1. Task Planning a holiday for your family Task Planning a holiday for your family

2. Unit 2 课件描述： 本课件用直观的形式，使学生 通过练习，复习日期的表达并了解 电子邮件的特点、格式。句型结构 的训练也使表达更呈多样性。参考 范文的给出则使评价标准更明确化。

3. Skills building 1 recognizing dates and names of places 1.Pay attention to three pieces of information. ◆ the day of the month, e.g. the 2nd ◆ the month, e.g. January, November ◆ the year, e.g. 1997, 2010

4. Writing( 写法） Speaking （读法） January 1st March 8th August 2nd July 3rd February 12th January the first March the eighth August the second July the third February the twelfth Say the dates

5. New Year’s Day( 元旦 ) Women’s Day ( 妇女节 ) April Fool’s Day ( 愚人节 ) Youth day( 青年节 ) January first March eighth April first Say the dates of these holidays. May fourth

6. Children’s Day( 儿童节 ) Teachers’ Day( 教师节 ) National Day( 国庆节 ) Christmas( 圣诞节 ) June first September tenth October first December 25th

7. 2. Pay attention to the ending of the number. Most dates end with -th (e.g.,4 th /fourth). However, some have different endings, e.g. * 1st/first 21st /twenty-first * 2nd/second 22nd/twenty-second * 3rd/third 23rd/twenty-third

8. 3. In British English, we can write a complete date in three ways: 23 November 2010 23rd November 2010 23/11/2010

9. There are two ways to read the date in British English: the twenty-third of November 2010 November the twenty-third 2010

10. Fill in the table. Listen to Mary talk with Charles about her trip to Europe and complete the table below with the information you hear.

11. PlaceParis, France Date_______________________ NotesEiffel Tower, _________________, sitting at a café, wonderful food 25 June museums

12. Place__________, Italy Date1 July NotesMuseums, _________________, beautiful old buildings Rome churches

13. PlaceGeneva, Switzerland Date_______________________ NotesWalking in the mountains, beautiful sights, pretty little _________________ 8 July villages

14. Read the two leaflets and fill in as many blanks as possible on page 34. Step 1: Reading travel leaflets

15. Answer the following questions. How many places are mentioned in travel plan 1? What are they ？ How long will it take in Hunan Province Adventure? What are the destinations in Shandong Province ?

16. Mount Heng

17. Zhangjiajie

18. Fenghuang

19. Qufu Ji’nan Tai’an

20. Travel Plan 1 1 night train 3 modern Chinese writer 5 Mount Tianzi 2 town 4 best 6 1,200

21. Travel Plan 2 7 the city of Springs 9 the next morning 10 the foot of the mountain 8 six 11 teacher 12 1,300

22. Skills building 3: Writing an e-mail Go through page 36 quickly.

23. Step 3: E-mailing your father Write an – mail to your father, tell your father about your holiday destination.

24. You need to mention: where you should go and why when you should travel what activities you can do what you can see? the length of time the cost

25. Dear Dad, I’ve looked at several possible places where we can go on holiday and checked Mum’s schedule. We think we should go to Shandong Province because none of us have ever been there before. Possible example

26. If we go, we’ll have an active holiday climbing Mount Tai. Mum can explore famous lakes and springs in Ji’nan. We can also visit Qufu, where Confucius was buried. I think you and Mum would like this.

27. We can travel in May, between the 1st and the 7th. The trip lasts 4 days and 3 nights. It costs only 1,300 yuan per person, so Mum will be pleased with that.

28. I think this trip sounds very exciting and it sounds just like what you and Mum want. Let me know if I should book it. Bye for now. Love (name)

29. Homework. Write an E-mail to your father, telling him you should go to Hunan Province Adventure.