Book 3 Unit 1 Festivals around the world
Structure: Modal verbs(学案)
一、Learning target(学习目标)
掌握Modal verbs: can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, must, can’t 等的用法
二、Learning procedures(学习过程)
Step 1 Practice before class
A、sentence translation (汉译英)
1、 在日本的盂兰盆节, 人们要上坟、扫墓、烧香,以缅怀祖先。
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2、 也有节日可能用来纪念名人的。
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B、Listening
Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜
Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their______ in the middle of a field. As soon as this was done, they_________ a meal over an open fire. They were all _________ and the food smelt good. After a wonderful meal, they told stories and sang songs by the camp fire. But some time later it began to rain. The boys felt________ so they pet out the fire and crept into their tent. Their sleeping-bags were warm and comfortable, so they all slept_________. In the middle of the night, two boys woke up and began shouting. The tent was full of _________! They all leapt out of their sleeping-bags and hurried outside. It was raining heavily and they found that a ________had formed in the field. The stream wound its way ___________ the field and then flowed right under their tent!
Step 2 While –study Festivals and celebrations
Task 1 Self –observation
Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals can be very happy events. People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter and the agricultural work is over. In European countries, people will usually decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit, and will get together to have meals. Some people might win awards for their farm produce, like the biggest watermelon or the most handsome rooster. China and Japan have mid-autumn festivals, when people admire the moon and in China, enjoy mooncakes.
Task 2 Self- experience
Festivals of the dead
Some festivals are held to honour the dead or to satisfy the ancestors, who(1)_______return either to help or to do harm. For the Japanese festivals Obon, people (2)_________go to clean graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors. They also light lamps and play music because they think that this (3)_______ lead the ancestors back to earth. In Mexico, people celebrate the Day of the Dead in early November. On this important feast day, people eat food in the shape of skulls and cakes with “bones” on them. They offer food, flowers and origin in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people. It is now a children’s festival, when they(4)________ dress up and go to their neighbours’ homes to ask for sweets. If the neighbours do not give any sweets, the children (5)_________play a trick on them.
Task 3. Self –digestion
Modal verbs can be used in these situations:
ability request permission possibility promise agreement past habit custom advice prediction guessing
1. can and could
1).Jin can speak English well. ( )
2).Could you please show me the way to Beihai Park ( )
2. may and might
1).May we see the awards for the teams ( )
2).If the neighbours do not give any sweets, the children might play a trick on them. ( )
3. will and would
1).The Spring Festival is the most fun. The whole family will come for dinner. ( )
2).Sometimes celebrations would be held after hunters had caught animals. ( )
4. shall and should
1).The harvest festival begins on Saturday. We shall be there with our friends. ( )
2).You should arrive at the airport two hours before he goes. ( )
5. must and can’t
1).Wang Feng wins an award every year. He must win next year. ( )
2).You must be joking. That can’t be true. ( )
Task 4:Self – development
Practice 1
1.When you are very sure of something, you use must in positive sentences and cannot or can’t in negative sentences.
e.g. You _________ be Jeanne. I’m Mathilde Loisel. We used to know each other very well.
It ________ be true! I don’t believe it.
2.When you are quite sure about something, you use can.
e.g. Attending a ball________be exciting.
3.When you think that something is possible, but you are not very sure, you use could, may or might.
e.g.You _________ borrow some jewellery from your friend Jeanne, who is married to a rich man.
You ______________ know that the necklace I returned is not the one that I had borrowed.
Don’t you have a friend who__________ lend you some jewellery
Practice 2:表示推测——情态动词的重要用法.
1. You ___________ be Mr Smith----I was told to expect you here.
2. He ________________________ (know)what we wanted.
3. We __________________ (read)the same report.
4. He _________________(sleep) through all that noise.
5. There’s someone outside----who _________it be
6. What __________they be doing
7. These pills __________help to cure your disease.
8. You _________-be right, I suppose.
Task5:Self-discussion
1. I don't know where she is, she _______ be in Wuhan.
2. At this moment, our teacher ________________ our exam papers.
这时,我们老师想必在批改试卷。
3. The road is wet. It ________________ last night. (rain)
4. Your mother ______________________ for you.
你妈妈一定一直在找你。
5. Philip ________________________ seriously in the car accident.
菲利普可能在车祸中受了重伤.
6. ---Linda has gone to work, but her bicycle is still here.
---She _____________________ (go) by bus.
7. Mike ________________ his car, for he came to work by bus this morning.
迈克一定还没有找回他的车,因为早上他是公共汽车来上班的。
Step 3 Post- study:
Task 6 writing
Complete each of the following sentences using one of the modal verbs provided. THer are several different possibilities.
1. He says he has just arrived, but it has been raining for hours, and his shoes are completely dry.
He ____________________________________________________________________________
2. A: An lod lady just dropped ten yuan as she got off the bus. If you get off to give it to her, you will probably be later for school. What’s to be done
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3. Excuse me! I’d like to take a look at that shirt over there, the blue one, but I can’t reach it.
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4. A: Let’s have dinner on Friday after scholl and then go to see that film, OK
B: Sounds good! What time
A:_____________________________________________________________________________
Task 7 Assessment
1.Practise of WB P43 Ex. 1, Ex 2 and Ex.3
2.Please find out 10 sentences with modal verbs, and try to get their meanings.
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