Unit 2
I think that mooncakes are delicious!
Period 3
The Dragon
Boat Festival
The Water
Festival
The Mid-Autumn Festival
The Spring
Festival
The Lantern
Festival
People usually have a family reunion dinner, and then they eat moon cakes and enjoy the round moon.
When is the Mid-Autumn Festival?
It falls on the 15th day of the 8th
lunar month, usually in September.
This day was also considered as a
harvest（收获） festival .
How do Chinese people celebrate
the Mid-Autumn Festival?
Do you know any traditional
folk stories about Mid-Autumn
Festival? Tell the class.
Free Talk
Wu Gang Cuts the Laurel
['lɒrəl] ]月桂树
It is said that there was an extremely tall laurel tree on the moon and a man called Wu Gang was ordered to cut down the tree as a punishment for offending the god of heaven. He was not allowed to go home until he could cut down the tree. But the problem was that each time he cut down the tree, it would quickly grow back, making it impossible for him to cut it down. Like Chang'e, he had no choice but to cut the tree on the moon forever.
Chang’e Flies to the Moon
Hou Yi Shoots the Suns
A bad man tried to steal the medicine.
A goddess gave him magic medicine after he shot down the nine suns.
Whoever drank it could live forever
Hou Yi planned to drink it with his wife.
Chang’e drank it all and she became light and flew up to the moon.
Look at the photo, the questions in 3a and the title to the story on page 11. Then answer the questions below.
Who is the girl in the picture?
What does the passage talk about?
What’s the meaning of “Full Moon, Full Feelings”?
Before you read…
Chang’e
It talks about the Mid-Autumn Festival.
稍等，稍等一下。。。
Read the first sentence in each paragraphs and answer the questions.
What does the passage mainly talk about?
This passage mainly talks about the traditional folk stories about Mid-Autumn Festival. And it tells us why we admire the moon and sharing mooncakes with our families.
Read and answer the questions.
How do people celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival?
3a
They celebrate it by admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families
2. What do mooncakes look like? What meaning do they carry?
3. What story is the reading about?
They are in the shape of a full moon. They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss.
The reading is about the story of Chang’e.
While you read…
Read Para. 1 and answer the questions below.
1. What do we eat on Mid-Autumn Festival?
2. What’s mooncakes look like?
3. Why we eat them on Mid-Autumn Festival?
Mooncakes.
Mooncakes are in the shape of a full moon on Mid-Autumn Festival.
Because many people believe that mooncakes could carry their wishes to the families they love and miss.
Feng Meng
tried to steal the medicine
goddess
thanked Hou Yi by giving him magic medicine
Chang’e
refused to give Feng Meng the medicine and drank it all
Hou Yi
because light and flew up to the sky.
planned to drink the medicine with his wife.
shot down the nine suns and saved the people on the earth
Read Para. 2 and find What they have done.
The story of Chang’e is one of __________
__________ about Mid-Autumn Festival.
Chang’e was Hou Yi’s wife. Hou Yi got some _______________ from a goddess. Feng Meng, a bad man, ________________________ when Hou Yi was not home. But Chang’e ___________ give it to him and drank it all. She became very light and flew up to the moon. One night, Hou Yi found that _______________________________ that he could see his wife. He quickly laid out her favorite food and wished that she could come back!
traditional
folk stories
magic medicine
tried to steal the medicine
refused to
the moon was so bright and round
Fill in the blanks and copy the passage on your notebook and then recite it.
After you read…
7
2
4
3
5
6
Complete the sentences with the correct words.
People like to a________ the full moon on Mid-Autumn night.
The story of Chang’e is one of many t________ folk stories.
Hou Yi got a m_______ medicine for shooting down the nine suns.
Feng Meng wanted to s_______ the medicine.
Hou Yi l______ out fruits and desserts in the garden.
3c
dmire
raditional
agic
teal
aid
Retell the story of Chang’e according to the words and phrases below.
Chang’e, Hou Yi, shot down the nine suns, magic medicine, live forever,
a bad man, steal, refused, flew up, sad ,called out her name, bright and round, laid out, wish
1. Full Moon, Full feelings
Language points
月满，情浓
2. I have been celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries
这是现在完成进行时，其构成为：(have / has) + been + doing
I have been living in Shanghai for ten years.
我在上海已经生活了十年。
for centuries=since centuries ago.数个世纪
in the shape of以 ... 形状
The cloud was in the shape of a horse.
那云呈现出马的形状
They carry people’s wishes to the families
they love and miss.
folk story 民间故事 folk music民间音乐
他们寄托着人们对他们深爱和想念的家人的祝愿.
2. … is the most touching
touching adj. 动人的；感人的/ touched
This is the most touching story I have ever heard.
这是我听到过的最动人的故事。
We were deeply touched by their presents.
我们被他们的礼物深深感动。
touch v. 触摸；感动；触及；接触
Don't touch the paint until it's dry.
油漆未干, 切勿触摸。
His sad story touched our hearts.
他的悲惨的故事深深打动了我们的心。
2. shoot down 击落，射下。-shot
shoot at 朝。。射击
3. Whoever drank this could live forever, …
whoever pron. 无论是谁；任何人。
Whoever wants the book may have it.
谁想要这本书都可以拿。
I'll take whoever wants to go.
谁要去我就带谁去。
whoever= no matter who
whatever=no matter what
whenever=no matter when…..
Whoever drank this could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to drink it with Chang’e.
4. steal v. 偷；窃取 / stole- stolen steal… from….
He stole something from me.
他偷了我的东西。
rob sb of sth抢走某人某物 / robbed
He robbed me of a ring.
他从我身上抢走了一枚戒指
On her way home Lucy saw a thief _____ in a shop. She stopped _____ 110 at once.
(2010黑龙江绥化市)
A. steal, calling
B. stealing, calling
C. stealing, to call
C
They knocked him down and _______
him of this bag.
A. rob B. robbed
C. steal D. stole
B
Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night.
so…that…
如此……以致于……
When the football fans saw Beckham, they got so excited that they cried out.
试比较
she is so beautiful that everyone likes her.she is such a beautiful girl that everyone likes her.
1. refuse to do sth 拒绝做某事
2. light. n.光，日光，vt.使发光; 点燃; 
adj.轻的; 少量的，浅色的。
3. fly –flew- flown
4. call out one’s name. 大叫某人的名字。
5. lay out 摆开；布置
Don't lay out your clothes on the bed. Put them away.
别把你的衣服都摊在床上，把它们收起来
lay v. 放置；=place 安放；产(卵)；下(蛋) –laid-laid
You may lay it on the table.
你可以把它放在桌子上。
You can't expect the hen to lay in the afternoon.
你不能期望鸡下午生蛋。
lie- lied-lied 说谎
lie-lay-lain 躺下，位于;处于…
lay, place, put, set这些动词均有“放”之意。
lay指小心地把人或物平放或横放，侧重动作安稳。
place较正式用词，指把某物放在一个正确的位置上，侧重动作的正确。
put普通用词，含义较广泛。指把人或物置于某处，并将其留在该处。
set普通用词，指为了某种目的而将人或物放在一定位置上。指物时多指立着放。
知识链接
6. admire v. 欣赏；仰慕
He was very successful in his business and all his friends admired him.
他的事业非常成功，他的朋友都很羡慕。
admire sb/sth., admire sb. for sth.。
We admire (him for) what he has done.
我们对他所做的事很钦佩。
【2012 江苏无锡】— Jason is too
stubborn sometimes.
— I quite _______. But he's always
friendly to others.
A. accept B. argue
C. agree D. admire
我很钦佩我父母亲。
C
I admire my parents very much.
用admire的适当形式填空。 
1. The school is widely ________ for its 
excellent teaching. 
2. I really ________ the way she brings 
up those kids all on her own.
admired
admire
Enjoy some Mid-Autumn Festival cards.