1. Module 10 Spring Festival Unit 1 Are you getting ready for Spring Festival?

2. Festival Chinese festivalsWestern festivals Spring Festival Lantern Festival Mid-Autumn Festival Tomb-sweeping Day Dragon Boat Festival … Christmas Easter Thanksgiving Day Halloween …

3. Christmas Easter December 25th

4. Thanksgiving Day Halloween The fourth Thursday in November October 31st

5. Can you tell me some festivals you know? New Year’s Day May Day (Labour Day)

6. National Day Tomb-sweeping Day

7. Dragon Boat Festival Lantern Festival

8. Mid-autumn Day Spring Festival

9. What do we usually do to get ready for Spring Festival? clean the house cook the meal

10. learn a dragon dancelearn a lion dance

11. sweep the floormake lanterns

12. Listen and number the pictures. 2 3 1 4

13. Listen again and answer the questions. 1.What are Lingling’s mother and aunt doing? 2. What is Lingling doing? They are cleaning the house. She is making lanterns.

14. It’s time for the Spring Festival now in China and everyone is getting ready. Tony and Lingling are having a conversation about the Spring Festival. Listen to the conversation, with these questions in mind.

15. 1. What are Lingling and her family doing? 2. Where’s Lingling’s father? They’re getting ready for Spring Festival. He’s at work.

16. NameDoing …Summary Daming and Betty Lingling Mother Aunt Grandma Father learning… making… cleaning… sweeping… cooking… working… Get ting ready Listen to the conversation again and fill in the form.

17. 1. Are they getting ready for Spring Festival? 2. Are Daming and Betty making lanterns? 3. Is Lingling’s mother sweeping the floor? Read and answer these questions. Yes, they are. No, they aren’t. No, she isn’t.

18. 4. Is Lingling’s aunt cooking the meal? 5. Is Lingling’s grandma cooking the meal? 6. Is Lingling’s father working? No, she isn’t. Yes, she is. Yes, he is.

19. Read again and answer some questions. 1. What is Lingling doing? 2. Who is working? 3. What is Lingling’s aunt doing? She is making big red lanterns. Lingling’s father is working. She’s sweeping the floor.

20. 4. What is Lingling’s grandma doing? 5. What are Daming and Betty doing? She’s cooking the meal. They are learning a dragon dance.

21. Read the dialogue and fill in the blanks. Then, please retell the dialogue. People are getting ready for Spring Festival. Lingling is ________________________. Her father is still___________________. Her mother is_____________________ and_________________. Her aunt is__________________. Her grandma is_________________. Daming and Betty are___________________ ________. making big red lanterns at work cleaning the house putting things away sweeping the floor cooking the meal learning a dragon dance

22. 1. What’s happening? Language points What’s happening? 的意思是 “ 发生了什么 事情？ ” 。在本单元可以翻译为 “ 在做什么事 情？ ” 。如： What is happening over there? 那里发生什么事？ Hello, Tom, what's happening? 你好汤姆，咋了啦？

23. [ 拓展 ] What happened? 与 What's happening? What happened 是指怎么样了。如： What happened to her? 她怎么了？ 并没有明确的指出时间，较多的用在情绪 等感情方面的事情。 What’s happening 是指正在发生。如： What’s happening to the bus? 公共汽车出了什么事？ 说话人正看到某些事情的发生。较多的用 在事件上。

24. 2. Are you getting ready for the Spring Festival? get ready for “ 为 … 作准备 ”, 其后的宾语 可以是名词或代词。 be ready for 与其意义相近, 意为 “ 为 …… 做 好了准备 ” 。但前者强调动作，后者强调状态 。如 : All the students in my class are getting ready for the exam. 班上所有同学都在准备考试。 We are ready for the exam. 我们为考试做好了准备。

25. [ 拓展 ] 当要表达 “ 准备做某事 ” 时, 常用 get ready to do sth. 结构，它通常可以和 get ready for sth. 互相转换。如 : I am getting ready for class. = I am getting ready to have class. 我正准备上课。

26. 3. Is your father helping you? help 作动词，意为 “ 帮助，援助 ” ，其后可接 名词或代词作宾语。 help 还可用于 help sb. (to) do sth. 和 help sb. with sth. 结构中，表示 “ 帮助 某人做某事 ” 。如 : Can you help me (to) learn Chinese? 你能帮助我学汉语吗？ Please help me with my English. 请帮我学英语。

27. 此外, help 还常用于 help oneself (to sth.) 结构, 表示 “ 自用 ( 食物等 )” 。如： Help yourself to some more meat. 别客气，再吃点儿牛肉。 Help yourself to some more beer. 请再喝些啤酒。 [ 拓展 ] help 也可以作名词，意为 “ 帮助 ” 。如 : Can you give me some help? 你能帮帮我吗？

28. 何老师帮助我们学习英语。 1) Miss He _____ us ______ English. 2) Miss He _____ us ______ English. 3) Miss He _____ us _____ ______English. helps with helps learn helps to learn Practice Complete sentences.

29. 4. He’s at work. 介词短语 “at + 名词 ” 表状态 I am at school. She is at home. = He’s working. He is at work.

30. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words and expressions from the box. dragon happen hard hurry join lantern put things away quite ready What’s _________ at Lingling’s home? They’re getting ________for Spring Festival. Her mother and her aunt are working very happening ready

31. ________, cleaning and __________________. Lingling is also _________ busy. She’s making red _________. Daming and Betty are learning a __________ dance so Tony __________ to Lingling’s home and ___________ them. hardputting things away quite lanterns dragonis hurrying joining

32. 1) 你想知道后来又发生了什么事吗？ Do you want to know what ________ later? 2) 许多的事故发生在下雨时。 Many accidents _________ when it rains. 3) 他们在为晚餐作准备。 They ____________________ supper. happened happen are getting ready for Exercise Ⅰ

33. 4) 刘老师帮助我们学习数学。 Miss Liu _______ us _______ Math. Miss Liu _______ us ______ Math. Miss Liu ______ us _____ ______ Math. 5) 刘老师态度和善又乐于助人。 Miss Liu is so kind and ________. 6) 他们正在打扫教室吗？ Are they _________ the classroom? helps with helps learn helps to learn helpful cleaning

34. 7) 她正在清扫地毯上的尘土。 She’s _________ the dust from the carpets. 8) 他经常饭前洗手。 He often _______ his hands before dinner. 9) 我们来收拾餐具吧 --- 你洗我擦。 Let’s do the dishes --- you wash and I’ll _______. sweeping washes wipe

35. 1 、他在为聚会作准备吗？ ___ he _______________ the party? 2 、 —Tom 在做灯笼吗？ --- 是的。 —____ Tom _______________? — Yes, he ____. 3 、 — 你们会舞龙吗？ --- 不会。 — ____ you ___________________? — No, we ______. Is getting ready for Is making lanterns is Can play a dragon dance can’t Exercise Ⅱ

36. 4 、 — 他常扫地吗？ --- 不是。 — ______ he ___________________? — No, he ________. 5 、孩子们在干什么？ _________ the children _______? Does often sweep the floor doesn’t What are doing

37. Spring Festival Time: at the end of January or the beginning of February Activities: clean the house; eat special food; put on new clothes; eat dumplings; get together; have a big dinner; get lucky money; … Work in pairs. Think about Chinese festivals. Ask and say.

38. Try to talk about what people are doing in your classroom at the moment.