Period 2 3a-3c Section A Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious ！

Period 2 3a-3c

Section A

Unit 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious ！

自主预习自主预习Words and expressions

自主预习自主预习

Words review

folkgoddess

whoeversteal (stole, stolen)

lay (laid, laid)lay outdessertgarden

traditionadmire

民间的女神无论谁偷放置，下蛋摆开，布置甜点花园传统欣赏

Look at the picture. What festival do you think of? What do you know about the festival?

Look at the picture. What festival do you think of? What do you know about the festival?

steal

v. 偷，窃取

Look and say

lay

v. 放置；安放产 ( 卵 ) ；下 ( 蛋 )

Look and say

dessertn.( 饭后 ) 甜点；

甜食

Look and say

garden

n. 花园；园子

Look and say

admire

v. 欣赏；仰慕钦佩

Look and say

Do you know these three people?

andThis one

Pang Meng

Talking

Do you know the story about Chang’e ? Can you tell us this story in English?

How do people celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival?

Read the passage about Mid-Autumn Festival and answer the questions.

1. How do people celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival?2. What do moon cakes look like? What meaning do they carry?3. What story is the reading about?

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1. How do people celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival?

2. What do moon cakes look like? What meaning do they carry?

3. What story is the reading about?

By admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families.

Mooncakes are in the shape of a full moon on Mid-Autumn night. They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss.

The story of Chang’e.

Read the first sentence in each paragraphs and answer the questions.Read the first sentence in each paragraphs and answer the questions.

What does the passage mainly talk about?This passage mainly talks abou

t the traditional folk stories about Mid-Autumn Festival. And it tells us why we admire the moon and sharing mooncakes with our families.

While you read…

Read Para. 1 and answer the questions below.Read Para. 1 and answer the questions below.

1. What do we eat on Mid-Autumn Festival?

2. What’s mooncakes look like?

3. Why we eat them on Mid-Autumn Festival?

Mooncakes.

Mooncakes are in the shape of a full moon on Mid-Autumn Festival.Because many people believe that mooncakes could carry their wishes to the families they love and miss.

Feng Meng tried to steal the medicine

goddess

thanked Hou Yi by giving him magic medicine

Chang’e

refused to give Feng Meng the medicine and drank it allHou Yi

because light and flew up to the sky.

planned to drink the medicine with his wife.

shot down the nine suns and saved the people on the earth

Read Para. 2 and find What they have done.Read Para. 2 and find What they have done.

______ Peng Meng tried to steal the medicine.

______ A goddess thanked Hou Yi by giving

him a magic medicine.

______ Chang’e refused to give Feng Meng

the medicine and drank it all.

______ Hou Yi shot down the nine suns and

saved the people on the earth.

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2

5

1

Read the passage again. Put the events in the correct order.

3b

______ Hou Yi was very sad and watched the

moon at night, and wished his wife

could come back.

______ As a result, Chang’e became light and

flew up to the sky.

______ Hou Yi planned to drink the medicine

with his wife.

7

6

3

1. People like to a_____ the full moon on Mid-

Autumn night.

2. The story of Chang’e is one of many t_____

____ folk stories.

3. Hou Yi got m____ medicine for shooting do

wn the nine suns.

folk adj. 民间的，民俗的tradition n. 传统 traditional adj. 传统的

folk adj. 民间的，民俗的tradition n. 传统 traditional adj. 传统的

Without looking at the passage, try to complete the sentences with the correct words.

admire admire

traditionaltraditional

magicmagic

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4. Pang Meng wanted to s____ the medicine.5. Hou Yi l___ out fruits and desserts in the garden.

stealsteal

laidlaid

lay v. 放置；安放；产 ( 卵 ) ；下( 蛋 )

lay out 摆开，布置

lay v. 放置；安放；产 ( 卵 ) ；下( 蛋 )

lay out 摆开，布置

The story of Chang’e is one of ____________________ about Mid-Autumn Festival. Chang’e was Hou Yi’s wife. Hou Yi got some _______________ from a goddess. Feng Meng, a bad man, ________________________ when Hou Yi was not home. But Chang’e ___________ give it to him and drank it all. She became very light and flew up to the moon. One night, Hou Yi found that _______________________________ that he could see his wife. He quickly laid out her favorite food and wished that she could come back!

traditionalfolk stories

magic medicinetried to steal the

medicine refused to

the moon was so bright and round

Fill in the blanks and copy the passage on your notebook and then recite it.

After you read…

What’s the meaning of “Full Moon, Full Feelings”, think about it and discuss it with your partner.

Homework

1. Read the passage “Full Moon, Full Feelings ” again, and write down your ”full feelings” about Mid-autumn Day.(About 200 words)2. Preview the new words we will use in the next lesson.