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Unit 2 I think that mooncakes
are delicious!
Section A (3a-3c)
人教版九年级全册
Learning objectives
Key words & phrases:
Mid-Autumn Festival, traditional, folk story, goddess, admire
Key sentences:
1. One night, he found that the moon was so bright and round that he
could see his wife there.
2. After this, people started the tradition of admiring the moon and
sharing mooncakes with their families.
Students can know the origin of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Look at the pictures. What festival do you think of
What do you know about the festival
Warming up
Egjoy a vodeo
When is the Mid-Autumn Festival
2. How do people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival
It falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month,usually in September.
This day was also considered as a harvest festival .
People usually have a family reunion dinner, and then they eat mooncakes and enjoy the round moon.
Expressions about the Mid-Autumn Festival
full moon 满月 a moon-shaped dessert 一种圆月形的点心
enjoy the sight of the round and bright moon
欣赏又圆又大的月亮
The moon was rising from the sea and all the people were
sharing this moment.
海上生明月，天涯共此时
Pair Work
What else do you know about the Mid-Autumn Festival Introduce more about it to your partners!
You may think about the question from the following aspects:
Are there any special activities on the Mid-Autumn Festival in your hometown
What's the story about the Mid-Autumn Festival
Chang’e
Look at the photo, the questions in 3a and the title to the story on page 11. Then answer the questions below.
Who is the woman in the picture
What does the passage talk about
It talks about the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Pre-reading
Read Para. 1 and answer the questions below.
1. What do we eat on Mid-Autumn Festival
2. What’s the shape of mooncake
3. What’s the meaning of the Mid-Autumn Festival
Mooncakes.
Mooncake is in the shape of a full moon on Mid-Autumn Festival.
Mooncakes could carry their wishes to the families they love and miss.
While-reading
Pang Meng
tried to steal the medicine
goddess
thanked Hou Yi by giving him magic medicine
Chang’e
refused to give Pang Meng the medicine and drank it all
Hou Yi
became light and flew up to the sky.
planned to drink the medicine with his wife.
shot down the nine suns and saved the people on the earth
Read Para. 2 and find What they have done.
1. People like to a_______ the full moon on Mid-Autumn night.
2. The story of Chang’e is one of many t__________ folk stories.
3. Hou Yi got m_______ medicine for shooting down the nine suns.
4. Pang Meng wanted to s_____ the medicine.
5. Hou Yi l______ out fruits and desserts in the garden.
Read Para. 3 and fill in the blanks
dmire
raditional
agic
teal
aid
The way of celebration
Asignificance of celebration
Traditional folk story
The formation of festivals
Read the passage again and complete the table.
Post-reading
Enjoy mooncakes and the full moon
Carry people’s wishes
The story of Chang’e
After this, people started the tradition
Chang’e, Hou Yi, shot down the nine suns, magic medicine, live forever, a bad man, steal, refused, flew up, sad ,called out her name, bright and round, laid out, wish
Retell the story of Chang’e according to the words and phrases below.
Post-reading
Read the passage again. Put the events in the correct order.
3b
___ Pang Meng tried to steal the medicine.
___ A goddess thanked Hou Yi by giving him magic medicine.
___ Chang’e refused to give Pang Meng the medicine and drank it
all.
___ Hou Yi shot down the nine suns and saved the people on the
earth.
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2
5
1
___ Hou Yi was very sad and watched the moon at night, and wished
his wife could come back.
___ As a result, Chang’e became light and flew up to the sky.
___ Hou Yi planned to drink the medicine with his wife.
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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 the 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 magic medicine to thank him. Whoever took this could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to take it with Chang’e. However, a bad man, Pang Meng, tried to steal the medicine when Hou Yi was not home. Chang’e refused to give it to him and took 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!
After this, people started the tradition of
admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes
with their families.
Language Points
1.Chinese people have been celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries.
这是现在完成进行时, 表示动作从某一时间开始, 一直持续到现在。
其构成为：主语 + 助动词(have / has) + been + 动词的现在分词
+其他成分。
e.g. I have been living in Shanghai for ten years.
我已经在上海生活了十年。
Jack has been practising Tai Chi for more than a year.
Jack练太极一年多了。
2. Mooncakes are in the shape of a full moon on the Mid-Autumn
night.
shape n. 形状
e.g. These bricks are all different shapes.
这些砖形状都不同。
【拓展】
shape作名词时的常用搭配有：
keep in shape 保持体形/健康
e.g. She’s bought an exercise bike to keep in shape.
她已经买了一辆健身脚踏车来保持体形。
out of shape 变形的；走样的
e.g. The wheel had been bent out of shape.
这个轮子弯曲变形了。
【拓展】
shape v. 使成形，塑造
e.g. Shape the dough into small balls.
把这个面团捏成一个个的圆球。
I like shaping sand into different objects.
我喜欢把沙子堆成不同的物体。
wish 可以作名词，也可以作动词用。
(1)作名词意思是“希望，愿望”，也可指“希望的事,想要的东西”；还可以表示“祝愿，祝福”，注意，此时要用复数形式。
e.g. Send you my best wishes.
送给你我最美好的祝愿。
My wish is to be an excellent teacher.
我的愿望是成为一名优秀的老师。
3.They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss.
(2)作及物动词可接名词或代词，意思是“想要,希望得到”
e.g. Do you wish a pen or a book
你想要一支钢笔还是一本书？
(3)可接双宾语用来祝福别人
e.g.I wished her a happy birthday.
我祝她生日快乐。
(4)Wish 接不定式，意思相当于 would like，表示“希望做某事”。
e.g. I wish to speak to the headmaster.
相当于I would like to speak to the headmaster.
我想和校长谈谈。
(5)wish + 宾语 + 不定式，意思表示“希望某人做某事”。
e.g. I wish these people to leave.
我希望这些人离开。
(6)wish可接that引导的宾语从句，表示说话人未曾达到、难以达到或不可能达到的主观愿望和设想。类似虚拟语气用法。表示现在不能实现的愿望,从句的谓语动词用过去式;表示过去不能实现的愿望,用"had+过去分词"或"(could)would+have+过去分词"。
e.g. I wish I had a little brother.
我希望有个小弟弟。(现实是没有)
I wish that I could speak Spanish.
我希望我能说西班牙语。(现实是我不能)
I wish that John wouldn't eat all the chocolate.
我希望约翰不要把巧克力都吃了。(现实是约翰现在正在吃)
I wish that I hadn't eaten so much yesterday!
要是我昨天没吃那么多就好了！(现实是我昨天吃了很多)
(7) 作不及物动词，常与for连用，表示“希望得到”。
How I wish for a pair of wings!我多么希望有一双翅膀！
miss 意思是“怀念，想念”，还可以表示“错过”，后接名词、 代词或动词-ing形式作宾语。
e.g. I haven't seen Li Lei for a long time. I miss him very much.
I missed the last bus home, and had to walk back.
I missed taking part in the the English contest.
4.They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss.
whoever pron. 无论谁, 不管什么人
1. whoever作代词, 在此处引导主语从句, 相当于anyone who。
e.g. Can whoever leaves last please lock the door
最后走的人请把门锁上好吗？
5. Whoever took this could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to take
it with Chang’e.
2. whoever还可引导让步状语从句, 相当于no matter who, 意为
“无论谁; 不管什么人”。
e.g. I don’t want to see them, whoever they are.
我不想见到他们, 不管他们是谁。
6. However, a bad man, Pang Meng, tried to steal the medicine when Hou Yi was not home.
however adv. 然而
e.g. He was an honest man. However, he didn’t tell the truth.
他是一个诚实的人。然而, 他并没有讲实话。
however还可以作副词, 表示“无论到什么程度; 不管多么”。
e.g. You can do it however you like, it really doesn’t matter.
你想怎么做就可以怎么做，真的没什么关系。
辨析: however与but
however adv. “但是；然而” 可位于句首、句中（前后用逗号）、句末（其前用逗号）。 I told him to come here.
However, he didn’t come.
我告诉他来这儿，然而他没
来。
but conj. “但是” 位于句中 Tom was ill, but he still went
to work.
Tom病了, 但他仍然去上班。
steal v. 偷; 窃取
steal作动词, 其过去式和过去分词分别为stole和stolen。
steal sth. from ... 意为“从......偷某物”。
e.g. She stole the shoes from right under the assistant’s nose.
她把鞋从售货员的鼻子底下偷走。
辨析: steal与rob
steal 指暗中窃取别人的东西，其宾语是物，不是被盗者本人。
rob 意为“抢劫”，其宾语为人、公司、银行等，而不是被抢的东西。
7.Chang’e refused to give it to him and took it all.
refuse v. “拒绝”，反义词为accept， 意为“接受”。
e.g. He refused my invitation.
他拒绝了我的邀请。
refuse to do sth. 拒绝做某事
e.g. We refused to change our plan.
我们拒绝改变我们的计划。
8.He quickly laid out her favorite fruits and desserts in the garden.
lay out 摆开; 布置
1. lay out为固定搭配, 其中lay作动词, 意为“放置; 安放”。
e.g. Lay out the map on the table and let’s have a look.
把地图放在桌子上, 我们一起来看一看。
2. lay作动词还可以表示“下（蛋）; 产（卵）”。
e.g. The hen laid an egg and sang happily.
这只母鸡下了一个蛋, 开心地唱着歌。（拟人）
9.After this, people started the tradition of admiring the moon and
sharing mooncakes with their families.（教材P11）
tradition n. 传统；惯例
tradition作“传统”讲是不可数名词; 作 “惯例; 传统（风俗）”讲是可数名词。
tradition的词形变化:
traditional adj . 传统的 traditionally adv .传统地
admire v. 欣赏; 仰慕
admire作及物动词, 常用结构有：
admire sb. for (doing) sth. 因（做）某事而钦佩某人
admire sb. / sth. 欣赏某人/某事
e.g. We all admire him for his ability to sing.
我们都因为他的歌唱能力而欣赏他。
We stood for a few moments, admiring the view.
我们驻足了一会儿, 欣赏美丽的景色。
10.As a result, Chang’e became light and flew up to the sky.
as a result的意思是“结果是”, 后面一般用逗号隔开。
e.g. He stayed up late last night. As a result, he was late for school.
他昨晚熬夜到很晚, 结果是他上学迟到了。
as a result of的意思是“因为, 由于”, 相当于because of。
e.g. The train was late as a result of the heavy snow.
由于大雪的缘故火车晚点了。
Exercises
单项选择
1. A goddess gave Hou Yi some magic medicine_______ him.
A. thank B. to thank
C. thanks D. thanking
2. I wonder _______ all the Chinese celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival
with their families.
A. if B. what
C. that D. weather
3. There are many traditional folk stories _______ the Dragon
Boat Festival.
A. for B. on C. about D. with
4. Long long ago, there were ten suns. Hou Yi_______ the nine
suns and saved the people on the earth.
A. put down B. write down
C. shot down D. shut down
Homework
1.Remember the words and phrases in this lesson.
2.Retell the story of Chang’e.
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