Unit 9 Celebrating Holidays and Making Friends

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Unit 9Celebrating Holidays and
Making
Friends
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Period 1

• ---Section 1 Section 4

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Questions for discussion

• 1) Have you got many friends?
• 2) How do you make friends?

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A poster

• English Party
• The Students union is organized an
  English party at the coming weekend. All
  performances will be given by the staff members
  and the students . Lily, who won last years Gold
  Prize, will play the role of Snow White, and the
  guest teacher, Prof. Smith, will join the senior
  students in a Chinese opera, the storm ,in the
  English version, and the freshmen will put on the
  sound of music.
• Why not join us for an exciting
  evening!its a chance to enjoy and learn English!
• Time 730
• Place The Students Center

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The factors of the poster

• Time----730pm. May5
• Place---- the students center
• Sponsor----the students union
• Theme----an English party
• Price---- not mentioned
• Closing language----Why not join us---?

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Make a new dialogue to practice in roles
according to the poster.

• Listen to the tape for the other dialogues and
  then act out.
• Put in use exercises.

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• Students Union---- ???
• the guest teacher---- ????
• the leading character---- ??
• the in-service training center---- ??????
• feel at ease----????

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• Applied Writing
• ---- Read more samples and translate them
• Eg. Seminars
• Sponsored by the Municipal
• Health Association and Genera Hospital
• Topics On AIDS, Mad Cow Disease And Anthrax
  
• Speaker Dr. Black
• Chair Professor Yuan Lin
• Time 300-500pm. Fri.9 October 2001
• Place Lecture Room 305, Library Building,
  MGH

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• Sentence Writing
• 1. comparison of adjectives and adverbs
• 2.  mistakes-correcting
• 3.  through translation

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Assignment

• --- to design a poster
• of an English film

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Period 2

• ---Section 2 Passage 2

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Being all ears

• listen and decode
• listen and complete
• listen and judge
• listen and read
• listen and match

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1. American
2. world
3. compliment
4. baked
5. mood
6. interrupt
7. dance

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1. Kate is the Smiths daughter
2. Wangs present is a silk scarf
3. Wangs sister helped Wang to choose the gift.
4. Kate opened the present the moment she got it.
5. Wang invited Kate to dance with him.

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1. b
2. c
4. b
3. d
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1. my friend
2. everything
3. such a good
4. an Eskimo
5. instantly
6. plant hospital
7. two weeks
8. computers

• 9. at home
• 10. directly
• 11. nothing
• 12. employers
• 13. self-study plan
• 14. one year later
• 15. a lot of money

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1.b
2.c
3.d
4.d
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Passage 2 ---- When I was in America
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• ---crush n. large crowds of people
• eg. There was such a crush on the train
  that I could hardly breathe.
• v. press, squeeze sth.
• eg. Dont crush the box..
• Wine is made by crushing grapes.
• ---rather than conj. ??---??, ??
• eg. He is a writer rather than a teacher.
• He ran rather than walked.
• She is laughing rather than crying.

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• ---Rather than lock myself in my loneliness, I
  have tried each Christmas to learn a little more
  about the culture of the country and know more
  about my American friends.

Translation ????????????????????????????????????
????????,??????????????????
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• --- Looking at the tie-clasp, I knew I would
  always regard it as a memento of an unforgettable
  evening of good friendship, during a hard and
  lonely period of my life.

• Translation ???????,?????????????????,???????????
  ?????????????,????????

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Assignment

• to read this passage
• to describe the picture on page 157

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Period 3

• Passage 1
• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas

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Do you know about American festivals?

• Christmas Valentines Day
• April Fools Day Independence Day
• Carnival Easter
• Boxing Day Halloween

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Christmas tree Santa Claus Silent Night Christmas
Eve Christmas gifts
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• Love

February 14, for lovers to express their love to
each other.
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• White jokes

the first day of April. People can make and tell
white jokes to one another.
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activities

• Celebration

July 4. It began from 1776. The celebration
activities are mainly made up of a parade and
making patriotic speeches.
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• parties

Early in the new year. The main content is to
hold a parade, a party, and other joyful
activities.
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• Color eggs

usually in early April. This is a religious
festival. On the very Sunday morning, children
are busy looking for the color eggs assumed to be
given by the Easter rabbit.
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the first weekday after Christmas. Presents are
given to those who deliver newspaper, milk or do
other kinds of service to the family to express
the thanks for their good service and help.

• Presents for
• expressing thanks

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the evening of October 31. Dancing parties are
held with people wearing fancy masks.

• Frightening marks

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Lead-in questions

• (1)   What is the origin of Thanksgiving Day?
• (2)  How did the early settlers survive their
  first winter in the New World?
• (3)  What does a traditional Thanksgiving dinner
  usually include?
• (4) What do people do if they cant join the
  family for Christmas?
• (5)Why is Christmas said to be a family holiday?

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Language points

• ---bless v. ??,??
• Eg. May God bless you.
• Bless me !
• Im blessing if I know.
• He is blessed with excellent health.
• ---survive v. continue to live or exist, remain
  alive after, live or exist longer than
• Eg. Very few people in this area survived the
  earthquake.
• The old lady was so lucky that she survived
  the accident.
• ---hunt v. go after wild animals look for, try
  to find
• Eg. Nobody is allowed to hunt here.
• All the people are helping hunt for a
  missing child.

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• ---associate v. join or connect, be often in the
  company of
• Eg. I dont want to associate myself with that
  matter.
• Dont associate with these dishonest
  persons.
• ---maintain v. continue to keep up, retain
• Eg. Teachers should maintain close ties with
  students.
• How could the students maintain themselves
  only by doing part time jobs?

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• ---observe v. celebrate obey
• Eg. Do they observe Thanksgiving Day in that
  country?
• We always observe birthdays at home.
• All drivers should observe traffic laws
  strictly.
• ---include v. bring in , reckon, as part of the
  whole
• Eg. Dont you think we should include some
  examples in this paragragh?
• This book includes 20 chapters.

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• ---However, those early settlers would not have
  survived their first cold winter without the help
  of their native Indian neighbors, who taught them
  how to plant corns, and how to hunt wild deer.
• Translation ??,?????????????,????????????????????
  ?????????????????????????????????
• Eg. I would like to say that without your help, I
  could not have completed the project on time.

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• ---Some Americans households will even put up a
  Christmas tree this early, although most will
  wait until a couple of weeks before Christmas
  Eve.
• Translation ??????????????????????,??????????????
  ?????????????
• Example Some students have begun to prepare for
  the final examination, although most still wait
  until a few weeks before the tests.

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Assignment

• to read the passage two times
• to make up sentences with associate with, be
  blessed with.

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Thank You