1、,Unit 3 Our Hobbies,Topic 3,What were you doing at this time yesterday?,Section D,Lead-in questions:,How many days are there in a week?2. How many days are there in a weekend?3. Do you know anything about the weekend?,基督教的圣经第一章创世纪。 大意是：上帝the first day 创造了天地，the second day 创造了水和空气，the third day 创造了植物
2、，the fourth day 创造了日月，the fifth day 创造了鱼、鸟等生物，the sixth day 牲畜、昆虫、野兽以及管理这一切的人。the seventh day休息时，人类为了感谢上帝，纷纷向他朝拜。此后人类制定历法时，seven days a week，the seventh day 休息，但必须朝拜上帝。 这就是“Sunday”的来历。,Background,a holy day,one and a half days holiday( weekend ),a two-day weekend,A Short History of the Weekend,视频1-P
3、77,1,Listen and read the passage and complete it with the correct expressions.,felt too tired to workwere closed all dayrested and prayedmade Saturday afternoon a holiday,The answers :C A D B,录音1-P77,Read the passage quickly and circle the words below.,spent,rested,prayed,played,had,felt,called,made
4、,stopped,Pay attention to these words pronunciation.,a holy day,When : Where：Who :What :,before 1800,at church,many people,rest and pray,Read Paragraph 1 and fill in the blanks.,Retell Paragraph 1 according to the information above.,one and a half days holiday,in the early 1800s the USA,in 1874 Engl
5、and,in 1930 America,blue Mondays workers tooto,Saturday afternoon holiday the beginning of the weekend,0ffices were closed on Saturday afternoon,Read the rest paragraphs and find out the information about one and a half days holiday.,the two-day weekend,by 1940 in the USA,factories and offices,were
6、closed,all day on Saturdays,Look at the information about the two-day weekend and try to retell it and then check .,a two-day weekend 一个两天的周末,Example: a three-leg tablea seven-day holidayan eight-year-old girla two-floor building,Can you list more ?,Key points,in the 1800s 在十九世纪 读作: in the eighteen
7、hundreds 也可以表达为in the 1800s,in the1920s (1920s) 在20世纪20年代 读作: in the nineteen twenties,Read and Write,in the 1790s in the 1350sin the 1420sin the 1980s,in the 1970sin the 1480sin the 1670sin the 1720s,Read and Write,Read 1a again and match the following sentences.,Work alone,1. Before 1800, people 2
8、. In the early 1800s, many workers 3. In 1874, English workers 4. By 1930, most American workers 5. After 1940, American workers,a. had a two-day weekend. b. didnt work on Saturday afternoons. c. rested and prayed on the “holy day”. d. stopped working at one oclock on Saturday afternoons. e. played
9、games on Sundays, and then they didnt go to work on Monday mornings because they felt too tired.,c,e,d,b,a,Read the passage again and find out the phrases.,at church,in the early 1800s,play games,have fun,solve the problem,stop doing sth.,the beginning of,by 1930,be closed,two-day weekend,Task,Did y
10、ou have a good time last Sunday? What were you doing at different times? Write a passage about it. The following words and phrases may help you.,You can write like this :Last Sunday I was very busy. I got up at 7:00 a.m When Jim called me after breakfast, I was doing my homework. He wanted me to pla
11、y with him. We played basketball happily from 10:00 to 12:OO.In the afternoon, I was washing my clothes from 2:00 to 2:30. From 3:00 to 4:00 I was reading comics. At 4:30 I went with my parents to see my grandparents. After we got back home, I helped my mother do the cooking. After supper, we all we
12、nt out for a walk, and then we were watching TV from 8:00 to 9:00.When I went to bed, I felt very tired. But I was happy.,Surveying Sunday Activities,Project,Survey your classmates about their activities on Sundays. The following questions may help you.1) What do you usually do on Sundays?2) What we
13、re you doing at 10:00 a.m. last Sunday?,Surveying Sunday Activities,Project,2. Work in groups and play a chain game.A: What were you doing at that time last Sunday, B ?B: I was watching TV. What were you doing, C ?C: I was,Grammar,Past Continuous,was taking,were getting,Were,were,doing,was washing,Functions,with,so,so,so-so,is very,Hold,right,收集我国双休日的历史。在班里与同学交流。,Homework,Thank you !,
