内容正文:
Unit 3 Our Hobbies
Lead-in questions:
How many days are there in a week?
2. How many days are there in a weekend?
3. Do you know anything about the weekend?
基督教的《圣经》第一章《创世纪》。 大意是:
上帝the first day 创造了天地,
the second day 创造了水和空气,
the third day 创造了植物,
the fourth day 创造了日月,
the fifth day 创造了鱼、鸟等生物,
the sixth day 牲畜、昆虫、野兽以及管理这一切的人。
the seventh day休息时,人类为了感谢上帝,纷纷向他朝拜。
此后人类制定历法时,seven days a week,
the seventh day 休息,但必须朝拜上帝。
这就是“Sunday”的来历。
Background
a holy day
one and a half days’ holiday
( weekend )
a two-day weekend
A Short History of the Weekend
视频1-P77
1
Listen and read the passage and complete it with the correct expressions.
felt too tired to work
were closed all day
rested and prayed
made Saturday
afternoon a holiday
The answers :
C A D B
录音1-P77
Read the passage quickly and circle the words below.
spent
rested
prayed
played
had
felt
called
made
stopped
Pay attention to these words’ pronunciation.
a holy day
When :
Where:
Who :
What :
before 1800
at church
many people
rest and pray
Read Paragraph 1 and fill in the blanks.
Retell Paragraph 1 according to the information above.
one and a half day’s holiday
in the early 1800s the USA
in 1874 England
in 1930 America
blue Mondays
workers too…to
Saturday afternoon holiday
the beginning of the weekend
0ffices were closed
on Saturday afternoon
Read the rest paragraphs and find out the information about one and a half days’ holiday.
the two-day weekend
by 1940 in the USA
factories and offices
were closed
all day on Saturdays
Look at the information about the two-day weekend
and try to retell it and then check .
a two-day weekend 一个两天的周末
Example: a three-leg table
a seven-day holiday
an eight-year-old girl
a two-floor building
Can you list more ?
Key points
in the 1800s 在十九世纪
读作: in the eighteen hundreds
也可以表达为in the 1800’s
in the1920s (1920’s) 在20世纪20年代
读作: