八年级英语上册 Unit 3 Topic 3 What were you doing at this time yesterday？Section D课件 （新版）仁爱版.pptVIP

* What were you doing at this time yesterday? Lead-in questions: How many days are there in a week? 2. How many days are there in a weekend? 3. Do you know anything about the weekend? 基督教的《圣经》第一章《创世纪》。 大意是： 上帝the first day 创造了天地， the second day 创造了水和空气， the third day 创造了植物， the fourth day 创造了日月， the fifth day 创造了鱼、鸟等生物， the sixth day 牲畜、昆虫、野兽以及管理这一切的人。 the seventh day休息时，人类为了感谢上帝，纷纷向他朝拜。 此后人类制定历法时，seven days a week， the seventh day 休息，但必须朝拜上帝。 这就是“Sunday”的来历。 a holy day one and a half days’ holiday ( weekend ) a two-day weekend A Short History of the Weekend 1 Listen and read the passage and complete it with the correct expressions. felt too tired to work were closed all day rested and prayed made Saturday afternoon a holiday The answers : C A D B Read the passage quickly and circle the words below. spent rested prayed played had felt called made stopped Pay attention to these words’ pronunciation. a holy day When : Where： Who : What : before 1800 at church many people rest and pray Read Paragraph 1 and fill in the blanks. Retell Paragraph 1 according to the information above. one and a half day’s holiday in the early 1800s the USA in 1874 England in 1930 America blue Mondays workers too…to Saturday afternoon holiday the beginning of the weekend 0ffices were closed on Saturday afternoon Read the rest paragraphs and find out the information about one and a half days’ holiday. the two-day weekend by 1940 in the USA factories and offices were closed all day on Saturdays Look at the information about the two-day weekend and try to retell it and then check . a two-day weekend 一个两天的周末 Example: a three-leg table a seven-day holiday an eight-year-old girl a two-floor building Can you list more ? in the 1800s 在十九世纪 读作: in the eighteen hundreds 也可以表达为in the 1800’s in the1920s (1920’s) 在20世纪20年代 读作: