Unit2Ithinkthatmooncakesaredelicious单元设计.doc

Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious!
单元教学设计
教学目标：
1语言目标：掌握本单元词汇，听懂、掌握谈论中外不同国家文化的语言材料。
2 技能目标：能听懂语言材料，掌握听的技巧；能读懂介绍中外不同文化的文章。
3 情感目标：通过开展角色表演等活动，培养学生阅读兴趣。通过本单元的阅读，培养学生的文化意识，陶冶思想情操。
教学重点：
(1) 短语:
Section A 1
the Water Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival, watch the races, a little crowded, 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 water at each other, wash away, have good luck, in the new year
Section A 2
celebrate Middle-Autumn Festival, the shape of, carry …to…, shoot down, plan to do sth., try to do sth., refuse to do sth., fly up, so…that…,call out, lay out, start the tradition of
Section A 3
one…, the other…, give…to…,take out, more and more popular
Section B 1
dress up, care about, make money, used to, end up, warn sb. to do sth., expect sb. to do sth., wake up, find out, decide to do sth., promise to do sth., in need,
Section B 2
introduce sb., make sb. do sth., give birth to life, not only…but also…
(2) 句子:
Section A 1
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.
Section A 2
Chinese people have been celebrating Middle-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries.
They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss.
However, most people think that the story of Chang’e is the most touching.
Whoever drank this could live forever.
Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night.
How he wished that Chang’e could come back!
Section A 3
Do you know that there are two special days for parents in America?
I believe that there are many ways to show our love.
It is also a good idea to help parents to do something instead.
Section B 1
Many would agree that when we think of Christmas, we probably think of gifts, Christmas trees and Santa Claus.
A Christmas Carol is a famous novel written by Charles Dickens.
He just cares about whether he can make more money.
Marley used to be just like Scrooge, so he was punished after he died.
He now treats everyone with kindness and warmth, spreading love and joy everywhere he goes.
Section B 2
Not only do people spread them around in different hiding places for an egg hunt, but they also give out these treats as gifts.
教学难点：
1. 学会运用宾语从句来表达句子。
2. 学会运用what和how表达对某事物的感叹。
课时划分
Period 1 Section A1 1a – 2d
Period 2 Section A2 3a-3c
Period 3 Grammar Focus - 4c
Period 4 Section B1 1a-2e
Period 5 Section B2 3a-3b self check Summary
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 .1a Look 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 Hong Kong
3. ___ The Chinese Spring Festival in Beijing
4. ___ The Lantern Festival in Jiangxi
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
1c Talk about the pictures in 1a.
Make conversations.
Examples
A: What do you like best about the Dragon Boat Festival?
B: I love the races. I 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/ Hong 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.
Fun activities
Downsides
Eating out

Shopping

Dragon Boat Festival in June

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 Chiang 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。
从句原形
关联词
例句
陈述句
that（在口语或非正式文体中常省略）

I think (that) Halloween is a fun festival.
Mary thinks (that) the teams were just fantastic.
Many think (that) sharks are too strong to be
endangered.
一般疑问句

whether, if（在口语中
常用if）

I wonder if/whether they’ll have the races again next year.
Ben wonders if/whether April is a good time to visit Thailand.
特殊疑问句

who, what, which,
when, where, how, why
Could you please tell me where the restrooms are?
Do you know when the bookstore closes today?
Can you tell me who she is?

Section A2 (3a – 3c)
Step1 Warming up
Look at the picture. What festival do you think of? What do you know about the festival?

Step 2 Reading
3a Read the passage about Mid-Autumn Festival and answer the questions.
How do people celebrate the Middle-Autumn Festival?
What story is the reading about?
3b Read the passage again. Put the events in the correct order.
___ Feng Meng tried to steal the medicine.
___ A goddess thanked Hou Yi by giving him magic medicine.
___ Chang’e refused to give Feng Meng the medicine and drank it all.
1 Hou Yi shot down the nine suns and saved the people on the earth.
___ Hou Yi was very sad and watched the moon at night, and wished his wife could come back.
___ As a result, Chang’e became light and flew up to the sky.
___ Hou Yi planned to drink the medicine with his wife.
Answers: 4251763
3c Without looking at the passage, try to complete the sentences with the correct
words.
1. People like to a_____ the full moon on Mid-Autumn night.
2. The story of Chang’e is one of many t_________ folk stories.
3. Hou Yi got m____ medicine for shooting down the nine suns.
4. Feng Meng wanted to s____ the medicine.
5. Hou Yi l___ out fruits and desserts in the garden.
Answers: admire, traditional, magic, steal, laid
Step 3 Languages points
1. Chinese people have been celebrating Middle-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries.
for centuries 几百年
2. They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss.
它们把人们的祝愿带给他们热爱和想念的家人。
they love and miss是定语从句，修饰the families。
3. However, most people think that the story of Chang’e is the most touching.
(1) the story of Chang’e is the most touching是宾语从句，关联词是that。
(2) 第一个most是“大多数”之意，第二个most在touching前面构成最高级。
4. Whoever drank this could live forever.
无论谁喝了这个都会长生不老。
whoever意为“无论谁，不管什么人”。类似的词有：whatever意为“无论什么”，whenever意为“无论何时”，wherever意为“无论在哪里”，
however意为“无论怎样”。它们等同于“no matter + wh⁃”结构。
Whoever drank this是主语从句，在句中作主语。
5. Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night.
后羿那么伤心以至于他每天晚上对着月亮大喊她的名字。
1) so …that …“如此 ……以至于 ……”，so是副词，其后跟形容词或副词，that后跟句子。如：
He was so happy that he jumped up.
他那么高兴以至于跳了起来。
2) call out … to… 对着……大喊……
6. He quickly laid out her favourite fruits and desserts in the garden.
Lay的用法：
单词
意义
(原形→单数第三人称形式→现在分词→过去式→过去分词)
lay
下(蛋)；产(卵)
lay→lays→laying→laid→laid
lay out 铺开，摆开
e.g. He laid the map out on the table.
7. How he wished that Chang’e could come back！他多么希望嫦娥能回来呀！
这是一个感叹句，其中Chang’e could come back是宾语从句。
Step 4 短语归纳
celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival, the shape of, carry …to…,shoot down, plan to do sth., try to do sth., refuse to do sth., fly up, so…that…,call out, lay out, start the tradition of
Step 5 Homework
1. Learn the new words and expressions by heart.
2. Retell the story of Chang’e.
Section A 3 (Grammar Focus-4c)
Step 1 Revision
宾语从句和感叹句
Step 2 Grammar focus
1. Pay attention to these objective clauses.
1. I know that the Water Festival is really fun.
2. I wonder if they’ll have the races again next year.
3. I wonder whether June is a good time to visit Hong Kong.
4. I believe that April is the hottest month in Thailand.
2. Pay attention to these exclamatory statements.
1. What fun the Water Festival is!
2. How fantastic the dragon boat teams were!
3. How pretty the dragon boats were!
4. How delicious the food is in Hong Kong!
Step 3 Grammar
（一）宾语从句
用作宾语的从句叫做宾语从句。掌握宾语从句的引导词、时态及语序是学习宾语从句的关键。仔细观察下面的例句，然后补全结论部分所缺的内容。
【例句】
1. She said (that) she would leave a note on the desk.
2. He wants to know if/ whether you are a doctor.
3. Do you know when he bought this pencil-box?
4. Teresa told her son that leaves turn yellow in autumn.
【结论】
A. 当宾语从句具有陈述意义时，用____引导。它在句子中只起引导作用，在口语中常可省略。当宾语从句具有疑问意义时，可用____或whether引导。它们在句子中的意思是____（如果 / 是否）。或者用连接代词（what, who, which等）或连接副词（when, where, how, why等）引导。
B. 宾语从句的时态一般受主句时态的影响。当主句是__________或一般将来时，宾语从句可以根据具体情况用适当的时态；当主句是一般过去时，从句要用相应的________。但当从句表示的是名言、客观真理或自然现象等时，一般_____ (不受/ 受)主句时态的限制，均用一般现在时。
C. 宾语从句要用_____ (陈述 / 疑问) 语序。
Answers: that，if，是否；一般现在时，过去时态，不受；陈述
（二）感叹句
用来表达喜、怒、哀、乐等强烈感情的句子叫感叹句。感叹句一般用what或how引导，句末用感叹号。what修饰名词，how修饰形容词或副词。
1. what引导的感叹句:
1) What + a/ an + adj. + 可数单数(+主谓语)! 
e.g. What a brave boy (Tom is)!
What an excellent idea (it is)!
2) What + adj. + 可数名词复数(+主谓语)! 
e.g. What beautiful pictures (they are)!
3) What + adj. + 不可数名词(+主谓语)! 
e.g. What delicious food (it is)!
2. how引导的感叹句：
How + adj. / adv. + 主语 + 谓语! 
e.g. How happy the children were!
How carefully he is reading! 
注意：一般情况下，以what和how开头的感叹句可以相互转换，转换后意义不变。
e.g. What a tall building it is! = How tall the building is! 
Exercises:
Ⅰ. 根据句意选出恰当的一项填空。
1. ______ (What / What a) delicious chicken we are having!
2. ______ (What / How) warm it is in the classroom! 
3. ______ (What / What a) nice shirt you bought!
4. _____ (What / How) fast the young man is walking!
Answers: What, How, What a, How
Step 4 Practice
4a Write sentences using the words given.
1. think/ Lantern Festival/ beautiful
I think that the Lantern Festival is beautiful.
2. don’t know/ whether/ he/ come home/ for the festival
3. believe/ Water Festival/ most/ fun
4. wonder/ if/ mooncakes/ delicious
5. how/ exciting/ races
6. what/ interesting/ city
Answers: 2. I don’t know whether he will come home for the festival.
3. I believe that the Water Festival is the most fun.
4. I wonder if mooncakes are delicious.
5. How exciting the races are!
6. What an interesting city!
Step 5 Reading
4b Read the passage below and underline the objective clauses. If possible, write your own sentences about Mother’s Day and Father’s Day using objective clause.
Answers: 1. Do you know that there are two special days for parents in America?
2. I heard that it is becoming more and more popular to celebrate Mother’s Day and Father’s Day in China.
3. I wonder if children over there also give similar gifts to their parents.
4. I believe that there are many ways to show our love.
Learn the new words: tie.
Step 6 Speaking
4c Which festival do you like best? Ask your group and report to the class.
e.g. In our group, David’s favorite festival is …He thinks that….
Step 7 Pairwork
Make a conversation.
A: There are many festivals in China. Which festival do you like best?
B: I think I like Mid-Autumn Festival best.
A: Why do you like it best?
B: I think I can enjoy delicious mooncakes.
Step 8 Languages points and exercises
1. It is also a good idea to help parents to do something instead.
It是形式主语， to help parents to do something 是真正主语。类似句型有：
It is + n. + to do sth.
It is + adj. (for sb.) to do sth.
It takes (sb.) sometime + to do sth.
e.g. It is not a good habit to get up late. 赖床不是一个好习惯。
It is very important for young people to learn English well.
对于年轻人来说，学好英语是很重要的。
It took the workers almost two years to finish the building.
工人们花了几乎三年的时间完成这一建筑。
2. One is Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of May, and the other is Father’s Day…
辨析another, the other, others & the others
another和the other都有“另一个”的意思。another指多个中的“另一个”；the other则指两个中的“另一个”，常与one构成固定one ... the other ...，“一个……另一个……”。
e.g. The shoes don’t fit me. Would you please show me another pair?
鞋不适合我，你能给我看看另外一双吗？
  My sister has two skirts. One is yellow, the other is black.
我姐姐有两条裙子。一条是黄色的， 另外一条是黑色的。
others (=other+复数名词)与the othe