Using LanguageⅡPPT及课堂实录内容

Period 5

using language---reading and writing Teaching aims:

To introduce a cross-cultural view of lover’s festivals – Qiqiaojie and Valentine’s Day.

Train the students’ reading ability.

Enable the students to engage imaginatively in the story and to use their own ideas of changing the ending.

Improve the students’ writing ability. Reading Teaching procedures 1.Lead-in T: In the last period, we have learnt many kinds of festivals. Some are set in memory of the dead, some are set in honor of some great people and some are set in celebration of harvest. Do you know the festivals set for lovers? S: Yes. Qiqiaojie in China and Valentine’s Day in western countries. T: You are familiar with them. Look at the screen. Can you guess who the two lovers are? S: Maybe they’re the weaving girl and the head boy – Niulang and Zhinv. T: You’re right. Do you know something about them? S: …

T: Then do you know something about Valentine’s Day, which are quite popular in China now? S: …

T: (introduce the origin of Valentine’s Day) Today, we are going to learn a love story. 2.While-reading T: Go through your text quickly and silently. Then finish the true or false exercises. 1.

Hu Jin failed to meet Li Fang at 7:00.(T) 2.

If it is raining on Qiqiaojie, it means that Zhinv is weeping and the couple will be able to meet.(F) 3.

Because her most lovely daughter got married to a human secretly, the Goddess got very angry. (T) 4.

Li Fang thought he could get married to Hu Jin, just like Niu Lang and Zhi Nu.(T) 5.

When Li Fang met Hu Jin, he felt very glad.(The story didn’t tell us.)

T: Read the passage again and answer the following questions one by one. 1.

Why was the TV story what Li Fang needed? The TV story was a sad story about lost love---the same situation as Li Fang. 2.

Why do people want the weather to be fine on Qiqiao Festival? People want the weather to be fine so they can meet the one they love. 3.

What more do you know about Qiqiao Festival? (Answers will vary)

S: Li Fang: Made an appointment with Hu Jin—Waited in the coffee shop—Not met her—Heart-broken; along with…; like a fool—Would not hold his breath for her to apologize(wait without much hope); Would drown his sadness in coffee (drink coffee in

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order to forget the sadness/sorrow)—Gave up and threw…away—Met Hu Jin without gifts—Felt worried

Hu Jin: Made an appointment with Li Fang—Kept her word but waited in the tea shop—Not turned up in the coffee shop—Waited for him all the time—Met Li Fang with gifts

ENDING?? 3. Post-reading T: The two love stories happened in two different festivals. What are their similarities and differences? How should we treat Chinese traditional festivals and some western festivals? S: …

T: Nowadays, some people pay more attention to the Valentine’s Day than Qiqiaojie, which was once one of the most popular festivals in ancient China. Anyway, each festival in China has its own tale and meaning. So we should hold on to our own festivals and culture, as well as pass them on from generation to generation. We should never allow some western festivals to take the place of Chinese traditional festivals. Writing T: Li Fang met Hu Jin after he lost heart and threw away the Valentine’s gifts. To his surprise, Hu Jin kept her word and waited for him in the tea shop all the time! What should he do? What would happen to the two lovers?

Please write a different ending to the story of Li Fang, beginning with: As he sadly passed the tea shop on the corner on his way…

T: Before writing, you’d better read the story again and then think of what Hu Jin will say when she finds out later that the flowers and chocolates are gone. Then think of an ending to the story that will solve Li Fang’s problem. Will he be happy or sad? Homework: Finish “Summing up”

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Language points: 1. But she didn’t turn up.

1) 来, 出席(某活动)

I’m very happy you turned up so early.

2) 把(收音机等)音量开大一些, 其反义短语是turn down. Turn up the radio a little, I can scarcely hear the program. 相关短语: turn down

拒绝

turn off

关掉

turn on

打开

turn out

结果是...... turn to sb. for help

向某人求助

2. She said she would be there at seven o’clock, and he thought she would keep her word.

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keep one’s word 意为“守信用”,其反义词是break one’s word, 即“失信”。

He is a man who always keeps his word. Don’t break your word, otherwise, no one will trust you.

注意：keep one’s word和break one’s word中的名词word不能用复数形式。

相关短语：

in a word/in short/to be short

简言之；总之

have a word with sb.

与某人谈话

have words with sb.

与某人发生口角

in other words

换句话说

e.g. A gentleman should always __ his __. A. keeps; word

B. keep; word C. keeps; word

D. keep; words 3. It was obvious that the manager of the coffee shop was waiting for Li Fang to leave...

obvious adj. 明显的，清楚的

1) obvious+ to + 表示人的名词或代词

Her disappointment was obvious to her friend.

2) It + be + obvious +that-clause

It was obvious that she was in danger.

辨析：

obvious/apparent/clear

a. obvious 是三者中程度最强的，含有“一目了然” 之意。

It is obvious that you are wrong. b. apparent 指具有某些明显的迹象的，侧重与经历推理才能看出结果。

It was apparent from his face that he was lying.

c. clear 作“明白的，清楚的”讲。指不模糊含混，易于观察，了解和识别。

He seems clear about his plans.

4. When the Goddess of Heaven knew that her granddaughter was married to a human, she ...

marry 的用法：

1) 她嫁给了一个律师。

She married with a lawyer. (F)

She married a doctor. (T)

表示“和......结婚”，“嫁......”，“娶......”时，marry为及物动词，要用marry sb.，而不用marry with sb.

2) 她和一位律师结婚了。

She got married with a lawyer. (F)

She got married a lawyer. (F)

She was married to a lawyer. (T)

表示婚姻状态, 后接宾语时要用介词to，

而不用with.

3) 他们结婚三年了。

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They have married for three years. (F)

They have got married for three years. (F)

They have been married for three years. (T) They got married three years ago. (T)

It’s three years since they got married. (T) 注意：marry和get married 都表示短暂行为，不能和表示一段时间的短语连用，而have been married则表示婚姻状态，可以与表示婚姻状态持续多久的时间状语连用。

5. As Li Fang set off for home, he thought... set off: 动身, 出发; 使（地雷、炸弹）爆炸; 使某物更有吸引力

Tom and his father set off for America yesterday.

The bomb set off among the crowd. A woman’ beauty is set off by her clothes and jewelers.

相关短语：

set about doing sth.

着手（做某事）

set in

开始

set up

建立，创立

set down

写下，记下

set somebody to do something.

使某人开始工作

set somebody doing something

使某人处于某种动的状态

6. I don’t want them to remind me of her.

remind vi. 提醒，使想起

remind sb. of sth. remind sb. to do sth.

remind sb. that

e.g. What you said just now ____ me of that American professor.

A. mentioned

B. informed

C. reminded

D. memorized

Background information St. Valentine's Story

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Saint Valentine is said to have lived in Rome during the third century. That was a long time ago. During this time Rome was ruled by an emperor named Claudius. Many people did not like the ruler.

Claudius was having trouble getting men to serve in his army. He felt many men would not volunteer to join because they did not want to leave their wives and families. He thought that if men were not married, they would join the army. So Claudius passed a new law which did not allow any more marriages. Most people thought this law was cruel. Valentine, who was a minister, did not support the new law.

Even after Emperor Claudius passed the law, he kept performing marriage ceremonies secretly. One night he was caught and thrown in jail and told he would be put to death.

Many young people came to visit Valentine. One was the daughter of the prison guard. On the day of his death Valentine wrote a note to the daughter signed "Love from your Valentine". This was on February 14, 269 A. D.

Some say this started the custom of exchanging love messages on Valentine's Day.

Chinese Valentine’s Day

Raise your head on August 4 and gaze at the stars, you will find something romantic going on in the sky.

Valentine's Day in China, the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, falls on August 4 this year.

That is, on Monday evening, NiuLang and Zhi Nv will meet on a bridge of magpies（鹊桥）

across the Milky Way（银河）. Chinese grannies will remind children that they would not be able to see any magpies on that evening because all the magpies have left to form a bridge in the heavens with their wings.

Romantic legend

The legend has been handed down for nearly 2 millennia. The story has been recorded as far back as the Jin Dynasty (256-420 AD). Poets composed hundreds of verses on the love story and many types of Chinese opera tell the story.

The Chinese people believe that the star Vega（织女星）, east of the Milky Way, is Zhi Nu and, at the constellation of Aquila（天鹰座）, on the western side of the Milky Way, NiuLang waits for his wife.

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Zhi Nv was said to be the youngest of seven daughters of the Queen of Heaven. With her sisters, she worked hard to weave beautiful clouds in the sky, while NiuLang was a poor orphan cowherd, driven out of his home by his elder brother and his cruel wife.

Niu ang lamented over his lonely and poor life with an old cow, his only friend and companion. The magical cow kindly told him of a way to find a beautiful and nice woman as his life companion.

Under the direction of the cow, Niu ang went to the riverside on an evening, where the seven fairies slipped out of their heavenly palace to bathe.

He took one of the beautiful silk dresses the fairies had left on the bank. When the fairies left the water, the youngest couldn't find her clothes and had to see her sisters fly back to heaven without her.

Then Niu Lang came out with the dress and asked the youngest fairy, Zhi Nu, to stay with him.

Several years passed on Earth, which were only a few days in heaven. Niu Lang and Zhi Nu lived happily together and had two children before the Queen of Heaven discovered Zhi Nu's absence.

She was so annoyed she had Zhi Nv brought back to heaven. Seeing his beloved wife flying in the sky, NiuLang was terrified. He caught sight of the cowhide hanging on a wall. The magical cow had told him before dying of old age: "Keep the cowhide（牛皮）

for emergency use."

Putting the cowhide on, he went after his wife with his two children.

With the help of the cowhide, NiuLang was able to follow Zhi Nv into heaven. He was about to reach his wife when the Queen showed up and pulled off her hairpin to draw a line between the two. The line became the Silver River in heaven or the Milky Way. ZhiNv went back to the heavenly workshop, going on weaving the clouds. But she was so sad, and missed her husband across the Silver River so much that the clouds she weaved seemed sad. Finally, the Queen showed a little mercy, allowing the couple to meet once every year on the Silver River.

Well-known poem

One of the most famous poems about the legend was written by Qin Guan of in the Song Dynasty (960-1279).

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Fairy Of The Magpie Bridge

鹊桥仙

（宋

秦观）

Among the beautiful clouds,

纤云弄巧

Over the heavenly river,

飞星传恨

Crosses the weaving maiden.

银汉迢迢暗度

A night of rendezvous,

金风玉露一相逢

Across the autumn sky.

便胜却人间无数

Surpasses joy on earth.

柔情似水

Moments of tender love and dream,

佳期如梦

So sad to leave the magpie bridge.

忍顾鹊桥归路

Eternal love between us two,

两情若是久长时

Shall withstand the time apart.

又岂在朝朝暮暮

Compared with love stories in Western legends, the story of NiuLang and Zhi Nu seems not as intense or passionate. Love doesn't kill or break up the barrier between them. They just wait patiently on the riverbank, believing that their love can withstand their time apart. It is faith and emotional liaison instead of physical attraction and desire that is emphasized in the story as well as in many other Chinese folktales（民间故事）

about love.

In only a few Chinese folk love stories can be found a description of the physical appearances of the hero and heroine.

In the "Butterfly Lovers", the heroine, dressed as a boy to attend school, falls in love with a classmate. After they have lived together as classmates for years, the hero did not have the slightest clue that his best friend is actually a girl!

Chinese ceremonies

The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is the only Chinese festival devoted to love in the Lunar calendar.

Unlike St. Valentine's Day in Western countries there is not so much emphasis on giving chocolates, flowers and kisses. Instead, Chinese girls prepare fruits, melons and incense（熏香）

as offerings to Zhi Nu, the weaving maiden, praying to acquire high skills in needlecraft（裁缝）, as well as hoping to find satisfactory husbands.

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In the evening, people sit outdoors to observe the stars. Chinese grannies would say that, if you stand under a grapevine, you can probably overhear what Zhi Nu and Niu Lang are talking about.

Summing up Write down what you have learned about festivals around the world. 1)

How festivals began 2)

How people celebrate festivals From this unit you have also learned • useful verbs: starve, satisfy, lead, gain, gather, admire, apologize, drown, wipe, weep, forgive •

useful nouns:

ancestor, lamp, feast, bone, origin, trick, poet, arrival, independence, custom, award, clothing, fool, sadness • useful expressions: take place, in memory of , play a trick on, look forward to, day and night, as though, as if, have fun with, keep one’s word, hold one’s breath • new grammar items: Modal verbs

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