Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious!
Period 1 Section A (1a-2d)
本单元的核心话题是谈论节目，主要介绍了国内外不同的节日文化和风俗习惯。本课的教学内容与学生的实际生活密切相关，容易引起学生兴趣。本单元内容中的宾语从句，是中考的一个重点，也是难点。学生必须通过学习能够正确地运用宾语从句，对节日作出自己的反馈和评价，同时能够详细的运用所学句型去介绍自己喜欢的或者熟悉的节日。
【知识与能力目标】
掌握重要词汇：mooncake, lantern, stranger, relative, put on, pound.
掌握目标语言：What a great day!
Bill thinks that the races were not that interesting to watch.
Bill wonders whether they’ll have zongzi again next year.
I’ve put on five pounds.
【过程与方法目标】
通过情景对话，小组竞赛，游戏等活动培养学生的观察力和表达能力。
【情感态度价值观目标】
通过对中西方节日的谈论，了解中西方文化的差异，培养学生的文化意识，提高民族自豪感。
【教学重点】
掌握新词和目标语言。
【教学难点】
理解宾语从句和感叹句。
教学过程
Section A (1a – 2d)
Step 1.Warm-up
What festivals do you like best?
What do you like best about your favourite festival?
Step 2.Presentation
a. Show a picture of Christmas, and ask:
“What is the Chinese name for this festival? What do you know about this festival?”
b. Show more pictures of festivals and have Ss look at the pictures. Guess what festivals they are.
c.1a Look at the pictures and guess what festivals they are. Match the pictures with the descriptions.
1. ___ The Water Festival in Thailand
2. ___ The Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong
3. ___ The Chinese Spring Festival in Beijing
4. ___ The Lantern Festival in Jiangxi
Keys: d a b c
Step 3. Listening
1b Listen and tell true or false.
Play the recording for the first time. Ss just listen. Play it again and ask them to get the answers.
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
Check the answers. Keys: F T F T
Step 4. Speaking
1c Talk about the pictures in 1a.
Make conversations.
Examples
A: What do you like best about the Dragon Boat Festival?
B: I love the races. I think they’re fun to watch.
Step 5. Pair Work
A: What do you like best about the …?
B: I love the ... I think that they’re...
Step 6. Listening
2a Listen to the conversation between Wu Ming and Harry and circle the correct words in sentences.
Pre-listening
Look at sentences and answer the questions.
Whose vacation are they talking about, Wu Ming’s or Harry’s?
Did Wu Ming visit anyone on his trip?
What do you think he did during his trip?
1. Wu Ming and Harry are cousins/ strangers / friends.
2. Wu Ming went to Singapore/ Hong Kong / Macao for his vacation.
3. Wu Ming visited his relatives / friends / classmates.
4. Wu Ming liked eating out / shopping / the Dragon Boat Festival best.
2b. Wu Ming did a lot of fun activities, but there were also downsides. Listen again and fill in the chart.
Fun activities
Downsides
Eating out
Shopping
Dragon Boat Festival in June
Keys: He has put on five pounds!
He spent so much money.
weather is hot
Step 7. Speaking
2c Role play the conversations between Wu Ming and Harry.
A: What did you do on your vacation?
B: I visited my cousins. I think that we ate five meals a day! I’ve put on five pounds.
A: I guess the food was delicious, right?
Step 8. Role –play
Watch the video and learn Water Festival.
Read the conversation and tell “True” or “False”.
1. Ben is going to Chiang Mai in two weeks. ( )
2. Clara believes that April is the hottest month of the year there. ( )
3. The Water Festival in Thailand is from April 13th to 15th. ( )
4. The Thai new year is a time for cleaning and washing bad things. ( )
Keys: F F T T
Role –play the conversation
Useful patterns :
Guess what? Sounds like fun.
Yes, it’s true. Yes, I think so. Cool.
This the time of… I wonder if…
Step 9. Language points and summary
1. stranger n. 陌生人（可数名词）
strange adj. 陌生的，奇怪的
e.g. Don’t talk to strangers. 不要和陌生人说话。
There is nothing strange in the room. 房间里没有奇怪的东西。
2. relative n. 亲属，亲戚 （可数名词）
e.g. They have a lot of relatives. 他们有许多亲戚。
3. put on 增加（体重）；发胖；穿上
e.g. They’ve put on five pounds. 他们体重增加了5磅。
It’s cold outside. Please put on your coat. 外面冷，请穿上大衣。
【拓展】
put on还可意为“穿上；戴上”，表示“穿”的动作。
e.g. Della put on her sweater and trousers and then she left home.
4. pound n. 磅；英镑（可数名词）
e.g. The desk weighs 5 pounds. 这张课桌重5磅。
5. People go on the streets to throw water at each other.
throw at 抛向；泼向；洒向
动词throw后接所投掷的物体，用介词at引入泼洒的对象。
e.g. On our way here, someone threw a stone at our car, but fortunately we were not hit.
在我们来的路上，有人向我们的车投掷石块，所幸的是我们没被砸中。
It’s the first snow of the year, and the children are happily throwing snowballs at each other.
这是今年的第一场雪，孩子们高兴地拿雪球相互抛着。
短语:
the Water Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, the Chinese Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival, watch the races, a little, like…best, go…for one’s vacation, enjoy doing sth., eat out, five meals a day, put on, in two weeks, sound like, from…to…, be similar to, throw … at …, wash away, have good luck, in the new year
句子:
Bill thinks that the races were not that interesting to watch.
Bill wonders whether they’ll have the sweet rice dumplings again next year.
What do you like best about the Dragon Boat Festival?
What did you do on your vacation?
But I believe that April is the hottest month of the year there.
I wonder if it’s similar to the water festival of Dai people in Yunnan Province.
Step 10. Consolidation
Do some exercises.
Step 11. Homework.
Learn the new words and expressions by heart.
Blackboard Design:
Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious!
Period 1 Section A (1a-2d)
Bill thinks that the races were not that interesting to watch.
Bill wonders whether they’ll have the sweet rice dumplings again next year.
But I believe that April is the hottest month of the year there.
I wonder if it’s similar to the water festival of Dai people in Yunnan Province.
Period 2 Section A (3a-3c)
【知识与能力目标】
1. 学习掌握新词：folk, goddess, whoever, steal, lay, lay out, desert, garden, tradition, admire.
2.理解把握重要句子：
They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss.
However, most people think that the story of Chang’e is the most touching.
One night, he found that the moon was so bright and round that he could see his wife there.
How he wished that Chang’e could come back!
3. 学习中秋节的传说，并能够谈论对于节日的看法。
【过程与方法目标】
通过free talk ,图片的展示，让学生进行阅读前的准备及讲解阅读策略，从而使得学生充分的理解把握阅读文章，并且学会为己所用。
【情感态度价值观目标】
通过对中西方节日的谈论，了解中西方文化的差异，培养学生的文化意识，提高民族自豪感。
【教学重点】
掌握新词和目标语言。
【教学难点】
理解宾语从句和感叹句。
学会谈论并表达对节日的看法。
教学过程
Period 2 Section A (3a-3c)
Step1. Warm-up
T: Look at the picture. What festival do you think of? What do you know about the festival? (Show a picture of the Mid-Autumn Festival.)
Step 2. Reading
3a. Read the passage about Mid-Autumn Festival and answer the questions.
How do people celebrate the Middle-Autumn Festival?
What story is the reading about?
Keys: They celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival by admiring the moon and share mooncakes with their families.
It is about a traditional folk story of Hou Yi and Chang’e for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
3b. Read the passage again. Put the events in the correct order.
___ Feng Meng tried to steal the medicine.
___ A goddess thanked Hou Yi by giving him magic medicine.
___ Chang’e refused to give Feng Meng the medicine and drank it all.
1 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.
Answers: 4251763
3c. 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____ medicine 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.
Answers: admire, traditional, magic, steal, laid
Step 3. Languages points
1. Chinese people have been celebrating Middle-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries.
for centuries 几百年
2. They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss.
它们把人们的祝愿带给他们热爱和想念的家人。
they love and miss是定语从句，修饰the families。
3. However, most people think that the story of Chang’e is the most touching.
(1) the story of Chang’e is the most touching是宾语从句，关联词是that。
(2) 第一个most是“大多数”之意，第二个most在touching前面构成最高级。
4. Whoever drank this could live forever.
无论谁喝了这个都会长生不老。
whoever意为“无论谁，不管什么人”。类似的词有：whatever意为“无论什么”，whenever意为“无论何时”，wherever意为“无论在哪里”，
however意为“无论怎样”。它们等同于“no matter + wh?”结构。
Whoever drank this是主语从句，在句中作主语。
5. Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night.
后羿那么伤心以至于他每天晚上对着月亮大喊她的名字。
1) so …that …“如此 ……以至于 ……”，so是副词，其后跟形容词或副词，that后跟句子。如：
He was so happy that he jumped up.
他那么高兴以至于跳了起来。
2) call out … to… 对着……大喊……
6. He quickly laid out her favourite fruits and desserts in the garden.
lay v. 放置；安放
e.g. The mother laid her baby down quietly on the bed.
妈妈将她的孩子轻轻放在床上。
lay v. 产(卵)；下(蛋)
e.g. Do the hens lay during the cold weather? 母鸡天冷时下蛋吗？
单词
意义
(原形→单数第三人称形式→现在分词→过去式→过去分词)
lay
下(蛋)；产(卵);
放置，安放
lay→ lays→ laying→ laid→ laid
lay out 铺开，摆开
e.g. He laid the map out on the table. 他将地图在桌子上铺开。
7. How he wished that Chang’e could come back！他多么希望嫦娥能回来呀！
这是一个感叹句，其中Chang’e could come back是宾语从句。
8. After this, people started the tradition of admiring the moon…
admire v. 欣赏；仰慕
admire sb. / sth. 欣赏 / 仰慕某人 / 某物
e.g. Only John admires his brother.?? 只有约翰欣赏他的哥哥。
I admire their hard-working spirit. 我欣赏他们努力工作的精神。
admire sb. for sth. 为某事钦佩某人
e.g. I admire him for his excellent teaching.
我钦佩他是因为他出色的教学。
Step 4. Summary
celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival, the shape of, carry …to…,shoot down, plan to do sth., try to do sth., refuse to do sth., fly up, so…that…,call out, lay out, start the tradition of
Step 5. Consolidation
Do more exercises.
Step 6 Homework
1. Learn the new words and expressions by heart.
2. Retell the story of Chang’e.
Blackboard Design:
Period 2 Section A (3a-3c)
celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival, the shape of, carry …to…,
shoot down, plan to do sth., try to do sth.,
refuse to do sth., fly up, so…that…,
call out, lay out, start the tradition of
Period 3 Grammar Focus - 4c
【知识与能力目标】
1. 学习掌握新词汇：wonder, tie, spend, the Water Festival, Lantern Festival, one…the other…, more and more beautiful, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day
2.理解掌握课文重点句子：
a. What fun the Water Festival is !
b. How delicious the food is!
c. I wonder if they will have the race again next year.
d. I wonder whether June is a good time to visit Hong Kong.
e. There are many ways to show our love.
f. We don’t have to spend a lot of money.
g. It is also a good idea to help parents to do something instead.
3. 能够使用宾语从句和感叹句进行练习。
【过程与方法目标】
展示重要句子，让学生进行语法的总结归纳；然后通过任务型教学法，使得学生对本课的内容有着更深的理解，并且在之后的写作中尝试使用。
【情感态度价值观目标】
通过对中西方节日的谈论，了解中西方文化的差异，培养学生的文化意识，提高民族自豪感。
【教学重点】
1.学习并掌握what 和 how 引导的感叹句。
2.学习并掌握宾语从句。
【教学难点】
学习掌握宾语从句和感叹句。
教学过程
Step 1. Presentation
1. Pay attention to these objective clauses.
1. I know that _____________________________________.
我知道泼水节非常有趣。
2. __________ they’ll have the races again next year.
我想知道明年他们是否还会比赛。
3. I wonder _____________________________________________.
我想知道六月是不是去香港旅游的好时候。
4. I believe that _______________________________________.
我相信四月是泰国最热的月份。
Keys: the Water Festival is really fun
I wonder if
whether June is a good time to visit Hong Kong
April is the hottest month in Thailand
Pay attention to these exclamatory statements.
1. _________ the Water Festival ____!
多么有趣的泼水节！
2. _______________________________were!
多么奇异的龙舟队啊！
3. ___________ the dragon boats were!
多么可爱的龙舟啊！
4. _______________________ in Hong Kong!
香港的食物是多少美味啊！
Keys: 1.What fun, is 2.How fantastic the dragon boat teams!
3.How pretty 4.How delicious the food is
Step 2. Grammar Focus
（一）宾语从句
在句中作宾语的从句叫宾语从句。本单元主要学习由that, whether / if引导的宾语从句。掌握宾语从句的引导词、时态及语序是学习宾语从句的关键。仔细观察下面的例句，然后补全结论部分所缺的内容。
【例句】
1. I think (that) math is difficult.
She said (that) she would leave a note on the desk.
当宾语从句具有陈述意义时，用 ____引导。它在句子中只起引导作用，在口语中常可省略。 Key: that
2. I don’t know whether / if I should take his advice.
He wants to know if/ whether you are a doctor.
当宾语从句具有疑问意义时，可用____或whether引导。它们在句子中的意思是______（如果?/?是否）。 Keys: if 是否
3. I know (that) Jack is a hard-working student.
I know (that) he will take the exam.
Linda didn’t say if her aunt was still with them.
宾语从句的时态一般受主句时态的影响。当主句是_____________或一般将来时，宾语从句可以根据具体情况用适当的时态；当主句是一般过去时，从句要用相应的___________。
Keys: 一般现在时 过去时态
4. Dad told me that the sun rises in the east.
Teresa told her son that leaves turn yellow in autumn.
当从句表示的是名言、客观真理或自然现象等时，一般_____ (不受/?受)主句时态的限制，均用一般现在时。
宾语从句要用_____ (陈述?/?疑问)?语序。
Keys: 不受 陈述
Exercises:
Ⅰ. 把下列句子改为宾语从句的复合句。
1. He said, “I have been to?America”. He said _____ _____ _____ _____ to?America.
2. Is there a hotel near here? Do you know?
Do you know _________ _____ ____ a hotel near here?
3. What sport do you like best?? Could you please tell me?
Could you please tell me _____ _______ ____ _____ ____?
4. “The earth moves around the sun”, our English teacher told us.
Our English teacher told us that the earth ______ _______ the sun.
Answers: 1. that he had been; 2: if /whether there is;
3. what sport you like best; 4. moves around
Ⅱ. 根据汉语意思完成句子。??
1.?妈妈告诉我今天上午10点她正在打扫家。
Mom told me _____________________ _________ at 10 this morning.
2.?我知道玛丽网球打得好。
I know __________________________.
3.?我想知道我能否从你那里得到一些建议。
I wonder _____________________________________.
4.?小汤姆说地球是圆的。
Little Tom said __________________________.
Answers:
(that) she was cleaning the house?
(that) Mary plays tennis well?
if / whether I can get?some advice from you
(that) the earth is round?
（二）感叹句
用来表达喜、怒、哀、乐等强烈感情的句子叫感叹句。感叹句一般用what或how引导，句末用感叹号。what修饰名词，how修饰形容词或副词。
1. what引导的感叹句:
1) What + a/ an + adj.?+?可数单数(+主谓语)!?
e.g. What a brave boy (Tom is)!
What an excellent idea (it is)!
2) What + adj.?+?可数名词复数(+主谓语)!?
e.g. What beautiful pictures (they are)!
3) What + adj. + 不可数名词(+主谓语)!?
e.g. What delicious food (it is)!
2. how引导的感叹句：
How +?adj. / adv.?+?主语?+?谓语!?
e.g. How happy the children were!
How carefully he is reading!?
注意：一般情况下，以what和how开头的感叹句可以相互转换，转换后意义不变。
e.g. What a tall building it is! = How tall the building is!?
Exercises:
Ⅰ.?根据句意选出恰当的一项填空。
1. ______ (What / What a) delicious chicken we are having!
2. ______ (What / How) warm it is in the classroom!?
3. ______ (What / What a) nice shirt you bought!
4. _____ (What / How) fast the young man is walking!
Answers: What, How, What a, How
Ⅱ.?将下列句子改为感叹句。
1. The girl is very clever. _____ ______ the girl is!
2. It is a wonderful experience. _____ ______ wonderful experience it is!
3. The wind is blowing strongly. _____ _______ the wind is blowing!
4. The news is exciting. _____ _______ news it is!
5. The sweaters are very nice. _____ ______ sweaters they are!
Answers: 1. How clever; 2. What a; 3. How strongly; 4. What exiting; 5. What nice
写出下面句子的同义句。
What an old table!
Key: How old the table is!
Step 3. Practice
4a. Write sentences using the words given.
think/ Lantern Festival/ beautiful
I think that the Lantern Festival is beautiful.
2. don’t know/ whether/ he/ come home/ for the festival
3. believe/ Water Festival/ most/ fun
4. wonder/ if/ mooncakes/ delicious
5. how/ exciting/ races
6. what/ interesting/ city
Answers: 2. I don’t know whether he will come home for the festival.
3. I believe that the Water Festival is the most fun.
4. I wonder if mooncakes are delicious.
5. How exciting the races are!
6. What an interesting city!
Step 4. Reading
4b. Read the passage below and underline the objective clauses. If possible, write your own sentences about Mother’s Day and Father’s Day using objective clause.
Answers: 1. Do you know that there are two special days for parents in America?
2. I heard that it is becoming more and more popular to celebrate Mother’s Day and Father’s Day in China.
3. I wonder if children over there also give similar gifts to their parents.
4. I believe that there are many ways to show our love.
Learn the new words: tie.
Step 5. Speaking
4c Which festival do you like best? Ask your group and report to the class.
e.g. In our group, David’s favorite festival is …He thinks that….
Step 6. Pair work
Make a conversation.
A: There are many festivals in China. Which festival do you like best?
B: I think I like Mid-Autumn Festival best.
A: Why do you like it best?
B: I think I can enjoy delicious mooncakes.
Step 7. Languages points and exercises
1. It is also a good idea to help parents to do something instead.
It是形式主语， to help parents to do something 是真正主语。类似句型有：
It is + n. + to do sth.
It is + adj. (for sb.) to do sth.
It takes (sb.) sometime + to do sth.
e.g. It is not a good habit to get up late. 赖床不是一个好习惯。
It is very important for young people to learn English well.
对于年轻人来说，学好英语是很重要的。
It took the workers almost two years to finish the building.
工人们花了几乎三年的时间完成这一建筑。
2. One is Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of May, and the other is Father’s Day…
辨析another, the other, others & the others
another和the other都有“另一个”的意思。another指多个中的“另一个”；the other则指两个中的“另一个”，常与one构成固定one ... the other ...，“一个……另一个……”。
e.g. The shoes don’t fit me. Would you please show me?another?pair?
鞋不适合我，你能给我看看另外一双吗？
? My sister has two skirts.?One?is yellow,?the other?is black.
我姐姐有两条裙子。一条是黄色的， 另外一条是黑色的。
others (=other+复数名词)与the others (=the other+复数名词)均含有“其他一些”的意思。others泛指多部分中的一部分，可与some构成固定结构some ... others ...，“一些……一些……”；the others则特指剩余的一部分。
e.g. Some?like fruit and vegetables, others like junk food.
一些人喜欢吃水果和蔬菜，还有一些人喜欢吃垃圾食品。
Two of you can go to the lab with me, and?the others?will have to stay in the
classroom.
你们当中的两人可以跟我去实验室，剩下的人将呆在教室。
Exercises
选择another, the other, others?或?the others填空。
1. There are two rulers on the table. One is long, ________ is short.
2. This schoolbag is the worst of all. Can you show me _______ one? ?
3. You should learn from _______.
4. There are 40 students in the class. 70% of them are from towns and cities, _________ are from the countryside.
Answers: the other, another, others, the others
Step 8. Homework
Father’s Day /Mother’s Day is coming. Think what you are going to buy or do for your father or mother. Write an short passage about it. (at least three objective clauses)
You may begin with: I think that …
Blackboard Design:
Period 3 Section A Grammar Focus - 4c
I know that the Water Festival is really fun!
I wonder if they’ll have the races again next year.
I wonder whether June is a good time to visit Hong Kong.
What fun the Water Festival is!
How fantastic the dragon boat teams were!
课件89张PPT。Period 1 Section A
1a - 2dWhat festivals do you like best?
What do you like best about your favourite festival?mooncakes n. 月饼Warm-upLantern Festival 元宵节lantern n.灯笼 Warm-upWhat is the Chinese name for this festival? What do you know about this festival?PresentationLook at the pictures. Guess what festivals they are. Presentation1a Match the pictures with the descriptions. Practice1. ___ The Water Festival in Thailand
2. ___ The Dragon Boat Festival in Hong
Kong
3. ___ The Chinese Spring Festival in
Beijing
4. ___ The Lantern Festival in Jiangxi dabcPractice1. 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 F1b Listen and circle T for true or F for false.Listening1c Talk about the festivals in 1a.A: What do you like best about the Dragon Boat Festival?
B: I love the races. I think that they’re fun to watch.PairworkA: What do you like best about the …?
B: I love the ... I think that they’re ...Pairwork2a Listen to the conversation between Wu Ming and Harry and circle the correct words in the sentences.Listening1. Wu Ming and Harry are cousins/strangers / friends.
2. Wu Ming went to Singapore/
Hong Kong / Macao for his vacation.
3. Wu Ming visited his relatives / friends /classmates.
4. Wu Ming liked eating out / shopping /
the Dragon Boat Festival best.n. 陌生人n. 亲属，亲戚Whose vacation are they talking about, Wu Ming’s or Harry’s?
Did Wu Ming visit anyone on his trip?
What do you think he did during his trip?Pre-listeningLook at sentences and answer the questions.1. Wu Ming and Harry are cousins/
strangers / friends.
2. Wu Ming went to Singapore/
Hong Kong / Macao for his vacation.
3. Wu Ming visited his relatives / friends /
classmates.
4. Wu Ming liked eating out / shopping /
the Dragon Boat Festival best.Listening2b Wu Ming did a lot of fun activities, but there were also downsides. Listen again and fill in the chart.He has put on five pounds!He spent so much money.The weather is hot.增加(体重); 发胖Listening2c Role-play conversations between Wu Ming and Harry. Use the information in 2a and 2b or make your own conversations. ProductionA: What did you do on your vacation?
B: I visited my cousins. I think that we ate five meals a day! I’ve put on five pounds.
A: I guess the food was delicious, right?Water Festival is the most popular festival inThailand. How much do you know about Water Festival?Production1. Ben is going to Chiang Mai in two weeks. ( )
2. Clara believes that April is the hottest month of the year there. ( )
3. The Water Festival in Thailand is from April 13th to 15th. ( )
4. The Thai New Year is a time for cleaning and washing bad things. ( )FFTTRead the conversation and tell “True” or “False”.ProductionRole-play the conversation.Clara: Guess what?...
Ben: Wow, sounds like fun! ...
…Production1. stranger n. 陌生人（可数名词）
strange adj. 陌生的，奇怪的
e.g. Don’t talk to strangers.
不要和陌生人说话。
There is nothing strange in the room.
房间里没有奇怪的东西。
2. relative n. 亲属，亲戚 （可数名词）
e.g. They have a lot of relatives.
他们有许多亲戚。Explanation3. put on 增加（体重）；发胖；穿上
e.g. They’ve put on five pounds.
他们体重增加了5磅。
It’s cold outside. Please put on your
coat. 外面冷，请穿上大衣。
【拓展】
put on还可意为“穿上；戴上”，表示
“穿”的动作。
e.g. Della put on her sweater and trousers
and then she left home.Explanation4. pound n. 磅；英镑（可数名词）
e.g. The desk weighs 5 pounds.
这张课桌重5磅。
5. Guess what?
意为“你猜怎么着？”，用于向对方讲述
一件自己认为会让对方感到惊讶的事情
之前，字面意思是让对方猜，但通常是
紧接着说出想说的事情。如：
—You are so happy!
—Guess what? I found my lost watch.Explanation6. People go on the streets to throw water at each other.
throw at 抛向；泼向；洒向
动词throw后接所投掷的物体，用介词at引入泼洒的对象。
e.g. On our way here, someone threw a
stone at our car, but fortunately we
were not hit.
在我们来的路上，有人向我们的车
投掷石块，所幸的是我们没被砸中。ExplanationThe Water Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival
The Chinese Spring Festival
The Lantern Festival
watch the races
a little
like… best
go…for one’s vacation
enjoy doing sth.
eat out泼水节
龙舟节
春节
元宵节
看比赛
有点
最喜欢
去……度假
喜欢做某事
在外面吃Summaryfive meals a day
put on
in two weeks
sound like…
from…to…
be similar to…
throw … at …
wash away
have good luck
in the new year每天5顿饭
增加(体重)
在两周之后
听起来像……
从……到……
与……相似
朝……扔……
洗掉
有好运气
在新的一年里SummarySentences:
Bill thinks that the races were not that interesting to watch.
比尔认为那些比赛看起来不那么有趣。
Bill wonders whether they’ll have zongzi again next year.
比尔想知道他们明年是否还有粽子吃。
What do you like best about the Dragon Boat Festival?
端午节你最喜欢什么？SummaryWhat did you do on your vacation?
你假期干什么了？
But I believe that April is the hottest month of the year there.
但我相信四月是那儿最热的月份。
I wonder if it’s similar to the Water Festival of Dai people in Yunnan Province.
我想知道它是否与云南省傣族的泼水节相似。Summary根据所给汉语填空。1. Can you see the _________ (灯笼) over there? How beautiful they are!
2. Parents often tell their children not to speak to _________ (陌生人).
3. I got a lot of gifts from my _________
(亲戚) on my birthday.
4. Don’t eat too much, or you’ll _______
(增加) your weight.
5. The car cost him 2000 _______ (英镑).lanternsstrangersrelativesput onpoundsConsolidation根据汉语意思完成英语句子。1. 你愿意和我一起出去吃饭吗？
Would you like to ________ with me?
2. 你猜怎么着？今天我见到了张老师。
____________? I met Mr. Zhang today.
3. 去年张民体重增加了两公斤。
Zhang Min __________ two kilos last year. eat outGuess what?put onConsolidationRemember the new words and expressions by heart.HomeworkPeriod 2 Section A
3a - 3cLook at the picture. What festival do you think of? What do you know about the festival?Warm-up3a Read the passage about Mid-Autumn Festival and answer the questions.1. How do people celebrate the Middle-
Autumn Festival?They celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival by admiring the moon and share mooncakes with their families. admire v. 欣赏，仰慕Reading2. What story is the reading about?It is about a traditional folk story of Hou Yi and Chang’e for the Mid-Autumn Festival.Reading3b Read the passage again. Put the
events in the correct order.Reading___ 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.
1 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.234567v. 偷n. 女神Reading1. People like to a_____ the full moon on Mid-Autumn night.
2. The story of Chang’e is one of many t_________ folk stories.folk adj. 民间的，民俗的
tradition n. 传统 traditional adj. 传统的3c Without looking at the passage, try to complete the sentences with the correct words.dmire raditionalReading3. 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.tealaidlay v. 放置；安放；产(卵)；下(蛋)
lay out 摆开，布置agic1. Chinese people have been celebrating Middle-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries.
for centuries 几百年
2. They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss.
they love and miss是定语从句，修饰the families。Explanation3. However, most people think that the story of Chang’e is the most touching.
1) the story of Chang’e is the most
touching是宾语从句，关联词是that。
2) 第一个most是“大多数”之意，第二个most在touching前面构成最高级。Explanation4. Whoever drank this could live forever.
whoever意为“无论谁，不管什么人”。类似的词有：whatever意为“无论什么”，whenever意为“无论何时”，wherever意为“无论在哪里”，however意为“无论怎样”。它们等同于“no matter + wh?”结构。
Whoever drank this是主语从句，在句中作主语。Explanation5. Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night.
1) so …that …“如此 ……以至于 ……”，so是副词，其后跟形容词或副词，that后跟句子。
e.g. He was so happy that he jumped
up. 他那么高兴以至于跳了起来。
2) call out … to… 对着……大喊……Explanation6. He quickly laid out her favourite fruits and desserts in the garden. lay v. 放置；安放
e.g. The mother laid her baby down quietly on the bed. 妈妈将她的孩子轻轻放在床上。
lay v. 产(卵)；下(蛋)
e.g. Do the hens lay during the cold weather? 母鸡天冷时下蛋吗？Explanationlay out 铺开，摆开
e.g. He laid the map out on the table.
他将地图在桌子上铺开。Explanation7. How he wished that Chang’e could come back！
这是一个感叹句，其中Chang’e could come back是宾语从句。Explanation8. After this, people started the tradition of admiring the moon…
admire v. 欣赏；仰慕
admire sb. / sth. 欣赏 / 仰慕某人 / 某物
e.g. Only John admires his brother.??
只有约翰欣赏他的哥哥。
I admire their hard-working spirit.
我欣赏他们努力工作的精神。Explanationadmire sb. for sth. 为某事钦佩某人
e.g. I admire him for his excellent teaching.
我钦佩他是因为他出色的教学。Explanationcelebrate Mid-Autumn
Festival
the shape of
carry… to …
shoot down
plan to do sth.庆祝中秋节
……的形状
把……带给……
射掉
计划做某事短语归纳Summarytry to do sth.
refuse to do sth.
fly up
so… that…
call out
lay out尽力做某事
拒绝做某事
飞起来
如此……以至于……
大喊
摆放根据句意，选择恰当的单词完成下列句子，有的需要变换形式。
1. In England, people usually eat ________ after dinner.
2. After dinner my grandparents often walk in the ________.
3. Someone ________ some treasure from the gold shop yesterday afternoon. admire, dessert, garden, goddess, stealdessert?garden?stole?Consolidation4. I don’t agree with you, but I ________ you for your work.
5. Sally is a nice girl and she looks like a(n) ________. admire, dessert, garden, goddess, stealadmiregoddessConsolidation用恰当的短语填空。
1. After he went into the room, he ________(摆开) the maps on the desk.
2. The young man ____________(射落) a bird in the sky just now.
3. In China people usually enjoy the __________(满月) on Mid-Autumn Festival.
4. Please stand here when I ________ (叫出) your name. laid out?shot down?full mooncall out?Consolidation1. Learn the new words and expressions
by heart.
2. Retell the story of Chang’e.HomeworkPeriod 3 Section A
Grammar Focus - 4cPay attention to these objective clauses.
1. I know that _____________________
________________.
我知道泼水节非常有趣。
2. __________ they’ll have the races again next year.
我想知道明年他们是否还会比赛。I wonder ifthe Water Festival isreally funGrammar Focus3. I wonder ________________________
_____________________.
我想知道六月是不是去香港旅游的好时候。
4. I believe that ____________________
___________________.
我相信四月是泰国最热的月份。whether June is a good timeto visit Hong KongApril is the hottestmonth in ThailandGrammar FocusPay attention to these exclamatory statements.
1. _________ the Water Festival ____!
多么有趣的泼水节！
2. _______________________________were!
多么奇异的龙舟队啊！What funisHow fantastic the dragon boat teamsGrammar Focus3. ___________ the dragon boats were!
多么可爱的龙舟啊！
4. _______________________ in Hong Kong!
香港的食物是多少美味啊！How delicious the food isHow prettyGrammar Focus在句中作宾语的从句叫宾语从句。本单元主要学习由that, whether / if引导的宾语从句。掌握宾语从句的引导词、时态及语序是学习宾语从句的关键。仔细观察下面的例句，然后补全结论部分所缺的内容。 （一）宾语从句 Explanation【例句】
1. I think (that) math is difficult.
She said (that) she would leave a note on the desk.
当宾语从句具有陈述意义时，用 ____引导。它在句子中只起引导作用，在口语中常可省略。that 2. I don’t know whether / if I should take his advice.
He wants to know if/ whether you are a doctor.
当宾语从句具有疑问意义时，可用____或whether引导。它们在句子中的意思是______（如果?/?是否）。是否 ifExplanation3. I know (that) Jack is a hard-working student.
I know (that) he will take the exam.
Linda didn’t say if her aunt was still with them.
宾语从句的时态一般受主句时态的影响。当主句是_____________或一般将来时，宾语从句可以根据具体情况用适当的时态；当主句是一般过去时，从句要用相应的___________。一般现在时过去时态Explanation4. Dad told me that the sun rises in the east.
Teresa told her son that leaves turn yellow in autumn.
当从句表示的是名言、客观真理或自然现象等时，一般_____ (不受/?受)主句时态的限制，均用一般现在时。
宾语从句要用_____ (陈述?/?疑问)?语序。不受 陈述 Explanation把下列句子改为宾语从句的复合句。
1. He said, “I have been to?America”.
He said _______________ to?America.
2. Is there a hotel near here? Do you know?
Do you know __________________ a hotel near here?
3. “The earth moves around the sun”, our English teacher told us.
Our English teacher told us that the earth _____________ the sun.
that he had been? if /whether there is?? Consolidationmoves around 根据汉语意思完成句子。??
1.?妈妈告诉我今天上午10点她正在打扫家。
Mom told me _____________________ _________ at 10 this morning.
2.?我知道玛丽网球打得好。
I know __________________________.
3.?我想知道我能否从你那里得到一些建议。
I wonder _______________________
______________.
4.?小汤姆说地球是圆的。
Little Tom said __________________________.
(that) Mary plays tennis well? (that) she was cleaningthe house? Consolidationif / whether I can get?some advice from you(that) the earth is round? 用来表达喜、怒、哀、乐等强烈感情的句子叫感叹句。感叹句一般用what或how引导，句末用感叹号。what修饰名词，how修饰形容词或副词。 （二）感叹句 Explanationwhat引导的感叹句:
1) What + a/ an + adj.?+?可数单数(+主谓语)!?
e.g. What a brave boy (Tom is)!
What an excellent idea (it is)!
2) What + adj.?+?可数名词复数(+主谓语)!?
e.g. What beautiful pictures (they are)!
3) What + adj. + 不可数名词(+主谓语)!?
e.g. What delicious food (it is)!Explanationhow引导的感叹句：
How +?adj. / adv.?+?主语?+?谓语!?
e.g. How happy the children were!
How carefully he is reading!?
注意：一般情况下，以what和how开头
的感叹句可以相互转换，转换后意义不变。
e.g. What a tall building it is!
= How tall the building is!?Explanation?根据句意选出恰当的一项填空。
1. ______ (What / What a) delicious chicken we are having!
2. ______ (What / How) warm it is in the classroom!?
3. ______ (What / What a) nice shirt you bought!
4. _____ (What / How) fast the young man is walking!?What?How?What a?HowConsolidation?将下列句子改为感叹句。
1. The girl is very clever.
___________ the girl is!
2. It is a wonderful experience.
________ wonderful experience it is!
3. The wind is blowing strongly.
_____________ the wind is blowing!
4. The news is exciting.
_____________ news it is!How cleverWhat a?How strongly?What excitingConsolidation5. The sweaters are very nice.
?__________ sweaters they are!
6. 写出下面句子的同义句。
What an old table!What nice How old the table is!ConsolidationWrite sentences using the words given. think/ Lantern Festival/ beautiful
2. don’t know/ whether/ he/ come home/ for the festival
I don’t know whether he will come home for the festival.4aPractice I think that the Lantern Festival is beautiful.3. believe/ Water Festival/ most/ fun
4. wonder/ if/ mooncakes/ delicious
5. how/ exciting/ races
6. what/ interesting/ city
How exciting the races were!What an interesting city!I wonder if the mooncakes are delicious.I believe that the Water Festival is the most fun.Read the passage below and underline the objective clauses. If possible, write your own sentences about Mother’s Day and Father’s Day using objective clause.4bDear Xia Yu,
Do you know that there are two special days for parents in America?Practice One is Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of May, and the other is Father’s Day on the third Sunday of June. On these two days, American children often give gifts to their parents or take them out for lunch or dinner. Common gifts are flowers and cards for mothers and shirts or ties for fathers. tie n. 领带（可数）
复数形式：ties
e.g. I bought a tie for my
father yesterday.tie v. 系，捆
e.g. Please tie your shoes.I heard that it is becoming more and more popular to celebrate Mother’s Day and Father’s Day in China. I wonder if children over there also give similar gifts to their parents. I believe that there are many ways to show our love. Actually, we don’t have to spend a lot of money. It is also a good idea to help parents to do something instead.
Junee.g. In our group, David’s favorite festival is …He thinks that….Which festival do you like best? Ask your group and report to the class.4cA: There are many festivals in China. Which festival do you like best?
B: I think I like Mid-Autumn Festival best.
A: Why do you like it best?
B: I think I can enjoy
delicious mooncakes.Make a conversation.PairworkAmy, you have come to China for three years, which festival do you like best?I think I like the Lantern Festival best.Why do you like it best?I think I can watch and buy some amazing lanterns, they are so pretty.PairworkWhich festival do you like best in the US?Why do you like Halloween best?I think I can get some candies and enjoy a lot of fun.I think I like Halloween best.Pairwork1. It is also a good idea to help parents to do something instead.
It是形式主语，to help parents to do something是真正主语。类似句型有：
It is + n. + to do sth.
It is + adj. (for sb.) to do sth.
It takes (sb.) sometime + to do sth.Explanatione.g. It is not a good habit to get up late.
赖床不是一个好习惯。
It is very important for young people to learn English well.
对于年轻人来说，学好英语是很重要的。
It took the workers almost two years to finish the building.
工人们花了几乎三年的时间完成这一建筑。2. One is Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of May, and the other is Father’s Day…
another, the other, others & the others
another和the other都有“另一个”的意思。another指多个中的“另一个”；the other则指两个中的“另一个”，常与one构成固定one ... the other ...，“一个……另一个……”。 Explanatione.g. The shoes don’t fit me. Would you please show me?another?pair?
鞋不适合我，你能给我看看另外一双吗？
? My sister has two skirts.?One?is yellow,?the other?is black.
我姐姐有两条裙子。一条是黄色的， 另外一条是黑色的。others (=other+复数名词)与the others (=the other+复数名词)均含有“其他一些”的意思。others泛指多部分中的一部分，可与some构成固定结构some ... others ...，“一些……一些……”；the others则特指剩余的一部分。 Explanatione.g. Some?like fruit and vegetables, others
like junk food.
一些人喜欢吃水果和蔬菜，还有一些人喜欢吃垃圾食品。
Two of you can go to the lab with me, and?the others?will have to stay in the classroom.
你们当中的两人可以跟我去实验室，剩下的人将呆在教室。选择another, the other, others?或?the others 填空。
1. There are two rulers on the table. One is long, ________ is short.
2. This schoolbag is the worst of all. Can you show me _______ one? ?
3. You should learn from _______.
4. There are 40 students in the class. 70% of them are from towns and cities, _________ are from the countryside.
the other another others the others Father’s Day /Mother’s Day is coming. Think what you are going to buy or do for your father or mother.
Write an short passage about it. (at least three objective clauses)
Begin with:
I think that …Homework
