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UNIT 7
Days and months
Understanding cultures:
We have many holidays!
1 Read the passage and answer the questions.
Holidays are fun. We can play with our friends and get together with our families during holidays. We have many holidays in China. Labour Day is on May 1. We have Children’s Day on June 1. Teachers’ Day is on September 10. National Day is on October 1. And the Spring Festival is usually in January or February. That’s my favourite. New Year’s Day is on January 1. It’s coming soon. Happy New Year, everyone!
1 Read the passage and answer the questions.
We have many holidays in December. Christmas Day is on December 25. I get many presents on that day. I love Christmas! December 31 is New Year’s Eve. It’s the night before a new year. My family and I have a big party with all of our friends. And just before midnight, all of us count down—three, two, one. Then we all say, Happy New Year!
1 Read the passage and answer the questions.
A Why does Li Ming think holidays are fun?
B What month is it now? How do you know?
C Why does Jack like Christmas?
Because he/Li Ming can play with his friend and get together with his families during holidays.
It’s December. I know it by reading “New Year’s Day is on January 1. It’s coming soon.”.
Because he/Jack gets many presets on that day.
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Language Points
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We can play with our friends and get together with our families during holidays.在节日期间,我们可以和朋友们一起玩,也可以和家人们团聚。
play with sb. 意为“和某人一起玩”;
play with sth. 意为“玩某物”。
Don’t play with fire.
不要玩火。
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【辨析】on, in, at
on, in和at这三个词都可以表示时间,其区别是:
①on表示具体的某一天,或者专指某一天的上午、下午或晚上。
on May 1 在五月一日
on Monday evening在周一傍晚
② in表示一天的上午、下午或在某月/年/世纪/季节等。
in the evening在晚上 in May在五月
③ at用在某个钟点前,还可用在中午(noon),半夜(night)前。
at six在六点 at noon在中午 at night在晚上
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And just before midnight, all of us count down— three, two, one.
就在午夜前,我们所有人倒数———三,二,一。
count 作动词,意为“计数;包括;看作”。
常用固定搭配:count down 意为“倒数;计时”。
We all count down from ten to one. 我们都从十倒数到一。
拓展
count 的相关短语:
count in 把……算入;包括
count on/ upon 依靠;指望
count up 计算总数
2 What do you usually do on different holidays? Choose your favourite holiday and talk in pairs.
A: What do you like to do during the Spring Festival?
B: I like to visit my grandparents and play with my cousins.
What do you like to do during the Spring Festival?
I like to get together with my family and we can have a big dinner. Then…
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3 There is always a story behind a holiday, especially traditional Chinese holidays. Can you tell one of the stories to the class?
3 There is always a story behind a holiday, especially traditional Chinese holidays. Can you tell one of the stories to the class?
Example:
Picture 1; Chang’e was Hou Yi’s beatiful wife. After Hou Yi shot down nine suns, a goddess(女神) gave him magic medicine to thank him. Whoever took this could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to take it wih Chang’e. However, a bad man, Pang Meng, tnied to steal the medicine when Hou Yi was not at home. Chang’e refused to give it to him and took it all. She became very light and flew up to the moon. Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night. One nigh, he found the moon was so bright and round that he could sce his wife there. He quickly laid out her favourite fruits and desserts in the garden. How he wished that Chang’e could come back!
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