7BU1 People around us More practice P12
Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day 母亲节
Father’s Day 父亲节
April Fool’s Day 愚人节
Women’s Day 妇女节
the Dragon Boat Festival 端午节
Teachers’ Day 教师节
the Spring Festival 春节
the Lantern Festival 元宵节
节日表达
Read this online article about Mother’s Day.
Answer the questions
1.What is the passage above?
2.What is it about?
3.Where can you find it?
语篇理解
It is an article.
Mother's Day.
On the Internet.
celebrate v.庆祝
celebration n.庆祝,典礼
New words
1. We celebrated Women’s Day yesterday.
2. We had the celebration of Women’s Day yesterday.
guess the word
New words
gift n. 礼物,赠品
同义词:
present
New words
simple adj. 简单的
adv. 简单地
simply
同义词:
easy
反义词:
hard / difficult
The camera is very simple to use.
To use the camera is simple for me.
n.拥抱
hug
a simple hug
一个简单的拥抱
give sb a hug
紧紧拥抱某人
v.拥抱 -ged/-ging hug sb
big
perfect (adj.)
同义词:
excellent
反义词:
imperfect
完美的
I want to give you a perfect gift for your birthday.
New words
Practice makes perfect. (谚)熟能生巧
perfectly(adv.) 完美地
Mother’s Day
the time
on the Second Sunday in May every year
say ”Thank you”
children
mums
ways of celebration
gifts
action
language
flowers
cards
help them do/ with the housework
take them to the park or the cinema
give them a simple hug
say “ I love you, Mum”
do a lot of hard work
say ”Thank you”
love
What is Mother’s Day about?
It is about love.
中心词语
Paragraph1
Mums do a lot of hard work. They cook and clean for us .They also encourage us and give us support . Mother’s Day is the time for us to say “ Thank you “to our mums.
To thank their mums for doing a lot of hard work for them .
What do mums usually do for us?
cook and clean for us
encourage us
give us support
语篇理解
Why do people celebrate Mother’ s Day?
They usually
cook and clean for us, encourage us and give us support.
Because they want to thank their mums for doing a lot of hard work for them .
Paragraph1
Mums do a lot of hard work. They cook and clean for us .They also encourage us and
give us support .
Mother’s Day is the time
for us to say “ Thank you “to our mums.
much
Mums
as well
/too
support us
词语运用
hard work 艰辛的工作 work hard 努力工作
hard-working 勤劳的adj. hardly 几乎不adv.
1.This is ______. Can you do it?
A. a hard work B. hard work
2.I need to _______ to gain money .
A. work hard B. hard work
3. She is a __________ student.
A. hard-working B. work hard
4. He_________works, does he?
A. hard B. hardly
B
A
A
B
He works hard,doesn’t he ?
词语辨析
Mother’s Day is the time for us to say “Thank you” to our mums.
be the time for sb. to do sth.正是某人做某事的时候
It's time for sb to do sth It's time for sth
到某人做某事的时候
It's time (for us) to go to bed. = It’s time for bed.
对比
A . the time B. time
练一练
Christmas is ______for families to get together.
A
Paragraph 2 In most countries , people celebrate Mother’s Day on the second Sunday in May every year. On this day, people like to buy flowers and make special Mother’s Day cards for their mums.
语篇理解
1. When is Mother's Day in most countries?
It is on the second Sunday in May every year.
2. What do people like to do on this day?
They like to buy flowers and make special Mother's Day cards for their mums.
people’s
on 表特指具体某一天
=buy their mums flowers
=make their mums special Mother’s Day cards
carnation 康乃馨
Paragraph 3
Mother’s Day is not only about gifts . We can help our mums do the housework . We can take them to the park or the cinema. Sometimes a simple hug or saying “I love you, Mum” is the perfect gift for our mums.
author n. =writer’s
语篇理解
3. What does the author advise people to do on this day?
or say“I love you,Mum”.
advice
The author advises people
to help their mums do the housework ,
take them to the park or the cinema ,
give them a simple hug
ways of celebration
advice n. 劝告,建议
一条建议
一些建议
advise v.劝告,建议
1.advise + 名词 / 代词
Li Ming advised a swim after school.
2. advise + sb. + to do
He often advised people to use their brains .
3. advise + doing
I advised holding a meeting.
a piece of advice
some advice
Mother’s Day is not only about gifts. We can help our mums do the housework . We can take them to the park or the cinema. Sometimes a simple hug or saying “I love you, Mum” is the perfect gift for our mums.
Mother’s Day is about love . If you love your mum , why not plan a special Mother’s Day for her?
presents
with
our mums
At times
excellent
A
1.Mother’s Day is not only about gifts.同义词________
2.We can help our mums do the housework .替换
3.We can take them to the park or the cinema.指代
4.Sometimes a simple hug or saying “I love词语 you, Mum” is the perfect gift for our mums.同义词
当not only …but also…并列主语时,谓语动词就近原则
Not only you but also she ________to go there every year.
A. have B. has
当or连接两个并列主语时,谓语动词就近原则
She or I ________to go there every year.
A. have B. has
not only …but also…= both…and…
Both you and she ________to go there every year.
A. have B. has
B
A
Mother’s Day is not only about gifts. We can help our mums do the housework . We can take them to the park or the cinema. Sometimes a simple hug or saying “I love you, Mum” is the perfect gift for our mums.
Mother’s Day is about love . If you love your mum , why not plan a special Mother’s Day for her?
1.Not?only?we?but?also?he _________(learn) English.
A. learn B. learns
2.Both?we?and?he _________(learn) English.
A. learn B. learns
3.Not only I but also Jim ___ happy.
A. is B. are
4.Both Jim and I ______ happy.
A. am B. are
5. Jim or I ______ happy.
A. am B. are
6.Jim with I ______happy.
A. is B. am
B
A
A
B
A
A
练一练
If you love your mum , why not plan a special Mother’s Day for her?
Why not do sth. ? 为什么不做某事?
=Why don’t you/we do sth.?
= What /How about doing sth. 做某事怎么样?
Why not plan a special Mother’s Day for her?
Why don’t you plan a special Mother’s Day for her?
What about planning a special Mother’s Day for her?
Why not read some books?
Why don’t we read some books?
What /How about reading some books ?
Let’s read some books.
Shall we read some books?
让我们读些书吧。
plan v. 计划 planned planning
plan to do sth. 计划去做某事
plan sth for sb 为某人计划某事
n. 计划 make a plan for sb/sth 为…做个计划
I plan to have a party for my mum.
I plan a party for my mum.
I make a party plan for my mum.
If you love your mum , why not plan a special Mother’s Day for her?
God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.
上帝不能无处不在,因此他创造了母亲.
——犹太谚语
Father’s Day is on the third Sunday in June every year
1.庆祝母亲节
2.为我们做饭打扫卫生
3.对我们的妈妈说谢谢你们
4.在五月第二个星期天
5.为某人买花
6.为妈妈制作母亲节卡片
7.帮助妈妈做家务
8.带妈妈去公园
1.celebrate Mother’s Day
2.cook and clean for us
3.say “thank you” to our mums
4.on the second Sunday in May
5.buy flowers for sb. =buy sb flowers
6. make Mother’s Day cards for mums.
7. help mums do the housework
8. take mums to the park
9 一个简单的拥抱
10最佳的礼物
11 为什么不做某事呢?
12 建议某人做某事
13 在大多数国家
14 不但而且
15做许多艰难的工作
16在这天
9. a simple hug
10. the perfect gift
11. why not do…
12. advise sb. to do sth.
13. in most countries
14. not only…but also…
15.do a lot of hard work
16.on this day
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