Unit 8 Topic 3 重点词语、短语辨析
begin; start
begin和start均可意为“开始；发生；发起，两者可以互换，后面可以接动词不定式或V-ing形式。
当主语是无生命的事物或当这两个词用于进行时态时，或者当这两个词后面接表示心理状态的动词时常接不定式，而不接V-ing形式。如：
Tom began / started to know the answer. 汤姆开始知道答案了。
begin和start的不同之处在于当表示“(机器)开始；启动”时，或表示“创办；开设”时，或表示“动身；出发；启程”时，用start。
要表示一件事中断后“再开始”时，应用start again。如：
How do you start the car 你如何起动这辆小汽车？
I want to start a shop. 我想要开一家商店。
begin 表示的“开始”往往指从起点开始，强调一个过程的开始，反义词为end。begin again 意为“从头再来”。如：
Never mind. Let’s begin again. 没关系，让我们从头再来。
festival; holiday
festival意为“节日；节期”，指具有传统或历史意义的节日或庆祝活动，着重指人们在一起共同欢度的“节日”。如：Mid-autumn Festival, Spring Festival, Christmas 等，也可指定期举办的艺术节、音乐节等。如：
Our school has a music festival every fall. 我们学校每年秋季举办一次音乐节。
holiday意为“假日；休息日”，着重指按照法律和风俗习惯或为了纪念某一事件而规定停止工作的“假期”，其复数形式可以表示较长时间的假期。如：
She wants to Beijing for the summer holidays. 她打算去北京过暑假。
at the end of ...; by the end of ...
at the end of ... 意为“最后；到……的尽头”，可以指地点、场所，也可以指时间。如：
At the end of the lesson we sang a song. 那节课结束时我们唱了一首歌。
by the end of ... 意为“到……为止；在……结束时”，后面只能接时间。如：
We can learn 2,000 words by the end of this term. 到这个学期末，我们能学2000个单词。
Unit 8 Topic 3重难点讲解
1. 【课本要点】 People in many countries celebrate Christmas. (Section A) 许多国家的人们庆祝圣诞节。
【精彩点拨】 celebrate意为“庆祝”，用来表示庆祝节日或特殊的日子，如果表示祝贺某事的成功则应用congratulate。如：
Chinese people celebrate Spring Festival. 中国人庆祝春节。
We congratulated him on passing his exam. 他考试通过了，我们表示祝贺。
2. 【课本要点】It means the end of Spring Festival. (Section A) 这意味着春节的结束。
【精彩点拨】 mean意为“意思是；意味着”，后接名词、代词或V-ing形式。mean也可意为“想要；意欲”，此时其后应接动词不定式。如：
I mean waiting for him here. 我的意思是在这儿等他。
I didn’t mean to hurt him. 我本不想伤害他。
3. 【课本要点】 Before Christmas Day, people are busy preparing for it. (Section B) 圣诞节前，人们忙着为其作准备。
【精彩点拨】 busy意为“忙碌的”，常用结构为：be busy with sth. 意为“忙于某事”及be busy doing sth. 意为“忙着做某事”。如：
They are busy with their homework. 他们在忙着做家庭作业。
The farmers are busy planting trees. 农民们在忙着栽树。
4. 【课本要点】 People stay up and enjoy dumplings at midnight for good luck. (Section C) 人们待到很晚并在午夜吃饺子以求好运。
【精彩点拨】 stay up意为“熬夜；深夜不睡”。如：
Staying up is bad for your health. 熬夜对你的健康有害。
5. 【课本要点】 People enjoy a one-day holiday. (Section D) 人们可以享受一个一天的假期。
【精彩点拨】 one-day意为“一天”，在句中作定语。它属于“数词 + 连词符 + 名词或形容词”类构词法，其中的名词应用单数形式，即使其中的数词不是“一”也是如此。如：
That’s a three-leg desk. 那是一张三条腿的桌子。
He has a two-year-old son. 他有一个两岁的儿子。
6. 【课本要点】 In Beijing, the capital of China, many people go to Tian’anmen Square to watch the national flag go up. (Section D) 在中国的首都北京，许多人到天安门广场看升国旗。
【精彩点拨】 watch the national flag go up意为“看国旗升起”，属于watch sb. / sth. do sth. 结构。如：
Our English teacher often watches us play football. 我们的英语老师经常看我们踢足球。
Unit 8 有错必纠（三）Section A随堂练习
I． 根据句意及首字母提示写出该单词。
1. The bright m makes me miss my family very much.
2. On Lantern Festival, people eat s dumplings for good luck.
3. People like to eat turkey and pumpkin p on Thanksgiving.
4. I’m f . I can’t eat anything.
5. On C Eve, Mr. and Mrs. Green often give nice presents to their children.
II． 用括号内所给词的适当形式填空。
1. Chinese people eat dumplings and perform
lion and dragon (dance).
2. He is telling a lie. Don’t b him.
3. —Good (lucky) to you!
—Thank you.
4. He enjoys (play) tricks on his friends for fun.
5. The girl shows her love to her mother by
(give) some flowers on Mother’s Day.
III． 根据下列活动内容提示，选择与其匹配的节日名称。
1. On this day, people eat sweet dumplings for good luck, watch lantern shows and guess riddles on lanterns.
2. Chinese people eat dumplings and perform
lion and dragon dances.
3. A lot of people like to play tricks on their friends.
4. Many people make colorful eggs, and they believe Christ came back to life on this day.
5. People have parties and wait for New Year’s coming until midnight.
A. Easter
B. Lantern Festival
C. New Year’s Eve
D. Spring Festival
E. April Fool’s Day
Section B随堂练习
I． 根据汉语意思提示，用适当的词语完成下列句子。
1. Spring Festival is the most (重要的) festival in China.
2. Families often (去教堂做礼拜) and sing Christmas songs on Christmas Eve.
3. Look! The children are (挂) their colorful lights.
4. Families usually (举办一次大型聚会) with a special dinner.
5. My parents give me lots of (葡萄) to eat.
II． 根据句意用适当的介词填空。
1. —When did you go home, Jack
—I got home the morning of New Year.
2. Some Jewish people like eating cakes honey a sweet new year.
3. —Where do children always put their stockings
up Christmas Eve
— the fireplaces.
4. The girls usually decorate the classroom
many flowers when they have a party in it.
5. —What do you know Christmas
—Well, it’s the most important festival many countries.
III. 从方框中选择恰当的句子补全对话，有两项是多余的。
A: Hello, Simon! May I ask you some questions
B: (1)
A: (2)
B: I like Children’s Day best.
A: (3)
B: Because I can get a lot of presents.
A: By the way, do you have any classes at school on that day
B: (4) Our school always has a party.
A: What do you usually do at the party
B: We usually play games and give each other presents.
A: What do you do after the party
B: My parents often take me to KFC to eat hamburgers. (5)
A. We’re always very happy.B. Of course.C. Which is your favorite festival D. No, I don’t.E. Why do you like it F. Have a good time!G. What is your favorite food
Section C随堂练习
用所给词的适当形式填空。
start, whole, shout, before, knock
1. The family will go to Shanghai for the summer holidays.
2. Come on! The train is at once.
3. He’s only a child. Don’t at him.
4. Children usually on their neighbors’ doors and shout, “Trick or treat!”
5. Spring Festival, people are busy cleaning and decorating their houses.
II. 根据所给汉语完成下列句子。
1. 不要熬夜了，你明天还要早起上班。
Don’t . You have to get up early and go to work tomorrow.
2. 在中国，欢庆春节是一件大事。
In China, Spring Festival is
.
3. 这些老朋友欢聚一堂，共享大餐。
The old friends often for
.
4. 你的压岁钱一定来自于你的祖父母。
Your be from your grandparents.
5. 不要捉弄别人。
Don’t others.
III. 单项选择。
( ) 1. We all special clothes at Halloween.
A. put on B. puts on
C. wears D. wear
( ) 2. —Merry Christmas!
— .
A. The same to you B. You’re welcome
C. That’s OK D. That sounds great
( ) 3. Children put up stockings their beds.
A. at the end B. in the end
C. at the end of D. to the end
( ) 4. Halloween party, people in England wear scary clothes ghosts.
A. At, with B. At, like
C. On, with D. On, like
( ) 5. Please give my best wishes your parents.
A. with B. for C. to D. if
Section D 随堂练习
I. 根据句意及所给汉语提示写单词。
1. We’ll (举行) a meeting this afternoon.
2. There is a boat (竞赛) on the river at the moment.
3. What is the (首都) of Australia
4. The national (旗) of China is red with five yellow stars.
5. Before Chinese New Year, many Chinese families (烧) the old picture of Zao Shen.
II. 根据所给对话情景，用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。
when, well, interest, mooncake, on
Tom: What festival do you like (1)
Ann: My favorite festival is Mid-autumn Festival.
Tom: (2) do you celebrate it
Ann: On lunar August 15th.
Tom: How do you celebrate it
Ann: We celebrate it by eating (3) and enjoying the moon.
Tom: What else do you do (4) Mid-autumn Festival
Ann: We also have a big dinner together.
Tom: Oh! That sounds (5) .
Unit 8 随堂练习（三）参考答案Unit 8 Topic 3重点词语、短语追踪练
选用所给的词(短)语，并用其适当形式完成句子。
I. begin; start
1. The man can’t the car.
2. How do you the washing machine Do you know
3. He for America three days ago.
4. John a question at the meeting.
5. Stop talking. Let’s our class.
6. Our school in September.
7. When did you playing the piano
II. festival; holiday
1. We are going to France to spend our .
2. Did you have a nice
3. What’s your favorite Chinese
4. Sunday is a , but I have much homework to do.
5. I want to learn English during the summer
.
6. Spring Festival is my favorite .
7. How was your
III. at the end of; by the end of
1. the road you can find the hospital.
2. You can see the bank the street.
3. He can buy two buses this year.
4. He lives the road.
5. I can learn 1000 new words the month.
6. Mom can come back the month.
Unit 8 易混知识点小练（三）
I. 找出句中错误的选项填在题前括号内， 并在题后横线上改正。
( ) 1. Jim, these are your pictures. Don’t put up them on the wall.
A B C D
( ) 2. My house is in the end of the street.
A B C D
( ) 3. There are some birds on the tree over there.
A B C D
( ) 4. He is a ninety-nine-years-old man. He is my grandfather.
A B C D
( ) 5. We saw those boys play football just now.
A B C D
( ) 6. In Sunday morning, I saw my best friend, Jim.
A B C D
( ) 7. I think this is a most important book.
A B C D
II. 短文改错：下面的一段话中有五处错误，请在错误处划线并依次在题后的横线上改正。
In that day, my father said this was a most interesting film. We all wanted to see it. My father gave me a picture of this film and asked me to put up it on the wall.
My grandpa is an eighty-years-old man. He liked to see films, too. When I got home the next day, I saw my grandpa still (仍然) see this film on TV. He even didn’t know I came back home. How interesting it is!
A._______ B. _______C. _______ D. _______ E. _______
Unit 8 Topic 3重点知识集中练
I. 根据句意及所给汉语意思在空格处填入适当的词。
1. People in many countries (庆祝) Children’s Day.
2. It’s not far from here to the library. It’s a (十分钟) walk.
3. I don’t think he (意思是) that.
4. Jack got the first in the ping-pong match. We all (祝贺) him.
5. Father often (熬夜). He always has a lot of things to do.
II. 用所给词的适当形式填空。
1. —I missed the bus just now.
—It means (wait) for another ten
minutes.
2. We are busy (clean) the classroom.
3. The father often watches the children (play) games in the garden.
4. The boy didn’t mean (make) his parents angry.
III. 根据汉语意思，完成英语句子。
1. 我经常看见他在那个房间里跳舞。
I often him in that room.
2. 我有个20岁的姐姐。
I have sister.
3. 别熬夜，这对你的健康有害。
Don’t . It’s bad for your health.
4. 我们在忙着做作业。
We our homework.
5. 我们明天要庆祝一下他的生日。
We want his birthday.
Unit 8 Topic 3 口语训练
从ＩＩ栏中找出Ｉ栏中句子的相应答语。
I
( ) 1. How do people celebrate Spring Festival
( ) 2. When is the Chinese National Day
( ) 3. How was your holiday
( ) 4. What do you do to prepare for Dragon Boat Festival
( ) 5. Did you decorate your Christmas tree
( ) 6. When did you give Christmas cards to your friends
( ) 7. Who do we eat rice dumplings to remember
( ) 8. How do people celebrate Mother’s Day
II
A. It is on October 1st.
B. Yes, I did.
C. People give their mothers flowers and presents.
D. People perform lion and dragon dances.
E. I just prepare some rice dumplings.
F. We eat rice dumplings to remember Qu Yuan.
G. Before Christmas.
H. It was very interesting and wonderful.
中外节日集中练
请根据所给日期，将下列节日名称进行英汉互译。
I. 英译汉。
1. (April 1st) April Fool’s Day
2. (lunar January 15th) Lantern Festival
3. (October 31st) Halloween
4. (May 4th) Youth Day
5. (July 1st) Party’s Birthday
6. (August 1st) Amy’s Day
7. (one Sunday between March 22nd and April 25th) Easter
8. (the fourth Thursday in November) Thanksgiving
II. 汉译英。
1. (lunar August 15th) 中秋节
2. (May 1st) 国际劳动节
3. (December 25th) 圣诞节
4. (lunar January 1st) 春节
5. (December 31st) 除夕
6. (the second Sunday in May) 母亲节
答案(共18张PPT)
Section B
Unit 8 The Seasons and the Weather Topic 3 Let’s celebrate!
Teaching aims and demands
1. Learn some useful expressions:
inside, shout, chocolate,candy, grape
2. Talk about festivals:
The night of Oct. 31st is Halloween.
3. Talk about customs and culture:
At Halloween parties, people wear scary clothes with big hats and broomsticks like witches.
In Spain, people eat twelve grapes for good luck in the new year.
Review
There are a lot of festivals in the world. Can you name them
Spring Festival, Mid-autumn Festival,...
What’s the date today It’s Oct. 31st.
10 月31 号
What festival is it
Halloween.
Warming!
How do you often spend Christmas Day Do you often spend it yourself or with your friends Do you like it
Do you know something about Santa Claus Do you think Santa Claus is true or not Look at the following pictures and talk about Christmas with your partner.
December 25th
Santa Claus
Christmas presents
Christmas tree
1a
Read and understand
Questions:
1. When is Christmas
2. What do people often do before Christmas
3. What do children do on Christmas Eve
4. What do people say when they meet on Christmas
Christmas Activities
decorate Christmas trees √
play games with apples
give neighbors sweets
give each other presents
sing Christmas songs
put up stocking at the end of their beds
√
√
1b Work alone
Read the passage in 1a again and
complete the table with “ √” or “×”
×
×
×
Language notes
the most important 最重要的
the most important是多音节形容词important的最高级形式，意思是“最重要的”。类似的有the most difficult/beautiful.
2. on December 25th 在具体某一天用介词on
3. are busy preparing …
be busy doing sth. 忙于干某事
4. go shopping 购物
5. have a get-together 聚餐
6. Merry Christmas! 圣诞快乐
New Year’s Day ____________
New Year’s Eve_____________
c
a e
2a Work alone
Listen to the passage about New Year and choose the right pictures.
2b Work alone
Listen to 2a again and complete the sentences.
1. Some Chinese people eat_______. They are round, like years.
2. In Spain, people eat ______ grapes for good luck in the new year.
3. Some Jewish people eat _______ with honey for a sweet year.
oranges
twelve
apples
Look at the pictures and make
conversations as following:
T: Look, these are foods people eat for the new year. What are they in picture a
S1: Grapes.
T: What’s it in picture b
S2: It’s a turkey.
T: What’s it in picture c
S3: Oranges.
T: What’s it in picture d
S4: Pudding.
T: What’s it in picture e
S5: Apples and honey.
T: What’s it in picture f
S6: It’s a Christmas cake.
Project
1. For festivals, we eat special foods. Please tell me when do we eat the food, and say something about the food.
2. When do we eat sweet dumplings
3. 让学生设计一个特别的节日,并说明如何庆祝。
Homework
1. Recite 1a.
2. Preview Section C 1a &1b.
Today we learn something about Christmas. Please try to write something about it. Use your own words.(共22张PPT)
Section A
Unit 8 The Seasons and the Weather Topic 3 Let’s celebrate!
Teaching aims and demands
1.（1）Learn the names of the festivals:
the Spring Festival, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Lantern Festival, Mid-autumn Festival, Easter
（2）Learn some useful words and expressions:
get together, potato, mark, sweet, luck, riddle, honor, send, believe
2.（1）Talk about holidays and festivals:
Chinese people make dumplings and perform lion and dragon dances.
People in many countries celebrate Christmas and give each other presents.
（2）Talk about customs and culture:
On Thanksgiving, many people eat roast turkey. On Lantern Festival, people eat sweet dumpling for good luck.
Review
Which festivals in China can you name
in English
Spring Festival, National Day
Teachers’ Day…
2. Which festivals in western countries
can you name
Christmas Day, Thanksgiving Day
Festivals Date Food Activities
Spring Festival January／February dumplings perform lion and dragon dances
Christmas December 25th / give each other presents
Thanksgiving the 4th Thursday in November roast turkey and potatoes families get together for a big dinner
Lantern Festival lunar January 15th sweet dumplings watch the lantern show and guess riddles
1a Read and say
1b. Group work
Discuss these questions in groups.
1. Are there any interesting festivals in your area
2. When do people celebrate them
3. How do people celebrate them
4. What special food do you eat
5. What is your favorite holiday or festival Why
2. Work alone
Look, listen and complete the sentences.
New Year’s Eve (December 31st)
People have _______ and do not go to bed until midnight to___________ the new year.
parties
welcome
Easter (a Sunday in March or April)
Many people believe Christ came back to ___ on Easter Day. People make Easter _____to celebrate the festival.
life
eggs
April Fool’s Day (April 1st)
Children and some young people ____ tricks on their _______.
play
friends
Mother’s Day (the second Sunday in May)
People show their love to their mothers by giving _____ and other _______. And they often go to a restaurant for dinner.
cards
presents
Teachers’ Day (September 10th)
Students give ______ or _______to their
teachers.
cards
flowers
Mid-autumn Festival (lunar August 15th) ___this day people eat mooncakes and ______ the bright full moon.
On
enjoy
1. Perform lion and dragon dances 舞龙舞狮
e.g. Chinese like performing lion and dragon dances.
2. each other 相互，彼此
e.g. We should help each other.
3. for good luck 求好运。luck 运气，好运，名词；lucky 好运的，有运气的，形容词。
e.g. He is a lucky dog.
Language notes
4. until 直到……（为止），比 till 正式，短语 not …until… 到……才……,常与短暂性动词连用。
e.g. He didn’t come back until 12:00 last night.
5. Play tricks on sb. 捉弄某人
e.g. Don’t play tricks on others.
Do you know what day it is
Can you say something about it
Please search the information about it.
Homework
1. Ask the students to describe the other
festivals using the sentence patterns
learnt in this lesson.
2. Finish 1b.
3. Summarize the key points in this
lesson.Unit 8同步验收练习（三）
A) 听力。（30分 略）
B) 词汇。（10分）
(1) 根据句意及首字母提示，补全所缺单词。(5分)
21. Many people b Christ came back to life on Easter Day.
22. I got many g from my parents last Christmas.
23. On the eve of the festival, the w family gets together for a big dinner.
24. Tokyo is the c of Japan.
25. It’s too hot. Why not o the windows
(2) 根据汉语提示写出句中所缺的单词。 (5分)
26. On Dragon Boat Festival, we eat rice
(饺子) to remember Qu Yuan.
27. In China, people usually eat dumplings for good (运气) on Spring Festival.
28. It’s very (重要的) to know the customs of other countries.
29. May 1st is International (labor) Day.
30. ―What can I do for you, madam
―I’d like to buy a kilo of (葡萄) for my daughter.
A) 根据句意，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。(10分)
31. We are busy (prepare) for my birthday party.
32. Someone is (knock) at the door now.
33. Our school (hold) a sports meeting on the playground yesterday.
34. Please (put) up the pictures on the wall.
35. Many people (get) together for a big dinner on New Year’s Eve.
B) 按要求改写下列句子。
(10分)
36. There are some presents in their stockings. (改为一般疑问句)
presents in their stockings
37. October 31st is Halloween. (对划线部分提问)
Halloween
38. I like Spring Festival best. (改为同义句)
Spring Festival is my .
39. I believe she is a good teacher. (改为否定句)
I she a good teacher.
40. People in China like to have a boat race. (改为同义句)
people like to a boat race.
单项选择。
( ) 41. Christmas is important festival in many countries.
A. a B. the C. an D. /
( ) 42. We will have a holiday.
A. two days B. two-day
C. two-days D. two day
( ) 43. Many people go to Tian’anmen Square to watch the national flag on National Day in Beijing.
A. to go up B. goes up
C. go up D. went
( ) 44. Betty got to London the morning of July 1st.
A. on B. in C. at D. for
( ) 45. He didn’t go to bed his mother came back.
A. if B. when C. what D. until
( ) 46. Li Feng started his father’s birthday party yesterday.
A. preparing for B. prepare for
C. preparing D. to prepare
( ) 47. It takes me to decorate the Christmas tree.
A. all day B. whole afternoon
C. a whole day D. the all day
( ) 48. Don’t at night.
A. stay at B. stay up
C. stay on D. stay for
( ) 49. Children like playing tricks their friends.
A. on B. to C. in D. at
( ) 50. You should your hands before you answer the question.
A. put on B. put up
C. take away D. take off
A) 补全对话：选择适当的句子完成下面的对话，其中有两项是多余的。(10分)
A: Can I help you
B: Yes, please. (51) I want to buy a present for my mother. But I have no idea.
A: (52)
B: Great! (53)
A: I think carnations (康乃馨) are better. They are for mothers.
B: That’s fine. How much are these
A: (54)
B: OK. I’ll take it. (55)
A: Best wishes to your mother.
B: Thank you.
A. I think you can buy some flowers for her.
B. Thirty yuan.
C. Today is Mother’s Day.
D. Let’s celebrate.
E. Here is the money.
F. What shall I do
G. Which kind of flowers should I buy
B) 完形填空。 (10分)
It was Mother’s Day, but the young mother was not happy, because she was far away from her parents. 56 the morning she phoned her mother, and her mother 57 her something about the beautiful flowers in the garden. She was very happy. So her husband (丈夫) and her two daughters wanted to 58 some flowers for her. And they 59 to the country.
They arrived at a small hill and saw a lot of beautiful flowers. The young mother 60
surprised and happy. She picked (采) some flowers. On their way 61 , they saw an old woman 62 in a chair alone. They 63 the car and the young mother walked to her and put the flowers in her hands. The old woman thanked her again and again.
When the young mother came 64 , her children asked her, “Who is that old granny Why did you give our flowers to her ”
“I don’t know her,” the young mother said. “But it’s Mother’s Day. I have 65 of you, and I also have my mother. I give her the flowers, she will be happy.”
( ) 56. A. On B. At C. In D. With
( ) 57. A. spoke B. told C. talked D. said
( ) 58. A. found B. find C. finds D. finding
( ) 59. A. drive B. drives C. drove D. driving
( ) 60. A. is B. are C. were D. was
( ) 61. A. to home B. the home C. home D. to the home
( ) 62. A. sitting B. sit C. sat D. siting
( ) 63. A. start B. stop C. started D. stopped
( ) 64. A. over B. back C. on D. about ( ) 65. A. all B. whole C. both D. four
C) 阅读理解。 (20分)
(1)
Father’s Day has a very short history. It started because there is a Mother’s Day.
Some Americans said, “We have a Mother’s Day, so we should also have a Father’s Day.” Father’s Day now becomes important in America. And businessmen find it’s a good way to get people to buy gifts for their fathers from their shops. They can make a lot of money. Now, what else do people do on Father’s Day in America The newspaper and TV tell children to buy gifts for their fathers on this day. They also tell a wife to buy a Father’s Day gift — not only for her father but also for her husband. And they also tell children to buy some presents for their grandfathers.
It is important to remember Father’s Day. On this day children can show their love to their fathers in an open way.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。(10分)
( ) 66. In America, people started a Father’s Day because .
A. there was a Mother’s Day
B. there was a Children’s Day
C. fathers were very important
D. children liked their fathers very much
( ) 67. The word “businessmen” means .
A. 商人 B. 商业 C. 商品 D. 工人
( ) 68. Buying gifts for your father is a good way to .
A. ask your father to give you money
B. help your father
C. show your love to your father
D. ask for help from your father
( ) 69. On Father’s Day, businessmen always want .
A. people to buy many gifts
B. children to buy gifts only for their fathers
C. women to buy gifts only for their husbands
D. students to buy gifts only for their teachers
( ) 70. From the passage we can know .
A. the writer doesn’t like Father’s Day
B. many people can get gifts on Father’s Day
C. businessmen can’t get much money on Father’s Day
D. people doesn’t like Father’s Day
(2)
Hi Ann,
Thanks for your email. You want to know something about China Tomorrow is going to be Mid-autumn Festival. It’s like our Thanksgiving in America. Families get together. It is usually in September or October. This year it is going to be on October 3rd. On that day families eat a big dinner, like we do. They also eat mooncakes. They are small round cakes. They look like the pumpkin pie. Many families eat their dinner in the open air. The moon looks bright and round on this day. In America, we call this moon the Harvest Moon. Chinese people often talk about their families and tell the story of Chang’e (嫦娥). I’m going to a friend’s home for Mid-autumn Festival.
Yours,
Lucy
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。(10分)
( ) 71. Ann wants to know about .
A. Chinese B. Australia
C. America D. China
( ) 72. Mid-autumn Festival usually comes in .
A. May B. June
C. September or October
D. November
( ) 73. On Mid-autumn Festival people eat .
A. dumplings B. cakes
C. fruit D. mooncakes
( ) 74. A lot of families eat their in the open air on Mid-autumn Festival.
A. breakfast B. dinner
C. cakes D. lunch
( ) 75. Lucy comes from .
A. Japan B. Australia
C. America D. China
D) 书面表达。 (10分)
假设你叫王磊，你的网友Celia给你留言，她很想了解有关中国春节的一些情况，请根据下面的中文提示，向Celia介绍一下中国的春节。
1. 春节是中国的新年，一般在一月下旬或二月份。
2. 春节前人们要准备美味佳肴。除夕夜家人在一起吃团圆饭。
3. 大年初一孩子们向他们的父母问候并得到压岁钱，大人们(adults)开始走亲访友，互致问候。
4. 人们在春节里过得很愉快。
要求： 1. 词数70左右； 2. 请不要逐句翻译；3. 开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Chinese New Year is also called Spring Festival.
Unit 8同步验收练习(三) 参考答案
(共19张PPT)
Section D
Unit 8 The Seasons and the Weather Topic 3 Let’s celebrate!
Teaching aims and demands
1. Learn some useful expressions: international, enjoy, seven-day, dragon boat race, dumpling, capital, square
2. Review verbs in the simple past tense:
I had a happy Christmas yesterday.
I sent many Christmas cards to my friends.
I decorated my stocking by the fireplace.
3. Talk about customs and culture:
（1）Talk about holidays and festivals:
The Dragon Boat Festival is on lunar May 5th.
（2）Talk about customs and culture:
People hold dragon boat races in many places and eat rice dumplings to remember Qu Yuan.
People around the country celebrate the birthday of China on that day.
1. Read and understand
There are many holidays and festivals in China. One of them is International Labor Day. That is May Day. It’s on May 1st. People enjoy a one-day holiday. They often go shopping or traveling.
Dragon Boat Festival is on lunar May 5th. On this day, people hold dragon boat races in many places and eat rice dumplings to remember Qu Yuan. People can enjoy a one-day holiday, too.
October 1st is the National Day of the PRC. It is a very important holiday. The whole country celebrates the birthday of China on this day. In Beijing, the capital of China, many people go to Tian’anmen Square to watch the national flag go up.
Holidays or festival Date Activity
May Day
Dragon Boat Festival
National Day
May 1st
Lunar
May 5th
October
1st
go shopping or traveling
hold dragon boat races and eat rice dumpling
go to Tian’anmen Square to watch the national flag go up.
Knowledge points:
a one-day holiday 一天的假期
Lunar May 5th 农历五月五
hold dragon boat races 举行龙舟赛
eat rice dumplings 吃粽子
the birthday of China 中国的生日
the capital of China 中国的首都
Tian’anmen Square 天安门
watch the national flag go up 观看升国旗
2 Work alone
Listen to the descriptions of festivals
and number the pictures.
5
2
3
1
4
Zao Shen
burn the old picture
of Zao Shen
put up a new picture of Zao Shen on New Year’s Day
Example:
Before Chinese New Year, many Chinese families burn the old picture of Zao Shen, the kitchen god, to get good luck. When New Year’s Day comes, they put up a new picture of Zao Shen on the kitchen wall.
3 Written work
Write a passage to describe a festival
after the example.
4. Useful expressions
They often eat turkey and Christmas cakes and
give each other presents.
Children put up stockings by the firepalces or at
The end of their beds before they go to bed.
Merry Christmas!
They are very happy to get lucky money from them.
We knocked on our neithbors’ doors.
People enjoy a one-day holiday.
Discussion: What day is it
Children play tricks on their friends.
2. People eat mooncakes and enjoy a bright full moon.
3. People honor their mothers by
giving cards and gifts.
4. Students sent cards or flowers to their teachers.
April Fool’s Day.
Mid-autumn Festival.
Mother’s Day.
Teachers’ Day.
Match
Which is your favorite festival
Please write something about it.
Homework
Write a passage about a festival.
Finish “Review of Units 7-8”.Unit 8 Topic 3 Section A教学设计
The main activities are 1a and 2. 本课重点活动是1a和2。
Ⅰ. Teaching aims and demands教学目标
1.（1）Learn the names of the festivals:
the Spring Festival, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Lantern Festival, Mid-autumn Festival, Easter
（2）Learn some useful words and expressions:
get together, potato, mark, sweet, luck, riddle, honor, send, believe
2.（1）Talk about holidays and festivals:
Chinese people make dumplings and perform lion and dragon dances.
People in many countries celebrate Christmas and give each other presents.
（2）Talk about customs and culture:
On Thanksgiving, many people eat roast turkey.On Lantern Festival, people eat sweet dumpling for good luck .
Ⅱ. Teaching aids 教具
录音机
Ⅲ. Five-finger Teaching Plan 五指教学方案
Step 1 Review 第一步 复习（时间: 8分钟）
1.（复习日期的表达及庆祝生日,呈现农历日期表达。）
T: What’s the date today
S: It’s June 6th.
T: When is your birthday, ××
××: It’s May 18th.
T: How did you celebrate your birthday
××: I had a birthday party. I celebrated it with my friends. They gave me some presents.
T: Do you know when my birthday is Guess.
S1: December 1st.
S2: November 11th.
S3: ...
T: My birthday is on lunar October 12th. I hope I can celebrate my birthday with you.
2.（用日历图片展示一些节日的日期。）
T: What’s the date
S1: It’s Sept. 10th.
S2: It’s Dec. 25th.
S3: It’s Dec. 31st.
S4: It’s January 29th, lunar January 1st.
S5: It’s February 12th, lunar January 5th.
（学生说这些日期都是一些节日的日期,请学生说出这些节日的名称。）
T: They are dates of some festivals. Please name these festivals.
S1: It’s Teachers’ Day.
S2: It’s Christmas.
S3: It’s New Year’s Eve.
S4: It’s Spring Festival.
S5: It’s Lantern Festival.
Step 2 Presentation 第二步 呈现（时间: 8分钟）
（播放1a录音,让学生边听、边阅读,了解各节日的名称、日期、特殊食物及其相关庆祝活动。）
T: There are a lot of festivals. To celebrate them, we eat some special foods and take part in some specical activities. Please listen to the tape, read the passage carefully, and fill in the chart.
Festivals Date Food Activities
Spring Festival January／February dumplings perform lion and dragon dances
Christmas December 25th ／ give each other presents
Thanksgiving the 4th Thursday in November roast turkey and potatoes families get together for a big dinner
Lantern Festival lunar January 15th sweet dumplings watch the lantern show and guess riddles
Step 3 Consolidation 第三步 巩固（时间: 12分钟）
1.（再次播放录音,让学生跟读,注意新单词的读音。）
T: Please listen and repeat.
2.（提问问题,让学生对节日的日期,食物及相关活动有更深记忆。）
T: I’ll ask you some questions about the festivals.
（把班级按组别分成4个小组,采用竞争机制,看哪个小组回答问题最多,该小组为优胜小组。）
T: I want to divide you into four groups. Try to answer the questions. The group which answers the most questions is the best group.
T: When is Spring Festival
S: It’s in January or February.
T: What food do Chinese people eat on Spring Festival
S: Dumplings.
T: How do people celebrate it
S: Perform lion and dragon dances.
T: ...
S: ...
Group A B C D
Score
（小组当中的学生回答出一个问题,为该组记上1分。）
3.（让学生根据黑板上的表格内容,陈述每个节日。）
T: Now, please tell me how do people celebrate those festivals.
S1: Spring Festival is in January or February. People eat dumplings and perform lion and dragon dances.
S2: Christmas is on December 25th. People give each other presents.
S3: Lantern Festival is on lunar January 15th. People eat sweet dumplings. People watch the lantern show and guess riddles.
S4: Thanksgiving is on the 4th Thursday in November. Families get together for a big dinner. People eat roast turkey and potatoes.
4.（让学生说出以上节日还有什么别的庆祝方式,拓展学生思维。）
T: We eat dumplings and perform lion and dragon dances to celebrate Spring Festival. We also can eat other things on this day. And we can celebrate in other ways. For example: We eat red eggs, rice and noodles. And we wear new clothes. Please tell me the other ways to celebrate Spring Festival.
S1: We eat oranges.
S2: We eat rice cakes.
S3: We visit friends.
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T: How about the other festivals
S1: Sing Christ songs on Christmas.
S2: Send cards.
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Step 4 Practice 第四步 练习（时间: 8分钟）
1.（播放2的听力,让学生将所听到的内容填到空格上。）
T: Please open your books at Page 94, listen and fill in the blanks in 2.
2.（核对答案,并让学生跟读。）
T: Please listen to the tape again and check the answers. And then repeat.
3.（检查学生是否能记住所学到的节日名称,采取游戏机制,将全班分成4小组,每组的第一个学生只报一个节日名称,之后的学生必须说出前面的节日名称,并且再说一个新的名称。看哪一组说全10个节日,并用时最少组为优胜组。）
T: Please say the name of festivals. The first student says a name. The following students must repeat the names that have been said, and add a new one. The group uses the shortest time is the best group.
S1a: Spring Festival.
S1b: Spring Festival, Christmas.
S1c: Spring Festival, Christmas,...
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4.（检查学生是否能记住节日的准确日期,老师说日期,让学生说出节日；或说出节日,学生说出日期。）
T: When is Teachers’ Day
S: On September 10th.
T: What festival is it on April 1st
S: April Fool’s Day.
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Step 5 Project 第五步 综合探究活动（时间: 9分钟）
1.（让学生表演一些节日的庆祝活动动作,让班级的其他学生根据动作,说出其节日名称及相关活动。）
T: I want a student to perform an action about a festival. Please guess what festival it is. And tell us something about the festival.
（请一个学生表演舞狮动作。）
T: What festival is it
S: It’s Spring Festival.
T: How do people celebrate it
S: People eat dumplings...
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2.（让学生进行一个采访活动,调查各个学生最喜欢的节日。）
T: Please make a survey about your favorite festival and fill in the chart.
Name Favorite Festival Why
S1: What’s your favorite festival
S2: Christmas.
S1: Why
S2: I like the presents. And I can send cards to my friends.
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3.（让学生根据调查表进行报告。）
T: Please report to the class.
S: ××likes Christmas. He likes presents and he can send cards to his friends.
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4. Homework:
T: Please write something about your favorite festival. At least 30 words.
Unit 8 Topic 3 Section B教学设计
The main activities are 1a and 2.本课重点活动是1a和2。
Ⅰ. Teaching aims and demands 教学目标
1. Learn some useful expressions:
inside, shout, chocolate,candy, grape
2. Talk about festivals:
The night of Oct. 31st is Halloween.
3. Talk about customs and culture:
At Halloween parties, people wear scary clothes with big hats and broomsticks like witches.
In Spain, people eat twelve grapes for good luck in the new year.
Ⅱ. Teaching aids 教具
录音机／图片
Step 1 Review 第一步 复习（时间: 8分钟）
1.（复习节日名称。）
T: There are a lot of festivals in the world. Can you name them
S: Spring Festival, Mid-autumn Festival,...
2.（让学生说出节日及其准确的日期。全班分4组,产生竞争机制,看哪一组说得最多,而用时最短。小组里的每一位同学只能说出一个节日,后面的同学不能重复前面说过的。老师在下表里记录下所用时间。）
Group 1 2 3 4
Time
T: Please say the names and dates of the festivals. Every student can only say a name of the festival. The following students can not repeat the names that have been said.
S1a: In January or February, Spring Festival.
S1b: April 1st, April Fool’s Day.
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3.（呈现10月31日,万圣节,展示一幅日历。）
T: What’s the date
S: It’s Oct. 31st.
T: What festival is it
S: Halloween.
T: （展示万圣节的相关图片,呈现部分关键词汇。） （图略）
T: Look at Picture 1. People wear scary clothes with big hat and broomsticks like witches. Picture 2, it’s a fun game, apple bobbing. People try to pick up apples from water with their teeth. Picture 3, it’s a pumpkin lantern. There is a scary face on it and a candle inside.
Step 2 Presentation 第二步 呈现（时间: 8分钟）
1.（让学生听录音1a,阅读短文,将文段与图画正确搭配,培养学生的阅读能力,遇到难点可以在组里讨论。）
T: Please listen to the tape, read the passage and match. If you have any difficulties, you can discuss with your partners.
2.（核对答案,逐段播放录音,要求学生说出哪一幅是正确的图。）
T: Which picture is right for the 1st paragraph
S: Picture a.
（答案: a－f－d－e－c－b）
Step 3 Consolidation 第三步 巩固（时间: 12分钟）
1.（让学生对阅读中遇到的难点进行讨论,小组互相解决问题。）
T: Do you have any other problems You can tell us. The other students will help you.
S1:（提出疑问知识点。）
S2:（说出自己的见解。）
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2.（播放录音,让学生跟读,并圈出短文中的关键词。）
T: Please listen to the tape and repeat. Circle the key words.
3.（让学生根据关键词复述短文。）
T: Please try to retell the story with key words.
S1: Halloween is on the night of Oct.31st...
S2: ...
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Step 4 Practice 第四步 练习（时间: 8分钟）
1.（完成1b。）
T: Work alone please. Read the passage in 1a again and fill in the chart in 1b.
2.（核对答案。）
T: Is it yes or no that people play games with apples
S: Yes.
T: Is it yes or no that people can see many orange lanterns
S: No.
T: Why is it“no”
S: People can see pumpkin lanterns.
T: Is it yes or no that people give neighbors candies
S: No.
T: Why is it“no”
S: People give children candies.
3.（让学生明白不同地区的人以不同的方式、吃不同的食物来庆祝新年。）
T: To celebrate the new year, people in different areas use different ways.Western people have parties.Chinese people perform lion and dragon dances. And people also eat different foods.
（看书本2a的图。）
T: Look, these are foods people eat for the new year. What are they in picture 2a
S1: Grapes.
T: What’s it in picture b
S2: It’s a turkey.
T: What’s it in picture c
S3: Oranges.
T: What’s it in picture d
S4: Pudding.
T: What’s it in picture e
S5: Apples and honey.
T: What’s it in picture f
S6: It’s a Christmas cake.
（让学生听录音,并做出正确选择。）
T: Listen to the tape, choose the right pictures of foods that people eat on New Year’s Day or New Year’s Eve.
（核对答案。）
T: What do people eat on New Year’s Day
S: Oranges. Picture c.
T: What do people eat on New Year’s Eve
S: Grapes, apples with honey. Picture a and e.
4.（让学生再听录音,完成句子。）
T: Please listen to the tape again and complete the sentences.
（核对答案。）
T: Please read the sentences aloud, let’s check the answers.
S1: Some Chinese people eat oranges. Oranges are round, like years.
S2: Some Jewish people eat apples with honey for a sweet new year.
S3: In Spain, people eat twelve grapes for good luck in the new year.
Step 5 Project 第五步 综合探究活动（时间: 9分钟）
1.（让学生根据所呈现的食物与节日联系起来。）
T: For festivals, we eat special foods. Please tell me when do we eat the food, and say something about the food.
When do we eat sweet dumplings
S: Lantern Festival. People watch the lantern show and guess riddles.
T: When do people eat turkey
S: Thanksgiving. Families get together for a big dinner. It’s on the 4th Thursday in November.
T: Mooncakes.
S: On Mid-autumn Festival...
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2.（让学生补充说出某些节日还可以吃些什么特殊食物。）
T: We eat mooncakes on Mid-autumn Festival. What else do we eat
S: Youzi, nuts.
T: What do people eat for Spring Festival.
S: Dumplings, oranges...
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3.（让学生设计一个特别的节日,并说明如何庆祝。）
T: There are a lot of festivals. Now, please celebrate a new festival. And fill in the chart.
festival name date how to celebrate
4. Homework:
T: Today we learn something about Halloween. Please try to write something about it. Use your own words.
Unit 8 Topic 3 Section C教学设计
The main activities are 1 and 2a.本课重点活动是1和2a。
Ⅰ. Teaching aims and demands 教学目标
1. Learn other useful words and expressions:
celebrate, spring festival, delicious, big dinner, stay up, lucky money
2. Talk about holidays and festivals:
In China, celebrating Spring Festival is a big event.
3. Talk about customs and culture:
Before Chinese New Year, many Chinese families burn the old picture of kitchen god, Zao Shen, to bring good luck.
Ⅱ. Teaching aids 教具
录音机／关于节日的歌曲磁带
Step 1 Review 第一步 复习（时间: 8分钟）
1.（复习Jingle Bells,让小组竞赛。）
T: Can you sing Jingle Bells
Ss: Yes.
T: Please sing the song in groups. I want to see which group sing the best.
G1:（sing）Dashing through the snow,...
...
T: Group X sing the best. Congratulations.
2.（问学生Jingle Bells是适用于什么节日的歌曲。）
T: What festival is Jingle Bells for
Ss: Christmas.
3.（让学生填表,复习圣诞节的庆祝方式。）
T: Christmas is the most important festival in western countries. How do people celebrate it Please fill in the chart.
Before Christmas On Christmas Eve On Christmas
send Christmas cardsdecorate a Christmas tree hang stocking find candies and toys,exchange gifts,have Christmas dinner
（让学生根据表格回答问题。）
T: What do people do before Christmas
S1: They send Christmas cards and decorate a Christmas tree.
T: What do people do on Christmas Eve
S2: Hang stocking by the fireplace.
T: What do people do on Christmas
Ss: Find candies and toys in the stocking. Exchange gifts and have Christmas dinner.
4.（讨论春节前后人们的活动,呈现本课关于春节要点。）
T: We know, Spring Festival is our important festival. Please work in groups, have a discussion and fill in the chart.
Before Spring Festival On the Eve On the first day
go shopping... have a big dinner, watch TV... visit friends...
（向学生询问调查结果。）
T: What do people do before Spring Festival
S1: People go shopping.
S2: ...
...
Step 2 Presentation 第二步 呈现（时间: 8分钟）
1.（让学生阅读短文,并在短文中划出描述活动的句子。）
T: Just now, we discussed how the people celebrate Spring Festival. Now please read the passage in 1, and underline the sentences about the main activities of Spring Festival.
2.（请学生在黑板上写下关于春节活动的句子。）
T: Please write down the sentences about the main activities of Spring Festival.
1.Prepare for the Festival.
2.Clean and decorate the houses.
3.Get together for a big dinner.
4.Stay up and eat dumplings.
5.Greet their parents and get lucky money.
Step 3 Consolidation 第三步 巩固（时间: 8分钟）
1.（播放录音,让学生跟读。）
T: Please listen to the tape in 1 and repeat.
2.（请个别学生大声朗读短文,检查学生的读音。）
T: Who’d like to read this passage
S1: In China, celebrating...
S2: ...
...
3.（要求学生利用春节的主要活动描述春节。）
T: Now, please try to retell the passage with the main activities.
S1: Before Spring Festival,...
Step 4 Practice 第四步 练习（时间: 14分钟）
1.（让学生完成2a的练习。）
T: Yesterday Julia had a happy Christmas. Now she is writing a letter to Kangkang. Please read the letter and fill in the blanks.
2.（让学生将答案写在黑板上。）
T: Who’d like to write your answers on the blackbaord
Was had wore gave didn’t play tell
（让学生观察,判断用了以上动词的什么形式。）
T: These words are verbs.What forms of these verbs do we use
S: Simple past.
T: Yes.
（让学生找出短文中出现的其它动词过去式。）
T: Please find more verbs in simple past form in the letter, and circle them.
（让学生说出所找到的动词过去式。）
T: Please tell us what you found.
S1: Decorated.
S2: Found.
S3: Exchanged.
S4: Had.
（要求学生说出自己所知道的动词及其过去式。）
T: Can you say some verbs and the past form
S1: Sing-sang.
S2: Buy-bought.
...
3.（提示中国人如何庆祝春节。）
T: Christmas is the most important festival in western countries. What’s the most important festival in China
Ss: Spring Festival.
T: How do we celebrate it
S1: We eat dumplings.
S2: Before Spring Festival, people do shopping.
S3: We visit friends.
...
4.（要求学生以Kangkang的名义回信,告诉Julia中国人如何过春节。）
T: Now please help Kangkang write a letter to tell Julia how Chinese people celebrate Spring Festival.
（让学生朗读自己的信。）
T: Who’d like to read your letters
S1: Dear Julia. Thank you for your letter. Spring Festival is important in China...
S2: ...
Step 5 Project 第五步 综合探究活动（时间: 10分钟）
1.（学唱“铃儿响钉铛”,播放录音让学生跟唱。）
T: Today we’ll sing a song, Jingle Bells.
2.（让学生根据歌曲猜测节日名称。）
T: Please listen to the song Jingle Bells.（再次播放录音。）Can you tell me what festival this song is for
S: Chirstmas.
T: There are a lot of songs for different festivals.Now, I’ll sing some songs. Please tell me what festival these songs for.
（老师唱或是播放歌曲。）
T: （sing）今天是你的生日,我的中国。清晨我放飞一群白鸽,……。What festival is this song for
S: National Day.
T:（sing）恭喜恭喜恭喜你,每条大街小巷,每个人的脸上……。
S: Spring Festival.
T:（sing）十五的月亮,照在家乡照在边关……。What festival is it for
S: Mid-autumn Festival.
...
3. Homework:
（让学生给外国笔友用电邮或写信的方式描述一个中国的传统节日。）
T: Please write a letter or send an E-mail to your foreign friends. Tell him／her a Chinese traditional festival.
Unit 8 Topic 3 Section D教学设计
The main activities are 1,3 and 4.
Step 1 Review 第一步 复习（时间: 5分钟）
1.（让学生快速说出节日名称。）
T: There are a lot of festivals in the world. What are they Please tell us quickly.
S1: Halloween, Mid-autumn Festival, Teacher’s Day...
S2: Easter, Mother’s Day, April Fool’s Day...
2.（为了让学生区分节日有中西方之别,要求学生分别说出中国与西方节日。）
T: Some festivals are celebrated in China, some festivals are celebrated in western countries. Can you tell me what festivals are celebrated in western countries
S: April Fool’s Day, Easter, Halloween...
T: What festivals are celebrated in China
S: Spring Festival, Mid-autumn Festival...
3.（呈现本课学习的中国节假日。）
T: There are a lot of traditional festivals. For example, Spring Festival, Lantern Festival. Now, listen to me. I’ll describe a festival. Please tell me what festival it is. On that day, people hold dragon boat races, eat rice dumplings. What festival is it
S: Dragon Boat Festival.
T: When is it
S: It’s on lunar May 5th.
T: Dragon Boat Festival is a Chinese traditional activity. Now we have some new holidays. When they comes, we can have a 7-day holidays. What are they
S: May Day and National Day.
T: When is May Day
S: On May 1st.
T: When is National Day
S: On October 1st.
Step 2 Presentation 第二步 呈现（时间: 8分钟）
1.（让学生阅读1中的文段,并将节假日的相关信息填入表格。）
T: Please read the passages in 1.Find the information about holidays and festivals, fill them in the chart.
Holiday or Festival When How to celebrate
The International Labor Day／May Day May 1st go shopping or touring
Dragon Boat Festival the lunar May 5th hold dragon boat races, eat rice dumplings to remember Qu Yuan
National Day October 1st watch the national flag go up
Step 3 Consolidation 第三步 巩固 （时间: 8分钟）
1.（播放录音,让学生跟读。）
T: Listen to the tape in 1 and repeat.
2.（让学生根据表格内容,描述节日。）
T: Please try to say something about the holidays and festivals.
S1: May Day is on May 1st. People often go shopping or touring.
S2: Dragon Boat Festival is on the lunar May 5th. People hold dragon boat races and eat rice dumplings.
S3: National Day is on October 1st. People watch the national flag go up.
3.（让学生提出在阅读中遇到的难点,在班级里讨论。）
T: Do you have any difficult points You can ask and the other students, they can answer it for
you.
S1: What does "remember" mean, in the sentence "to remember Qu Yuan"
S2: It means "纪念".
...（如果学生无法解决,教师可以帮助他们。）
...
Step 4 Practice 第四步 练习（时间: 10分钟）
1.（请学生列出所学过的中国节日。）
T: Spring Festival is one of the important festivals in China. Please name other festivals.
S1: Lantern Festival.
S2: Dragon Boat Festival.
...
（再让学生列出外国节日。）
T: Can you name foreign festivals
S1: Easter.
S2: Halloween.
...
2.（复习2b。）
T: Please read the names of the festivals in 2b.
（要求学生说出以上节日的日期及相关的庆祝活动。）
T: When are the festivals and how do people celebrate them
S1: Mid-autumn Festival is on lunar August 15th. People eat mooncakes.
S2: ...
...
3.（听录音,完成3的练习,根据听到的内容,将图标上正确的序号。）
T: Please listen to the tape and number the pictures.
（核对答案。）
T: What’s the right order
S: 5－2－3－1－4.
4.（让学生阅读4的节日描写范文。）
T: Please read the passage in 4.
（问学生这段话是关于什么节日的。）
T: What festival is this passage about
S: Chinese New Year, Spring Festival.
（要求学生尝试描写一个节日。）
T: Can you try to write a short passage about your favorite festival
（让学生朗读自己的短文。）
T: Now please read your compositions aloud.
S1: Before Mid-autumn Festival, people buy mooncakes, Yuzi and nuts. On that day, people get together for a big dinner. After dinner, people put mooncakes and nuts on the desk in the open air. People want the moon to eat them first.
S2: ...
5.（复习2中的过去式,让学生阅读表格的句子。）
T: Please read through the sentences.
Ss: I had a happy Christmas yesterday.
...
（让学生总结以上句子的时态。）
T: What tense are they
Ss: Simple past.
（询问学生什么时候使用过去时。）
T: When do we use simple past
Ss: Some activities happened in the past time.
（让学生用过去式描述自己昨天所做的事。）
T: Please tell me what you did yesterday.
S1: I played basketball yesterday.
S2: I wrote a letter yesterday.
...
3.（让学生详细描述某一个节日,在班上交流,推选出最好的一篇。）
T: You can write a passage about a festival. Then exchange your compositions, we’ll choose the best one, and put it on the wall.
2005
9月
10日
2005
12月
25日
2005
12月
31日
2006
2月
12日
正月十五
2006
1月
29日
正月初一
十月
31日
Oct. 31st—special party—scary—clothes
—broomstick—apple bobbing—pumpkin
lanterns—trick or treat—chocolates/candies(共25张PPT)
Section C
Unit 8 The Seasons and the Weather Topic 3 Let’s celebrate!
Teaching aims and demands
1. Learn other useful words and expressions:
celebrate, spring festival, delicious, big dinner, stay up, lucky money
2. Talk about holidays and festivals:
In China, celebrating Spring Festival is a big event.
3. Talk about customs and culture:
Before Chinese New Year, many Chinese families burn the old picture of kitchen god, Zao Shen, to bring good luck.
Answer the questions :
1. What do people do before Christmas
2. What do people do on Christmas Eve
3. What do people do on Christmas
Review
1a Read and understand.
Spring Festival
In China, celebrating Spring Festival is a big event. People usually start preparing for the festival one month before it comes. They prepare delicious food, and clean and decorate their homes.
Presentation
They also buy some new clothes. On the eve of the festival, the whole family gets together for a big dinner. People stay up and enjoy dumplings at midnight for good luck. On the first day of the lunar new year, children put on their new clothes and greet their parents. They are very happy to get lucky money from them.
The main activities of Spring Festival:
prepare delicious food, clean and
decorate houses
get together for a big dinner
stay up and eat dumplings at midnight for good luck
greet their parents and get lucky money
Consolidation
1. Please read again.
2. Please try to retell the passage with the main activities.
Practice
Spring Festival is one of the important festivals in China. Please name other festivals.
1. Lantern Festival
2. Dragon Boat Festival
3. Mid-autumn Festival
4. Teachers’ Day
Language points
1. People usually start preparing for the
festival one month before it comes.
人们通常提前一个月就为节日作准备。
start preparing for …
开始为……作准备
start后面常接 V-ing, 表示开始做某事。
也可以说成start to do sth. 如：
They start to cook supper.
他们开始做晚饭。
2. They prepare delicious food, and clean and decorate their houses.
他们准备美味食物、清扫和装点房子。
prepare用作及物动词时：
prepare sth. 表示"准备......"，后接名词或代词作宾语。
Our English teacher was preparing the lessons when I came into the office.
当宾语是食物之类的东西时，可译为"制;做"。
Mother was preparing dinner in the kitchen while father was watching TV.
3. On the eve of the festival, the whole family gets together for a big dinner.
在节日（春节）前夕，全家人欢聚一堂，共享大餐。
the whole family 指的是“全家人”，表达的是整体的概念，所以谓语动词用单数。类似的还有 the whole class, the whole school。
如: The whole school meets together once a week.
全校的师生每星期集会一次。
4. People stay up and enjoy dumplings
at midnight for good luck.
stay up 熬夜
5. lucky money 压岁钱
1b Work alone
Find the differences between Spring Festival and Christmas Day, and then complete the table.
Spring Festival Christmas Day
Date
Food
January/ February
December 25th
dumplings
turkey, pudding, Christmas cake
Spring Festival Christmas Day
Gifts
Activity
greeting cards, lucky money
greeting cards, toys
make dumplings, perform lion and dragon dances
decorate a Christmas tree, hang a stocking, give each other presents
2a Work alone
Read the letter and fill in the blanks with the proper forms of The verbs in the box.
have be give wear tell not play
Dear Kangkang,
Thank you for your beautiful card. Last night ____ Halloween. I ____ a wonderful time with my friends. We all _____ scary clothes, and colored our faces white and mouths black like ghosts. Then we knocked on our neighbors doors and shouted, “Trick or
was
had
wore
November 1st, 2008
treat!” Our neighbors ____ us treats.
Of course, we __________ tricks on
them. It was fun!
Could you ____ me something about
your favorite festival
Please give my best wishes to your
parents!
Yours,
Julia
gave
didn’t play
tell
1. We all wore scary clothes, and colored our faces white and mouths black like ghosts. 我们所有的人都穿着可怕的衣服（戴着大帽子，像巫婆一样手拿扫帚柄），把脸涂成白色，嘴巴涂成黑色, 像鬼怪一样。
2. Then we knocked on our neighbors’ doors and shouted, “trick or treat!” 然后我们去敲邻居家的门，并叫道：“是请客还是要我们捣乱？”
trick 在此表示“恶作剧”
Language notes
2b. Written work
Suppose you were Kangkang. Write back to tell Julia about one of your unforgettable festival.
Homework
1. Preview Section D 1.
2. Write a letter about how to spend last Spring Festival.
3. Review all the key points of Section C.
