1. 冀教版 九年级
Lesson 48
Supper with
the Bradshaws

2. Your ideas about gift-giving
When would you like to receive gifts?
What gifts would you like to get? Why?
How do you react when you receive a gift you don’t like?
When your family visits another, what do you usually take as a gift?
Before reading

3. New words Before reading What is Chinese tradition
of giving and receiving gifts?
1. We shouldn’t open the gift before the guest leaves.
We can’t give anybody a clock as
a gift.
We sometimes refuse to accept the gift before accepting it.
We need to return a gift on some occasion after receiving one from someone.
Before reading

4. New words
What should we react if we receive a gift that you don’t like?
1. Should you praise it?
2. Should you accept or refuse it?
3. Should you say you don’t like it?
Before reading

5. Who would you give a police officer as a gift?
New words
police officer
Who would you give a police officer as a gift?
Before reading

6. Who would you like to give a toy gun as a gift? Why?
New words
toy gun
Who would you like to give a toy gun as a gift? Why?
Before reading

7. Who would you like to give a doll as a gift? Why?
New words
doll
Who would you like to give a doll as a gift? Why?
Before reading

8. Practice with the new words
Before reading

9. Main ideas While reading Email One: Why did Li Ming get a gift
he didn’t like?
Two: Why did Danny give a gift Debbie
didn't like?
While reading

10. Details While reading Can you make a true or false
statement like this?
While reading

11. Read aloud
Lesson 48
Supper with
the Bradshaws

12. Please write a dialogue according to the two e-mails and make some changes if you like.

13. Extensive reading
Sixteen years ago a boy gave me an important gift. It was a smile. It was the early autumn of my first year at middle school，and my old school was far away. As a result，no one knew who I was. I was very ________，and afraid to speak to anyone.
　　Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing，I felt my heart break. I couldn't talk with anyone about my ___________.
　　Then one day, when my classmates were talking happily with their friends，I was sitting at my desk unhappily as usual. At that moment，a boy entered the classroom. I didn't know who he was. He passed by me and then turned back. He looked at me，with a ________.

14. Extensive reading
Sixteen years ago a boy gave me an important gift. It was a smile. It was the early autumn of my first year at a middle school，and my old school was far away. As a result，no one knew who I was. I was very ________，and afraid to speak to anyone.
　　Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing，I felt my heart break. I couldn't talk with anyone about my ___________.
　　Then one day, when my classmates were talking happily with their friends, I was sitting at my desk unhappily as usual. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom. I didn't know who he was. He passed by me and then turned back. He looked at me，with a ________.

15. Extensive reading
Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel ______ and warm. That smile changed my life. I started to talk with other students and made ________. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.
　　One day I asked him why he had ________, but he couldn't remember doing so！
　　It doesn't matter because all the dark days have _______. I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think it is lonely, you might always be ______. So smile at the world and it will smile back.

16. Extensive reading
Suddenly，I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel ______ and warm. That smile changed my life. I started to talk with other students and made ________. Day by day，I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.
　　One day I asked him why he had ________，but he couldn't remember doing so！
　　It doesn't matter because all the dark days have _______. I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think it is lonely，you might always be ______. So smile at the world and it will smile back.

17. After reading
Write about your experience that you received something as a gift you didn’t like.
1. Who gave you the gift?
2. When did you get the gift?
3. Why didn’t you like the gift?
4. What was your reaction?

18. Homework Research about the tradition of gift-giving
in one country besides
China.
Make a poster about it.
And get ready to present it
in the next class.