Unit 1 Festivals around the World（Listening and speaking）

   b. the road is very crowed
    c. the weather turn cold.
3.why is it important for them to  have water?
   a. because they eat enough
   b. because the temperature is 35 degree.
   c. because they will visit the parade.
4. why can’t they hear each other?
   a. because they speak in too low a voice.
   b. because the loudspeakers make it impossible to hear.
   c. because it’s too crowded.
5. why do they plan to meet at the parking lot?
   a. in case they may get lost.
   b. because they want to enjoy the carnival alone.
   c. because they’re going to park their cars there.
6. why shouldn’t li mei wear the dress she chose at first?
   a. it’s not nice
   b. it doesn’t go with her shoes.
   c. it’s too heavy and hot to walk and dance till midnight with such high temperature.
step 3 speaking
t: now, suppose you are li mei or wu ping.
you have visited carla and hari’s home in trinidad and you have returned home to zhejiang.
you are phoning their mother to thank her for the visit.
the expressions below might help you.
 
t: sample dialogue is given for you.
sample dialogue
a: hello, xiao feng. it’s        calling from jilin. can you hear me?
b: oh, hello         . how nice to hear from you.
a: i want to say thank you very much for the lovely visit in trinidad.
b: it was a pleasure having you here. would you please give my best wishes to your parents?
a: of course i will. they asked me to send their greetings and thanks also.
b: i look forward to meeting them. perhaps we can visit china sometime soon.
a: that’d be wonderful. you’re most welcome.
b: it was fun having you here —— maybe you can come again for carnival next year.
a: i’d love to. say hello to carla and hari for me —— i hope they can come to china with you. and thanks again.
b: don’t mention it. i’ll tell them you called. i’m glad you had a good trip home.
t: so, now it’s your show time. get your dialogues ready and present it to the whole class.
sa…
sb …

homework
preview the reading context a sad love story on page 7 and do the relevant exercises thereafter.

unit 1  festivals around the world
  extensive reading and writing
teaching aims:
   to introduce a cross-cultural view of lover’s festivals – qiqiaojie and valentine’s day.
   train the students’ reading ability.