Task Planning a holiday for your family
Skills building 1
recognizing dates and names of
places1. Pay attention to three pieces of
information.
◆ the day of the month, e.g. the 2nd
◆ the month, e.g. January, November
◆ the year, e.g. 1997, 2010
Writing( 写法) Speaking (读法)January 1st
March 8th
August 2nd
July 3rd
February 12th
January the first
March the eighth
August the second
July the third
February the twelfth
Say the dates
New Year’s Day( 元旦 )
Women’s Day ( 妇女节 )
April Fool’s Day ( 愚人节 )
Youth day( 青年节 )
January first
March eighth
April first
Say the dates of these holidays.
May fourth
Children’s Day( 儿童节 )
Teachers’ Day( 教师节 )
National Day( 国庆节 )
Christmas( 圣诞节 )
June first
September tenth
October first
December 25th
2. Pay attention to the ending of the
number.
Most dates end with -th (e.g. ,4th/fourth).
However, some have different endings, e.g.
* 1st/first 21st /twenty-first
* 2nd/second 22nd/twenty-second
* 3rd/third 23rd/twenty-third
3. In British English, we can write a
complete date in three ways:
23 November 2010
23rd November 2010
23/11/2010
There are two ways to read the date
in British English:
• the twenty-third of November 2010
• November the twenty-third 2010
Fill in the table.
Listen to Mary talk with Charles about
her trip to Europe and complete the table
below with the information you hear.
Place Paris, France
Date _______________________
Notes Eiffel Tower,
_________________, sitting at a
café, wonderful food
25 June
museums
Place __________, Italy
Date 1 July
Notes Museums, _________________,
beautiful old buildings
Rome
churches
Place Geneva, Switzerland
Date _______________________
Notes Walking in the mountains,
beautiful sights, pretty little
_________________
8 July
villages
Read the two leaflets and fill in as many
blanks as possible on page 34 .
Step 1: Reading travel leaflets
• Answer the following questions.
How many places are mentioned in travel plan 1? What are they ?
How long will it take in Hunan Province Adventure?
What are the destinations in Shandong Province ?
Travel Plan 2
7 the city of Springs
9 the next morning
10 the foot of the mountain
8 six
11 teacher
12 1,300
Step 3: E-mailing your father
Write an –mail to your father, tell
your father about your holiday
destination.
You need to mention:
• where you should go and why
• when you should travel
• what activities you can do
• what you can see?
• the length of time
• the cost
Dear Dad,
I’ve looked at several possible places
where we can go on holiday and
checked Mum’s schedule. We think
we should go to Shandong Province
because none of us have ever been
there before.
Possible example
If we go, we’ll have an active holiday
climbing Mount Tai. Mum can
explore famous lakes and springs in
Ji’nan. We can also visit Qufu,
where Confucius was buried. I think
you and Mum would like this.
We can travel in May, between
the 1st and the 7th. The trip lasts
4 days and 3 nights. It costs only
1,300 yuan per person, so Mum
will be pleased with that.
I think this trip sounds very
exciting and it sounds just like
what you and Mum want. Let
me know if I should book it.
Bye for now.
Love
(name)