Module 4 Carnival（Period One）
(answers: 1. confusion 2. excitement 3. mask 4. mystery 5. magic 6. costume 7. crowd
8. tradition 9. atmosphere)
activity 2: choose the correct meanings of the words and phrases.
check the answers one by one.
(answers: 1—4 babb 5—8 abbb)
step 7. discussion
discuss in groups of four.
1. what is the feature of carnival in venice?
2. which is your favourite festival?
step 8. homework
1. workbook—on page 87.
read the passage and match the headings with the text.
2. write a short passage about your favorite festival.
period two
teaching aims:
1. to listen to the description about western customs.
2. to express likes, dislikes and preferences:
(1) i love doing…;
(2) i don’t like…; i hate…; i dislike…; i don’t care much for
(3) i prefer…to…; i prefer doing …
(4) i’d rather…than…
(5) i an interested in…
3. to learn several phrases.
difficult and important points:
1. get the students to express likes and dislikes
2. learn to use the phrases: give up; go wild ;more or less; high spot; funnily enough; in your blood; wash down; walk off
teaching procedures:
step 1. revision
check the homework.— ask several students to read the short passage with the name of my favorite festival.
step 2. vocabulary
1. read the words about food.
2. now say which things you eat at a festival.
3. practice.
activity 2: find these things in the box in activity 1.
(1) two type of meat ( )
(2) a food that consists of a tube of skin containing meat mixed with herbs. ( )
(3) five vegetables ( )
(4) two ingredients for making a cake ( )
(answers: (1) pork and chicken (2) sausages (3) beans, cabbages, garlic, onion, peas
(4) flour, eggs)
step 3. listening
before listening—look at the photos in activity 4 and tell them every picture meaning a special festival..
while listening—listen to the tape twice and match the names of the festivals with the photos.
after listening:
complete the table
name where? when how long origin food
caitlin new orleans, usa jan.—feb. 2 months 18th century king cakes
cameron notting hill, london last weekend in august weekend 1960s chicken ,rice andpeas