Unit 8 Where did you go on vacation? Period 4. How many days are there in a week? What are they? How many months are there in a year? What are they? There.

Unit 8 Where did you go on vacation?

Period 4

How many days are there in a week?

What are they?

How many months are there in a year?

What are they?

There are seven days.

They are Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

There are twelve months.

They are February, March, April May, June, July August, September and October November, December, January.

seasons:

springsummerautumnwinter

在进行阅读之前，你的单词问题已经解决了吗不要放松背单词，否则在做阅读时，就会遇到很多困难。

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Read Kim’s travel diary.Circle the good things about his vacation.Underline the bad things.

Monday, July 15th

Great weather! It was sunny and hot all day.We went to a beautiful beach. We had great fun playing in the water. In the afternoon, we went shopping. The shops were too crowded, do I didn’t really enjoy it.

Tuesday, July 16th

Today it rained, so we went to a museum. I was kind of boring.I found a small boy crying in the corner. He was lost and I helped him find his father. That made me feel very happy. I didn’t have any money for a taxi, so I walked back to the hotel. I was really tired.

Wednesday, July 17th

Today the weather was cool, so we decided to play tennis. We played all morning.It was really fun. We had Sichuan food for dinner. It was delicious!

Questions1. When did Kim go to the beach?

2. What did Kim do on the afternoon of July 15th?

3. How was the beach?

4. Where did Kim go on July 16th?

5. They ate delicious food, didn’t they?

On Monday, July 15th.

He went shopping.

It was beautiful.

He went to the museum.

Yes, they did.

Language points ：

1. find sb. doing sth. 发现某人正在做某事

2. be lost 丢失，失踪 , 迷路

3. help sb. do sth. 帮助某人做某事

4. make sb. do sth. 使得某人……

5. decide to do sth. 决定去做某事

6. till 直到……

2. Read about Maria’s vacation. Then circle the correct answers.

Maria had a wonderful vacation. She went to Hawaii. Maria likes fruit, and the Hawaiian bananas and oranges were great.The weather was very good, too. On Monday she went to the beach and visited four museums. The museums were interesting and not very crowded. On Tuesday she went to the mountains. On Wednesday she visited an old friend. They went to the movies Wednesday evening.the movie was very funny. The vacation cost $5000, but Maria had a wonderful time.

The weather in Hawaii was (cold/sunny).The museums were (not crowded/boring).Maria’s vacation was (exciting/awful).The fruit was (bad/delicious).The movie was (fun/sad).The vacation was (expensive/inexpensive).

1. The vacation cost $5000.

sth. cost (sb.) some money 某物花费（某人）… …钱 costs如： The car costs me 130,000 yuan.

其它表示花费的词还有： spend, take 句式略有不同sb. spends some time/money on sth. spend spentIt takes sb. some time to do sth. took

Language points:

2. Have a wonderful/good/great… time =enjoy oneself 玩的愉快

1. Imagine you are an American student on vacation in Beijing.Write a travel diary.

Thursday, August 1st

Today I went to the palace Museum.It was cool.Then I_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Thursday, August 1st

Today I went to the palace Museum.It was cool.Then I went to the Great Wall.It was beautiful and magnificent! In the afternoon,I went to Tian’anmen Square.It was great! In the evening, I went to BeijingHutong. It was quiet and clean. I was very tired, but happy.

Here is an example:

2.Complete a questionnaire and make a survey.

Make questions for a vacation questionnaire.Answer the questionnaire yourself.Ask your classmates the questions.Discuss the best place for a vacation with your classmates.Write a report on students’ vacations.

Questionnaire

Name: age: sex: date:

Place

Activities

Food

Weather

souvenirs

Think about how to ask questions about the topics in the questionnaire.Write your questions on another piece of paper. Then fill in the questionnairewith information about your last vacation.

Questionnaire

Name: Mary age: 12 sex: female date: May 1

Place Summer Palace Beijing Stadium

Activities go boating go roll-skating

Food fast food noodles

Weather sunny cool

souvenirs sun glasses a cap

Here is an example:

How’was your vacation?How’was your vacation?你学会用不同的方式来谈论节假日活动了么？你学会用不同的方式来谈论节假日活动了么？Let’s go!Let’s go! 让我们一同接受来自本单元让我们一同接受来自本单元

绝对任务绝对任务的挑战！的挑战！

Task One

Make a conversation about last vacation. Phone at least three of your classmates, and ask them where they went and what they did during the vacation .

Useful questions: Where did you go on vacation? How was your vacation? How was the weather? …

Task Two

Prepare some photos of your family or friends.

Write a travel diary about your last vacation.

Teacher: Why are you late? Student: There was a man who lost a hundred dollar bill. Teacher: That's nice. Were you helping him look for it? Student: No. I was standing on it.

生活百味汤 --- 开心一刻

Unit 10 的学习到此结束了。作业除了上面的两个任务以外，你需要掌握所有的单词和句型，能够熟练的用句子表达自己的看法。能够背诵 Section B 中的课文，还要完成评价手册和练习册的内容。