外研版高中英语中国之旅（学生用书）Unit11TellingPeopleAboutYourCountry.ppt

Unit 11 Telling People About Your Country 1 SPEAKING（1） Pair work Talk about the types of fruit grown in China, particularly in Xinjiang. WRITING Choose one Chinese holiday or festival and describe it for a foreign tourist. Use these words and expressions. ·relax ·visit family ·give presents ·raise the flag ·celebrate a festival/holiday ·special food ·fire crackers ·day off ·l parade ·decorations ·presents 2 SPEAKING（2） Pair work Imagine that you and your partner are a tour guide and a foreign tourist. Ask and answer questions about the customs that are followed at Spring Festival. Group work Discuss traditional festivals in modern China. Think about these questions: Do the young people still follow the same customs as their parents? Why? Do you enjoy the traditional holidays and festivals as much as you did when you were younger? Do you think traditional festivals will still be celebrated the same way in 50 or 100 years’ time? VOCABULARY 1.Answer these questions with words from the unit. （1）I What is the word that means related to the moon? （2）What are two products that are made from milk? （3）What is the name of the piece of land in front of a lake? （4）What is the name of a meal that is eaten outside, usually in a park or the countryside? （5）What is the word that means the same as like? 2.Write a list of the foods mentioned in the unit. Example: cheese 3 CULTURAL CORNER In the United States, they celebrate November called Thanksgiving. When arrived in America, they found farming difficult and the winter very cold. In fact, they were close to death from lack of food, when some of the. local Native Americans brought them local food from the forest: turkey, cranberries and pumpkin. The food was a lifesaving gift, and on Thanksgiving Day, Americans remember that meal and the Native Americans kindness. THE END