1、知识与技能目标：掌握本课时词汇celebrate Middle-Autumn Festival, the shape of, carry …to…, shoot down, plan to do sth., try to do sth., refuse to do sth., fly up, so…that…,call out, lay out, start the tradition of

2、过程与方法目标：培养学生提出问题，主动探究、与他人合作的意识，能够收集利用信息的能力。

3、情感、态度与价值观目标：通过本单元的阅读，培养学生的文化意识，陶冶思想情操。

二、教学重难点：

掌握重点句子：Chinese people have been celebrating Middle-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries.

They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss.

However, most people think that the story of Chang’e is the most touching.

Whoever drank this could live forever.

Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night.

How he wished that Chang’e could come back!

三、教学环节：

Step1 Warming up

Look at the picture( Mid-Autumn Festival). What festival do you think of? What do you know about the festival?

Step 2 Role –play 2d

Watch the video and learn Water Festival.

Read the conversation and tell “True” or “False”.

1. Ben is going to Chiang Mai in two weeks. ( )

2. Clara believes that April is the hottest month of the year there. ( )

3. The Water Festival in Thailand is from April 13th to 15th. ( )

4. The Thai new year is a time for cleaning and washing bad things. ( )

Role –play the conversation

Step 3 Reading

3a Read the passage about Mid-Autumn Festival and answer the questions.

How do people celebrate the Middle-Autumn Festival?

What story is the reading about?

3b Read the passage again. Put the events in the correct order.

___ Feng Meng tried to steal the medicine.

___ A goddess thanked Hou Yi by giving him magic medicine.

___ Chang’e refused to give Feng Meng the medicine and drank it all.

1 Hou Yi shot down the nine suns and saved the people on the earth.

___ Hou Yi was very sad and watched the moon at night, and wished his wife could come back.

___ As a result, Chang’e became light and flew up to the sky.

___ Hou Yi planned to drink the medicine with his wife.

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3c Without looking at the passage, try to complete the sentences with the correct

words.

1. People like to a_____ the full moon on Mid-Autumn night.

2. The story of Chang’e is one of many t_________ folk stories.

3. Hou Yi got m____ medicine for shooting down the nine suns.

4. Feng Meng wanted to s____ the medicine.

5. Hou Yi l___ out fruits and desserts in the garden.

Answers: admire, traditional, magic, steal, laid

Step 4 Languages points

1. Chinese people have been celebrating Middle-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries.

for centuries 几百年

2. They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss.

它们把人们的祝愿带给他们热爱和想念的家人。

they love and miss是定语从句，修饰the families。

3. However, most people think that the story of Chang’e is the most touching.

(1) the story of Chang’e is the most touching是宾语从句，关联词是that。

(2) 第一个most是“大多数”之意，第二个most在touching前面构成最高级。

4. Whoever drank this could live forever.

无论谁喝了这个都会长生不老。

whoever意为“无论谁，不管什么人”。类似的词有：whatever意为“无论什么”，whenever意为“无论何时”，wherever意为“无论在哪里”，

however意为“无论怎样”。它们等同于“no matter + wh⁃”结构。

Whoever drank this是主语从句，在句中作主语。

5. Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night.

后羿那么伤心以至于他每天晚上对着月亮大喊她的名字。

1) so …that …“如此 ……以至于 ……”，so是副词，其后跟形容词或副词，that后跟句子。如：

He was so happy that he jumped up.

他那么高兴以至于跳了起来。

2) call out … to… 对着……大喊……

6. He quickly laid out her favourite fruits and desserts in the garden.

lay out 铺开，摆开

e.g. He laid the map out on the table.

7. How he wished that Chang’e could come back！他多么希望嫦娥能回来呀！

这是一个感叹句，其中Chang’e could come back是宾语从句。

Step 5 短语归纳

celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival, the shape of, carry …to…,shoot down, plan to do sth., try to do sth., refuse to do sth., fly up, so…that…,call out, lay out, start the tradition of

Step 6 Homework

1. Learn the new words and expressions by heart.

2. Retell the story of Chang’e.

Exercises

1. ( )—Do you know ____ Jane visits her grandparents?

—Once a week.

A. how soon B. how often C. how long D. how far

2. ( ) —I want to know .

—Sorry. I’ve no idea. But she was here just now.

A. where is Ann B. where Ann is

C. where was Ann D. where Ann was

3. (    ) —Hi, Bruce. Here is a letter for you.
        — Thanks. I wonder          .
   A. who the letter was from     B. who was from the letter
   C. who was the letter from    D. who from the letter was

4. ( ) —Do you know_____?

—He is a dentist.

A. where he is from B. where is he from

C. what does his father do D. what his father is

5. ( ) Could you tell me _____the cool T-shirt?

A. where you buy B. where do you buy

C. where did you buy D. where you bought

6. ( ) Please tell me _____ to improve my English.

A. how I can do B. what can I do

C. what I can do D. how can I do

四、板书设计

Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious.

celebrate Middle-Autumn Festival, the shape of, carry …to…, shoot down, plan to do sth., try to do sth., refuse to do sth., fly up, so…that…,call out, lay out, start the tradition of

五、教学反思：

通过本课学习，学生们了解了中西方的部分节日的文化背景知识和习俗.增强了学生们的爱国热情，但内容较多，需要学生课下多复习、巩固。