1.What do people do on Valentine’s Day? 2. Have you ever received any gifts on Valentine’s Day? 3. Do you think only lovers send gifts to each other on that day?

The St. Valentine for whom the day is named was, most likely, a priest （牧师） in the 3rd century who performed secret marriages when the Roman Emperor Claudius II thought single soldiers were more likely to serve in the army. That St. Valentine was put into prison and executed( 处死 ) on February 14th, 270 AD. 4. Do you know how the festival came about?

Do we have our own Valentine’s Day in China? Qiqiaojie ( 乞巧节 ) The seventh day of the seventh lunar month （七夕）

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

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

A Sad Love Story

Why didn’t Hu Jin come to meet Li Fang on time? Fast reading

1. The girl Li Fang loved and waited for didn’t turn up. But he didn’t lose heart. The girl Li Fang loved and waited didn’t turn up. So he lost heart, because he would drown his sadness in coffee. F True or false

2. Because her most lovely daughter got married to a human secretly, the Goddess got very angry. 3. Zhinu 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. T F

Zhinu was made to return to Heaven without her husband. They were allowed to meet once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. 4. Hu Jin had been waiting for Li Fang for a long time with a gift for him. T

1.Valentine’s Day takes place________. A. before Qiqiaojie B. after Qiqiaojie C.on a sad day D. on a sunny day 2.From the passage, we know what moves us most is that the herd boy Niulang and weaving girl Zhinu were both ______. A. heart-broken B. loyal ( 忠诚的 ) C. hard-working D. courageous( 勇敢的） 3.What would LiFang probably do at the end of the story? A. Learn from Niulang to cross the Milky Way. B. Tell Hu Jin the truth and ask her to forgive him. C. Buy some other Valentine gifts to make it up. D. Invite Hu Jin to dinner and then buy her a ring.

4. Why did Li Fang feel like a fool? A. Hu Jin didn’t love him. B. He waited in a wrong place. C. Hu Jin didn’t love his gifts. D. He waited for so long but Hu Jin hadn’t turned up so far. 5.Why didn’t LiFang meet Hu Jin? A. Hu Jin broke her word. B.Li fang didn’t wait long enough. C.They waited for each other at different places. D.Li Fang watched TV and forgot the appointment.

1. But she didn’t turn up. 1) 来, 出席 I’m very happy you turned up so early. 2) 把 ( 收音机等 ) 音量开大一些. Turn up the radio a little, I can hardly hear the program. ( 反义短语 : turn down.)

2. She said she would be there at seven o’clock, and he thought she would keep her word. keep one’s word “ 守信用 ” 反义词 :break one’s word “ 失信 ” He always keeps his word. Don’t break your word, otherwise, no one will trust you. 注意：词组中的名词 word 不能用复数形式。

A gentleman should always ______ his ______. A. keeps; word B. keep; word C. keeps; words D. keep; words B

3. It was obvious that the manager of the coffee shop was waiting for Li Fang to leave... obvious adj. 1) obvious+ to + 人 Her disappointment was obvious to her friend. 明显的， 清楚的

2) It + be + obvious +that-clause It was obvious that she was in danger.

4. When the Goddess of Heaven knew that her daughter was married to a human, she... marry 的用法： 1) marry sb. 她嫁给了一个医生。 she married with a doctor. she married a doctor. T F

2) be/get married to she got married to a lawyer. she was married to a lawyer. 3) 表示状态，用 be married （ to ） 他们结婚三年了。 They have been married for three years.

5. As Li Fang set off for home, he thought... set off: Tom and his father set off for America yesterday. The bomb set off among the crowd. 动身, 出发 ; （地雷、炸弹）爆 炸

相关短语： set about doing sth. 着手（做某事） set up 建立，创立 set down 写下，记下

6. I don’t want them to remind me of her. remind vi. remind sb. of sth./sb. 提醒，使想起 remind sb. to do sth. remind sb. that

What you said ____ me of the American professor. A. mentioned B. informed C. reminded D. memorized C

1.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… 2. 作业本 A 第 5 页 Ⅰ 作业本 B 第 4 页 Ⅱ. Ⅲ 3. 听写 (obvious----forgive) Homework