3. Enjoy it. Which of the following pictures best Describes your feeling for this song?

4. Listen to the song again and complete all the following true or false questions. __1. The song describes people’s happy childhood. __2. The song tells listener to look back on the past happy memory. __3. The song describes the scene of a big harvest in September. __4. The song tells us to forget the past thing quickly and to face our present life. __5. The song makes a comparison between the present life and the past life.

5. Please listen to the first two paragraphs of the song and fill in the blanks with the expressions in the box. tender grain fellow slow wept green Try to remember when life was so ______, That no one _______ except the willow. Try to remember the kind of September, When love was an ember about to billow. Try to remember and if you remember, Then follow, follow... Try to remember the kind of September, When you were a tender and callow _______. Try to remember and if you remember, Then follow, follow... Try to remember the kind of September, When life was ______ and oh, So mellow. Try to remember the kind of September, When grass was ______ and ______ was yellow. slow greengrain fellow tender wept

6. Listen to the last paragraph and complete the lyrics with the proper phrases or sentences. Deep in December___________________, ________________ the snow will follow. Deep in December it’s nice to remember, __________________ that made us mellow. Deep in December ________________________. And follow, follow... it’s nice to remember Although you know The fire of September our hearts should remember

7. Please find out the words that ends with the sound [  u] and write them below. 1.The song is beautiful most because it ’ s rhymed ( 押韵的 ). Find out the words that ends with the sound [  ] and write them below. Example: slow ________ _________ _________ _________________

8. The song has a lot of metaphors ( 暗喻 ) and personifications ( 拟人 ). Follow the example and match the correct metaphor. 2). Love is b. wept. 1). Life is a. December. 3). Youth ( 青春 ) is c. the fire of September. 4). Grown-up isd.more and more worries onemust face as he grows up. 5). The willow e. an ember about to billow. 6). The falling snow f.mellow and tender.

9. What’s the deep meaning of the sentence “Deep in December our hearts should remember and follow, follow...”?

12. Sing with the tape twice or more. While singing, try to imitate the singer’s pronunciation and memorize the words. Please read after me the lyrics. Pay attention to the pronunciation skills. Sing after me without looking at the lyrics. Try not to look at your book. Please sing the whole song together.

13. Now please do the self-assessing to check your learning effect. Assessing

14. Try to answer the following questions and see how well do you think you know the song you learned in this unit. 1.Do you think the song is difficult? 2.How well do you understand the song? 3.How much do you like the song? 4.Did you have enough time to do the exercises? 5.What did you find difficult/ easy? 6.What did you find useful/ interesting? 7.Where do you think you need more practice ？ 8.What else do you want to know about the song? 9.What suggestions do you have for things to do in class? 10.Can you sing this song? If the answer is YES, that’s good. Show it in front of the class. If the answer is NO, don’t worry, try it after class. Be sure that you can do it well. Your own ideas Write down what you think. Remember to give your paper to your teacher at the end of the lesson.

15. Homework 1. Review what we learned in this unit. (including the vocabulary, figure of speech and so on) 2. Think about what kind of dreams you had when you were at different age. 3. Write a composition about the topic: The Happy Memories in Your Childhood