Unit 1 Festivals around the world1.Teaching aims of this unitTalk about festivals and celebrationsTalk about the ways to express request and thanksLearn to use Modal verbsWrite a similar story with a different ending2.Sentence patterns:Request:Could/ Would you please…?Could I have…?Could we look at…?I look forward to…May I see…?Thanks:It’s very kind of you…Thank you very much/ Thanks a lot.I’d love to.It was a pleasure…Don’t mention it.You are most welcome.3.Modal verbs:May might, can could will would shall should must canThe first period Speaking1.Teaching aims:V ocabulary: take place, lunar, festival, Army Day, Christmas, dress upPhrases: Would you like … Could I have…?Might I offer help…? May I see…?You should try…Could we like at…?Can you suggest…? We might take…Teaching ProceduresStep I Leading inT: Hello, everybody! Welcome back to school! Did you have a good time in your winter holidays?Ss. Yes. Of course!T: When did you feel most happy and excited?Ss: At the Spring Festival.T: Who can tell us why? Any volunteers?S1: Because it is the most important festival in our country.S2: Because I got a lot of lucky money from my parents.S3: Because I needn’t study at fe stivals and there was a lot of delicious food to eat.How great.S4: Because I met my cousins and friends who I hadn’t seen for a long time.T. Very food! I am glad to hear that. Today we will talk about festivals, which are meant to celebrate important events. Please think about some other festivals. Can you name just a few?Ss: New year, Yuan xiao festival…:T: Quite right. That’s called the Lantern’s Festival. How about some other festivals?Ss: The Army Day, International Labour’s Day, National Day, T omb Sweeping Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-autumn Day…T: You have done a good job, boys and girls! .Step ⅡWarming –upFestivals are meant to celebrate important events. Different countries have different festivals. Work in groups and lost five Chinese festivals that you know.Discuss when they take place, what they celebrate and one thing that people do at that time. The first one is given to you as an example.Step ⅢPre- readingDiscuss in groups of four1.What’s your favourite holiday of the yea r? Why?2.What festivals or celebrations do you enjoy in your city or town? Do you likespending festivals with your family or with friends? What part of a festival do you like best---the music, the things to see, the visits or the food?Step ⅣAssignment1.Consolidation2.Listening to the material again after class to be familiar with it.3.Homework: Collect as much information about festivals as possible.The second period ReadingTeaching Aims1.V ocabulary: starve, starvation, plenty, satisfy ancestor lamps lead feast bone originin memory of dress up trick poet arrival national gain independencegather agricultural European custom awards watermelon handsomerooster admire look forward to religious as though have fun with daily 2.To enable the students to know the earliest festivals with reasons for them and four different kinds of festivals that occur in most parts of the world3.To enable the students to master some English expressions and phrases about festivals.4.Teach the basic reading skills: skimming and scanning.5.Try to compare and make conclusion s of different festivals.Step ⅠRevision1.Greetings.2.Review the new words of this part.3.Check the students’ homework---festivalsStep ⅡReading1.ScanningT: Open your books and turn to page on e. I’d like you to do the scanning. Read the text quickly and accurately to get the main idea and answer the 6 questions on Page3. ( Ask the student to look through the questions and then read the text silently.)( Four minutes later, check the answers with the whole class. Show the suggested answers on the screen.)2.Intensive reading( Allow the students to read aloud and carefully this time to understand the main ideas of each paragraph and the important details)T: Read the text loudly for a second time and them try to tell if these sentences are True or False.3.Reading and discussionT: Read the text a third time and then work impairs to do Exercise 2 on Page 3.( Let the students have enough time to read the passage carefully and discuss the chart with their partners. Encourage them to expand their answers according to their ownexperiences.)4.Explanation(In this part try to help the students analyse the difficult, long and complex sentences and guess the meaning of the new words; ask them to deal with the language points in the context.)T: Now I will discuss some important sentences and phrases in the passage.a.Some festivals are held to honor the dead, or satisfy and please the ancestors,who could return either to help or to do harm.b.In memory ofc.In India there is a national festival on October 2 to honor Mahatma Gandhi,the leader who helped gain India’s independence from Britain.d.People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter, and becausea season of agricultural work is over.e.The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward tothe end of winter and to the coming of spring.f.The country is covered with cherry flowers so that it looks as though it mightbe covered with pink snow.The suggested explanation:a.An attributive clause.The sentence means people hold some festivals either to show respect to the dead or to make their ancestors happy in case they might come back to do harm.b.in memory of … serving to recall sb, to keep him fresh in people’ minds.He wrote a poem in memory of his dearest wife, who died in an accident.in honor of ( showing great respect or high public regard)in hopes/the hope of (hoping)in defence of (defending)c. a noun phrase followed by an attributive clause as the appositived.two clauses for reasone.energy→energetic adj. ( full of or done with energy)look forward to ( to is a preposition here.)devote to, be/get used to, get down to , stick toe.g. I’m lo oking forward to hearing from you.Step ⅢListeningT: Now I will play the tape for you. You can just listen with your books closed or look at your books or read in a low voice together with the tape. It’s up to you. After listening, please write down three things that most festivals seem to have in common.( Comprehending Ex.3 on Page 3).The third period Learning about languageTeaching aims:1.Let the students know the usage of modal verbs.2.Enable the students to recognize the words and expressions in the reading passageaccording to what mean the same as them.Step ⅠGreeting and Revision( Ask some students to retell the text we learned .)StepⅡ. Practicing the useful words and expressionsT: As we know, there are two important kinds of verbs---transitive verbs and intransitive verbs. But many intransitive verbs have the structure “verb+preposition+objects ” Can you give me some examples?Ss: Sure. Such as look at the picture, hear from my friends, listen to the radio and so on.T: Ok. Now turn to page 4, Ex. 4. You are to make some sentences of your own, using the words given.S1. I’m looking forward to hearing form my friendS2: We are talking about verbs.S3: Would you like to talk with me?S4: Who can think of an effective solution to the problem?S5: Please think about my proposal.Step ⅢUseful StructuresT: Let’s come to the next part. This part is about modal verbs. You are to read the sentences in Ex. 1 and then to find out and write down different sentences with modal verbs form the reading passage and try to explain their meanings. If you have any difficulty in understanding them you can refer to Grammar in Pages 92---94Step ⅣSumming up and home workT: Boys and girls, today we have practiced useful words and phrases of this unit and the usage of modal verbs. I think it is not easy for you to master them, after class you should review them.Homework1.Practice of WBP42EX.1,2,3.2.Please find out10 sentences with modal verbs, and try to get their meanings.The fourth period ListeningTeaching aims:1.V ocabulary: go with, the big bands, musicians, over and over again, for sale, getused to, the winners of this year’s awards for the best costumes2.Enable the students to know how to get the key words to understand theconversation about the carnival parade, to talk about sth happened and express request and thanks.Step ⅠRevisionAfter checking the WB Ex. 1,2,3 the teacher ask the students to give examples about modal verbs and try to explain them.Step ⅡWarming upT: By the way, what’s the topic of this unit?Ss: Festivals around the world.T: Would you like to know something more about festivals around the world?Ss: Of course.T: Now I will show you several pictures. What’s the festival called?Ss: Carnival.T: Yes. This class we will listen to a dialogue about carnivals. First look through the four questions in listening part to find out the listening points.Step ⅢListeningT: I will play the tape for you twice. Please listen carefully and pay much attention to the important points. For the first time you are to make notes beside thequestions. For the second time, you should write down the answers andthen check them with your partners.( It’s important to encourage the students to adapt their present knowledge anyskill to a variety of situations wherever they can. Make sure to allow various expressions of the answers. Do not demand the same words form all students.)Step ⅣSpeakingThis part is intended to give the students the opportunity to practice a telephone conversation using the functional items for requests and thanks. Thepolite form of English are important and should be practiced in a varietyof situations.Step ⅤListening taskT: There are about 10 minutes left. Let’s come to listening task. Turn to pag e 43and look at the pictures. They have something in common. Can you find it out?Ss: They are all about festivals bout the dead.T: That’s right. I will play the tape for you. For the first time you should try towrite down the name of the country where the festival are held. For the next two times you should do Ex2. You can make a brief note first and then complete the chart,according to which you can make a report.The fifth period Extensive readingTeaching aims:1.V ocabulary: heart-broken, turn up, keep one’s word, hold one’s breath, drownone’s sadness in coffee, set off for, remind somebody of something,2.Learn to compare the festivals in China and in western countries.Step ⅠRevisionCheck homeworkStep ⅡReading (1)T: As we know, there are all kinds of festivals around the world. We have talked about two Chinese festivals for the dead. Today we are going ti read a sad story, which is to introduce a cross cultural view of lovers’ festival—Qi Qiao and Valentine’s Day. NowT: I think you have got the general idea of the passage. Now please read the passage once more and answer the questions on Page 8.Step ⅢDiscussion and writingT: That’s for the reading part of the passage. Please think about the ending of the story. Are you satisfied with the ending? Different people have different opinions to a matter. Now any one of you have an opportunity to make up an ending to the story. Please engage imaginatively in the story and use your own ideas. Try to use the vocabulary and structures you have learned of you like.Step ⅣReading(2)T: Let’s come to another passage about carnival in Quebec. Please turn to Page 44, read it quickly and answer the questions in Page 45. Five minutes for you.Added material:Thanksgiving DayFourth Thursday in November is celebrate d as ‘Thanksgiving Day’ People thank God for his blessings. People can ‘Thank’ friends, foes and anyone for the experiences, happiness and sunshine they bring into their lives. Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving Day in America during the second winter in the new world. The first winter had been bad as nearly half of the people had perished due to lack of food and bad weather. But the following year, with the help of Indians who showed them how to plant Indian corn, the pilgrims had successful harvest. Governor William Bradford decided that December 13, 1621 be set aside for feasting and prayer. The Indians were invited to share the festival. Since than, Thanksgiving Day is been celebrated in America. However, it was only in 1941, the Congress in a joint resolution named the fourth Sunday in November as the official Thanksgiving Day.Dating back, it is known that the Council thought to appoint and set apart the 29th day of June, as a day of Solemn Thanksgiving and praise to God for his Goodness and Favour. The First Thanksgiving Proclamation was however on June 20, 1676. The governing council of Charlestown, Massachusetts, held a meeting to determine how best to express thanks for the good fortune that had seen their community securely established. By unanimous vote they instructed Edward Rawson, the clerk, to proclaim June 29 as a day of thanksgiving, It is also known that the Pilgrims set ground at Plymouth Rock on December 11, 1620. Their first winter was devastating. At the beginning of the following fall, they had lost 46 of the original 102 who sailed on the Mayflower. But the harvest of 1621 was a bountiful one. And the remaining colonists decided to celebrate with a feast -- including 91 Indians who had helped the Pilgrims survive their first year. It is believed that the Pilgrims would not have made it through the year without the help of the natives The feast was more of a traditional English harvest festival than a true "thanksgiving" observance. It lasted three days.Thanksgiving, as we know it today, has come a long way from the Pilgrim's harvest festival in 1621. It is an event that seems, as each year goes by, to reinvent itself and to expand its meaning to larger vistas. Maybe this is the real significance of the occasion; for as we continue to change and grow as a people, there are an increasing number of things for which we can be thankful.HalloweenThe ancient Druids 督伊德教(古代高卢人与不列颠人的一种宗教)的教徒who inhabited what we now call Great Britain placed great importance on the passingof one season to the next, holding "Fire Festivals" which were celebrated for three days (two days on either side of the day itself). One of these festivals was called Samhain (pronounced Sha-Von) and it took place on October 31 through to November 1. During this period, it was believed that the boundaries between our world and the world of the dead were weakened, allowing spirits of the recently dead to cross over and possess the living. In order to make themselves and their homes less inviting to these wayward spirits, the ancient Celts（凯尔特人）would douse （插入水中, 把弄熄, 弄湿）all their fires. There was also a secondary purpose to this, after extinguishing all their fires, they would re-light them from a common source, the Druidic fire that was kept burning at Usinach, in the Middle of Ireland.Samhain was considered to be a gateway not only from the land of the dead to the land of the living, but also between Summer and Fall/Winter. For the Druids, this was the last gasp （喘息, 气喘）of summer (it was also the Celtic New Year), sotherefore they made sure it went out with a bang before they had to button down （把...弄清楚）for the winter ahead.They would dress up in bizarre costumes and parade through their villages causing destruction in order to scare off any recently departed souls who might be prowling （巡游）for bodies to inhabit, in addition to burning animals and otherofferings to the Druidic deities（神, 神性）. It is also a popular belief that they would burn people who they believed to be possessed, but this has largely been debunked （揭穿, 拆穿假面具, 暴露）as myth.This tradition was later brought to the North American continent by Irish immigrants who were escaping the Potato Famine in their homeland. In addition to the festival itself, the immigrants brought several customs with them, including one of the symbols most commonly associated with Halloween -- the Jack 'O Lantern. According to Irish folklore, there once lived a man named Jack who was known for being a drunk and a prankster（顽皮的人, 爱开玩笑的人）. One night Jack tricked thedevil into climbing a tree, and quickly carved an image of a cross on the trunk, trapping the devil. Jack then made him promise that, in exchange for letting him out of the tree, the Devil would never tempt him to sin again. He reluctantly agreed, but was able to exact his revenge upon Jack's death. Because of his mischievous ways in life, Jack was barred from entering heaven and because of his earlier trick, he was also barred from hell. So he was doomed to wander the earth until the end of time, with only a single ember（灰烬, 余烬）(carried in a hollowed out turnip.[植]芜箐, 芜箐甘蓝) to warm him and light his way.In Ireland, they originally also used turnips for their "Jack Lanterns", but upon arriving in the new world, they discovered that pumpkins were abundant and easier to carve out.EasterOn Good Friday, Jesus Christ was executed by crucifixion. His body was taken down from the cross, and buried in a cave. The tomb was guarded and an enormous stone was put over the entrance, so that no-one could steal the bod y. On the following Sunday, some women visited the grave and found that the stone had been moved, and that the tomb was empty. Jesus himself was seen that day, and for days afterwards by many people. His followers realised that God had raised Jesus from the dead.Hot Cross BunsHot Cross buns are still made all over England around Easter time. At one time, buns with a cross on them were made all through Lent. They were banned by Oliver Cromwell and brought back again at the time of the Restoration. For a time they were only available on Good Friday but now they can be bought during the month leading up to Easter. Whole meal hot cross buns are becoming more popular each year.The Easter EggAs with the Easter Bunny and the holiday itself, the Easter Egg predates the Christian holiday of Easter. The exchange of eggs in the springtime is a custom that was centuries old when Easter was first celebrated by Christians.From the earliest times, the egg was a symbol of rebirth in most cultures. Eggs were often wrapped in gold leaf or, if you were a peasant, colored brightly by boiling them with the leaves or petals of certain flowers.Today, children hunt colored eggs and place them in Easter baskets along with the modern version of real Easter eggs -- those made of plastic or chocolate candy.O-bon FestivalBon DanceDuring o-bon, bon odori (folk dances) are held all over Japan. The kind of dance varies from area to area. People wearing yukata (summer kimono) go to theneighborhood shrine, temple, or park and dance around a yagura (stage) set up there. Anyone can participate in the dance. Join the circle and imitate what others are doing. Awa odori of Tokushima and bon odori at Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo are very famous.Also, Toro Nagashi (floating paper lanterns) are held in some areas. On the evening of the 15th, people send off ancestor's spirits with a paper lantern, lit by a candle inside and floated down a river to the ocean. Fireworks displays (Hanabi-taikai) are often held during o-bon. It is a typical Japanese summer scene to see hanabi. Since o-bon is an important family gathering time, many people return to their hometowns during o-bon. Most businesses are closed during this time. Although it is crowded everywhere, it is common for many people take trips during o-bon, too. The beginning and end of o-bon are marked with terrible traffic jams. Airports, train stations, and highways are jammed with travelers. I recommend you do not travel around o-bon!Unit2 Healthy eatingTeaching Aims of this unit1.Talk about healthy eating2.Making suggestions or giving advice on diet3.Distinguish the meanings of Modal verbs4.Make a balanced menu5.V ocabulary:6.fiber,digestion,bean,slim,curiosity,lie,debt,glare,limit,benefit,item,protective getrid of, throw away, get away with, tell lies, earn one’s living in debt ,set out run one’s business ,carry on7.Speaking: Practice talking about your ideas; practice giving suggestions andadvice, practiceseeing the doctor.8. The use o f ought toThe first period Warming up and readingStep ⅠWarming upReview the words of foods by showing their pictures. First, ask students to list the foods they like best. Then tick off 3 of them they eat most often. Second, show the three groups of foods and see which group their foods belong to. Third, ask the students to tell us in what ways their foods help them grow.Step ⅡPre-readingGet the students to discuss the questions with their partners in this part. Then askthem to report their work. This part will help the students understand the text.T: Please look at the slide show and discuss the questions with your partners. Then I’ll ask you to report your work. Are you clear?Step ⅢReadingGet the students to comprehend the passage quickly and accurately and meanwhile help the students to form a good habit of reading. Give the students a couple o f minutes to look through the whole passage. Tell the students to read the text silently and then ask for the main idea of the text on the slide show with their partners. Encourage the students to express their ideas.1.Fast readingIn this part ask the students to read the text quickly for the first time and find out the main idea of the text. Then ask them to read the text again carefully to obtain some details. Before reading show the tasks and let the students read the tasks first. This text will help them have a good understanding of the text.a.The two restaurants supplied the healthy diet.b.The reason why Yong Hui’s restaurant was so popular withcustomers.c.Wang Pengwei found out why he had lost his customers and decidedto win them back2.Careful readingT: Now it is time for us to read the text carefully and decide which sentences are true. Then correct the false ones. First read the sentences.ually Wang Pengwei’s restaurant was full of people. (T )b.Yong Hui served a balanced diet. ( F)c.Yong Hui could make people thin in two weeks by giving them a gooddiet. (F)d.Wang Pengwei’s customers often became fat after eating in hisreataurant. (T)e.Yong Hui’s menu gives them energy foods. (F )f.Wang Pengwei’s menu gives tem foods containing fiber. (F )g.Wang Pengwei admired Yong Hui’s restaurant when he saw the menu.(F )h.Wang Pengwei decided to copy Yong Hui’s menu. (F )Step ⅣComprehendingBy now, the students have had a further understanding of the text.Let the students read the text again and find out the differences between the two restaurant.T: Now please read the text again and fill in the chart together with your partner.T: Until now we have known what’s wrong with both restaurant. What does it matter if you only eat at one of the restaurant?S1:…S2:…S3:…T: You all have a point here. But what will they do? We will see it next period.Facing the serious competiton Wang wasn’t lost in sadness and he didn’t quarrel with his competitor either. He went to the library to learn more about healthy eating and made his menu better than Yong Hui’s menu. Do you think we should follow his example?Ss: Yes.T: Now let’s deal with some language points. Turn to page 10, let’s look at the sentences:a.Wang Pengwei sat in his empty restaurant feeling very frustrated.This sentence means that the second action “feeling very frustrated”happened together with the main action “sat”. Pay attention to the form (v-ing) of the second action.b. Nothing could have been better.This sentence tells us that everything has worked out the way you would like. It’s a sentence that we can use in any situation.c. He couldn’t have Yong Hui getting away with telling people lies!This sentence means that he will punish Yong Hui for her telling lies.Step ⅤHomework1.Try to retell the text.2.Prepare for the language learning and do Using words and Expressionson WB (Page 49-50)The second period Language studyStep ⅠRevision1.Check the students’ homework.2.Ask some of the students to retell the text.Step ⅡWord studyThis part is a consolidation of the words in the text. Ask the students to do the exercise individually.T: Now please open your books and turn to page 11. Fill in the chart using the correct forms of the words which have the same root. Next activity is to match the definitions with the words we have learnt form the text.I necessary, you can discuss with your partners.…Step ⅢGrammarThe students will learn the usage of modal verbs. First try to make the students clear the functions of modal verbs, with the help of the practice 1on page 12. Then give them some examples.T: Please pick out all the sentences containing modal verbs in the text.a.By lunchtime they would have all be sold---It indicates possibility.b.His restaurant ought to be full of people.---It indicates possibility.c.What could have happened?--- It indicates possibility.d.Nothing could have been better.--- It indicates possibility.e.Something terrible must have happened if Maochang was not coming toeat with him as he always did.---It indicates guessing.f.He could not believe his eyes. ---It indicates intension.g.He wonder if he should go to the library to find out ---It indicates duty.h.He wouldn’t have Yong Hui getting away with telling people lies!---It indicatesintension.…Step ⅣHomework1.Review the rules of word formation and the meanings of modal verbs.2.Prepare the Using Structure on page 50 by making a dialogue in pairs.The third period ListeningStep ⅠRevision1.Check the using structure on page 50.2.Ask the students to make a short dialogue in pairs.Step ⅡListening( using language)The students will hear what Wang Pengwei did after leaving YongHui’s restaurant. Ask the students to finish the chart and answer the questions.T: OK. We have studied the text and know neither of the restaurant supplied a balanced diet. Let’s listen to the tape and see how the story went on. Go through the text quickly on page 14.( Play the tape. Students write down the answers and check the answers with their partners.)T: Now listen to it again and try to make sure your answers are right.Step ⅢListening (WB P48)The students will heat a conversation between Hong Mei and the doctor. They are asked to do exercise according to the tape.T: Doctor know that there are illnesses you may get if you do not eat properly. In the following part, we are going to listen to a dialogue. Hong Mei is going to see the doctor. Let’s see how the doctor gives her some advice. Listen carefully and do the exercises.Step ⅣHomework1.Pre-view the reading(2) and reading task on Page 52. See how the storyended.2.Find some information about healthy eating on the Internet.The fourth period Extensive readingStep ⅠRevision1.Check the homework2.Share the information the students have got form the Internet.。
