节日承载着文化.docx

节日承载着文化，英语学习不应该仅仅局限于英语语法的学习，应该在其中渗透相关英语文化，让学生真正感受英语的魅力。本单元由中国的传统节日中秋节开始，介绍节日的相关事物，故事及传统习俗。本课件开始图片以中秋节为背景，让学生看图就能直接联系到本单元的学习主题。之后让学生看图猜节日，有助于让学生进一步了解中国的其他传统节日。也是为听力材料之后的学生口语交流准备谈论的素材。
Unit 2 Section A-1
Class Type
Listening, reading and speaking
Objectives
1. To learn the different festivals.
2. To practice talking about the conversations by listening to the information about festivals.
3. To learn the information in the conversation by listening.
4. To know something about Ching Mai.
Key structure
1. What a great day!
2. What do you like best?
—I love the races. I think they are fun to watch.
5. What did you do on your vacation?
6. Guess what?
Difficulties
How to understand and describe the information about some festivals and Ching Mai.

Vocabulary
strange, relative, pound
put on
Period
1
Procedure
Lead-in
Free talk.
Show Ss the pictures and let them say what the festival is.
Step 1
Discussion.
1. What is your favorite festival?
2. Why do you like it most?
3. What did you do at the festival?
Step 2
Activity 1b.
Listen and circle T or F.
Step 3
Ask Ss to listen again and answer the questions.
Step 4
Pair works.
Make a dialogue about one of the four festivals.
Step 5
Free talk.
Do you know anything about the four festivals?
Step 6
Brainstorm.
Introduce to Ss about the information of some festivals.
Step 7
Activity 2a.
Listen and circle the correct words.
Step 8
Listen 2a again and answer the question.
Step 9
Activity 2b.
Listen again and fill in the chart.
Step 10
Free talk.
1. Have you ever had any down sides when travelling in a place?
2. What were they?
Step 11
Pair works.
Make a dialogue about a vacation by using 2c as a model.