Section B 3a-Self check

多么漂亮姑娘啊 ! What a beautiful girl (she is)! 1. what + 冠词 + 形容词 + 名词 + （主 + 谓 ) 可数名词 She is a beautiful girl.

2. what + 形容词 + 名词复数 +( 主 + 谓 ) What beautiful girls (they are)! They are beautiful girls.

weather 3/ what + 形容词 + 不可数名词 + 主 + 谓 多么冷的天 气啊！ What a cold (it is) ！

4. how + 形容词 / 副词 + 主 + 谓 刘翔跑的 多快啊 ! Liuxiang is running! How Liuxiang is running fast. fast

How beautiful a girl she is. 5. how + 形容词 + 冠词 + 名词 + 主 + 谓 What a beautiful girl she is.

1. ____ good job she does! She is really a clever girl. A. What B. How C. What a D. How a 2. ____ wonderful news report he wrote! All of us were proud of him. A. What a B. What C. How D. How a

What do you know about Christmas? Make a list of things that you know about this festival with your group. Use the questions to help you.

 When is this festival?  Why do people celebrate it?  Who do they celebrate it with?  Do they eat or drink anything special?  What other things do they do as part of the celebrations?  Do you know any old stories about this festival?  How do people feel when they celebrate it?

3a Your English-speaking pen pal wants to know about your favorite Chinese festival. Make some notes about the festival. What is the name of the festival? When is it? What do people eat? What do people do? Why do you like it so much?

3b Write a letter to your pen pal and tell him/her about your favorite Chinese festival. Use your notes in 3a. In your letter: First, introduce the festival and when it is celebrated. Then talk about what people do and eat. Finally, explain why you like it best and how it makes you feel.

Dear..., My favorite Chinese festival is... It is celebrated in/on... During this festival, people... They eat... It is my favorite festival because... It makes me feel...

Dear Tom, My favorite Chinese festival is Spring Festival. It is a traditional festival in china. It is celebrated on the 1st day of the first lunar month. During this festival, people usually clean and decorate their house carefully before it comes. They eat Nian-gao, eight treasures rice and family reunion dinner.

It is my favorite festival because we kids can wear new clothes and get gift money. What's more, we can watch the dragon dance. It makes me feel very happy and excited.

自我练习

1.--Could you tell me how long __ the book? --Three days. A. I can keep B. Can I borrow C. I can borrow D. Can I keep 2. I want to know ___ yesterday? A. why did you come late B. why you came late C. why do you come late. D. why you come late Choose the right answers

3.--Could you tell me __ tomorrow morning? --Well, it will start at 9:00. A. when the meeting will start B. where will the meeting start C. where the meeting start D. when will the meeting start

4. Can you tell me ? A. what will we do B. we will do what C. what we will do D. will we do what 5.—Do you know ___ for Shanghai last night? --- At 9:00. A.what time he leaves B.What time does he leave C. What time he left D. What time did he leave

3. 玛丽想知道你能否帮她？ Mary wants to know if you can help her. 2. 你能告诉我你住哪里吗？ Can you tell me where you live? 1. 我想知道你喜欢什么颜色 I want to know what colour you like. Translate

4. Danny 说他明天出发去上海。 Danny says that he will leave for Shanghai tomorrow. 5. 我想汤姆已经完成作业了。 I think that Tom has finished his homework.

Many Western countries celebrate Easter. This holiday is always on a Sunday ___________ March 22nd ______April 25th. It celebrates the beginning of new life. Hens ______ eggs, giving birth to life, so an egg is a symbol of new life. 1 Complete the passage with the words in the box. spread … around between … and give out business lay relatives between lay and

A popular activity during Easter is to hide eggs around your home or garden for friends or ________ to find. These can be real eggs, but they are more often chocolate eggs. Not only do people _______ them ________in different places for an egg hunt, but they also ________ these treats as gifts. So just like Christmas, Easter creates good _______ for supermarkets and chocolate stores. relatives spread business around give out spread … around between … and give out business lay relatives

1. The mooncakes are delicious. ➠ How______________________________! 2. The festival will be fun. ➠ What _____________________________! 2. Rewrite these sentences as exclamations. delicious the mooncakes are a fun festival it will be

3. This concert is boring. ➠ How_______________________________! 4. I ’ m really excited. ➠ How _______________________________! 5. The band played really loud music. ➠ What_______________________________! boring the concert is excited I am loud music the band played

I think _____________________________. I know _____________________________. I believe____________________________. I wonder____________________________. 3 Make sentences about a festival/festivals you like using these words + that/ whether/if.

Homework 1. Recite the new words in Unit Finish the workbook of Section B 3a-Self Check.