(共35张PPT)
Section A (1a-1c)
Unit 2 I think that mooncakes
are delicious!
Learning Goals
Key words & phrases:
mooncake, lantern, kind of
Key sentences:
1. —What do you like best about the Dragon Boat Festival
— I love the races. I think that they’re fun to watch.
2. How fantastic the dragon boat teams were!
Students can talk about festivals and give their personal reactions.
Students can use the exclamatory statements.
Words & Expressions
mooncake
lantern
kind of
n. 月饼
n. 灯笼
有点儿，有几分
Warming up
What are the Chinese names for these festivals What are they in English
Dragon Boat Festival
Spring Festival
Lantern Festival
Watch a video about the Dragon Boat Festival and answer the questions:
1. Where did the Dragon Boat Festival come from
2. What do people eat on the Dragon Boat Festival
Expressions about the Dragon Boat Festival
the dragon boat race 赛龙舟
the Chinese lunar calender 农历
a great Chinese poet 一位伟大的中国诗人
Watch another video and then say something about the Spring Festival to your partners!
Expressions about the Spring Festival
The first day of the first lunar month 正月初一
family reunion 家庭团聚
Spring Festival travel rush 春运
New Year’s Eve on the lunar calendar 除夕
worship the kitchen god 祭灶神
put up Spring Festival couplet 贴春联
Staying up late on New Year’s Eve 守岁
have a New Year’s Eve dinner 吃年夜饭
Spring Festival Gala 春节联欢晚会
receive/give the red envelop 收/给红包
What's this festival What do you know about this festival
It is the Water Festival in Thailand. It marks the Thai traditional new year. One of the traditions of this festival is to throw water on others, which means washing all the “bad” away so that people start the new year with a clean slate（一个新的开始）.
Free talk
Which festival do you like best Why is it your favourite
1a
Match the pictures with the descriptions.
Pre-listening
1. ______The Water Festival in Thailand
2. ______ The Chinese Spring Festival in Beijing
3. ______ The Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong
4. ______ The Lantern Festival in Jiangxi
1. ______The Water Festival in Thailand
2. ______ The Chinese Spring Festival in Beijing
3. ______The Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong
4. ______ The Lantern Festival in Jiangxi
d
a
b
c
Read and guess: Which festival are they talking about
Pre-listening
1. Read the sentences in 1b.
2. Watch a video and do the exercises.
While-listening
1. Bill thinks that the races were not that interesting to watch. T F
2. Mary thinks that the teams were fantastic. T F
3. Bill wonders whether they’ll have zongzi again next year. T F
4. Bill and Mary believe that they’ll be back next year to watch the
races. T F
1b
Listen and circle T for true or F for false.
While-listening
While-listening
Listen again and answer the questions.
What did Bill like best
A. The dragon boat teams.
B. The color of the boats.
C. The races.
What food did Bill and Mary both like
A. Zongzi. B. Mooncakes. C. Rice.
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.
Listening Material
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!
1c
Talk about the festivals in 1a.
Post-listening
A: What do you like best about the Dragon Boat Festival
B: I love the races. I think that they’re fun to watch.
What do you like best about the Chinese Spring Festival
What do you like best about the Chinese Spring Festival
What do you like best about the Chinese Spring Festival
I love the food. I think that they are delicious.
Post-listening
Pair Work
What do you like best about the Chinese Spring Festival
What do you like best about the Water Festival
What do you like best about the Chinese Spring Festival
I don’t like Water Festival because I think that getting wet is terrible.
Post-listening
Language Points
① What a great day! （教材P9）
What a great day!是由what引导的感叹句。表示喜、怒、哀、乐等强烈情感时用感叹句。感叹句分两种：一种是以what引导，一种是以how引导。句尾用感叹号，读降调。
此处的句式结构为: What + a /an + 形容词 + 可数名词单数形式 (+主语 + 谓语)!, 口语中常可以省略主语和谓语。
e.g. What a beautiful city (it is)! （这是一个）多么美丽的城市啊！
What引导的感叹句句式结构还可以是：
What + 形容词 + 可数名词复数或不可数名词(+主语 + 谓语)!
e.g. What nice weather it is!
多么好的天气啊！
【拓展】
How引导的感叹句的结构为：How + adj. / adv.(+ 主语 + 谓语) !
e.g. How hot it is today!
今天天气多么热啊!
How high the kite is flying!
那只风筝飞得多么高啊!
② But I guess it was a little too crowded. （教材P9）
crowded adj. 拥挤的
e.g. The earth is becoming more and more crowded.
地球正变得越来越拥挤。
The train was very crowded, and we had to stand.
火车上很拥挤, 我们只能站着。
【拓展】
crowd n. 人群; 群众
e.g. A crowd of about 15,000 attended the concert.
大约有15000人出席了音乐会。
crowd v. 挤; 靠近; 盯着
e.g. Thousands of people crowded the narrow streets.
成千上万的人把狭窄的街道挤得水泄不通。
③ Bill thinks that the races were not that interesting to watch.
（教材P9）
本句中第一个that是宾语从句的引导词, 第二个that是副词, 意为“那么; 那样”, 表示程度, 修饰形容词或副词, 常用于否定句。
e.g. It is not that warm.
天气没有那么暖和。
that的用法
Bill wonders whether they’ll have zongzi again next year. （教材P9）
wonder在此处作动词, 意为“想知道”, 后面接由who / what / why / how引导的宾语从句或“特殊疑问词 + 动词不定式”, 意为“想知道......”。
e.g. I wonder how James is getting on. 我想知道James怎么样了。
What are they going to do now, I wonder
我想知道他们现在打算做什么？
wonder后面还可以接if / whether引导的宾语从句, 表示“想知道是否......”, 表示一种委婉的请求或疑问。
e.g. I wonder whether you could pass me the butter
你能不能把黄油递给我
I wonder if you could give me some information about places
to visit in the area
不知你能否给我提供一些这个地区可供游玩的地方的情况。
【拓展】
wonder还可以作名词, 表示“惊讶; 惊叹”, “奇观; 奇迹”。
e.g. The sight of the Great Wall filled us with wonder.
长城的景象让我们惊叹万分。
We spent a week visiting the wonders of Ancient Chinese
civilization.
我们花了一周时间游览了中国古代的文明的奇观。
Exercises
用恰当的单词填空。
1. I ________ if you know the answer.
2. Can you see the _________ （灯笼）over there How beautiful they are!
3. — Listen! Someone is playing the piano.
— Wow! ________beautiful music! I like it very much.
wonder
lanterns
What
看图片并用所给的句型编写对话。
A: What do you like best about ...
B: I like / love ... I think that ...
A: What a / an ... festival! / How ... it is!
Mid-Autumn Festival
Mother’s Day
Halloween
Homework
Preview 2a-2d.
Do the exercises in students’ book.
Thank you!
