Trinidad is an island nation in the Caribbean Sea very close to the northeast coast of South America. Carnival time in February is the most important time of year for many people who live in Christian Catholic countries.It is a time of community celebration that lasts for several days and ends in a great parade of musicians, dancers and the local people. Background information:

Trinidad & Tobago

Li Mei and Wu Ping are visiting Trindad and they are getting ready to go to the carnival parade. Four students in a group and talk about how they are getting ready : 1.How will they dress themselves? 2.What will they take with ?

Listening: Listen to the tape and find out what the plans for the parade are. Then answer the following questions: 1.What is the advice that Carla gives Li Mei? 2.What do they find when they arrive at the park? 3.Why is it important for them to have water? 4.Why can’t they hear each other? 5.Why do they plan to meet at the parking lot?

Carla tells Li Mei she should wear_________________, light and cool clothes and_______. Carla offers Li Mei_________________. 1.What is the advice that Carla gives Li Mei? 2.What do they find when they arrive at the park? comfortable shoes a hat comfortable shoes They arrive at the park and find the boys,__________, _________and __________ on trucks. big bands dancers musicians

3. Why is it important for them to have water? It is important to have water because _________________________________. 4. Why can’t they hear each other? They can’t hear each other because_____________________________. 5.Why do they plan to meet at the parking lot? They plan to meet at the parking lot so _______________________________________. very hot/ the temperature is thirty-five degrees the music is very loud/ the loudspeakers make it impossible to hear They don’t get lost in the crowd/ so they can find each other/ because it is crowed

Speaking: Suppose you have visited Carla and Hari’s home in Tinidad and you have returned home in Trinidad and you have returned home to Guangzhou. Now, you are interviewed by a little reporter in your school and you are asked to introduce carnival in Trinidad. Talk about what you hear in the tape in pairs, either one is to be the reporter.

Niu Lang Zhi Nu A sad story

Read the passage, then discuss the following statements in pairs and decide whether they are true or false.(6m) 1.The girl Li Fang loved and waited for didn’t turn up.( ) 2.Because her most lovely daughter got married to a human secretly, the Goddess got very angry.( ) 3.Zhinu was made to return to Heaven without her husband. They were allowed to meet once a year on the seventh day of the tenth lunar month.( ) 4.Hu Jin had been waiting for Li Fang for a long time with a gift for him.( ) T F T F

1.How did Li Fang feel at the beginning of the story? why? He felt like a fool. Because he thought that he was waiting with hope. Reading-II (10m) : Answer the following questions: 2.What was Li Fang afraid that Hu Jin was doing? He was afraid that she was with her friend laughing at him.

3. How did Li Fang know the manager wanted to shut the coffee shop? 4. Why did people want the whether to be fine on Qiqiaojie? The manager wiped the tables then sat down and turned the TV. People wanted the weather to be fine so they can meet the one they love.

5. What is the reason why Li Fang did not meet on time? Because Li Fang waited in the coffee shop while Hu Jin waited in the teashop. 6.How did Li Fang feel at the end of the story? Why? He was worried because he has thrown away Hu Jin’s Valentine’s gifts.

Practice Act out the story, thinking of an ending to the story. After reading(8m)

1. turn up 1) appear 出现 You’re always turning up late for everything! 你总是迟到 !( 做事慢慢吞吞的 ) He hasn’t turned up so far. Please turn up the fire/tap. 他到目前还没有出现。 2) 调大声音，力量 请把火调大一点。

2. word 1 ） promise 保证，承诺 He always keeps his word; he is a man of his word. 2 ） 词，单词 What’s the English word for this? 3) speech/conversation 谈话交谈 have a word/have words with sb. keep one’s word in a word in other words wordy 罗嗦唠叨的 I give you my word that I will keep it a secret. I’d like to have a word with you. 我想和你谈一下。

3. hold one’s breath = stop breathing for a time 屏息 The girl held her breath at the sight of the snake. All America held its breath to see who would win the election. 当那个女孩看到那条蛇的时候，她屏住呼吸。 所有的美国人都屏住呼吸看谁会赢得竞选。

take (one ’ s) breath 呼吸 get one ’ s breath 喘过气来 be out of breath 喘不过气来 breathe v.

4. apologize apologize to sb for (doing) sth = say sorry to sb for doing sth apology n. make an apology to sb for (doing) sth You must apologize to the teacher for being so rude. 你必须为你的粗鲁行为向老师道歉。

5. drown (drowned, drowned ) 1) 浸，泡 洪水淹没了街道和房子。 厨师把水果浸在奶油里。 借 … 消愁 drown one’s sorrow/sadness in… There is a drowning man in the river. 2 ） 淹死 The cook drowned the fruit with cream. The floods drowned the streets and houses. 河里有一个落水的人。

6. remind sb. of sth 提醒某人某事 remind sb to do sth remind sb that… He reminded that I should have been more careful. He reminded me to get up early. He reminded me of my promise. 他提醒我那个承诺。 他提醒我要早起。 他提醒我本应该小心点。

7. forgive (forgave, forgiven) 不念旧恶十分难得。 It’s best to forgive and forget. forgiving adj. 宽仁的，宽大的 forgiveness n. 宽恕 ask for forgiveness receive forgiveness Please forgive him for his rudeness. 请原谅他的粗鲁吧。

Interviewing: Each students can choose either three students in the class to interview the most interesting festival they have experienced and write them down.

Here are points for you to interview: when the festival takes place; what the festival is for; what people do at the festival; what people eat at the festival.