Unit2 I think that mooncakes are delicious

Section A 1 (1a – 2d)

Step 1: Warming-up

What festivals do you like best?

What do you like best about your favourite festival?

Step 2: Presentation

1 .1aLook 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 Hang Kong

3.___ The Chinese Spring Festival in Beijing

4.___ The Lantern Festival in Jiang xi

Step 3 Listening

1b Listen and tell true or false.

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

Step 4 Speaking

1cTalk about the pictures in 1a.

Make conversations.

Examples

A: What do you like best about the Dragon Boat Festival?

B: I love the races. It 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.

1.Wu Ming and Harry are cousins/ strangers / friends.

2.Wu Ming went to Singapore/ Hang 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.

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 Chang 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. (    )

Role –play the conversation

Step 8 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。

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 9 Grammar

Grammar: 宾语从句

在复合句中，由一个句子充当宾语，这个句子叫做宾语从句。宾语从句由“关联词+主语+谓语”构成。引导宾语从句的常见关联词有that, if, whether, what, who, where, why和how等。

Step 10 Exercises

1.(     )—Do you know ____ Jane visits her grandparents?

        —Once a week.

       A.how soon     B. how often      C. how long         D. how far

2.(     ) —I want to know.

         —Sorry. I’ve no idea. But she was here just now.

   A. where is Ann        B. where Ann is  

   C. where was Ann     D. where Ann was

3.(    ) —Hi, Bruce. Here is a letter for you.
        — Thanks. I wonder.
   A. who the letter was from     B. who was from the letter 
   C. who was the letter from    D. who from the letter was

4.(    ) —Do you know_____?

        —He is a dentist.

    A.where he is from       B. where is he from

    C. what does his father do  D. what his father is

5.(    ) Could you tell me _____the cool T-shirt?

  A. where you buy     B. where do you buy

  C. where did you buy D. where you bought

6.(    ) Please tell me _____ to improve my English.   

   A. how I can do      B. what can I do   

   C. what I can do     D. how can I do

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).

Step 11 Homework.

1.Learn the new words and expressions by heart.

2.Copy the sentences with the Objective Clause and learn them by heart.