Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious. Section A1a-2d

课件53张PPT。Unit 2Section A
Period 1 (1a —2d)Look at the pictures and say what festivals they are. Chinese Spring Festival
春节The Lantern Festival
元宵节 Mid-Autumn Festival
中秋节The Dragon Boat Festival
端午节 The Water Festival
泼水节 Christmas Day
圣诞节 April Fool’s Day
愚人节What is your favourite festival?
Why do you like it most?
What did you do at the festival?DiscussionU2 I think that mooncakes are delicious !What a great day!
多么美好的一天啊！
What +a /an +形容词 +可数名词单词 （+主语+谓语+其他）！
当句中的名词为不可数名词或名词复数形式时，其前不用冠词a 或an.
What interesting books!Listen and circle T for true or F for false. Bill thinks that the races were not that interesting to watch.
Mary thinks that the teams were fantastic.
Bill wonders whether they’ll have the sweet rice dumplings again next year.
Bill and Mary believe that they’ll be back next year to watch the races.1bT FT FT FT FListen and circle the correct words. Wu Ming and Harry are cousins / strangers / friends.
Wu Ming went to Singapore / Hong Kong / Macao for his vacation.
He visited his relatives / friends / classmates。
He enjoyed eating out / shopping /
the Dragon Boat Festival best.2aListen again and fill in the chart.2bDown sidesFun activitiesEating outShoppingDragon Boat Festival in JunePut on five poundsSpent much money hotIt is the largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand.
It attracts over 5 million visitors each year. It’s on the list of 25 Best Destinations in the World.2c?
A:?What?did?you?do?on?your?vacation???
B:?I?visited?my?cousins.?I?think?that?we?ate?
five?meals?a?day!?I’ve?put?on?five?pounds!?
?
A:?I?guess?the?food?was?delicious,?right??
?
I’ve put on five pounds ! 我都胖了5磅了！
put on “增加（体重）；发胖”。
put on “穿上；戴上”
You put on a lot , Tom.
It’s cold outside . Put on your coat.
Clara: Guess what? I’m going to Chiang Mai in two weeks.
Ben: Wow, sounds like fun! But I believe that April is the hottest month of the year there.
Clara: Yes, that’s true. But there’s a Water Festival from April 13th to 15th.
Ben: I wonder if it’s similar to the water festival of the Dai people in Yunnan Province.
I wonder if it’s similar to the Water Festival of the Dai people in Yunnan Province.
我想知道它是否和云南省傣族的泼水节相似。
I wonder if you would mind helping me .
对 I wonder if… 作肯定回答可用：
Sure , go ahead. Of course./Sure.
2.对 I wonder if… 作否定回答可用：
I’m sorry , but …. /I’m afraid not./You’d better not.
be similar to “和……. 相似”。
be similar in “在…….方面相似”
the same as “与……相同”。
Your shorts are similar to mine.
I’d like one the same as yours.Yes, I think so. This is the time of the Thai New Year. People go on the streets to throw water at each other.
Ben: Cool! But why do they do that?
Clara: Because the new year is a time for cleaning and washing away bad things. Then you’ll have good luck in the new year.
People go on the streets to throw water at each other.
人们到街上去相互泼水。
throw “仍；投；抛”，过去式和过去分词分别是threw ,thrown.
throw at 向… 仍
throw away 扔掉
throw to 扔给
They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss.
它们寄托着人们对他们所爱与思念的家人的祝福。
wish ,名词,复数形式wishes, ”祝福；愿望”。
Please send my best wishes to your parents.
miss “错过，失去（机会）”等，其后可接名词，代词或动词-ing形式。3a Read the passage about Mid-Autumn Festival and answer the questions.
1. How do people celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival?
2. What do mooncakes look like? What meaning do they carry?
3. What story is the reading about?
Full Moon, Full Feelings
Chinese people have been celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries. Mooncakes are in the shape of a full moon on mid-autumn night. They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss.
There are many traditional folk stories about this festival. However, most people think that the story of Chang’e is the most touching. Chang’e was Hou Yi’s beautiful wife. After Hou Yi shot down the nine suns, a goddess gave him a magic medicine to thank him. Whoever drank this
could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to drink it with Chang’e. However, a bad man, Feng Meng, After Hou Yi shot down the nine suns, a goddess gave him magic medicine to thank him.
在后弈射下9颗太阳之后，一位女神送给他仙药作为酬谢。
shoot “投篮；射击”，其过去式和过去分词均为shot. shoot down “射下；击落”。
shoot “射中；射死”，强调射击的结果。
shoot at “朝….. 射击”，强调射击的动作。tried to steal the medicine when Hou Yi was not home. Chang’e refused to give it to him and drank it all. She became very light and flew up to the moon. Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night. One night, he found that the moon was so bright and round that he could see his wife there. He quickly laid out her favorite fruits and desserts in the garden. How he wished that Chang’e could come back!
Chang’e refused to give it to him and drank it all.
refuse “拒绝，谢绝，推辞”，其后接动词不定式，即refuse to do sth. 拒接做某事。
You should learn to refuse.
He quickly laid out her favorite fruits and desserts in the garden.
他飞快地在花园里摆出她最喜欢的水果和点心。
lay out “摆开；布置”。lay,”放置；安放”。过去式和过去分词均为laid ,现在分词为laying.
lay” 产（卵）；下（蛋）。”
The hens lay a lot of eggs every day.One is Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of May, and the other is Father’s Day on the third Sunday of June.
一个是在五月第二个星期天的母亲节，另一个是在六月第三个星期天的父亲节。
one…..the other ……. “一个……, 另一个…….”,
此处the other 指两者中的另一个。
another “另一个”，但常指三者及三者以上中的另一个。
After this, people started the tradition of admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families.
It is also a good idea to help parents to do something instead.
相反，帮父母做事也是个好主意。
instead “代替；相反；而；却。”
instead 副词 ，代替，相反 ，单独使用。
instead of 介词短语，代替， 其后一般可接名词，代词或动词-ing 形式。
Last summer, I went to Qingdao. This summer I’m going to Dalian instead.
Shall we have fish instead of meat today?
Read and answer the questions.2dWhen is the Water Festival?
What do they throw water for?From April 13th to 15th.Because the new year is a time for
cleaning and washing away bad things.1. wonder v. 想知道Language pointsI wonder if he's eating well every day.
我想知道他是不是每天都吃得好。
I wonder what they call those flowers.
不知道那些花儿叫什么。
I wonder whether they will arrive on time.
我不知道他们能不能准时到。I wonder ..., I don't know ... 这两个短语都可译成“不知道”。其区别是：
I wonder ...作“不知道”解时, 其中含有“想知道”的意思; I don't know只是用来陈述对某事“不知道”这一事实。例如:
I wonder what you call this.
不知道你们把这个叫做什么。
--- Do you know what they call this?
你知道他们把这个叫做什么吗?
--- I don't know. 我不知道。 wonder n. 惊奇；惊愕；奇迹
There was a look of wonder in his eyes.
他眼中露出惊奇的神色。
They were filled with wonder at the new waterfall.
他们对新瀑布感到非常惊奇。
It's a wonder that the child came through without a scratch.
这孩子竟能安然无恙地脱险，真是奇迹。知识拓展wonder about
想知道; 对…感到奇怪; 考虑
wonder at
对…感到惊讶/奇怪
in wonder 在惊奇中
no wonder 难怪,怪不得
with wonder 惊奇地
the wonders of the world 世界奇观I wonder _____ he will come before 9:00 p.m..
　A. what　　 B. that　 C. when　 D. if
【解析】主句“I wonder”(我想知道)带有疑问色彩，因此，答案不能选不带疑问意思的关联词that。又由于后半句宾语从句对时间已有所交代，而且用的come是不及物动词，不用跟宾语。故答案选if (是否) 。D【 2013 福建漳州 】 They wonder _____
robots will make humans lose their jobs
or not.
A. that B. if C. whether C2. Guess what?意思是 “你知道吗？”、“想不到吧”、 “你猜怎么着?” 。这个句子是要告诉人家某件事之前常用的口语。说话者并无意要对方真的去猜，听者也不会真的去伤脑筋。通常对于该句型都是以What?回答。
Guess what? I got through the exam.
你猜怎么了? 我考试过关了。A: Guess what!
　　你猜猜看！
B: What?
　　什么？
A: I am going to the mountains with my family this weekend.
　　这个周末我和我家人要去山上。
B: That sounds like fun.
　　听起来很有趣。3. I’m going to Chiang Mai in two weeks.根据语境，in two weeks在这句话里的意思是 “两周之后” 。
He'll be back in two weeks.
他两周后回来。
“in+ 一段时间”和将来时连用，表示“在某段时间之后”。(2010 河北省卷) This term _______ over. The summer vacation is coming in two weeks.
A. is B. was
C. has been D. will be
【解析】句义为“这学期即将结束，暑假在两星期之后就要到来。” ，故选择D。D“in+一段时间”和过去式连用，表示“在某段时间内”
I finished my homework in 2 hours.
我两小时内做完了功课。知识拓展4. Sounds like fun. 听起来很有趣。省略了it这个形式主语，完整的句子是：It sounds like fun.
sound like 听起来像
It sound like a nice room. Can we take a look at it?
听起来房间不错，我们能看一看房间吗?
Their love story sounds like a fairy tale.
他们的爱情故事听起来像童话。感官动词 + like
feel like 摸起来像
smell like 闻起来像
look like 看起来像
taste like 尝起来像知识拓展5. similar to 跟 ... 类似的; 与 ... 同样的My problems are very similar to yours.
我的问题与你的差不多。
His dress is very similar to mine in colour.
他衣服的颜色和我衣服的很相似。
be similar to 的反义短语是be different from …(与……不同)On my visit to Australia, I feel Australians are similar ______ us in many ways.
A. with B. in C. to D. at
— Can you tell the differences between
these two pictures?
— Differences? Oh, no. They look quite
______.
A. different B. similar
C. strange D. interesting C B (2013山东烟台) 五、词语运用
A.根据句意和所给的中文提示，写出句子中的单词。
The customs in Qingdao are __________
（相似的）to those in Yantai.
Linda is ＿＿＿ her mother in many ways. For example, they are both tall and thin.
A. similar to　 B. kind to　 C. friendly tosimilar A