Unit 3 Our HobbiesTopic 3 Section D（课件）(共21张PPT)2024-2025学年 （仁爱科普版）英语八年级上册

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What were you doing at this time yesterday
Lead-in questions:
How many days are there in a week
2. How many days are there in a weekend
3. Do you know anything about the weekend
one day a week
one and a half days’ holiday
( weekend )
a two-day weekend
A Short History of the Weekend
1
Read the passage and complete it with the correct expressions.
felt too tired to work
were closed all day
rested and prayed
made Saturday
afternoon a holiday
The answers :
C A D B
Read the passage quickly and circle the words below.
spent
rested
prayed
played
had
felt
made
stopped
Pay attention to these words’ pronunciation.
one day
a week
When :
Where：
Who :
What :
before 1800
at church
many people
rest and pray
Read Paragraph 1 and fill in the blanks.
Retell Paragraph 1 according to the information above.
one and a half day’s holiday
in the early 1800s the USA
in 1874 England
in 1930 America
blue Mondays
workers too…to
Saturday afternoon holiday
the beginning of the weekend
0ffices were closed
on Saturday afternoon
Read the rest paragraphs and find out the information about one and a half days’ holiday.
the two-day weekend
by 1940 in the USA
factories and offices
were closed
all day on Saturdays
Look at the information about the two-day weekend
and try to retell it and then check .
a two-day weekend 一个两天的周末
Example: a three-leg table
a seven-day holiday
an eight-year-old girl
a two-floor building
Can you list more
in the 1800s 在十九世纪
读作: in the eighteen hundreds
也可以表达为in the 1800’s
in the1920s (1920’s) 在20世纪20年代
读作: in the nineteen twenties
in the 1790s
in the 1350s
in the 1420s
in the 1980s
in the 1970’s
in the 1480’s
in the 1670’s
in the 1720’s
Read 1a again and match the following sentences.
Work alone
1. Before 1800, people
2. In the early 1800s, many workers
3. In 1874, English workers
4. By 1930, most American workers
5. After 1940, American workers
a. had a two-day weekend.
b. didn’t work on Saturday afternoons.
c. rested and prayed on Sundays.
d. stopped working at one o’clock on Saturday afternoons.
e. played games on Sundays, and then they didn’t go to work on Monday mornings because they felt too tired.
c
e
d
b
a
Read the passage again and find out the phrases.
at church
in the early 1800s
play games
have fun
solve the problem
stop doing sth.
the beginning of
by 1930
be closed
two-day weekend
Did you have a good time last Sunday What were you doing at different times Write a passage about it. The following words and phrases may help you.
Activity Feeling
watch a movie
wash one’s clothes
play basketball
visit friends … happy
excited
tired …
You can write like this :
Last Sunday I was very busy. I got up at 7:00 a.m. When Jim called me after breakfast, I was doing my homework. He wanted me to play with him. We played basketball happily from 10:00 to 12:OO.
In the afternoon, I was washing my clothes from 2:00 to 2:30. From 3:00 to 4:00 I was reading comics. At 4:30 I went with my parents to see my grandparents. After we got back home, I helped my mother do the cooking. After supper, we all went out for a walk, and then we were watching TV from 8:00 to 9:00.
When I went to bed, I felt very tired. But I was happy.
Surveying Sunday Activities
Survey your classmates about their activities on Sundays. The following questions may help you.
1) What do you usually do on Sundays
2) What were you doing at 10:00 a.m. last Sunday
Surveying Sunday Activities
2. Work in groups and play a chain game.
A: What were you doing at that time last Sunday, B
B: I was watching TV. What were you doing, C
C: I was…
…
Grammar
Past Continuous
I _____ ______ a shower at this time yesterday.
Many people ______ _______ together in their warm homes.
________ you playing computer games
Yes, I was. / No, I wasn’t.
What _______ you ________ at this time yesterday
I ______ _______ some clothes.
was taking
were getting
Were
were
doing
was washing
I agree. / I agree______ you. / I don’t agree.
I think ___. / I don’t think____.
I think it is just ______. I think he _____ ______ brave.
______ the line, please. You are quite _______.
Functions
with
so
so
so-so
is very
Hold
right
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