1. I think that mooncakes are
Unit 2
I think that mooncakes are
delicious!
Self Check

2. Free Talk
What is your favorite festival?
When is it?
What do people eat?
What do people do?
Why do you like it?

3. 2e What do you think the three ghosts say to Scrooge when they visit him? In groups of four, make a conversation
between the three ghosts and Scrooge. Role-play the conversation in front of the class.

4. Pair Work
What do you know about Christmas? Make a list of things that you know about this festival with your group. Use the questions to help you.

5. When is this festival?
Why do people celebrate it?
Who do they celebrate it with?
Do they eat or drink anything special?
What other things do they do as part of
the celebrations?
Do you know any old stories about this festival?
How do people feel when they celebrate it?

6. 3a Your English-speaking pen pal wants to know about your favorite Chinese festival. Make some notes about the festival.
What is the name of the festival?
When is it?
What do people eat?
What do people do?
Why do you like it so much?
Discussion

7. 3b Write a letter to your pen pal and tell
him/her about your favorite Chinese
festival. Use your notes in 3a.
In your letter:
First, introduce the festival and when it is
celebrated.
Then talk about what people do and eat.
Finally, explain why you like it best and how
it makes you feel.

8. Use the following expressions to help you:
My favorite Chinese festival is ...
It is celebrated in/on ...
During this festival, people ...
It is my favorite festival because ...
It makes me feel ...

9. Dear Tom,
My favorite Chinese festival is Spring
Festival. It is a traditional festival in china. It
is celebrated on the 1st day of the first lunar
(阴历) month.
During this festival, people usually clean
and decorate their house carefully before it
comes. They eat Nian-gao, eight treasures rice
(八宝饭)and family reunion dinner.

10. It is my favorite festival because we kids can wear new clothes and get gift money. What's more, we can watch the dragon dance(舞狮). It makes me feel very happy and excited.

11. Writing
假设你是刘伟，你的美国朋友Mike 想通过你了解中国的传统节日。请你根据提示，给Mike 写一封 ，向他介绍我国传统节日春节的情况。内容提示：
1. 春节是中国最重要的传统节日;
2. 春节期间人们的主要活动(节前、除夕、节日期间)。
Spring Festival, traditional, decorate, on the eve of the festival, get together, , lucky money
set off fireworks

12. Dear Mike,
　　How are you? I’m really glad that you are interested in traditional Chinese festivals. There are many traditional festivals in China, such as Spring Festival, Mid-Autumn Day and so on. I’d like to introduce the Spring Festival to you. Spring Festival is the most important traditional holiday in China. It usually lasts for 15 days.
Days before the festival, people clean their houses. They think cleaning sweeps any bad luck. They decorate their houses with

13. paper cuts. On the eve of the festival, family members get together and have big meals. Then they watch the Spring Festival Gala on TV. At midnight, they set off fireworks to welcome the New Year. During the festival, kids get lucky money from old people. People visit their relatives and friends. They wish each a happy year and good luck. How happy we are!
　　Best wishes!
　　Yours,
　　Liu Wei

14. what a day！
what a terrible day it is！
多么糟糕的天气！
It is a terrible day.

15. What a beautiful girl (she is)!
可数名词
1、 what+冠词+形容词+名词+（主+谓)
She is a beautiful girl.
What a beautiful girl (she is)!
多么漂亮姑娘啊!

16. 2、what+形容词+名词复数+(主+谓)
They are beautiful girls.
What beautiful girls (they are)!

17. 3、what+形容词+不可数名词+主+谓
What a cold
weather
(it is)！
多么冷的天气啊！

18. 4、how+形容词/副词+主+谓 Liuxiang is running fast. How fast
刘翔跑的多快啊!

19. What a beautiful girl she is.
She is beautiful.
How beautiful she is.
She is a beautiful girl.
What a beautiful girl she is.
How beautiful a girl she is.

20. “形容词+名词” How beautiful a girl she is. What a beautiful girl she is.

21. ____ good job she does! She is really a clever girl.
A. What B. How C. What a D. How a
____ wonderful news report he wrote! All of us were proud of him.
A. What a B. What C. How D. How a

22. 1、what+冠词+形容词+名词+主+谓
2、what+形容词+名词复数+主+谓
3、what+形容词+不可数名词+主+谓
4、how+形容词/副词+主+谓
5、how+形容词+冠词+名词+主+谓

23. 1 Complete the passage with the words in the box.
spread…around between…and
give out business lay relatives
Many Western countries celebrate Easter. This
holiday is always on a Sunday ___________
March 22nd ______April 25th. It celebrates the
beginning of new life. Hens ______ eggs, giving
birth to life, so an egg is a symbol of new life.
between
and
lay

24. A popular activity during Easter is to hide eggs around your home or garden for friends or _______ to find. These can be real eggs, but they are more often chocolate eggs. Not only do people _______ them _________in different places for an egg hunt, but they also __________these treats as gifts. So just like Christmas, Easter creates good_________ for supermarkets and chocolate stores.
relatives
spread
around
give out
business

25. 2. Rewrite these sentences as exclamations.
1. The mooncakes are delicious. ➠ ________________________________!
2. The festival will be fun. ➠
________________________________!
How delicious the mooncakes are
What a fun festival it will be

26. 3. This concert is boring. ➠
___________________________________!
I’m really excited. ➠
5. The band played really loud music. ➠
How boring the concert is
How excited I am
What loud music the band played

27. Pair Work 3. Make sentences about a festival/festivals
you like using these words + that/whether/if.
I think _____________________________.
I know _____________________________.
I believe____________________________.
I wonder____________________________.

28. 二、陈述句语序(主+谓) Correct the mistakes in the sentences if there are any.
1. I don’t know where does he live.
he lives.
2. He wondered if his friend would
come to his party.
3. He asked me when would I leave.
I would leave.
4. I don’t know what’s your name.
your name is.
5. I don’t know what’s the matter
with you.

29. 中考练兵场：
1. Would you please show me _____
next, Mr. Wang?
A. what should we do
B. we should do what
C. what we should do
D. should we do what
2. It’s up to you to decide ____ you’ll go
there, by air or by road.
A. how B. why C. that D. when

30. 中考练兵场：
3. –Could you please show me ____ a
paper flower?
A. how make B. how to make
C. what make D. what to make
4. I wondered ____.
A. whether they have made a mistake or not
B. how we could download the information
C. that he graduated from Beijing University
D. why did the police arrest the man

31. 中考练兵场：
5. –Are you sure you have to? It’s been
very late.
-- I don’t know __ I can do it if not now.
A. where B. why C. when D. how
6. I can’t say ____ I want to go back to my
hometown. It’s quite a few years since I last
went back.
A. how much B. how long
C. how often D. how soon

32. 中考练兵场：
7. The teacher asked the students _____.
A. how many trees they have planted
B. when was Einstein born
C. what they will do with the computers
D. if they were interested in dinosaurs
8. She didn’t know that sound _____ than
light.
A. travelled faster B. travelled slower
C. travels faster D. travels slower

33. Complete the sentences with if / whether.
1. Uncle Wang came up to see __________ there was anything wrong with the machine.
2. The shop keeper asked my father ________ or not he wanted to choose a big Christmas tree.
if / whether
whether
3. I don’t know __________ to go or stay.
4. ________ that is true, what should we do?
whether If
5. ________ they will ever become future Olympic champions only time will tell.
Whether

34. What 与How 大转换 1. What a pretty girl she is!
_______ _______ the girl is!
2. How difficult the questions are!
_________ ________ ________ they are.
3. How big the factory is!
_______ _______ big factory _____ ____!
How pretty
What difficult questions
What a
it is

35. 4.What a clever boy!
_______ _______ the boy _______!
5. How tall the trees are!
_______ tall trees ______ ______!
6. What interesting books they are!
________ _______ the books ________!
7. How funny the girl is!
________ _______ funny girl ____ _____!
How clever is
they are
What
How interesting
are
What a
she is

36. 8. How old the man is!
______ _______ old man ______ _____!
9. What nice books they are!
_____ ______ the books ________!
10. How amazing the building is!
_____ _____ amazing building ____ ____!
What an
he is
How nice
are
What an
it is

37. 所给句子填空，使填空句变为相应的感叹句：
1.The boy swam very fast.（同义句）
_______ _______ the boy swam!
2. The school trip is very exciting. （同义句）
_____ ______ the school trip is!
3. Hei Longjiang looks very beautiful in winter.
_____ ______ Hei Longjiang looks in winter!
How fast
How exciting
How beautiful

38. 4. It is a very useful dictionary. （同义句）
_______ _______ _______ dictionary it is!
_______ _______ _______ dictionary is!
5. The students are listening very carefully.
________ ________ the students are listening!
What a useful
How useful the
How carefully

39. 将下列句子改为感叹句
The girl is very pretty.
How pretty the girl is!
What a pretty girl she is!
2. This is an old watch.
How old this watch is!
What an old watch it (this) is!

40. 3. The food is so nice.
How nice the food is!
What nice food it is!
4. These questions are very easy.
How easy these questions are!
What easy questions these are!
5. She has long hair.
How long her hair is!
What long hair she has!

41. translation
A Christmas Carol is _____________________ ______________________________.
(是一部由查尔斯•狄更斯写的著名短篇小说)
a famous short
novel written by Charles Dickens
2. 这部小说是关于一个叫斯克鲁奇的老人，他从来也不笑。
This novel is about an old man named Scrooge who never laughs or smiles.

42. 3. 他决心要改变自己的生活，并且承诺做一个更好的人。
He decides to change his life and promises to be a better person.
4. 他对那些为他工作的人刻薄小气。
He was mean to those who worked for him.

43. Homework Review what you have leant in this
unit and preview the next unit.