Lead in----- Rose Chocolate heart love Valentine’s Day

When is Chinese Valentine’s Day? The 7th day of the 7th lunar month Qiqiao Festival or magpie-bridge meeting day

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A Sad Love Story

True or false The girl Li Fang loved and waited for didn’t turn up. But he didn’t lose heart. 2. Zhinü was made to return to Heaven without her husband. They were allowed to meet once a year on the seventh day of the tenth lunar month. 3. Hu Jin had been waiting for Li Fang for a long time with a gift for him. F F T

Read again and discuss these questions in group of 4 Why was the TV story what Li Fang needed? 2. Why do people want the weather to be fine on Qiqiao Festival? 3. What is the reason why Li Fang and Hu Jin did not meet on time? 4. Why was Li Fang so worried at the end of the story?

Answer the questions 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 Qiqiaojie? People want the weather to be fine so they can meet the one they love.

3. What is the reason why Li Fang and Hu Jin did not meet on time? Because Li Fang waited in the coffee shop and Hu Jin waited in the tea shop. It seemed as if they had appointed the wrong places-----misunderstanding

4. Why was Li Fang so worried at the end of the story? Because he had thrown away the gifts for Hu Jin, so he had nothing to give her and he thought she would not forgive him.

going to happen to Li Fang and Hu Jin? If you were Li fang, how Create a unique and reasonable endings: What do you think is going to happen to Li Fang and Hu Jin? If you were Li fang, how would you explain that your gifts are gone? If you were Hu Jin, would you forgive Li Fang?

Guess the words according to their meanings: 1. ________ appear 2.______________ keep her promise 3. ____ a person who is not clever 4. _____________ wait without much hope 5. _______ say sorry to sb 6. ______ die in water because of unable to breathe 7. ___________________________drink coffee in order to forget the sadness 8. ______ not difficult to understand or see turn up keep her word fool hold his breath apologize drown drown one’s sadness in coffee obvious

Fill in the blanks to complete the passage: The weaving girl Zhinü, the granddaughter of the Goddess of Heaven, met the herd boy Niulang and _________ ________ him. Then they ____ _____ secretly and lived __ ____ ____. But when the Goddess of Heaven knew it, she ____ ____ ____ ___ it and _____ Zhinü ___ _________ to Heaven. Niulang ____ ____ ___ ___ to follow her, but the Milky Way stopped him. fell in love with got married a happy life was very angry about forced to come back did what he could

When Zhinü’s grandmother ______ that Zhinü was ___ ___ ______, she finally ______ the couple _________ cross the Milky Way once a year. This happens on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month when magpies made a bridge of their wings ___ ____ ___ let the couple cross the river to meet. This is the story of Qiqiaojie---a Chinese Valentine’s Day. found in deep sorrow allowed to meet in order to

Debates:which is more important, true love + or the rules of heaven - The couple niu lang+zhi nv The godness of heaven

Extensive reading: tell us more legend love stories A. Titanic B. liang---zhu C. white snake---xu xin D.fairy no.7----dong yong E. dahuaxiyou

练习坊 I. 用所给单词的适当形式填空。 1. You must ________ (apology) to your sister for being so rude. 2. He was really brave enough to save the _________ (drown) boy from the rough sea. apologize drowning

3. When their grandfather died, a great _______ (sad) filled their lives. 4. She ___________ (weep) bitter tears over the loss of her lover when I came in. 5. He has _______ (forgive) the wrongs I have done him. 6. _________ (obvious), he is interested in music as well as (in) painting. sadness was weeping forgiven Obviously

Homework Retell the story of li +hu( can you act it out?) 2. Write one fantastic love story (100w)

Well-known poem 两情若是久长时, 又岂在朝朝暮暮。 Eternal love between us two, Shall withstand the time apart.

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