1、,Unit 3 Our Hobbies,Topic 3,What were you doing at this time yesterday?,Section D,Lead-in questions:,How many days are there in a week? 2. How many days are there in a weekend? 3. Do you know anything about the weekend?,基督教的圣經(jīng)第一章創(chuàng)世紀。 大意是： 上帝the first day 創(chuàng)造了天地， the second day 創(chuàng)造了水和空氣， the third day

2、創(chuàng)造了植物， the fourth day 創(chuàng)造了日月， the fifth day 創(chuàng)造了魚、鳥等生物， the sixth day 牲畜、昆蟲、野獸以及管理這一切的人。 the seventh day休息時，人類為了感謝上帝，紛紛向他朝拜。 此后人類制定歷法時，seven days a week， the seventh day 休息，但必須朝拜上帝。 這就是“Sunday”的來歷。,Background,a holy day,one and a half days holiday ( weekend ),a two-day weekend,A Short History of the W

3、eekend,視頻1-P77,1,Listen and read the passage and complete it with the correct expressions.,felt too tired to work were closed all day rested and prayed made Saturday afternoon a holiday,The answers : C A D B,錄音1-P77,Read the passage quickly and circle the words below.,spent,rested,prayed,played,had,

4、felt,called,made,stopped,Pay attention to these words pronunciation.,a holy day,When : Where： Who : What :,before 1800,at church,many people,rest and pray,Read Paragraph 1 and fill in the blanks.,Retell Paragraph 1 according to the information above.,one and a half days holiday,in the early 1800s th

5、e USA,in 1874 England,in 1930 America,blue Mondays workers tooto,Saturday afternoon holiday the beginning of the weekend,0ffices were closed on Saturday afternoon,Read the rest paragraphs and find out the information about one and a half days holiday.,the two-day weekend,by 1940 in the USA,factories

6、 and offices,were closed,all day on Saturdays,Look at the information about the two-day weekend and try to retell it and then check .,a two-day weekend 一個兩天的周末,Example: a three-leg table a seven-day holiday an eight-year-old girl a two-floor building,Can you list more ?,Key points,in the 1800s 在十九世紀

7、 讀作: in the eighteen hundreds 也可以表達為in the 1800s,in the1920s (1920s) 在20世紀20年代 讀作: in the nineteen twenties,Read and Write,in the 1790s in the 1350s in the 1420s in the 1980s,in the 1970s in the 1480s in the 1670s in the 1720s,Read and Write,Read 1a again and match the following sentences.,Work alon

8、e,1. Before 1800, people 2. In the early 1800s, many workers 3. In 1874, English workers 4. By 1930, most American workers 5. After 1940, American workers,a. had a two-day weekend. b. didnt work on Saturday afternoons. c. rested and prayed on the “holy day”. d. stopped working at one oclock on Satur

9、day afternoons. e. played games on Sundays, and then they didnt go to work on Monday mornings because they felt too tired.,c,e,d,b,a,Read the passage again and find out the phrases.,at church,in the early 1800s,play games,have fun,solve the problem,stop doing sth.,the beginning of,by 1930,be closed,

10、two-day weekend,Task,Did you have a good time last Sunday? What were you doing at different times? Write a passage about it. The following words and phrases may help you.,You can write like this : Last Sunday I was very busy. I got up at 7:00 a.m. When Jim called me after breakfast, I was doing my h

11、omework. He wanted me to play with him. We played basketball happily from 10:00 to 12:OO. In the afternoon, I was washing my clothes from 2:00 to 2:30. From 3:00 to 4:00 I was reading comics. At 4:30 I went with my parents to see my grandparents. After we got back home, I helped my mother do the coo

12、king. After supper, we all went out for a walk, and then we were watching TV from 8:00 to 9:00. When I went to bed, I felt very tired. But I was happy.,Surveying Sunday Activities,Project,Survey your classmates about their activities on Sundays. The following questions may help you. 1) What do you usually do on Sundays? 2) What were you doing at 10:00 a.m. last Sunday?,Surveying Sunday Activities,Project,2. Work in groups and play a chain game. A: What were you doing at that time last Sunday, B ? B: I was watching TV