当代高职高专英语第二册 教案 unit3.docVIP

Unit One Holidays Teaching Objective: practise the listening and speaking; practice reading skills: improving your concentration and make the students know how to read a text effectively; help them master the format of a letter of congratulation Teaching focus: the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; the various writing techniques employed by the writer Teaching difficulties: some complicated sentences and expressions; the summary of the text Teaching Procedures: daily report, lead-in, listening, reading, translation, writing, homework Stage1 Daily Report Ask the student on duty to make a daily report, encouraging him or her to speak more about education. While listening, the students make some notes. Then ask some students to retell what the reporter said. Stage2 Lead in Step1 Culture background OFFICIAL CHINESE HOLIDAYS 1. New Year’s Day (January 1): It is not as much celebrated as it is in other parts of the word. How ever, employees will enjoy a paid day off. And there will be parties everywhere, in parks, dancing halls and universities where students will leave for the winter vacation. 2. International Women’s Day (March 8): Interestingly, women employees will get a whole or a half paid day off on the day. 3. Tree-Planting Day (March 12): It has been established and highly promoted since the late 1970’s by the government. It marks the beginning of a greening campaign all over the country during the month each year. 4. International Labor Day (May 1): It’s no less celebrated than the New Year’s Day. Employees will enjoy three paid days off. Celebration parties in parks take the place of parades today. 5.Youth Day (May 4): A day in memory of the first mass student movement in 1919, a movement touched off by the then Chinese government that gave in to the Japanese government’s attempt to colonize Shandong Province. It is also an anti-Confucius movement as well as the one that promoted the Western scientific and democratic ideas. The gov