Unit2

Ithinkthatmooncakesaredelicious!SectionA1a-2dLessonOneTask1Lookatthepicturesandsaywhatfestivalstheyare.

TheChineseSpringFestivalTheLanternFestival

Warming-upTheDragonBoatFestivalWarming-upAprilFools’Day

ChristmasDay

The

WaterFestivalWarming-up1.

TheWaterFestivalinThailand2.

TheDragonBoatFestivalinHongKong3.

TheChineseSpringFestivalinBeijing4.

TheLanternFestivalinJiangxi1aMatchthepictureswiththedescriptions.Pre-listeningdabc1bListenandcircleTfortrueorFforfalse.Billthinksthattheraceswerenotthatinterestingtowatch.Marythinksthattheteamswerefantastic.Billwonderswhetherthey’llhavezongziagainnextyear.4.

BillandMarybelievethatthey’llbebacknextyearto

watchtheraces.TFTFTFTFWhile-listening1cTalkaboutthefestivalsin1a.Post-listeningA:What

doyoulikebestaboutDragonboatFestival?B:Ilovetheraces.Ithinkthatthey’refuntowatch.Task2Thinkanddiscuss1.AreWuMingandHarryboysorgirls?Howdoyouknow?2.Whosevacationsaretheytalkingabout,WuMing’sorHarry’s?3.DidWuMingvisitanyoneonhistrip?4.Whatdoyouthinkhedidduringhistrip?Read2aanddiscussthefollowingquestions.Pre-listening1.WuMingandHarryarecousins/strangers/friends.2.WuMingwenttoSingapore/HongKong/Macaoforhisvacation.3.WuMingvisitedhisrelatives/friends/classmates.4.WuMinglikedeatingout/shopping/theDragonBoatFestivalbest.Read2bandthinkaboutthequestions.

(1)Doyoulikeeatout?Whyorwhynot?(2)Didyougoshoppingonthetrip?Whyorwhynot?(3)What’sthedateofDragonBoatFestival?What’stheweatherlike?Funactivities

DownsidesEatingoutShoppingDragonBoatFestivalinJunePre-listening1.WuMingandHarryarecousins/strangers/friends.2.WuMingwenttoSingapore/HongKong/Macaoforhisvacation.3.WuMingvisitedhisrelatives/friends/classmates.4.WuMinglikedeatingout/shopping/theDragonBoatFestivalbest.2aListentotheconversationbetweenWuMingandHarryandcirclethecorrectwordsinthesentences.While-listening2bWuMingdidalotoffunactivities,buttherewerealsodownsides.

Listenagainandfillinthechart.DownsidesFunactivitiesEatingoutShoppingDragonBoatFestivalinJuneputonweightspentmoneyhotweatherWhile-listeningA:Whatdidyoudoonyourvacation?B:Ivisitedmycousins.Ithinkthatweatefivemealsaday!I’ve

putonfivepounds!A:Iguessthefoodwasdelicious,right?Post-listening2cRole-playconversationsbetweenWuMingandHarry.Usethe

informationin2aand2bormakeyourownconversations.ItisthelargestandmostculturallysignificantcityinnorthernThailand.Itattractsover5millionvisitorseachyear.It’sonthelistof25BestDestinationsintheWorld.Post-listeningLookandlearn.

ChiangMaiPost-listeningListenandfinishthetasks.1.Choosethecorrectanswer.WhatareClaraandBentalkingabout?A.TheweatherinChiangMai.B.ThewaterfestivalinYunnan.C.ThewaterfestivalinChiangMai.2.Answerthequestions.(1)WhenisthehottestmonthinChiangMai?

April.(2)WheniswaterfestivalinChiangMai?April13thto15th.(3)Whydopeoplethrowwaterateachotherinwaterfestival?

Forcleaningandwashingawaybadthings.

1.BenisgoingtoChiangMaiintwoweeks.()2.ClarabelievesthatAprilisthehottestmonthoftheyearthere.()3.TheWaterFestivalinThailandisfromApril13thto15th.()4.TheThaiNewYearisatimeforcleaningandwashingbadthings.()FListenagainandtell“True”or“False”.FTTPost-listening1.Howfantasticthedragonboatteamswere!龍舟隊(duì)真是太棒了！此句為How

引導(dǎo)的感嘆句，表示說話時(shí)的喜悅、驚訝等感情。

【拓展】句型：How+形容詞/副詞+(主語+謂語)!How+形容詞+a/an+名詞單數(shù)+主語+謂語!

e.g.Howcleverthegirlis!2.Whatagreatday!多么棒的一天??！

此句為What引導(dǎo)的感嘆句，表示說話時(shí)的喜悅、驚訝等感情。

【拓展】句型：What+a/an+形容詞+名詞單數(shù)+(主語+謂語)!

What+形容詞+名詞復(fù)數(shù)+(主語+謂語)!What+形容詞+不可數(shù)名詞(主語+謂語)!e.g.Whatexcitingnewsitis!Post-listeningLanguagepoints3.Billwonderswhetherthey’llhavezongziagainnextyear.比爾想知道明年他們

是否還會吃粽子。(1)wonder

意為“想知道”，相當(dāng)于wanttoknow。wonder在不同的句式中表

達(dá)的意思也不同：①后接who,what,why等連接詞引導(dǎo)的賓語從句。e.g.Thegirlwonderswhatisthesecrettogrammarlearning.②后接

if或whether引導(dǎo)的賓語從句時(shí)，表示一種委婉的請求或疑問。

e.g.IwonderifyoucanhelpmewithmyEnglish.(2)whether作連詞，意為“是否”，用于表示選擇或?qū)δ呈虏淮_定。

e.g.Idon’tknowwhetherhepaidattentiontowhatIsaid.Post-listening4.BillandMarybelievethatthey’llbebacknextyeartowatchtheraces.比爾和

瑪麗相信明年他們將會回來看比賽。

believe

意為“相信；認(rèn)為有可能”，后面接名詞或代詞作賓語，也可以跟

that引導(dǎo)的賓語從句，還可以用believesb.tobe

的形式。e.g.Ibelievethatknowledgecomesfromquestioning.5.I’veputonfivepounds!我胖了5磅！

puton意為“增加（體重）；發(fā)胖”

e.g.Sheeatstoomuch,sosheputsonweight.【拓展】puton還可以翻譯為“穿上；戴上”，“上演；舉辦”。

e.g.Heputonhisnewcoatandwentout.Post-listening6.I’mgoingtoChiangMaiintwoweeks.兩周后我打算去清邁。

intwoweeks意為“兩周后”，“in+一段時(shí)間”和將來時(shí)連用，意為

“在某段時(shí)間以后”。

e.g.He’llbebackin5days.7.Iwonderifit’ssimilartotheWaterFestivaloftheDaipeopleinYunnanProvince.我想知道它是否和云南省傣族的潑水節(jié)相似。

besimilarto意為“與……相似的”。

e.g.Acatissimilartoatigerinmanyways.Post-listeningKeywordsandphrases:stranger,relativ