M3 Unit 1 Festivals around the World

Section III Learning about language & Using language

学习目标

1. 理解文章大意, 通过对carnival、情人节等一些节日的学习，加强跨国文化意识。

2. 识记并运用：列出本节课所需掌握的单词、句式。

学习重难点

1. 短语：

after work meet sb. at the coffee shop turn up

laugh at keep one's word look forward to ~ing

all day be alone with sb. be like a fool

hold one's breath it is obvious that... wait for...to leave

wipe the table a weaving girl a herd boy

fall in love with get married secretly once a year

set off for home on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month

2. 句式：It be＋______ (possible, strange, natural, important...)＋that从句

学法指导 快速阅读，准确阅读

学习过程

Task 1: 语篇领悟

I. Warming up : What is a carnival?

II. Listening

　　There is a big and famous carnival in Trinidad every February. Li Mei and Wu Ping are there. Listen to the tape and answer the questions on page 6.

III. Speaking

　　You have visited America and you have returned home to China. You are phoning your friend in America to thank him for the visit. These expressions might help you.

　　Could/ Would you please...? I'd love to...

　　It's very kind of you... I look forward to...

　　Thank you very much/ Thanks a lot. It was a pleasure...

　　You're most welcome. Don't mention it.

Task 2: 典句探究