初中英语外研版 (新标准)九年级上册Unit 2 We have celebrated the festival since the first pioneers arrived in America

设计说明

本单元以图片导入，引领学生谈论节日，激发学生的学习兴趣。然后根据课文，设置速读、精读，加深学生对课文的理解；再复述课文，并学习课文中的重难点知识。引导学生从句到篇训练与节日相关的写作。最后通过做题，巩固运用所学知识。

教学目标

通过本单元的教学，让学生达成以下目标：

1. 知识目标

学习本单元新单词及短语among, speech, pioneer, grow, corn, following, lay, lay the table, over, dish, parade, ourselves。

2. 能力目标

能读懂关于节日的文章；能写关于节日的短文。

3. 情感目标

了解感恩节的由来、庆祝活动等，学习如何介绍一个节日。

重点难点

重点：本单元的重点单词、短语和句型

难点：读懂与节日相关的文章

教学准备

PPT课件；教材活动录音

授课时数

2课时

教学过程

Step 1　Warming up

Ask and answer.

Do you know about Thanksgiving?

What other American festivals do you know? When are they?

Thanksgiving is an important public festival in the US.

It’s on the fourth Thursdays in November.

People in America celebrate the New Year on both New Year’s Eve and the 1st of January.

Work in pairs.

Talk about the picture.

Step 2  Fast reading

Read the passage and match the headings with the paragraphs.

a)   A special dinner

b)   An American festival

c)   The history of the festival

d)  Things to do during the festival

Answers：a）3    b）1    c）2    d）4

Step 3  Careful reading

1. Complete the table.

Answers：

2. Read the phrases in the passage and translate them into Chinese.

 make speeches     演讲

 give thanks for      感恩于……

 by doing sth.      通过做某事

 lay the table      摆放餐桌

 too much      太多

 plenty of         许多

 shop for          买……

 enjoy oneself      玩得开心

 the start of       ……的开始

 help do sth.   帮忙做某事

Step 4  Post-reading

1. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box.

among  corn  dish  lay  pioneer  plenty

    The first (1)__________ crossed the Atlantic and arrived in America in the seventeenth century. At the beginning, they did not have enough food. The Native Americans taught them how to grow (2)_______. They soon had (3)________ to eat. Today, people living in the US remember the Native Americans and the pioneers at Thanksgiving. This festival is celebrated with a meal (4)_______ family and friends. Everyone helps (5) _______ the table. After the meal, they help wash the (6)________.

Answers：（1）pioneers    （2）corn    （3）plenty   （4）among

（5）lay    （6）dishes

2. Retell the passage.

Paragraph 1  an American festival

Paragraph 2  the history of the festival

Paragraph 3  a special dinner

Paragraph 4  things to do during the festival

Step 5  Language points

1. It is a time for a special dinner among family and friends.

这是一个和家人、朋友共进特别晚餐的时刻。

[辨析] among与between

The teacher is standing among the students.

老师站在学生们中间。

The park lies between the station and the supermarket.

公园坐落于车站和超市中间。

2. People make short speeches and give thanks for their food.

人们作简短的致辞，为食物而感恩。

(1) make a speech / make speeches意为“作演讲；演说” 。

Daming is afraid to make speeches in front of the class.

大明不敢在同学们面前演讲。

(2) give thanks (to sb. ) for (doing) sth. 意为“对（某人）（做了）某事表示感谢”，此处thank作名词。

He gave thanks to us for helping him.

他对我们的帮助表示感谢。

3. The local people, the Native Americans, taught the pioneers how to grow corn. 当地人，也就是（美洲）印第安人，教这些拓荒者如何种植玉米。

how to grow corn是“疑问词+动词不定式”结构，在句中作宾语。动词know, teach, tell, show, decide等动词之后常接该结构作宾语。

Can you show me how to use the camera?

你能教教我如何使用这部相机吗？

They haven’t decided what to do next.

他们还没有决定下一步做什么。

4. Like many Americans, we usually watch the games on television and enjoy ourselves very much. 像许多美国人一样，我们通常在电视上观看这些比赛，尽享乐趣。

enjoy oneself意为“玩得开心”，相当于have a good time或have fun。反身代词在人称和数上要与enjoy的逻辑主语保持一致。

He enjoyed himself while he was staying in Guilin with his family.

在与家人一起待在桂林时，他玩得很高兴。

[拓展]

Step 6  Writing

1. Think about an unforgettable festival you have enjoyed. Answer the questions.

1  What was it?

   It was National Day.

2  When was it?

   It was the first day of October.

3  Who did you spend it with?

   I spent it with my family.

4  How did you spend it?

   My parents took me to Shanghai to visit my grandparents.

5  Will you remember it for long? Why?

   Yes, I will. Because it was great fun.

2. Write a passage about the festival.

An unforgettable festival for me was National Day last year…

Answer（just for reference）：

I had a great time on National Day last year. I’ll remember it for a long time because it was great fun. I went with my mother and father to visit my grandparents in Shanghai. My grandmother made delicious dumplings and many other dishes, so I ate lots of really nice food!

Step 7  Homework

1. Read the passage.

2. Talk with your partner about a festival.

当堂达标

Ⅰ. 单项填空。

1. Mum asked me to __________ for dinner.

A. lay the table  B. go to sleep

C. keep a diary  D. take a vacation

2. —She is too busy to help us finish the work.

—Let’s do it ___________.

A. herself      B. myself      

C. itself      D. ourselves

3. —Linda, have you decided ___________ your summer holiday?

—Yes, I am going to Hainan Island.

A. what to spend      B. where to spend

C. when to spend            D. how spend 

4. This shopping APP is very popular ___________ young people.

A. between          B. in      

C. among    D. about

Ⅱ. 用所给词的适当形式填空。

1. I made progress in English by ___________ (read) more.

2. As one of the ___________ (pioneer) of modern science, Yuan Longping does a lot of research in the field of rice.

3. Every year my grandfather ___________ (grow) all kinds of vegetables in the field.

4. My parents couldn’t go to work, with me __________ (be) ill in hospital.

5. All the kids want to know where ____________ (take) the vacation.

6. Mr Gao, do you often make _____________ (speech)?

Ⅲ. 根据汉语意思完成句子（每空一词）。

1. 昨天你们在乡村玩得开心吗？

__________ you ___________ __________ in the countryside yesterday?

2. 这个公司打算举办一个聚会来庆祝它的20岁生日。

The company is going to __________ its 20th birthday _________ a party.

3. 晚饭不要吃得太多，那对健康不利。

Don’t eat __________ ___________ for supper. It’s bad __________ health.

4. 他们来这儿对我们的建议表示感谢。

They came here to __________ __________ ___________ our advice.

5. 我想要一杯热牛奶，还有一块蛋糕。

I’d like a cup of hot milk, and a piece of cake __________ ___________.

答案：

Ⅰ. 1. A   2. D   3. B   4. C

Ⅱ. 1. reading   2. pioneers    3. grows  

4. being   5. to take

6. speeches

Ⅲ. 1. Did，enjoy  yourselves/have fun  

2. celebrate, with  3. too  much, for

4. give  thanks  for    5. as  well

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