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Unit 8 Lesson 48
学习目标
1. To learn words about gift giving.
2. To know the Chinese tradition of gift-giving.
3. To learn about some tips of giving presents.
4. To practice the skills of reading, speaking and writing.
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You may chalk it on the wall.
chalk [tʃɔːk]
Look and say
tradition[trəˈdɪʃən]
His music is an integration of tradition and new technology.
traditional[trəˈdɪʃənəl]
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His reaction struck me as odd.
reaction [riˈækʃn]
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You never know how he is going to react.
react [riˈækt]
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Your birthday is coming, What gifts would you like to get?
How do you react when you receive a gift you don’t like?
Think About It
1. Should you praise it?
2. Should you accept or refuse it?
3. Should you say you don’t like it?
1. How do you react when you receive a gift you don’t like?
Usually, I say thank you politely, I don’t say I don’t like it on the spot.
What would happen if you did this to your Australian friends?
Think About It
What would happen if you did this to your Australian friends? Read the lesson and anwer the questions.
Reading tasks
My friends will think I really like them and send such gifts again.
Language points
1.My Australian pen pal, Bruce, and his father, came to visit me the day before yesterday.
the day before yesterday 前天
【拓展】
yesterday昨天, today今天,
tomorrow明天, the day after tomorrow后天
2.At the end of the meal, Mr. Bradshaw opened a box of cookies he had brought from home.
at the end of 意为“在……尽头;在……结束时”,既可以指地点,也可以指时间。
【辨析】 at the end of, by the end of
(1)at the end of在……尽头/末端,在……结束时,后面可接地点或时间,后接时间时,通常与一般过去时或一般将来时连用。
Language points
2.At the end of the meal, Mr. Bradshaw opened a box of cookies he had brought from home.
(2)到……为止,仅指时间,指某一动作在某个时间点以前或到某一时间段为止就已发生或完成,多用于过去完成时;若后面接的是将来时间,句子要用将来完成时。
Language points
2.At the end of the meal, Mr. Bradshaw opened a box of cookies he had brought from home.
句子he had brought from home运用了过去完成时,过去完成时由“had+过去分词”构成,其基本用法包括:
(1)表示在过去某一时间或某一动作之