinese festivals
读: Read articles about public holidays
写: Write about public festivals
【教学重点】
1. To learn and review some words and expressions about festivals.
2. To learn some expressions about an adverbial clause of time.
【教学难点】
An adverbial clause of time
【教学过程】
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Lead-in
Do you know the public holidays in China
Step 2 Look at the picture and answer the questions.
1. Which public holiday are people celebrating
2. When is this holiday in China
Keys: People are celebrating Labour Day.
This holiday is on 1st May in China.
Step 3 Complete the sentences with the dates of the following holidays in China, the UK
and the US.
Look at each picture and fill in the blanks with the dates.
1. Labour Day in China is on ________________.
2. May Day in the UK is on _______________.
3. Labour Day in the US is on _____________.
Step 4 Listen and check.
1st May
the first Monday in May
the first Monday in September
Step 5 Listen and read
(1) How much do you know about China’s National Day
Ss look the pictures and talk about the holiday.
When is the National Day
It is _____________________.
What can you see on the square
I can see _____________.
What are they doing on that day
They’re raising ________________.
(2) Listen and answer the following questions.
1. When was the People’s Republic of China founded
2. Do people have one day off on Independence Day
3. Does Lingling have any plans for the National Day this year
4. When is the start of the vacation season in the US
5. Do people have a national day in the UK
Keys: On 1st October 1949.
Yes, they do.
Her parents and she are going to visit some friends in Shangdong Province.
Independence Day.
No, they don’t.
Step 6 Reading
1. Now complete the table.
China US
Holiday
Date
Duration
Ways of celebrate
Year the celebration started
Keys:
China: National Day 1st October three days
celebrating with flowers and national flags 1949
US: Independence Day 4th July one day
celebrating with flags, picnics and watching bands play music in parks
1777
2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.
activity flag found vacation
1. The Americans celebrate Independence Day on 4th July. It is the start of the
________ season.
2. On 1st October, you can see the national ________ everywhere in China.
3. The US was _________ in 1776.
4. What kinds of __________ are there on 1st January
Keys: vacation flags founded activities
Step 7 Language points
Let Ss know about the main points in the passage and master.
1. The People’s Republic of China was founded on 1st October 1949.
found表示“建立,创立”。它的过去式和过去分词都加ed。find表示“找到”,它的过去式和过去分词为found。
e.g. Her family founded the college in 1895.
她的家庭于1895年创办了这所学院。
2. People have celebrated the National Day since then.
since then表示“从那以后”。是现在完成时的标志。
e.g. He has lived in Beijing since then.
从那以后他就一直住在北京。
3.. … but we only have one day off.
have +时间+ off 放……(多长时间的)假
其中off作副词,意为“不工作,休息”
e.g. I’m going to have some time off.
我准备休一段时间假。
They will __________________ next month.
他们下个月会休四天假。
4. On that day, there are all kinds of holiday activities.
all kinds of 表示“各种各样的” 后常跟名词
e.g. You can taste all kinds of delicious food.
你能品尝各种各样美味的食物。
拓展:kind of & a kind of
kind of意为“稍微;有点儿”,后常跟形容词。
e.g. She isn’t beautiful, but kind of cute.
a kind of意为“一种”,后常跟名词。
e.g. He speaks with a kind of foreign accent (外国口音).
5. … and most people take a vacation sometime in July or August.
take a vacation 表示“去度假”
e.g. He will take a vacation next week.
他下周将去度假。
含有take的短语
take part (in) 参加
take out 取出 take care of 照看;照顾
take off 起飞;脱下 take place 发生
take away 拿走 take pride in 对……感到自豪
take notes 做笔记;做记录
take after (在外貌、性格等方面)与(父母等)相像
6. And is there anything special on that day
用形容词修饰不定代词或不定副词时,形容词要放在不定代词或不定副词的后面,如anything special, somewhere interesting。
e.g. Don’t do anything stupid.
不要做傻事。
7. Kids have great fun.
have fun意为“玩得高兴、玩得愉快”,相当于enjoy oneself和have a good time。have fun后跟动词时,要用V-ing形式。
8. And my family always go somewhere interesting as soon as the holiday begins.
as soon as表示“一……就……”。用来引导时间状语从句。强调主句和从句动作的同时性。
e.g. Please call me as soon as you get to the hotel.
你一回到酒店就给我打电话。
Step 8 Pronunciation and speaking
1. Listen and repeat.
To learn about the ordinal numeral.
1st first 2nd second 3rd third
4th fourth 5th fifth 6th sixth
7th seventh 8th eighth 9th ninth
10th tenth 11th eleventh
12th twelfth 13th thirteenth
20th twentieth 21st twenty-first 31st thirty-first
记忆口诀
一,二,三, 特殊记
8去t,9除e 5和12记仔细,
f来把ve替 -ty换成 –tie
再加th莫迟疑。 超过十位的,
其余位数基, 个位序数替。
2. Say the dates.
(1) Now ask and answer questions about important dates in pairs.
10th September
1st October
4th July
25th December
Now work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about important dates.
— When is your birthday
— The tenth of September.
— When is the China’s National Day
— The first of October.
— When is Independence Day?
— The fourth of July.
— When is Christmas Day
— The twenty-fifth of December.
(2) Ask and answer questions about a Chinese public holiday in groups.
When is the holiday
What do your family do during the holiday
What special food do you eat
What special clothes do you wear
(3) Present the Chinese public holiday to the whole class.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is usually in September or early October. Family members usually get together. We eat moon cakes while we are enjoying the full moon…
Step 9 Exercises
Step 10 Homework
Make up a dialogue about the National Day. Including the date, duration, ways of celebration and year the celebration started. About 60 words.