I think mooncakes are delicious! Unit 2 I think mooncakes are delicious! Section A (1a-2d)

What festivals do you know? What ’s your favorite festival ? What do you often do on that day? We know there are a lot of special days or festivals throughout a year, such as Teachers’ Day. It’s on September the tenth .

1a. 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.

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d a b c 1a 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. d a b c

1a I loved the races! But I guess it was a little too crowded. What a great day! What did you like best?

语法重点一 The Water Festival in Thailand 泰国的泼水节 在英语中，一般农历的节日，或者说传统的节日，要加定冠词the；阳历的节日，一般不加the。 农历节日：农历正月初一春节（the Spring Festival） 农历正月十五元宵节（the Lantern Festival） 农历五月初五端午节（the Dragon-Boat Festival） 农历八月十五中秋节（the Mid-Autumn Festival） 阳历节日：1月1日元旦（New Year’s Day） 5月第二个星期日母亲节（Mother’s Day） 6月1日国际儿童节（International Children’s Day） 9月10日中国教师节（Teacher’s Day）

Listen and T for true or F for false. 1b. Listen and T for true or F for false. circle 1.Bill thinks that teh races were not that interesting to watch. 2.Mary thinks that the teams were fantastic. 3.Bill wonders whether they'll have zongzi again next year. 4.Bill and Mary believe that they'll be back next year to watch the races. (T) (F) √ √ √ √

语法重点二 What a great day! What did you like best? 多棒的一天啊！你最喜欢什 本句是一个由what引导的感叹句。what和how可以引导感叹句，其常见结构如下： ①What + (a / an)形容词 + 名词（+ 主语 + 谓语）！ 如：What important news it is! ②How + 形容词 / 副词 +（主语 谓语）！ 如：How hard they are working! [注意] 这两种感叹句的句式通常可以相互转换。 如：How interesting the movie is ! = What an interesting movie this is!

语法重点三 Bill wonders whether they’ll have zongzi again next year. 比尔不知道明年他们是否还会吃粽子。 （1）本句含宾语从句。whether they’ll have zongzi again next year.作动词wonders的宾语。wonder在此为及物动词，意为“想知道”，与疑问句从句，whether从句和if从句连用。 如：I wonder who he is. I wonder whether you know the truth. Mary wonders if she can take part in the game in the sports meet.

语法重点三 [拓展] wonder 为可数名词，意为“奇迹；奇观”。 如：He wondered how this wonder was built. （2）whether 连词，意为“是否”，引导宾语从句。 如：I asked Tom whether he needed help. She asks me to make sure whether it is going to be sunny tomorrow.

1c. Talk about the festivals in 1a. What do you like best about the Dragon Boat Festival? I love the races. I think that they're fun to watch.

2a.Listen to the concersation between Wu Ming and Harry and the correct words in the sentencs. circle circle 1.Wu Ming and Harry are cousins/ strangers/ friends. 2.Wu Ming went to Singapore/Hongkong /Macao for his vacation. 3.He visited his relatives/ friends/ classmates. 4.He enjoyed eating out/ shopping/ the Dragon Boat Festival best.

Dragon Boat Festival in June 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 put on weight spent money weather is hot

2c. Role-play conversations between Wu Ming and Harry. Use the information in 2a and 2b or make your own conversation. What did you do on your vacation?

I guess the I visited my cousins. food was delicious, right? I visited my cousins. I think that we ate five meals a day! I've put on five pounds!

语法重点四 如：She put on a lot of weight last winter. put on 意为“增加（体重）；发胖”， on是副词。 如：She put on a lot of weight last winter. Danny put on 3 kilos during the Spring Festival. [拓展] put on的其他用法： （1）穿戴。如：He put his coat on hurriedly and ran out of the house. （2）开。如：He opened the door and put on the light.

Role-play the conversation. 2d Role-play the conversation. Guess what? I’m going to Chiang Mai in two weeks. Wow, sounds like fun! But I believe that April is the hottest month of the year there.

2d Yes, that’s true. But there’s a water festival there from April 13th to 15th. I wonder if it’s similar to the Water Festival of the Dai people in Yunnan Province.

2d Cool! But why do they do that? Yes, I think so. This is Because the new year is a time for cleaning and washing away bad things. Then you’ll have good luck in the new year. Yes, I think so. This is the time of the Thai NewYear. People go on the streets to throw water at each other. Cool! But why do they do that?

语法重点五 be similar to意为“和……相似”，相当于like，其中similar为形容词，表示大致相似，意为“相似的，类似的”。 如：Your views on education are similar to mine. Rats are similar to mice, but they are bigger. My problems are similar to yours. [拓展] be similar in意为“在……方面相似”。 如：These two cars are very similar in design.

小结训练 1. ---Look ,that’s our new math teacher. --- ________ tall he is!. A. What B. What a C. How D. How a 2. She ate too much during the holiday. Now she has ______ 3 pounds. A. put off B. put up C. put out D. put on C D

小结训练 不填 根据所给汉语意思填空。 3.今天天气多么糟糕啊！ What ____ bad weather it is today! 4.My father _________(go) to work in a week. 不填 is going

小结训练 4.Thanks-giving Day is a day for _________ (say) thanks to others. 5.My backpack is similar ________ Li Lei’s but different ________ Wang Ming’s. saying to from

Thank you!