课件23张PPT。Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious! Period 2
(Section A 3a-3c) Teaching ObjectivesBy the end of the class, you will be able to
1. learn more about Mid-Autumn Festival.
2. retell the folk story in the passage.
What is this festival? Falling on the 15th day of the 8th month according to the?Chinese lunar calendar (农历), it is the second grandest festival after the?Spring Festival?in China. It takes its name from the fact that it is always celebrated in the middle of the autumn season. The day is also known as the Moon Festival, as at that time of the year the moon is at its roundest and brightest.What do you know about Mid-Autumn Festival?Talk about Mid-Autumn Festival with your partner.
A: What do you like best about Mid-Autumn
Festival?
B: I like the family dinner. I think it’s the
best to stay with my whole family.
…3a Pre-reading: According to the title and the picture, predict what will appear in the passage and circle them.
celebration / moon / folk story / Chang’e and Hou Yi / family dinner / mooncake / rabbit / Niulang and Zhinv / wishes / Zhu BajieFull Moon , Full Feelings While-reading1st reading
1. Check your predictions.
celebration, moon, folk story, Chang’e and Hou Yi, mooncake, wishes
2. Answer the questions.
(1) How do people celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival?
(2) What story is the reading about?They celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival by admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families.The reading is about a traditional folk story of Hou Yi and Chang’e for the Mid-Autumn Festival.2nd reading: Read the passage again. Put the events in the correct order.
___ 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.
___ 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. 4251763Pang Meng tried to steal the medicinegoddessthanked Hou Yi by giving him magic medicineChang’erefused to give pang Meng the medicine and drank it allHou 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 earthRead Para. 2 and find What they have done. The Structure of the PassageBeginning(Para 1):
Chinese people have the tradition of celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes.
Body(Para 2):
It tells a folk story about Mid-Autumn Festival.
Ending(Para 3):
Chinese people started the tradition of admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with families Paragraph 1What is talked about in the first paragraph?
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. 现在完成进行时:表示过去动作持续至今,并且还将持续下去Back Paragraph 2What is talked about in the second paragraph?
There are many traditional folk stories about this festival. However, most people think... Chang’e was... After.... Whoever…, and Hou Yi... However, a bad man, Feng Meng… Chang’e... She... Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night.
One night, he... He... How he wished that Chang’e could come back!
so…that… 如此……以至于,引导结果状语从句
The boy was so interested in the robot that he didn’t want to leave at all.
The match is so exciting that I will never forget it. 感叹句!Back Paragraph 3What is talked about in the third paragraph?
After this, people started the tradition of admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families. admire: 欣赏share sth. with sb. 和某人分享某物BackRetell the folk story of Chang’e and Hou Yishot downgive magic medicinelive foreverplan to drink togetherhowever, try to steal refuse to give, drink it allbecome light,
fly up to the moonso sad that
call out her name the moon , bright and round ,can see his wifelay out her favorite fruits and dessertsHow he wished… Post-reading1. Without looking at the passage, try to complete the sentences with the correct words.
(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__________for shooting down the
nine suns.
(4) Feng Meng wanted to s______ the medicine.
(5) Hou Yi l______ out fruits and desserts in the garden. admire
touching
medicine
steal
laid
2018-10-15Writing Practice:假如你是刘伟,你的美国朋友Mike想了解你最喜欢的中国节日,请你根据下面的三个问题给Mike写一封信,向他介绍你最喜欢的中国节日.
1.What's your favorite festival in China?
2.What do you usually do on that day?
3.Why do you like it? Homework1. Read the passage about Dragon Boat Festival on the handout.
2. Retell the folk story about Chang’e and Hou Yi 3 times. Thanks for listening!