1、Section A2 (3a 3c)Step1 Warming up Look at the picture. What festival do you think of? What do you know about the festival? Step 2 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 R
2、ead the passage again. Put the events in the correct order. _ Peng Meng tried to steal the medicine. _ A goddess thanked Hou Yi by giving him magic medicine. _ Change refused to give Peng Meng the medicine and drank it all. 1 Hou Yi shot down the nine suns and saved the people on the earth. _Hou Yi
3、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 drink the medicine with his wife. Keys: 4251763 3c Without looking at the passage, try to complete the sentences with the correct words. 1.
4、People like to a_ the full moon on 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. Peng Meng wanted to s_ the medicine. 5. Hou Yi l_ out fruits and desserts in the garden. Keys: admire, traditional, magic, steal,
5、laid Step 3 Languages points 1. Chinese people have been celebrating Middle-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries. for centuries 几百年 2. They carry peoples 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 t
6、hink that the story of Change is the most touching. (1) the story of Change 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”， howev
7、er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
8、 laid out her favorite fruits and desserts in the garden. Lay的用法： 单词 意义 (原形单数第三人称形式现在分词过去式过去分词) lay 下(蛋)；产(卵) laylayslayinglaidlaid lay out 铺开，摆开 e.g. He laid the map out on the table. 7. How he wished that Change could come back！他多么希望嫦娥能回来呀！ 这是一个感叹句，其中Change could come back是宾语从句。 Step 4 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, sothat,call out, lay out, start the tradition of Step 5 Homework 1. Learn the new words and expressions by heart. 2. Retell the story of Change.
