英语人教版九年级全册Section A 1a-2c教案

Section A 1 (1a – 2d)

Step 1: Warming-up

What festivals do you like best?

What do you like best about your favourite festival?

Step 2: Presentation

1 .1a Look at the pictures and guess what festivals they are. Match the pictures with the descriptions.

1. ___ The Water Festival in Thailand

2. ___ The Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong

3. ___ The Chinese Spring Festival in Beijing

4. ___ The Lantern Festival in Jiangxi

Step 3 Listening

1b Listen and tell true or false.

1. Bill thinks that the races were not that interesting to watch. T F

2. Mary thinks that the teams were fantastic. T F

3. Bill wonders whether they’ll have zongzi again next year. T F

4. Bill and Mary believe that they’ll be back next year to watch the races. T F Step 4 Speaking

1c Talk about the pictures in 1a.

Make conversations.

Examples

A: What do you like best about the Dragon Boat Festival?

B: I love the races. I think they’re fun to watch.

Step 5 Pair Work

A: What do you like best about the …?

B: I love the ... I think that th ey’re...

Step 6 Listening

2a Listen to the conversation between Wu Ming and Harry and circle the correct words in sentences.

1. Wu Ming and Harry are cousins/ strangers / friends.

2. Wu Ming went to Singapore/ Hong Kong / Macao for his vacation.

3. Wu Ming visited his relatives / friends / classmates.

4. Wu Ming liked eating out / shopping / the Dragon Boat Festival best.

2b Wu Ming did a lot of fun activities, but there were also downsides. Listen again and fill in the chart.

Step 7 Speaking

2c Role play the conversations between Wu Ming and Harry.

A: What did you do on your vacation?

B: I visited my cousins. I think that we ate five meals a day! I’ve put on five pounds. A: I guess the food was delicious, right?

Step 8 Role –play

Watch the video and learn Water Festival.

Read the conversation and tell “True”or “False”.

1. Ben is going to Chiang Mai in two weeks. ( )

2. Clara believes that April is the hottest month of the year there. ( )

3. The Water Festival in Thailand is from April 13th to 15th. ( )

4. The Thai new year is a time for cleaning and washing bad things. ( )

Role –play the conversation

Step 8 Language points and summary

1. stranger n. 陌生人（可数名词）

strange adj. 陌生的，奇怪的

e.g. Don’t talk to strangers. 不要和陌生人说话。

There is nothing strange in the room. 房间里没有奇怪的东西。

2. relative n. 亲属，亲戚（可数名词）

e.g. They have a lot of relatives. 他们有许多亲戚。