What are the shirts made of? Unit 5 What are the shirts made of? Section B 1a-1e 九年级(全)

Warming up Do you know what festival is it? It’s Wei Fang International Kite Festival.

Weifang, “the World's Capital of Kites”

Kite flying is a traditional sports game widely popular among the Chinese people. What are kites made of?

Kites are made of all different types of material and some special paper. It depends on what kind of kite you want and how high you would like it to fly.

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1a Do you know how to fly a kite? What are kites made of ? Write down some materials used in making kites. ___________ bamboo wood paper string cloth plastic

1b Listen to a conversation between Laura and Zheng Yun and circle the correct answers. 1.Laura is trying to find out more about: A. what Zheng Yun did on his vacation. B. what Zheng Yun thinks about Weifang. 2. Zheng Yun tells Laura about: A. a kite festival. B. how to make a kite.

1c Listen and write L for Laura or Z for Zheng Yun. 1.___went on a vacation to Weifang. 2.___wants to know more about the kite festival. 3.___saw many different kinds of kites at the festival. 4.___didn’t know that kite flying could be so excitin. 5.___wants to learn to fly a kite. Z L Z L L

1d Listen again. Fill in the blanks with what you hear. 1.Weifang is a city in Shandong. It is famous for_____ . 2.The international kite festival is held in _________ every year. 3.The competitors at the festival are from __________________. kites Weifang all over the world

4.There are_____________ for the best kites. Some of the kites Zheng Yun saw were made of ____________ . Some were painted with colorful _________ . competitions silk or paper drawings

1e Role-play a conversation between Laura and Zheng Yun using the information in 1b–1d . A: Where did you go on vacation? B: I went to an international kite festival. A: That sounds interesting. What did you see there? B: ...

Where did you go on vacation? I went to an international kite festival. I saw many different kinds of kites at the festival. That sounds interesting. What did you see there?

Were the kites nice? Yes, they were beautiful. They were made of different things like silk or paper. Some were painted with colorful drawings.

Sounds like you really enjoyed it Sounds like you really enjoyed it. I never thought that something as simple as kite flying could be so exciting. Yes, it was really fun to see which kite could fly the highest. I think I want to learn to fly a kite, too.

Language points

1. The international kite festival is held in Weifang every year. 国际风筝节每年在潍坊举行。 (1) international 形容词，意为“国际的”。 ► The UN is an international organization. 联合国是一个国际组织。

助记： hold的一词多义 (2) hold 动词，意为“举行”。 其过去式和过去分词都是held。 ► We are going to hold a meeting tomorrow. 我们打算举行一次会议。 助记： hold的一词多义

2.The competitors at the festival are from all of the world. 风筝节的选手来自全国各地。 competitor 名词，意为“参赛者; 竞争者”。 ► We soon knocked over our competitor. 我们很快打败了我们的竞争对手。 compete是其动词形式，意为“竞争”

Exercises

句式转换。 1. I wash dishes every day. (改为被动语态)。 _______ ______ ______ by me every day. 2. Most of the farm work is done by machine in the USA. ( 改为一般疑问句) 3. French and English are spoken in Canada. (对划线部分提问)。 ______ _______ ______ ______ in Canada? Dishes are washed Is most of the farm work done by machine in the USA? What language is spoken 24

用所给动词的正确形式填空。 1. Usually computers _______ (use) to get information on the Internet. 2. I ________ (ask) to clean my bedroom every day by my mother. 3. Trees __________ (plant) in spring. 4. The brown desk _______ (make) of wood. are used am asked are planted is made 25

Homework Read after the listening materials after class. 2. Search information about traditional Chinese art works.

Thank You!