Unit 1　Festivals around the world

　　Period 2　Learning about language: Grammar

　　设计方案(一)

　　→Step 1 Revision

　　1. Check the homework exercises.

　　2. Translate the following into English.

　　1)纪念; 追念

　　2)盛装; 打扮

　　3)搞恶作剧; 诈骗; 开玩笑

　　4)期望; 期待; 盼望

　　5)日夜; 昼夜; 整天

　　6)人们喜欢聚在一起, 吃吃喝喝, 互相玩得开心。(have fun with)

　　7)她的婚礼下周举行。(take place)

　　8)她看上去好像生病了。(as though/as if)

　　→Step 2 Warming up

　　Tell students that modal verbs such as may, might, will, would, can, could, shall, should and must are used for many purposes. Ask them to read through the reading passage and find out at least ten sentences that contain modal verbs. Then let them explain the meaning and discuss in pairs how each of the modal verbs is being used in the situations.

　　→Step 3 Learning the use of modal verbs

　　1. Ask students to turn to Page 89 and learn the grammar Modal Verbs by themselves.

　　2. Encourage them to ask as many questions as possible. Give them explanations if necessary.

　　3. Solve the problems students meet during their study.

　　4. Sum up.

　　→Step 4 Practice

　　1. Ask students to do Exercise 2 and Exercise 3 in Discovering useful structures on Page 5.

　　2. Let students do the following additional exercise.

Working in pairs, complete the dialogues using modal verbs and then be ready to present your dialogues to the class.