七年级英语Unit-8-Topic-3-Let's-celebrate!-湘教版.doc

初一英语Unit 8 Topic 3 Let’s celebrate! 湘教版

【本讲教育信息】
一. 教学内容：
Unit 8：The Seasons and the Weather.
Topic 3：Let’s celebrate!

二. 重点、难点：
单词：festival 节日　　dragon 龙Christmas 圣诞节　　Thanksgiving 感恩节turkey 　　火鸡 　　potato 土豆　　lantern 灯笼lunar 月亮的
sweet 甜的 luck 运气　 riddle 谜语　　special 特别的　　
eve 前夜　 midnight 午夜Mid-autumn 中秋节　mooncake 月饼　
fool 傻子 Easter 复活节　believe 相信，认为　Christ 基督
colorful 颜色鲜艳的 important 重要的 prepare 准备 decorate 装饰church 教堂　　stocking 　长筒袜 fireplace 壁炉　　open 开，打开
Santa Claus 圣诞老人 get-together 集会greet 问候　 merry 愉快的
Jewish 犹太人的 honey 蜂蜜grape 葡萄event 事件 whole 整个的stay 停留lucky 运气好的Halloween 万圣节前夕　scary 恐怖的
ghost 鬼 knock 敲　 shout 喊 treat 　款待
trick or treat 是请吃糖还是想遭殃 international 国际的　
labor 劳动 hold 举行race 竞赛national 国家的capital 首都　　
flag 旗 burn 燃，烧 god 上帝，神
词组：Spring Festival 　春节　　　Lantern Festival 元宵节　
stay up 深夜不睡，熬夜National Day 国庆节
put up 张贴 play tricks on 恶作剧prepare for 为……准备
at the end of 在……的末端 knock on / at 敲
句型：
1. On this day, people eat sweet dumplings for good luck, watch a lantern show and guess riddles.
2. People have parties and do not go to bed until midnight to welcome the new year.
3. Children and some young people play tricks on their friends.
4. Many people believe Christ came back to life on Easter day. People make colorful eggs to celebrate the festival.
5. Christmas is the most important festival in many countries.
6. Before Christmas Day, people are busy preparing for it.
7. And decorate Christmas trees with lights, colorful balls, stars and so on.
8. They think the presents must be from Santa Claus!
9. Later that day families usually have a big get-together with a special dinner.
10. People usually start preparing for the festival one month before it comes.
11. They prepare delicious food, and clean and decorate their houses.
12. On the eve of the festival, the whole family gets together for a big dinner.
13. We all wore scary clothes, and colored our faces white and mouths black like ghosts.
14. Then we knocked on our neighbors’ doors and shouted, “Trick or treat!”
15. Our neighbors gave us treats. Of course, we didn’t play tricks on them.
16. People in many countries celebrate Christmas and give each other presents.
17. People show their love to their mothers by giving presents.
18. In China, celebrating Spring Festival is a big event. People usually start preparing for the festival one month before it comes.
19. People stay up and enjoy dumplings at midnight for good luck.
20. Children greet their parents and get lucky money as new year gifts.
21. Many people go to Tian’an men Square to watch the national flag go up.
语法：一般过去时

三. 具体内容：
【金点10】本话题主要语法项目——一般过去时（III）
（1）一般过去时的构成：只要将be或实义动词变成相应的过去式即可。
如：I was in Shanghai yesterday. 我昨天在上海。
We had fish last night. 我们昨晚吃鱼。
（2）使用过去式时应注意的事项
1）在单句中使用动词的过去式，必须要有表示过去的时间，除非从上下文能明显判断出动作发生的先后关系，否则不能用过去式。
2）常见的表示过去的时间有：yesterday, the day before yesterday, yesterday morning, just now, in/ on / at＋过去的时间：in 1990, on that day, on May 20th, 2004, last week, last year, two days ago, ten years ago等。
3）动词have的过去式变否定句、疑问句有两种方法：一种与实义动词的构成形式相同，即使用助动词did/ didn’t。另一种的否定形式是had后加not，常可缩写为hadn’t，其一般疑问句是将had放在主语前面。其答语用had/ hadn’t。
如：He had not（hadn’t）a bike last year. 他去年没有自行车。
—Had you a computer last year? 你去年有电脑吗？
—Yes, I had. / No, I hadn’t. 是的，我有。/不，我没有。

巧学妙记
begin与start的区别
begin重过程，start静转动
从头是begin，start表启程

指点迷津
【迷点1】
—Did you __________ this novel（小说）last night?
—Yes, it’s great! I like it very much.
A. watch B. look C. see D. read
【点拨】D 本题考查固定词组read novel读小说 read a book看书。本题易错选B，look是指看自然界的人和物。
【迷点2】
Jim thinks that they will have ___________ holiday.
A. a two-month B. two months C. two-months D. two months’
【点拨】A 本题考查的是合成名词作定语时的用法。“两个月”要作holiday的定语，有两种写法。two months’或用连字符“-”将two和month连成一个词，无复数变化，前面用a修饰。故选A。

经典探究
【典型1】
—Where’s Mr. Yu, do you know?
—Well, it’s hard to say. But I saw him ________ a football game just now.
A. was watching B. watching C. had watched D. watched
【解析】B 考查动词see的用法。句意为“于老师在哪儿，你知道吗？”“嗯，很难说，不过刚才我看见他在看球赛”。see sb. do / doing sth. “看见某人正在做某事”。故选B。
【典例2】
—Tomorrow is _______. Will you buy some mooncakes, Mum?
—OK, I’ll get some after work.
A. Teachers’ Day B. Women’s Day
C. Spring Festival D. Mid-autumn Day
【解析】D 考查节日。句意为“明天是中秋节，你买些月饼好吗，妈妈？”“好的，下班后我去买。”Teachers’ Day“教师节”，Women’s Day“妇女节”，Spring Festival“春节”，Mid-autumn Day“中秋节”，根据题意应选D。

【典型例题】
I. 根据句意及首字母提示完成单词
1. People in many countries c_______ Christmas and give each other presents.
2. Families in the U.S.A. get t_______ for a big dinner.
3. People eat sweet dumplings for good l_______, w_______ the lantern show and guess riddles.
4. Many people b_______ Christ came back to life on Easter Day.
5. Christmas is the most important f_______ in many countries.
6. Before Christmas Day. They d_______ Christmas trees with lights, colorful balls, stars and so on.
7. Children put up s_______ by the fireplaces or at the end of their beds before they go to bed.
8. On the eve of the festival, the w_______ family get together for a big dinner.
Keys: 1. celebrate 2. together 3. luck; watch 4. believe
5. festival 6. decorate 7. stockings 8. whole

II. 根据汉语提示完成下列句子（每空一词）
1. People _______ _______（熬夜）and eat dumplings at midnight for good luck.
2. On the first day of Spring Festival, children greet their parents and get _______ _______（压岁钱）as a new year gifts.
3. We _______ _______（敲门）our neighbor’s doors and shouted “trick or treat?”
4. On National Day, many people go to Tian’an men Square to watch the national flag _______ _______（升起）.
5. They _______ _______（张贴）a new picture of Zao Shen on the wall.
6. People may visit _______ _______ _______（走亲访友）during Spring Festival.
7. People usually start _______ _______（为……准备）the festival one month before it happens.
8. They think the presents _______ _______（一定是）from Santa Claus!
9. After a delicious breakfast, people go out to greet their friends and say “_______ _______（圣诞快乐）”.
10. People _______ their love _______（把……给……看）their mothers by giving presents.
Keys: 1. stay up 2. lucky money 3. knocked on/ at 4. go up
5. put up 6. friends and relatives 7. preparing for 8. must be
9. Merry Christmas 10. show; to

III. 句型转换
1. The children are enjoying themselves in the park. （对画线部分提问）
_______ _______ the children _______ in the park?
2. Mr. Green likes playing tricks on others.（改为同义句）
Mr. Green likes playing _______ _______ on others.
3. The meeting began at six o’clock. （对画线部分提问）
_______ _______ the meeting begin?
4. It was snowy and windy yesterday. （对画线部分提问）
_______ was the _______ yesterday?
5. There are some presents in their stockings.（改为一般疑问句）
_______ there _______ presents in their stockings?
6. People can eat many dumplings.（改为否定句）
People _______ eat _______ dumplings.
7. I believe she is a good teacher.（改为否定句）
______________________________________________________________________
Keys: 1. What are; doing 2. a trick/ joke 3. When did
4. What; weather 5. Are; any 6. can’t; many
7. I don’t believe she is a good teacher.

【模拟试题】（答题时间：80分钟）
I. 配对
从II栏、III栏中找出与I栏中对应的选项。
I II III
1. 圣诞节 Halloween A. the fourth Thursday in November
2. 感恩节 Christmas B. the 15th of the first lunar month
3. 元旦 Teachers’ Day C. December 25th
4. 元宵节 New Year’s Day D. January 1st
5. 中秋节 April Fool’s Day E. lunar August 15th
6. 复活节 Mid-autumn Day F. September 10th
7. 母亲节 Mother’s Day G. April 1st
8. 教师节 Thanksgiving Day H. Second Sunday in May
9. 愚人节 Lantern Festival I. March, 22nd-April 25th
10. 万圣节 Easter J. the night of Oct. 31st

II. 单项选择
1. Many Chinese families burn pictures of kitchen God, Zao Shen, _______ good luck.
A. to bring B. bring C. for bring D. brings
2. People enjoy _______ holiday.
A. seven day B. a seven-day C. seven-day D. seven days
3. __________ many places people eat rice dumplings to remember Qu Yuan.
A. In B. On C. At D. To
4. —Happy New Year!
—_________.
A. The same to you B. Thank you C. You’re welcome D. Thank all right
5. Please give my best __________ to your parents.
A. kindness B. idea C. hopes D. wishes
6. Could you tell me ___________ about your favorite festival?
A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything
7. —When _________ you _______ to study in this school?
—Two years ago.
A. do; begin B. did; begin C. will; begin D. did; began
8. The baby was born __________ the morning of March 3rd.
A. at B. on C. in D. to
9. They enjoyed themselves at the party. “Enjoyed themselves” means _______.
A. had a well time B. had a good time
C. played D. liked themselves
10. I think he will succeed（成功）____________.
A. in end B. at the end C. in the end D. by the end
11. —What’s your favorite Chinese traditional（传统的）festival?
—It’s ___________.
A. Father’s Day B. Christmas Day
C. Thanksgiving Day D. Spring Festival
12. —It’s time for sports! __________ your sport shoes, please.
—OK, I’m coming.
A. Put on B. Put up C. Take away D. Take off

III. 阅读理解
A
Good morning, everyone! It’s 8:00 p.m. The party for the new year of 2007 begins. Most of the people in China are waiting for the coming year. The clock strikes twelve. All the people are very happy and they cheer.
As we all know, different cities have different time. For example, it’s midnight in Beijing, but 4 p.m. in London and it’s 1 a.m. in Tokyo, and it’s 2 a.m. in Sydney. Hong Kong has the same time as Shanghai.
Thank you for listening!
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. _________ has the same time as Beijing.
A. Hong Kong B. London C. Tokyo D. New York
2. It’s noon in London. It’s _________ in Beijing.
A. 9 a.m. B. 8 p.m. C. 9 p.m. D. 8 a.m.
3. That day is the last day of year ___________.
A. 2007 in China B. 2007 in America
C. 2006 in China D. 2006 in America
4. It’s noon in Beijing. It’s _________ in Sydney.
A. 1 a.m. B. 1 p.m. C. 2 a.m. D. 2 p.m.
5. The author is a _________.
A. reporter B. worker C. teacher D. doctor

B
Children in the U.S.A. like K Day very much. K is for kites. March 7 is the day. On that day a lot of children go out into the open air. They take their kites with them. Some kites are very big. Others are small. They are in different colors. Every kite has a long string.
To get the kites up, the children run. They let out strings from the balls in their hands. Now all of the kite’s are high up in the sky. Some are higher than others. The one like a bird is the highest. But what’s wrong? It’s flying away! The string is broken. Another kite gets away. And more kites fly away. But the children are running after them. They want to get them back. People are watching them and laughing.
根据短文内容，判断正（T）误（F）。
1. On May 1st a lot of children go out into the open air.
2. Kites are in different colors.
3. Two kites are higher than others, but they get away.
4. The one like a bird is smaller than others.
5. The children are running after the kites.

C
Thanksgiving Day is a very special day for people in the United States. They celebrate it on the last Thursday in November. Canadians also celebrate Thanksgiving Day, but they do it on the second Monday of October. In Britain, this festival is called “Harvest Festival”. People celebrate it earlier in the year, in September. A harvest is the fruit you take from the trees and the crops you take from the ground. In North America and Britain, harvest time for most fruit and crops is in the autumn. In these countries and other Christian places people give thanks to God on a special day of the year. They thank God for the good things that have happened during the year and for the good harvest they have had. People usually take small boxes of fruit, flowers and vegetables to their churches to show their thanks.
The first thanksgiving service（仪式）in North America took place on December 4th, 1619, when 38 English people arrived in America to make their home in the new country. They held this service not to thank God for the harvest, but to thank God for their safe journey. The next year, much more English people arrived. They had a bad winter, but fortunately the harvest was good. They decided to celebrate it with a big meal. They shot and killed small animals to eat and cooked everything outside on large fires. About 90 Indians also came to the meal. Everyone ate at tables outside their houses and played games together. The festival lasted three days.
A Thanksgiving Day celebration was held every year for a long time, but not always on the same day of the year. Then, in 1789, President George Washington named November 26th as the Day of Thanksgiving. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln changed the date, and said that the last Thursday in November should be the Thanksgiving Day.
Nowadays, North Americans around the world get together with their families on this day to eat good food and have a happy time.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1. Is the Thanksgiving Day celebrated on the same day in North America countries?
_________________________________________________________________________
2. When did the first thanksgiving service take place in North America?
_________________________________________________________________________
3. Who made the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the USA?
_________________________________________________________________________
4. What does the word “fortunately” mean in Chinese?
_________________________________________________________________________
5. Translate the sentence “They thank God for the good things that have happened during the year and for the good harvest they have had” into Chinese.
_________________________________________________________________________

IV. 书面表达
写一篇短文介绍中国的春节情况，比如在春节人们舞龙、舞狮、吃饺子、吃年夜饭、迎灶神、给小孩子压岁钱，互相拜年等等。词数不少于60个。
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【试题答案】
I. 略
II.
1. A 2. B 3. A 4. A
5. D 考查词组give my best wishes to。
6. B 考查词组tell sb. about sth.
7. B 8. B 9. B 10. C 11. D 12. A
III.
A 1. A 2. B 3. C 4.D 5. A
B 1. F 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. T
C 1. No, it isn’t.
2. On December 4th, 1619.
3. President Abraham Lincoln.
4. 幸运地
5. 他们感谢上帝在这一年中赐予他们的好运和给他们带来的好收成。
IV. 范文：
Spring Festival is the most important festival in China. Celebrating Spring Festival is a bi