Merry Christmas!

Lesson 31

　　Period: The Third Period

　　Content: Lesson 31

　　Properties: Recorder.

　　Teaching Objectives:

　　1. Enable the students to master the useful expressions.

　　I. The Infinitive

　　Language Focus:

　　Lin Tao asked Jim where to go.

　　Lin Tao asked Jim how to celebrate Christmas.

　　Lin Tao asked Jim when to go to the Christmas play.

　　Teaching Procedures:

　　I. Organizing the class

　　Greetings and a duty report.

　　II. Revision 

　　1. Revise the useful expressions

　　2. Check homework

　　III. Presentation

　　Present this dialogue:

　　A: Excuse me, Could you tell me how to go to…?

　　B: Go along this road. Turn left at the second crossing.

　　   Have the students practise this dialogue in pairs, and then make up their own dialogues. Pay attention to the usage of the Infinitive.

　　IV. Ask and answer

　　Part 1. Have the students understand “how to go to…”. Remember the structure of this sentence.

　　Have the students ask and answer in pairs.

　　V. Practice

　　Play the tape for the students to listen and repeat.

　　Books open, read the dialogue in pairs.

　　Then out it out. Make up a similar dialogue in pairs, act out their own dialogues.

　　VI. Talk and write

　　Ask a student to read the first part of part 3 aloud to the class. Read over the questions with the students and make sure they understand them.

　　Explain the words: western, traditional Have the students discuss the questions in groups Ask students to talk about their ideas. Ask students to pick out infinitives used in the short passage.

　　VII. Workbook

　　Do Exercise 1 in class. First have the students read the note Individually. Then read over the model, and practise the sentences.

　　VIII. Homework

　　Write down Exercise 2.

　　IX. Exercise in class

　　Make up dialogues as the models.

　　Models: 1. A: Keep quiet, please!  

　　B. Sorry! What did he tell me do?

　　C: He told you to keep quiet.

　　1. Give Polly some food very day.

　　2. Cover her cage every night.

　　3. Remember to clean her age.

　　4. Take good care of Polly.

　　5. Give your family my best wishes.

探究活动

The Spring Festival

　　组织学生比较Christmas Day和The Spring Festival的异同点，布置任务，试着写一篇The Spring Festival的短文，可参照“Christmas Day”。

　　范文：

　　Every year there is a Spring Festival in China. Usually it is in January or February. It is the most important festival in China. So before it comes, everyone has to prepare things. We buy pork, beef, chicken, fruit and many other things. And we often make a special kind of food called “dumplings”. It means “come together”. On the day before the festival, parents buy new clothes for their children and children also buy presents for their parents. On the Festival eve, all the family members come back to their hometown. This is a happy moment. They sing, dance and play cards. Others get the dinner ready. When they enjoy the meal, they give each other the best wishes for the coming year. They all have a good time.

　　关于标点的巧用

　　学习同一个句子，使用标点不同，句意会有差异。在课堂上，出示下列英语句子，让同学们把它们翻译成汉语。在完成翻译的同时，加深对标点的用法理解。

　　你能准确翻译下面的句子吗？

　　1. A: Father is a short story writer.

　　   B: Father is a short-story writer.

　　2. A: Her sister who is a nurse is twenty.

　　   B: Her sister, who is a nurse, is twenty.

　　3. A: Miss Li, our teacher is coming.

　　   B: Miss Li, our teacher, is coming.

　　4. A: Do you know her father?

　　   B: Do you know her, father?

　　5. A: LiPing says Mary is taking a walk.

　　   B: LiPing, says Mary, is taking a walk.

　　答案：

　　1. A: 我父亲是一个矮个子小说家。

　　   B: 我父亲是一个短篇小说家。

　　2. A: 她那个当护士的姐姐二十岁。

　　   B: 她姐姐是个护士二十岁。（只一个姐姐）

　　3. A: 李小姐，我们的老师来了。

　　   B: 我们的老师李小姐来了。

　　4. A: 你认识她父亲吗？

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