1、Unit 6 Celebrations【本讲教育信息】一. 教学内容：第六单元 第一部分Unit 6 part 1学会使用动词一般现在时描述中西方传统文化节日，风俗特点。二. 本周教学重点:1. 复习时态：一般现在时，现在进行时。2. 表示日期，节日的短语。三. 具体内容：（一）句型：I. Two famous Festivals in the texts: 1. In the United States the Christmas lasts from Thanksgiving through the beginning of January. Christmas Day itself, c
2、elebrating the day that Jesus Christ was born, is on December 25.In the weeks before Christmas, people decorate their homes. Green, red, silver, and gold are traditional colors. Another common tradition is to have a Christmas tree in the home. These trees are decorated with small colored lights and
3、other decorations. Many people put a star or the figure of an angel at the top of the tree. At this time of year, people send Christmas cards to friends and family. These cards show typical Christmas pictures and inside the card there is usually a message such as “Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a
4、 Happy New Year” or “Seasons Greetings”. Another important Christmas tradition is giving gifts to family members and friends. Young children wake up on Christmas morning hoping to find the toys that Santa Claus left for them early during the night. Music is an important part of Christmas. People sin
5、g traditional Christmas songs such as “Silent Night” and “O Little Town of Bethlehem” and also popular songs like “White Christmas”.2.This is the most important festival of the year. It is a time when all the family gets together just like Thanksgiving and Christma s in the United States. right now,
6、 Mrs. Zhang is cleaning the house. People clean their houses from top to bottom. Mr. Zhang is painting the window frames of the house with red paint. This is another tradition. I think red is supposed to be lucky color. Lucy, the Zhangs daughter, is writing out The Spring Festival Couplets to hang o
7、n the door. Shes painting with black paint on pieces of red paper. The couplets are very shortonly two lines. Chinese people hang these couplets on their front doorsone line on each side of the door.Everybody wears new clothes.Adults give small red packets containing mo ney to young friends and chil
8、dren.People say happy new year each other on the New years day morning. II. 复习时态：1. 一般现在时。表示经常，习惯发生的动作时间状语：always, usually, often, sometimes, never, every day/morninge.g. (1) I /You/We/They always eat some special dumplings.I / You/ We / They dont always eat some special dumplings.Do you/we/ they al
9、ways eat some special dumplings?Yes, I /we/ they do. No, I/we/they dont.(2) He/She/ It sometimes goes out for meal.He/ She / It doesnt sometimes go out for meal.Does he/she/it sometimes go out for meal?Yes, he/she/it does. No, he/she/ it doesnt.动词由原形变成第三人称单数的规则：（1）大多数直接加-s make-makes, think- thinks（
10、2）以 o, x, s, sh, ch, 结尾的加-es e.g. teach-teaches, go-goes（3）以辅音字母加 y 结尾的 ，去 y 加-ies e.g. study-studies, copy-copies2. 现在进行时：表示正在发生的动作。时间状语：now, right now, Look! Listen!e. g. I am He/She/It is listening to music now.We/You / They are（二）表示日期，节日的短语。1. in 2008in May, 20082. on December 25on New Years Eve
11、on Christmas（三）useful expressions1. be bornMany new babies will be born next year.I was born in 1975.2. get togetherChinese families get together on the Spring Festival.They are going to get together in Beihai Park.3.tell sb. about sth.Marys grandpa told her something about his hometown.She will tel
12、l her friends about her travel experience.4. thousands ofThere are thousands of fresh flowers in park in springThousands of students went to see the art show last Tuesday.5. Its time for .Its 7:00 p.m. Its time for CCTV news.Its time for dinner.6. arrive at/inMr. Smith will arrive in China next Sund
13、ay.The boys arrived at the campsite late at night.7. take care of M other often takes care of us alone when father goes out.Miss Li takes care of the books in the library.8. be decorated withThe car is decorated with red and yellow flowers.The house is decorated w ith colored lights.课堂练习：一. 框词填空。dec
14、orate tradition give type greet 1. Christmas trees _ with small colored lights and other things.2. _ gifts is an important Christmas _ .3. Green, red, silver and gold are _ colors of Christmas.4. These cards show _ Christmas pictures.5. Inside a Christmas cards, you may always see the words “Seasons
15、 _”二. 时态练习。1. Look ! Who _(decorate) the house ?2. Yesterday Mrs Li _(make) a cake for her son.3. They _(eat) special dumplings this year.4. Lucy always _(go) out for a meal on Sundays.5. _ you _(give) small red packets of money to the children last year三. 根据中文写出英语。1. 圣诞节是 12 月 25 日。Christmas _ _ De
16、cember 25th.2. 圣诞节庆祝耶稣的诞生。Christmas _ the _ of Jesus.3. 人们用圣诞树装饰屋子。People _ their house _ a Christmas tree.4. 人们送贺卡给朋友。People _ cards _ friends.5. 圣诞老人给孩子们留下礼物。Santa Claus _ presents _ _ children【本讲教育信息】一. 教学内容：第六单元 第二部分Unit 6 part 2学会使用一般过去时，一般将来时描述过去所进行或将来要进行的节日庆典和过节的经历。二. 本周教学重点：1. 复习一般过去时2. 学习一般
17、将来时3. 过节的一些语句和词组三. 具体内容：（一）1. 一般过去时：表示过去发生的动作。时间状语：yesterday, last night/week/year three years ago, the day before yesterday构成：主语+动词过去式+其他。e.g. We went to visit some friends ye sterday.We didnt go to visit any friends yesterdayDid you go to visit any friends yesterday?Yes, we did. No, we didnt.2. 动词
18、过去式的构成：规则变化：(1)To form the past tense of most regular verbs, add-ed work-worked look-looked(2) If a verb ends with a silent e, just add d. smile-smiled love-loved(3) If a verb ends with a consonant and y, change the y to i and add ed. copy-copied study -studied(4) If a verb ends with a vowel and a c
19、onsonant, double the consonant and add ed.hop-hopped step-stepped不规则变化需要查看不规则动词表，一一熟记。（二）一般将来时：表示动作将要发生。时间状语：tomorrow, next Sunday, in a few days, soon, this evening构成：主语+will + 动词原形 +其他第一人称 I /we+ shall +动词原形+其他e.g.1. He will i nvite his friends and neighbors to the party this Sunday.He will not (w
20、ont ) invite his friends and neighbors to the party this Sunday.Will he invite his friends and neighbors to the party this Sunday?Yes, he will. No, he wont.2. I /We shall make a cake .I /We shall not make a cake.Shall you make a cake?Yes, we/I shall. No, we/I shall not.（三）描述过节的一些语句。1. I had a fantas
21、tic time in New York. I was there for New Years Eve. We left Matts apartment at about seven thirty and walked towards Times Square. We hurried because we wanted to find a good place it watch the celebrations.2.Ten seconds before midnight, everyone counted the seconds: Ten! Nine! Eight! Seven!. When
22、the ball reached the bottom, it was New Year and everyone clapped and cheered and shouted. Peopl e smiled happily and wished us a happy New Year.3.In many countries, when people blow out the candles on their birthday cake, they make a wish. They say that if you blow out all the candles in one go, yo
23、ur wish will come true.4.In France, when they light the candles on the birthday cake, people take off a ring from their finger and they drop it around a candle. This, so people believe, will give them good luck.5.In Mexico, people celebrate Epiphany (January 6th ) with a special cake. Hidden inside
24、each cake there is a small, plastic doll figure. By tradition, the person who finds the little doll in his or her piece of cake will invite everybody to eat on February2.（四）Useful Expressions in the text.1. Some people carried their children on their shoulder so that they could see better。so that 引导
25、的是一个目的状语从句，目的状语从句通常带有 can, could, may, might 等情 态动词，以表示目的，意为 “为了，以便”。e.g. Lets start early so that we can get there at one oclock.She worked hard so that everything would be ready in time.so that 也可以表示结果，意为“因此，所以”e.g. It was still painful so that I went to see a doctor句型 so that 意为“如此以至”。so 修饰形容词或副词
26、，that 引导的从句做状语表示结果。She was so tired that she couldnt think straight.2. on ones birthdayWhat will you do on your birthday?Children would like to have parties on their birthdays.3. take off Dont take off your sweater. Its cold here.The plane for Shanghai takes off at 9:00 in the morning.4. send sth. t
27、o sb.Western people often send Christmas cards to their friends before Christmas.He sent a letter to his father last Monday, but hasnt got a letter back.5. 关于祝愿的日常用语。Happy New Year!Merry Christmas!I wish you good health!Have a good weekend!Good journey to you!Congratulations!Well done!I wish you hav
28、e a nice timeI wish you have a good time.We send you our best wishes!May you success!课堂练习：I. 句型转换。1. We went to Hong Kong to visit our grandparents. (就画线部分提问 )_2. Mary and I spent a great time on Chris tmas Day. (就画线部分提问)_3. We ate a big turkey at Thanksgiving. (就画线部分提问)_4. May 12th is my aunts birt
29、hday. (就画线部分提问)_5. Mike didnt go to school yesterday because he had a high fever. (就画线部分提问) _来II. 框词填空。arrive in, arrive at, culture, clap, somewhere, nearby, reach, thousands of, for, so that 1 . Its twelve ocloc k now. Its time _ lunch.2. I will give you a call when I _ the airport.3. He got up ve
30、ry early _ he could catch up with the early b us.4. Is there a post office _?5. When we learn a foreign language, its important for us to learn the _ of the language.6. Be patient! The bus is _ at the bus stop immediately.7. I remember seeing you _in Shanghai two weeks ago.8. My father will _ Beijing this afternoon.9. The professor made a wonderful speech, so everyone _ and cheered.10. There were _ people on Tiananmen S quare on National Day.
