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even poor people.
Ghost C: Hey, I want to take you to the future.
Scrooge: I know the spirit of Christmas. I decide to change my life and to be a better person. Step 3 Free talk
Talk about your favorite festival, use the following questions. When is it celebrated in/on…? What do you like best about…? How do people celebrate…? Why do they do that? Step 4 3a-3b(writing)
3a Your English-speaking pen pal wants to know about your favorite Chinese festival. Make some notes about the festival. What is the name of the festival? When is it? Middle-Autumn Festival on August 15th of Chinese lunar calendar What do people eat? What do people do? mooncakes People can enjoy the full moon in the dark sky. Why do you like it so much? Because it makes me happy. 3b Write a letter to your pen pal and tell him/her about your favorite Chinese festival. Use your notes in 3a. 帮你构思： In your letter:
First, introduce the festival and when it is celebrated. Then talk about what people do and eat.
Finally, explain why you like it best and how it makes you feel. Use the following expressions to help you: My favorite Chinese festival is…
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It is celebrated in / on … During this festival, people… It’s my favorite festival because… It makes me feel… Sample
The Middle-Autumn Festival is one of the traditional Chinese festivals, it is often celebrated in September or October. During the festival, family members get together and eat mooncakes. There are various kind of delicious mooncakes. On the evening of the Middle-Autumn Festival, people can enjoy the full moon in the dark sky. I like Mid-Autumn Festival because it makes me happy. Step 5 Self-check
1. Complete the passage with the words in the box.
spread…around, between… and, give out, business, lay, relatives Many Western countries celebrate Easter. This holiday is always on a Sunday ____ March 22nd ____ April 25th. It celebrates the beginning of new life. Hens _____ eggs, giving birth to life. So an egg is a symbol of new life. A popular activity during Easter is to hide eggs around your home or garden for friends or _________ to find. These can be real eggs, but they are more often chocolate eggs. Not only do people _______ them ________ in different hiding places for an egg hunt, but they also ______ these treats as gifts. So just like Christmas, Easter creates good ________ for supermarkets and chocolate stores.
Keys: between, and, lay, relatives, spread, around, give out, business 2. Rewrite these sentences as exclamations. 1. The mooncakes are delicious.
?How ____________________________! How delicious the mooncakes are！ 2. The festival will be fun.
?What ________________________! What fun will the festival be!
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3. This concert is boring.
?How _______________________! How boring this concert is! 4. I’m really excited.
?How ________________________! How excited am I!
5. The band played really loud music. ?What ________________________! What loud music the band played!
3. Make sentences about a festival/festivals you like using these words+ that/whether/if.
I think ____________________________. I know____________________________. I believe __________________________. I wonder __________________________. Step 6 Language points
Not only do people spread them around in different hiding places for an egg hunt, but they also give out these treats as gifts.
句中的not only ... but (also) ... 意为“不但……而且……”。当not only位于句首时，其后的主谓要部分倒装。此外，当not only ... but (also) ... 连接两个代词或名词作主语时，谓语动词要与but (also)后的代词或名词在数上保持一致。如： Not only he but also I am wrong. Not only books but also water is needed. Step 7 Exercises 单选题。
1. _____ good advice! It’s so helpful to us. A. How B. What C. What a 2. —____ excellent work you have done! —It’s very kind of you to say so.
A. What an B. How C. What
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3. —____ interesting the storybook is! —Yes. I have read it twice.
A. What B. What an C. How D. How an 4. ____ great picture! Who painted it?
A. How B. What C. How a D. What a 5.—How long does it take to get to the airport?
—Forty minutes. But it’s foggy today. I’m not sure ___ the highway will closes soon. Let’s set off earlier.
A. whether B. when C. how D. why 6. Could you say it again? I can’t understand ____ you are talking about. A. how
B. when
C. what
D. which
7. What a nice paper fish! Can you show us ________ you make it? A. whether B. how C. why D. what 8. When H7N9 bird flu first appeared, people didn’t know ________ doctors could cure it.
A. if B. that C. what D. why Keys: 1-5 BCCDA 6-8 CBA Step 8 Homework
Write an article about your favorite festival.
Unit 3 Could you please tell me where the restrooms are? 一、教学目标： 1. 语言知识目标
基本词汇：restroom, stamp, bookstore, postcard, pardon, washroom, bathroom,
normal, rush, suggest, staff, grape, central, mail, east, fascinating, convenient, mall, clerk, corner, polite, politely, speaker, request, direction, correct, direct, whom, address, underground
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基本句型：Excuse me, do you know where I can buy some medicine?
Sure. There’s a supermarket down the street. Could you please tell me how to get to the post office? Sorry, I’m not sure how to get there.
I wonder where we should go next.
Could you tell us when the band starts playing this evening? You should try that new ride over there.
2. 技能目标: （1）能用宾语从句礼貌的寻求帮助。 （2）能用正确的方法指路。
3. 情感目标: 培养学生尊重他人，对人有礼貌，热爱生活。 二、教学重难点：
1. 教学重点：（1）礼貌的向他人寻求帮助。 （2）正确使用宾语从句。 2. 教学难点：运用宾语从句礼貌的寻求帮助。 三、教学步骤:
Section A 1 (1a-2d)
Step 1 Warming –up Greeting Step 2 Presentation （1）Guessing game
Show pictures to the whole class, one student explains the places in English and another one who doesn’t look at the blackboard guesses what place it is. For example, one student say: We can save money or exchange money in this place, another one guess it is a bank. Get students to guess the places like bank, post office, bookstore, museum, bathroom, washroom, mall and so on.
（2）Show some stamps to students and present the new sentences: Could you tell me where I can buy some stamps? Could you please tell me where I can get a dictionary? Do you know where I can get some magazines? Step 3 Practice
1) Match each thing with a place in the picture in 1a.
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