I think that mooncakes are delicious! Unit 2 Period 1 (1a-2d)

I think that mooncakes

are delicious!

Unit 2

Period 1 (1a-2d)

mooncakelantern

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n. 月饼n. 灯笼n. 陌生人n. 亲属；亲戚增加 (体重 )；发胖n. 磅；英镑

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mooncakelantern

strangerrelativeput onpound

n. 月饼n. 灯笼n. 陌生人n. 亲属；亲戚增加 (体重 )；发胖n. 磅；英镑

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What did you eat last weekend?

What other festivals do you know?

Water Festival

Halloween

Dragon Boat Festival

Lantern Festival

Mid-Autumn Festival

Which festival do you like best? Why?I think … because …

1aMatch the pictures with the descriptions.

1. ____ The Water Festival in Thailand.2. ____ The Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong.3. ____ The Chinese Spring Festival in Beijing.4. ____ The Lantern Festival in Jiangxi.

a bcdd

a

b

c

Listen and circle T for true or F for false.1b

1. Bill thinks that the races were not that interesting to watch.2. Mary thinks that the teams were fantastic.

3. Bill wonders whether they’ll have zongzi again next year.

4. Bill and Mary believe that they’ll be back next year to watch the races.

T F

T F

T F

T F

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Listen to the conversation between Wu Ming and Harry and circle the correct words in the sentences.

1. Wu Ming and Harry are cousins/ strangers/ friends.

2. Wu Ming went to Singapore/ Hong Kong/ Macao for his vacation.

3. Wu Ming visited his relatives/ friends/ classmates.4. Wu Ming liked eating out/ shopping/ the Dragon Boat Festival best.

2a

Wu Ming did a lot of fun activities, but there were also downsides. Listen again and fill in the chart.

Fun activities Downsides

Eating out

Shopping

Dragon Boat Festival in June

2b

Put on weight.

Cost a lot.

It is quite hot in June.

2cMake conversations using the information in 2a and 2b.

Harry Wu Ming

What did you do on your vacation? …

What did you do there? …

What else did you do? …

What was the best part of the trip? …

So what is the weather like? Is it hot there?

…

ReportI’m Wu Ming. I visited my aunt and uncle in Hong Kong. …

2. In which month is it now?

Listen 1

1. Where is Clara going in two weeks?

4. What do people do on the festival? why do people do that?

Listen 2

3. When is the water festival there?

Role-play in groups

Language pointsPeople go on the streets to throw

water at each other.

throw… at 抛向 /泼向 /洒向……

Someone threw a stone at the car.

有人朝那辆汽车扔了一块石头。

Bill thinks that the races were not that interesting to watch.

Language points

this 和 that可用作副词，修饰形容词或副词，作程度状语，表示“这么”“那么”“这样”“那样”的意思。I’m sorry, I hadn’t expected the situation would become that bad.对不起，我没有料到情况会变得那么糟糕

Guess what? I’m going to Chiang Mai in two weeks.

Language points

in two weeks

in 加一段时间，可表示在一段时间之后。The material will be ready in ten days.

材料将在十天之后准备好。

Language pointsI wonder if it’s similar to the Water Festival

of the Dai people in Yunnan Province.

be similar to 与…相似My opinions on the matter are similar to Kay’s.我对这件事的见解和凯差不多。

1. Make a conversation about your vacation. you can use 2d as a reference

2. Preview the new words we will use in the next lesson.

Thank you!