英语：必修3 Unit1 Festivals around the world教案（新人教版）

That bag looks heavy, I’ll help you with it.( offering to do sth)

---- You know that book I lent you. Can I have it back if you’ve finished with it? ---- Of course.. I’ll give it to you this afternoon.(agreement)

Thanks for lending me the money, I’ll pay you back on Friday. (promise) 表示习惯(habit, custom)

This old man is strange. He will sit for hours without saying anything. We would sit around Grandpa after supper, listening to his stories. 3）表示请求（request）， 用于第二人称， would 比will 更委婉。 例如： will you come this way, please? Would you open the window? 4. shall and should 1）shall 的用法

a. shall 在疑问句中用于第一，第三人称，表示征求对方的意见。 Shall we put off the sports meeting until next month? Shall Tom go there with me tomorrow?

shall 用于第二，第三人称，表示说话人给对方的命令，警告，允诺或威胁。 You shall fail if you don’t work harder. （警告） He shall have the book when I finish reading it.(允诺) He shall be punished.(威胁) 2) should 的用法

a. should 表示劝告、建议、命令。 You should go to class right away.

b. should 表示期待，用于表达合理推断（prediction，意为“应该” ），或明显的结果（意为“可能”）且所期待的事几乎是事实。

It is three o’clock, the football game should begin now.

Mary took dancing lessons for years, she should be an excellent dancer. 5. must 与 can’t

must 用来表示“命令”、“推测”等含义。 1）表示规定、指令

表示规定、指令时主要指客观上的法律、条文规定，常常翻译为“应该、必须”之类意思。mustn’t 表示禁止

You must have a passport if you want to go abroad. Drivers mustn’t drive after drinking. 2) 表示主观的命令、禁止

表示主观的命令、禁止时，主要指说话者主观的命令或强烈的劝告。 You can go out with your friend but you must come back before 11 at night. ----Must I hand in the exercise today? ----No, you needn’t.

3）表示猜测，语气非常肯定，近乎确定的意味，一般用于肯定句，意为肯定……。其否定为can’t，意为不可能…...

You must be ill. I can see it from your face.

He can’t be at home. I saw him in the classroom just now. 3 Summing up

From the demonstration of the modal verbs above, we can find most of them can be used to

express certainty, but the degree of them is different. He might be in the classroom. (quite not sure) He may be in the classroom. He could be in the classroom. He should be in the classroom.

He must be in the classroom. (quite sure) 4 Exercises:

Suggested answers to Exercise 1:

Most ancient festival would celebrate the end of cold winter…

Sometimes celebrations would be held after hunters had caught animals. At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find…

… or to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm. For the Japanese festival Obon, people should go to clean grave… It is now a children’s festival, when they can dress up and go… … the children might play a trick on them.

Festivals can also be held to honour famous people.

Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals can be very happy events.

In European countries, people will usually decorate churches and town halls… Some people might win awards fro their farm produce …

At the Spring Festival in China, people … may give children lucky money in red paper. These carnivals might include parades, dancing in the streets… The country … looks as though it might be covered with pink snow. Suggested answers to exercise 2: 表示“能力” can could 表示“推测” must should could may might can’t mayn’t might’s Can…? 表示“许可；要求” 表示“建议和义务” can could may might must shouldn’t mustn’t Would you like Will you please should ought to have to need Shall I… 4 Practice

1. ability, ability, permission, possibility, request 2. permission or request, possibility

3. promise or prediction, past habit, request 4. promise, advice, prediction

5. advice or necessity, guessing, guessing Suggested answers to exercise 3 Sample dialogue 1:

A: Hi, Thomas! Would you like to come to a party on Sunday? B: Yes, I’d love to! Where and when will it be?

A: It will be at my home at three o’clock in the afternoon.

B: Thanks! I’ll be there! Should I bring anything?

5. A: Hmm… Could you bring something to drink? I’ll have plenty to eat. B: Sure! I’d be happy to. 5 Homework

Finish exercises on workbook P42. Finish exercises on workbook P43.

Choose one of the following situations to create a short dialogue using modal verbs.

Situation A: In a library. Ask the librarian if he can help to find a book relating to some specific topics, whether they can be renewed or not, and how to do if the books are lost. (“Could you please find…?” “May I …?” “You mustn’t…”)

Situation B: A doctor gives a patient some advice. (“You should…”)

Situation C: In a park by a lake. Discuss that one should not destroy the environment. (“You should…”, “You shouldn’t…”, “You mustn’t…”)

Situation D: Requesting an appointment. (“Will you…?” “Shall I …?”)

Period 3 Listening task and Reading task (Workbook P41, P45) (Workbook P44) Teaching goals

1. To train the students’ listening ability through the listening contexts.

2. To learn about how the festival Easter began and how to celebrate it so as to enable them to learn more about different cultures while learning different language

3. To develop the students’ reading skills, through the reading context Winter Carnival in Quebec, such as skimming, scanning, summarizing, and finding out details.

4. To arouse the students’ interest in festivals, cultures, especially those in the western world. Important points

1. Information grasping of the listening part. 2. Comprehension of the reading part.

3. Useful words and expressions concerning festivals. Teaching aid

A computer, a projector, courseware, a tape-recorder Teaching procedures

I. listening (Workbook P41)

T: Hello, boys and girls. Today we are going to see a different festival. In this festival there are colorful eggs. And people dress up and make up. Do you know what festival it is? Ss: No.

T: Well, it is Easter. Do you know something about Easter? Ss: …

T: Held every year at the vernal equinox (春分in late March or early April), Easter is the most important feast in the Christian calendar. It celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. We would hear a piece of listening material to get more information about Easter. After that let’s write down the main topic of their conversation: (After listening)

(Checking) Suggested answer:

The main topic of the conversation is about the meaning of Easter and some to its traditional customs.

Listen again and take notes to fill in the following chart: EASTER In which season? Who celebrates? The reason for the festival? On which day of the week? What things represent Easter? spring Christians around the world Story about Jesus coming back to life Sunday Hot cross buns, eggs, bunnies, lilies

II. Listening task( Workbook P45)

Listen to another material for the first time and write the festival name for each picture on P45. Mother’s Day Valentine’s Day

Well Dressing Festival Easter

Cherry Blossom Festival

Listen again and answer the questions: (Suggested answers)：

Going out to enjoy the beautiful cherry blossoms. Flowers, nuts, seeds and other things.

Because their clean, white beauty is a reminder of new life.

To show love to someone special. People might give flowers on Father’s Day, Teacher’s Day or other special days for the same reason. III. Reading task (Workbook P44)

Picture of a snowman: Hey, I’m a snowman. I guess you know it. But have you ever thought of having a carnival in winter. I bet you’ll like it. Now, come with me.

T: So, let’s go together with the snowman to see the winter carnival in Quebec. (on page 44)

First of all, do you know anything about Quebec? (Geography) Quebec is the largest province of eastern Canada; it is three times the size of France and seven times the size of Great Britain. (Language) The official language of Quebec is French; it is the sole Canadian province whose population is mainly French Canadian, and where English is not an official language at the provincial level.(Climate )Quebec's climate is generally temperate, with variations among the regions. Tourism is important throughout the province during the summer season, and in the winter the Laurentian Mts. attract skiers.

And what about the winter carnival in Quebec? Now read the context. Remember there are questions for you.

Q1. Why do you think that dogs are used to pull sleds in cold climates?

Q2. Which activity at the Quebec Carnival do you think would be the most fun? Why? Q3. Which activity at the Carnival do you think would be the most dangerous? Why? Q4. If you could go to the Quebec Carnival, what would you do and see? Why?

Q5. If you had to draw a poster for the Carnival, what things would you put on the poster?