课件15张PPT。Unit 2
I think that mooncakes are delicious!
Section A 2
3a–3c Warming up
Look at the picture.
What festival do you think of?
What do you know about the festival?LEAD IN1. How do people celebrate the Middle-Autumn Festival?READING
3a Read the passage about Mid-Autumn Festival and answer the questions.They admire the moon and share mooncakes with their families. admireAdmire v. 欣赏,仰慕
2. What story is the reading about?It is about Chang’e. Full Moon , Full Feelings
Chinese people have been celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying for centuries. Mooncakes are in the shape Of a full moon on the Mid-Autumn night. They carry people's wishes to the families they love and miss.
There are many traditional folk stories about this festival. However, most people think that the story of Chang'e is the most touching. Chang'e was Hou Yi's beautiful wife. After Hou Yi shot down the nine suns, a goddess gave him magic medicine to thank him. Whoever took this could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to take it with Chang'e. However, a bad man, Pang Meng, tried to steal the medicine when Hou Yi was not home. Chang'e refused to give it to him and took it all. She became very light and flew up to the moon. Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night. One night, he found that the moon was so bright and round that he could see his wife there. He quickly laid out her favorite fruits and desserts in the garden. How he wished that Chang'e could come back!
After this, people started the tradition of admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families. 3b 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.v. 偷n. 女神73456211. 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.admiretraditional3. 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.lay v. 放置;安放;产(卵);下(蛋)
lay out 摆开,布置steallaidmagicLANGUAGE POINTS1. 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。LANGUAGE POINTS3. 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。短语归纳celebrate 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try 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Homework
1. Learn the new words and expressions
by heart.
2. Retell the story of Chang’e.