1、Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious! The Second Period Section A(3a-3c),Warming up:,1.What festival do you think of ?2.What do you know about the festival?,Read the passage about the Mid-Autumn Festival and answer the questions.,1.How do people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival?2.What story
2、is the reading about?,3a,People admire the moon and share mooncakes with their families.,The story of Change.,Full Moon,Full Feelings Chinese people have been celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries. Mooncakes are in the shape of a full moon on the Mid-Autumn night.
3、They carry peoples wishes to the families they love and miss. There are many traditional folk stories about this festival. However,most people think that the story of Change is the most touching.Change was Hou Yis beautiful wife. After Hou Yi shot down the nine suns, a goddess gave him magic medicin
4、e to thank him.,Whoever took this could live forever,and Hou Yi planned to take it with Change.However,a bad man, Pang Meng,tried to steal the medicine when Hou Yi was not home.Change refused to give it to him and took it all. She became very light and flew up to the moon.Hou Yi was so sad that he c
5、alled out her name to the moon every night. One night, he found that the moon was so bright and round that he could see his wife there.He quickly laid out her favorite fruits and desserts in the garden.How he wished that Change could come back! After this,people started the tradition of admiring the
6、 moon and sharing mooncakes with their families.,Read the passage again.Put the events in the correct order.,_Pang Meng tried to steal the medicine. _A goddess thanked Hou Yi by giving him a magic medicine. _Change refused to give Pang Meng the medicine and took it all. _Hou Yi shot down the nine su
7、ns 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, Change became light and flew up to the sky. _Hou Yi planned to take the medicine with his wife.,1,4,2,5,7,6,3,3b,Without looking at the passage, try to complete
8、 the sentences with the correct words.,1.People like to a_the full moon on the Mid-Autumn night. 2.The story of Change is one of many t_folk stories. 3.Hou Yi got m_medicine for shooting down the nine suns. 4.Pang Meng wanted to s_the medicine. 5.Hou Yi l_out fruits and desserts in the garden.,dmire
9、,agic,raditional,aid,teal,3c,1.Change refused to give it to him and took it all.嫦娥拒绝把仙药给他，全部吞下了。（教材第11页） refuse动词，意为“拒绝，谢绝，推辞”。其后接动词不定式，即refuse to do sth.，意为“拒绝做某事”。 e.g.:They refused to let me go. 2.Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night.后羿悲痛不已，以至于每晚都对着月亮大声呼喊她的名字。（教材第
10、11页）call out ones name意为“大声呼喊某人的名字”。 e.g.: I called out his name but he turned a deaf ear to my calling.,Language Points,3.He quickly laid out her favorite fruits and desserts in the garden.他 飞快地在花园里摆出她最喜欢的水果和点心。（教材第11页） lay out意为“摆开；布置”。lay在此处用作及物动词，意为“放置；安放”。其过去式和过去分词均为laid;现在分词为laying。e.g.:Can yo
11、u help her lay out the books on the shelf?【拓展】lay作动词，还可译为“产（卵）；下（蛋）”。 e.g.:The hens lay a lot of eggs every day. 4.How he wished that Change could come back!他是多么希望嫦娥能回来呀！（教材第11页） wish及物动词，意为“希望”。 e.g.: I wish to have a holiday. We wish to live in a big house with a big garden.,5.After this,people st
12、arted the tradition of admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families.此后，人们便开始了和家人一起赏月和品月饼的传统。（教材第11页） (1)the tradition of.意为“的传统”。tradition既可用作可数名词，也可用作不可数名词，意为“传统；惯例”。其形容词形式为traditional,意为“传统的”。 e.g.:They value Chinese tradition. (2)admire及物动词，意为“欣赏；仰慕”。常用结构：admire sb./sth.“欣赏某人/某事”;a
13、dmire sb. for (doing) sth.“因(做)某事佩服某人”。 e.g.:I admire him very much. We admire her for her bravery.,根据首字母提示完成单词。 1.People like to a_the full moon on the Mid-Autumn night. 2.The story of Change is one of the most t_folk stories. 3.Hou Yi got m_medicine for shooting down the nine suns. 4.Pang Meng wanted to s_ the medicine. 5.Hou Yi l_out fruits and desserts in the garden.,dmire,raditional,agic,teal,aid,Exercise,1.Learn the new words and expressions by heart. 2.Retell the story of Change.,Homework,Thank you!,
