Unit 1 Festivals around the world（The First Period ）
they admire our garden.i admire him for his success. 我佩服他事業有成.2) express admiration of (sb/sth) 表示贊美,夸獎某人(某事)aren’t you going to admire my new house? 12. as though as if 好像；仿佛……似的。（引導從句時從句謂語動詞常用虛擬語氣）he talks as though he knew all about it. 他說話的口氣好像他全部都知道了。he looks as though he had seen a ghost. 他看起來好像看見了鬼一樣的。step five: read the text and fill in the passage.there are all kinds of festivals and celebrations around the world, which are held for for different reasons. the ancient festivals were mainly held at three times a year---the end of the cold winter, planting in spring and harvest in autumn. some festivals are held to honor the dead or satisfy and please the ancestors in case they might do harm, while other festivals are held to honor famous people or to the gods, such as dragon boat festival columbus day. harvest and thanksgiving festivals are happy events because their food is gathered for the winter and because a season of agricultural work is over, to which mid autumn festival belongs. and the most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring, such as the lunar new year, at which people have a very good time.step six: work in pairs to do ex.2 and 3 on page3step seven: assignmentdo exercise 1comprehendingexercise1 page42try to retell the text.preview using language.ex1-5 on page 4 the fourth period (discovering useful structure)teaching procedures:step one: revisionread the vocabulary of unit 1 againretell the text.check the answers to the homework.step tw discovering useful structuresread & find out the usage of modal verbsteaching: modal verbs page 91-94 grammar.step three: practice1.find out sentences with modal verbs from the reading passage and try to explain their meaning.教參p102. do ex2 & ex3 page 6explanation to the exercises.step four: assignmentexercises p43i.單句改錯1. mr. smith looks pale. he can be ill.2. you must be joking. that mustn’t be true.3. come to take the photos tomorrow morning. it may be ready by then.4. the fire spread so fast that only one-third of the people could escape the fire.the fifth period ( reading &speaking )
teaching procedures:step one: revisioncheck the answers to the homework