3. rainbow n. 彩虹 Words review indigo n. 靛蓝，靛青 violet n. 紫罗兰色

4. To describe (say something about) the colours of a rainbow ObjectivesObjectives To use different colours to talk about colourful things To understand the comic strip To learn the new words and expressions

5. Words: indigo, violet, rainbow Phrase: try on Patterns: there is something/nothing wrong with something something looks good on somebody

6. What is Pink by Christina Rossetti What is pink? a rose is pink By the fountain's brink. What is red? a poppy's red In its barley bed. What is blue? the sky is blue Where the clouds float thro'. What is white? a swan is white Sailing in the light. What is yellow? pears are yellow, Rich and ripe and mellow. What is green? the grass is green, With small flowers between. What is violet? clouds are violet In the summer twilight. What is orange? why, an orange, Just an orange! Lead-in 1

7. Lead-in 2 Ask the students to volunteer out the front. Point to an item of their clothing. What colour is it?

8. What’s your favorite colour? Why? indigo white black green red yellow violet Lead-in 3 orangeblue

9. First, enjoy a song! Then tell me what we are going to learn today.

10. Listen Let’s listen to the conversation between Eddie and Hobo. Then finish the following exercises. Questions What colour does Eddie like better? Why doesn’t Eddie like pink? He likes blue better. He thinks it is a girl’s colour.

11. Hobo brings Eddie some clothes, one is _____, another is ______. Eddie thinks ____ is better than ______ because he thinks pink is a ______ colour. Hobo says there is ________ wrong ______ pink and helps Eddie put on the blue one. It seems that Hobo doesn’t think blue ______ good ____ Eddie. Eddie and Hobo on blue pink blue girl’s nothingwith looks pink

12. Guess: What is it? It hangs in the sky. It looks like a bow ( 弓 ). It appears after the rain. It has seven colours.

13. What can you see in the picture? When can you see it? How many colours are there? What are they?

14. red orange yellow green indigo blue violet

15. Amy’s cousin Shirley is talking with Amy about the rainbow. Listen to their conversation and fill in the blanks. B There are ______ colours in a rainbow. They’re ____, _______, ______, ______, ____, _______ and ______. Shirley’s favourite colour is ______. Amy’s favourite colour is _______. seven red orangeyellow green blue indigo violet green orange

16. Read and try to recite the conversations in 5-10 minutes.

17. 1. Role play the conversation in groups; 2. Role play the conversation in front of the class. Let’s see which group does the best.

18. Work in pairs Tell your friend about the rainbow. You can use Amy and her cousin’s conversation (Page 21) as a model.

20. 句型 there is something/nothing wrong with something 意思是 “ 某物有 / 没有问 题 ” 。 But there’s nothing wrong with pink, you know. Practise 这种颜色搭配 (colour scheme) 没有问题。 There's nothing wrong with this colour scheme.

21. 句型 something looks good on somebody 意思是 “ 某物穿在某人身上好看 ” ； 句型 somebody looks good in something 意思是 “ 某人穿某物好看 ” 。 Practise And I’m not sure if blue looks good on you. Don't be mad, dear, red looks good on you. 亲爱的，别生气，红色穿在你身上好看。

22. there’s nothing wrong with … something looks good on somebody indigo white black green red yellow violet orangeblue

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24. I. What colours are they? 1. _______ snow 2. the _______ sky 3. ______________ grapes 4. ________ bananas 5. ________ grass 6. ____________ apples red/green white blue purple/violet yellow green

25. II. Multiple choice. 1. No one can sing ______ than her. (2013 泸州 ) A. well B. good C. better D. best 2. — Do you think the ______ of this skirt suits me? — Of course! You always look beautiful in red. (2013 山东滨州 ) A. size B. design C. price D. color

26. 1. Describe your favourite colour. 2. To preview the Reading Colours and moods on Pages 22-23. 3. To preview the new words and expressions in this unit.

27. Guess the meanings of the following phrases or sentence. 1. in the red 2. Black Friday 3. a white lie 4. a yellow dog 5. grey hairs/heads 6. a green hand 7. golden age 赤字，亏空 黑色星期五，表示当天运气不好 善意的谎言 胆小鬼，卑鄙可耻的人 老年人 新手 金色年华，黄金时代

28. 8. I’m blue today. 9. white elephant 10. in the black 11. black and white 12. black and blue 13. white sale 14. white coffee 15. black sheep 16. roll out the red carpet for somebody 我今天心情不好。 无用而累赘的东西 盈利，赚钱 白纸黑字，书面 遍体鳞伤 大减价 加牛奶的咖啡 害群之马 隆重地欢迎某人