Section A
Period 1 (1a —1c)
I think that mooncakes are delicious!
There’re many festivals in China. Can you guess what festivals they are?
Family members get together.
People play with the fireworks
People eat delicious food and visit friends and relatives.
Spring Festival 春节
People often become heavy and they may put on some pounds.
People watch special programs on TV on the Eve of the Spring Festival.
What a pleasant time it is!
How happy everyone is!
Lantern Festival
元宵节
1.Watch lantern shows;
2.eat a kind of dumplings called “yuanxiao”
3.guess lantern riddles;
What interesting lantern riddles they are!
People eat different kinds of Zongzi.
People have the dragon boat races.
The races are that interesting to watch.
Dragon Boat Festival端午节
How exciting the races are!
People eat mooncakes.
Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节
People admire the bright moon in the garden .
People tell folk stories like Chang’e Flying to the Moon.
How bright the moon is on Mid-Autumn Day!
What a touching story it is about Chang’e!
Just now we talked about different festivals.
What festivals are Bill and Mary talking about ? Now please listen to the tape and finish 1b.
Listen and circle T for true or F for false.
Bill thinks that the races were not that interesting to watch.
Mary thinks that the teams were fantastic.
Bill wonders whether they’ll have zongzi again next year.
Bill and Mary believe that they’ll be back next year to watch the races.
1b
T F
T F
T F
T F
Bill and Mary had a ______and _____ day.
____ loved the races best, because they were really _________ to watch and he thought the dragon boat teams were fantastic. Mary thought the colors of the boats were_______. Bill guessed it was __ ____ too crowded. But Mary liked to have _____ ______ around, because it makes things ____ _______.The sweet zongzi is Mary’s______. Bill and Mary believe that they will __ ____ again next year to watch the races.
Listen again and fill in blanks.
1b
great fun
Bill
intereting
pretty
a little
more people
more exciting
favorite
be back
Listen and circle the correct words.
Wu Ming and Harry are cousins / strangers / friends.
Wu Ming went to Singapore / Hong Kong / Macao for his vacation.
Wu Ming visited his relatives / friends / classmates.
Wu Ming liked eating out / shopping / the Dragon Boat Festival best.
Someone that you do not know
A member of your family
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.
weather is hot
增加(体重); 发胖
消极面
Fun activities Downsides
Eating out
Shopping
Dragon Boat Festival in June
Wu Ming went to _____for his vacation. He visited his ______there. They __ ___ a lot because WuMing thinks the food was _____and they ate ___ ___ ___ ___ a day. Now he’s ___ ____ five _____.He thinks that ___ ___ ____ Festival was the best part of the trip because they had teams from _________.
In China, on __________Festival, we
___________________________. We think
___________________________.
Please introduce a Chinese festival to friends from other countries.
Dai people (傣族)
the Water Festival
泼水节
Go on the streets and throw water at each other.
2d:
2.When is the Water Festival?
4.What does Ben think of the weather there in April?
5.What activity do people do during the time of the Thai New Year?
1.In Thailand, they also have a traditional festival. what is it?
During the time of_________________
From April 13th to 15th.
It’s the hottest month of the year there.
They go on the streets to throw water at each other.
The Water Festival.
the Thai New Year
3. What is the Thai Water Festival like?
It’s similar to the Water Festival of the Dai people in Yunnan Province.
Because the new year is a time for cleaning and washing away bad things.
6.Why do they do that?
Clara is going to Chiang Mai __________.He believes that April is __________there. There ’s a ____ ____from April 13th to 15th. It’s the time of the ________.It ’s ___ ____ the Water Festival of the Dai people in Yunnan Province. People ___ ___ the streets and ___ ___ __ ___.They do that because the new year is a time ___ ___ and ____ _____ bad things. Then they ’ll have ____ ___ ___ __ ___ ____.
I think that the mooncakes are delicious.
主语
谓语
宾语
从句
I think that it’s interesting to play with a pet.
She says that she had a good time last Sunday.
We believe that we will win the game.
I know that they have finished their homework.
I wonder whether/if they can finish it on time.
What a great day!(多美好的一天啊!)
What a friendly girl(she is)!
What a poor man (he is)!
What a busy weekend (it is)!
What an interesting book(it is)!
What an unusual house(it is)!
What an exciting movie(it is)!
结构:
what a / an + adj. + 名词单数…
what + adj. + 名词复数(+主语+谓语)!
结构:
what a / an + adj. + 名词单数 (+主语+谓语)!
What a great day(it is)!
what + adj. + 不可数名词(+主语+谓语)!
What delicious food (it is)!
What bad weather (it is)!
What clean water (it is)!
What lovely girls(they are)!
What interesting books(they are)!
How delicious the mooncakes are!
How kind the little girl is!
How tall the tree is!
How hot it is today!
How happily they are playing!
How carefully my father does his work!
How fast the lions run!
拓展:How 引导的感叹句.
How + adj./adv. + 主谓...
结构:
1).________ difficult homework we had yesterday!
2).________cute dog it is!
3).________ interesting the story is!
4).________ bad the weather in England is!
5).________ honest boy Tom is !
6).________ tasty smell the cake gave off!
7).________ good time we had on the beach yesterday!
8).________ exciting news you've brought us!
9).________cool your new car is!
10).________ scary these tigers are!
1. _______ fast the boy ran!
A. How B. How an C. What D. What an
2. _______ well you sing but _______ badly he dances!
A. How, how B. What, what C. How, what D. What, how
3. ________ delicious the soup is! I’d like some more.
A. How B. How an C. What D. What an
5. _______ foolish they were! They believed what the man said.
A. How B. How an C. What D. What an
6. _______ difficult questions they are! I can’t answer them.
A. How B. How an C. What D. What an
8. _______ lovely weather we are having these days
A. How B. How an C. What D. What an
9. _______ beautiful your new dress is!
A. How B. How an C. What D. What an
10. _______ interesting work it is to teach children!
A. How B. How an C. What D. What an
We all know that practice makes perfect.
I’m sure that it’s a piece of cake for you.
Free talk(Talk about the festivals using the two kinds of sentences you learn today.)
The Spring Festival is the most important festival
for the Chinese people . All the people leave their work and go back home .People usually put up
couplets(贴春联)、eat dumplings and set?off?
fireworks(放烟花). Children can usually get a lot of pocket money from relatives(压岁钱). It’s really an important festival in China.
What do you like best about the Spring Festival ?
Why?
I like the couplets about the Spring Festival . Because I think that they can bring good luck for the coming year.
The Lantern Festival is on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month(农历一月). This day’s important activity is watching lanterns. The lanterns are in different shapes and sizes .“Guessing lantern riddles(猜灯谜)” is an interesting part of the festival. People also eat a kind of delicious dumpling called yuan xiao on this day.
What do you like best about The Lantern Festival ?
Why?