Festivals around the world Period 3 Grammar

Festivals to Honour People Step One: Revision Task 1: Link the two parts of the table. Obon Day of the Dead Cherry Blossom Festival Halloween Dragon Boat Festival Columbus Day Easter Thanksgiving Festivals of the Dead Festivals to Honour People Harvest Festivals Spring Festivals

Judge the following sentences to see whether they are right or wrong. Task2 Judge the following sentences to see whether they are right or wrong. Judge the following sentences to see whether they are right or wrong. True or False 1. The ancient people needn’t worry about their food. 2. Halloween used to be a festival intended to honor the dead. F T

3. Qu Yuan was a great poet who people honor a lot in China. Task2 Judge the following sentences to see whether they are right or wrong. 3. Qu Yuan was a great poet who people honor a lot in China. 4. Mid-autumn Festival is held to celebrate the end of autumn. 5. Easter celebrates the birth of Jesus. T F F

我有我的课堂 Step Two: New learning Activitiy1 Lead-in (Leading-in by a guessing game) 1. It must be a toy. 2. It may be a book about how to learn English. 3. Can it be a pen?  4. You will give it to student who can speak English well. 5. What you guessed can’t be true. (speculation) (possibility) (guessing) (promise; ability) (guessing)

Activity 2: Learn Grammar Pick out the sentences using modal verbs and translate them into Chinese. 1. The most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather, planting in spring and harvest in autumn. 译文：最古老的节日总是庆祝严寒的结束、春季的种植和秋天的收获。

Activity 2: Learn Grammar Pick out the sentences using modal verbs and translate them into Chinese. 2. Some festivals are held to honor the dead or to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm. 译文：有些节日, 是为了纪念死者, 或者使祖先得到满足, 因为祖先们有可能回到世上（给人们）提供帮助, 也有可能带来危害。

Activity 2: Learn Grammar Pick out the sentences using modal verbs and translate them into Chinese. 3. For the Japanese festival Obon, people should go to clean graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors. 译文：在日本的盂兰盆节, 人们要扫墓、烧香, 以缅怀祖先。

Activity 2: Learn Grammar Pick out the sentences using modal verbs and translate them into Chinese. 4.They also light lamps and play music because they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth. 译文：他们也点起灯笼, 奏响乐曲, 因为他们认为这样可以把祖先引回到世上。

Activity 2: Learn Grammar Pick out the sentences using modal verbs and translate them into Chinese. 5. It is now a children’s festival, when they can dress up and go to their neighbors’ homes to ask for sweets. 译文：它（万圣节前夕）现在是儿童们的节日, 他们可以乔装打扮, 到邻居家要糖吃。

Activity 2: Learn Grammar Pick out the sentences using modal verbs and translate them into Chinese. 6. If the neighbors do not give any sweets, the children might play a trick on them. 译文：如果邻居们不给糖果, 孩子们可能会捉弄他们。

Activity 2: Learn Grammar Pick out the sentences using modal verbs and translate them into Chinese. 7. Festivals can also be held to honor famous people. 译文：有些节日也可以是纪念名人的。

Activity 2: Learn Grammar Pick out the sentences using modal verbs and translate them into Chinese. 8. Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals can be very happy events. 译文：收获节和感恩节是非常喜庆的节日。

Activity 2: Learn Grammar Pick out the sentences using modal verbs and translate them into Chinese. 9. Some people might win awards for their farm produce, like the biggest watermelon or the most handsome rooster. 译文：有些人可能因为他们的农产品（参加评选）而获奖, 比如最大的西瓜或最帅的公鸡。

Activity 2: Learn Grammar Pick out the sentences using modal verbs and translate them into Chinese. 10. These carnivals might include parades, dancing in the streets day and night, loud music and colorful clothing of all kinds. 译文：狂欢节也许包括街头游行、昼夜跳舞、鼓噪的音乐和各种艳丽的盛装。

Activity 3: Practise speaking 1.can/could 1)表示脑力或体力上的能力 2)表示客观上的可能性 3)表示主观上的允许 4)（用于否定句、疑问句或感叹句中）表示猜测、怀疑或惊诧

Activity 3: Practise speaking

我有我的课堂 Activity 3: Practise speaking

Activity 3: Practise speaking

我有我的课堂 Activity 3: Practise speaking 2.May/might 1)表示可能性 2)表示允许 3)may用来表示祝愿

Activity 3: Practise speaking

Activity 3: Practise speaking

Activity 3: Practise speaking

Activity 3: Practise speaking

Activity 3: Practise speaking 3.must 1)表示出于职责、义务该做某事 2)表示出于主观意识而必须要做某事 (1)must和have to的区别: must表示出于主观意识而必须要做某事; have to却表示由于某种客观原因而不得不做某事, 另外have to还有时态的变化。 (2)在回答以must引导的问句时, 若是否定答复, 不用mustn’t, 而用needn’t 或don’t have to, 因为mustn’t表示禁止, 意思是“绝不能”“一定不要”, 而没有“不必”的意思。

Activity 3: Practise speaking

Activity 3: Practise speaking 4.shall 用作情态动词时, 适用于第二人称和第三人称。 1)表示允诺 2)表示命令 3)表示必然

Activity 3: Practise speaking

Activity 4: Practice writing Look at the following picture, and write a story about the picture using some model verbs.

Step 3: Summary

Step 3: Summary

Step 4: Assignment Task1: review the modal verbs . Task2: Do some exercises about the modal verbs.