英语人教版九年级全册unit2第二课时.pptVIP

Mid-Autumn Festival is August 15th of a Chinese lunar year. On Mid-Autumn Festival we eat moon cakes. 3a.Read the passage about Mid-Autumn Festival and answer the questions. Full Moon, Full Feelings Chinese people have been celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries. Mooncakes are in the shape of a full moon on Mid-Autumn night. They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss. There are many traditional folk stories about this festival. However, most people think that the story of Chang’e is the most touching. Chang’e was Hou Yi’s beautiful wife. After Hou Yi shot down the nine suns, a goddess gave him magic medicine to thank him. folk [f?uk] adj. 民间的 goddess [g?d?s] n. 女神 3a. Whoever drank this could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to drink it with Chang’e. However, a bad man, Feng Meng, tried to steal the medicine when Hou Yi was not home. Chang’e refused to give it to him and drank it all. She became very light andflew up to the moon. Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night. steal [sti?l]n. 偷窃 3a. One night, he found that the moon was so bright and round that the could see his wife there. He quickly laid out her favorite fruits and desserts in the garden. How he wished that Chang’e could come back! After this, people started the tradition of admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families. lay [lei]v. 躺;放置 dessert [d?z??t] n. 甜点；甜食 garden [gɑ?d(?)n] n. 花园；菜园 3a. Answer the questions: 1.How do people celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival? 2.What story is the reading about? They admiring the moon and share the mooncakes with their families. It’s about how the Mid-Autumn Festival comes into being. 3a. 语法重点一 Chinese people have been celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries. 数个世纪以来，中国人一直有庆祝中秋节和吃月饼的传统。 本句用的是现在完成进行时，表示中国人庆祝中秋节和享受月饼很多个世纪了，并且一直延续到现在，并还要继续下去。现在完成进行时由“助动词have / has been + 现在分词”构成。 如：I have been working for two hours.