Unit 6 Celebrations教案
e.g.1. he will invite his friends and neighbors to the party this s unday.
he will not (won’t ) invite his friends and neighbors to the party this sunday.
will he invite his friends and neighbors to the party this sunday?
yes, he will. no, he won’t.
2. i /we shall make a cake .
i /we shall not make a cake.
shall you make a cake?
yes, we/i shall. no, we/i shall not.
（三）描述過節(jié)的一些語句。
1. i had a fantastic time in new york. i was there for new year’s eve. we left matt’s apartment at about seven thirty and walked towards times square. we hurried because we wanted to find a good place it watch the celebrations.
2.ten seconds before midnight, everyone counted the seconds: ten! nine! eight! seven!... when the ball reached the bottom, it was new year and everyone clapped and cheered and shouted. people smiled happily and wishe d us a happy new year.
3.in many countries, when people blow out the candles on their birthday cake, they make a wish. they say that if you blow out all the candles in one go, your wish will come true.
4.in france, when they light the candles on the birthday cake, people take off a ring from their finger and they drop it around a candle. this, so people believe, will give them good luck.
5.in mexico, people celebrate epiphany (january 6th) with a special cake. hidden inside each cake there is a small, plastic doll figure. by tradition, the person who finds the little doll in his or her piece of cake will invite everybody to eat on february2.
（四）useful expressions in the text.
1. some people carried their children on their shoulder so that they could see better。
so that 引導的是一個目的狀語從句，目的狀語從句通常帶有can, could, may, might 等情態(tài)動詞，以表示目的，意為“為了，以便”。
e.g. let’s start early so that we can get there at one o’clock.
she worked hard so that everything would be ready in time.
so that也可以表示結(jié)果，意為“因此，所以”
e.g. it was still painful so that i went to see a doctor.
句型so… that 意為“如此……以至……”。so修飾形容詞或副詞，that引導的從句做狀語表示結(jié)果。
she was so tired that she couldn’t think straight.