Unit 3 Let’s celebrate! Reading 1

学习目标： 学习有关万圣节的知识 初步了解信件的写作格式 培养自己的阅读能力 能初步复述课文

Do you like Chinese New Year? How many different festivals do you know in China or in the world?

the Spring Festival

the Lantern Festival 元宵节

April 1 April Fool’s Day 愚人节

the Dragon Boat Festival 龙舟节

Children’s Day

the Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 the Mid-Autumn Festival

Thanksgiving Day 感恩节

Women’s Day April Fool’s Day the Spring Festival May Day the Lantern Festival Mother’s Day the Dragon Boat Festival Children’s Day the Mid-Autumn Festival Father's Day Halloween Teachers’ Day Thanksgiving Day National Day Christmas Day

Reading Getting ready for …

From Wendy To Millie

万圣节前夜，孩子们可以挨家挨户索要糖果，如果得不到就威胁耍恶作剧 Task 1 Listen & mark celebrate vi. 庆祝 special adj. 特别的，特殊的 trick or treat 不招待就使坏 knock vi. 敲；击打 play a trick on 耍弄，捉弄 dress up 装扮成 mask n. 面具；面罩 pumpkin lantern 南瓜灯笼 万圣节前夜，孩子们可以挨家挨户索要糖果，如果得不到就威胁耍恶作剧

Task 1 Listening & Questions What do we do at Halloween? A. Play a game B. Dress up C. Make pumpkin latern D. Have a special day

Task 2 Skimming & Questions @ Paragraph 1 1. What is Wendy’s favorite festival? Halloween.

Reading & Questions @ Paragraph 2 1. How do Wendy celebrate Halloween? 2. What do Wendy and her friends make for Halloween? Dress up, wear masks, paint our face Pumpkin lanterns.

Task 2 Reading & Questions @ Paragraph 3 1. What game do children play for Halloween? 2. How to play the game ‘trick or treat’? ‘Trick or treat’ knock, shout, give, not give, play

@ Paragraph 4 1. When do Wendy’s family have a party? 2. What do people usually eat at a party for Halloween? On the evening of October 31st. They usually eat a lot of special Halloween chocolates and candies, hot drinks and hot food.

Task 3 Main idea Paragraph 1 2 3 4 Heading Halloween parties Dressing up When is Halloween? Trick or treat

How many activities do people usually have at Halloween? Four. play ‘trick or treat’ dress up, wear masks and paint their faces make pumpkin lanterns have a party

Task 4 True or False 1. People in the USA also celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. 2. People usually have a party on the morning of October 31st to celebrate Halloween. 3. Wendy often plays ‘trick or treat’ at Halloween. 4. If people don’t give a treat, they can play a trick on them. F F T T

5. Wendy and her friends always paint their faces at Halloween. 6. People in the USA make lanterns out of oranges. 7. People enjoy nice food and drinks on that day. 8.Halloween is not much fun for children. F F T F

Task 5 Cloze Halloween is on ______________. People in the West __________ it. People celebrate Halloween in many ways. Children wear special _________ at Halloween. Many children play a game called ____________. They knock on their neighbors’(邻居) doors and shout _____________. October 31st celebrate masks ‘trick or treat’ ‘trick or treat’

Their neighbors usually give them a _____ of some candy Their neighbors usually give them a _____ of some candy. If the children do not get any candy, they can play a _____ on the neighbor. Some people also make ________ out of big orange __________. They cut out the eyes, the nose and the sharp teeth. They put ________ in them so the light shines through the eyes, the nose and the teeth. treat trick lanterns pumpkins candles

Task 6 Talking about Halloween in the USA, like ... best

Task 6 Talking about Halloween have lots of fun, dress up, wear, masks, paint，pumpkin lanterns

Task 6 Talking about Halloween visit houses, play a game, ‘trick or treat’, knock on, shout, give, treat, play a trick on

have a party, Oct. 31st, enjoy, nice food, drinks, special

Language points

If they do not give us a treat, we can play a trick on them. if conj. “如果”, 引导条件状语从句。从句要用一般现在时表示将来时，也就是当主句是将来时，从句要用一般现在时。 如：I will go with you if it is fine tomorrow. play a trick on sb. 与某人做恶作剧 2. People do not know who we are. 这是一个宾语从句, 从句部分的句式要用陈述句语序。 如：I want to know what you like.

3. My family always have a party on the evening of October 31st. 时间前的介词通常有三种：on, at , in。 on 用在具体某一日及某日的上下午及晚上或夜里的时间前；at用在点时刻的时间前；in用在月份、年份、季节等时间前。如： on Monday, on October 1st, on a cold morning at 8：00 a.m. , at Christmas in April, in 2008, in winter

What have you learned? 学习有关万圣节的知识 初步了解信件的写作格式 培养自己的阅读能力 能初步复述课文

Homework 1. Look for more information about Halloween in the library or on the Internet. 2. Make a post card about Halloween. 3. Read the passage and try to learn it by heart.

Thank you!