Extensive reading

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 Zhi Nu and, at the constellation of Aquila （天鹰座）, on the western side of the Milky Way, Niu Lang 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

Answer the questions 1. Why did Li Fang feel like a fool? Because he thought that he was waiting without hope/that Hu Jin would not come to meet him. 2. What was Li Fang afraid that Hu Jin was doing? He was afraid that she was with her friends laughing at him.

3. How did Li Fang know the manager wanted to shut the coffee ship? The manager wiped the tables and then sat down and turned on the TV. 4. 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.

5. What is the reason why Li Fang and Hu Jin did not meet on time? They did not meet on time because Li Fang waited in the coffee shop and Hu Jin waited in the tea shop.

6. Why was Li Fang so worried at the end of the story? He was worried because he had thrown away the gifts for Hu Jin--the chocolates and roses so he had nothing to give her and he thought she would not forgive him.

1. But she didn’t turn up. 1) 来, 出席 ( 某活动 ) I’m very happy you turned up so early. 2) 把 ( 收音机等 ) 音量开大一些, 其反 义短语是 turn down. Explanation

turn down 拒绝 turn off 关掉 turn on 打开 turn out 结果是 turn to sb. for help 向某人求助 相关短语 : Turn up the radio a little, I can scarcely hear the program.

2. She said she would be there at seven o’clock, and he thought she would keep her word. keep one’s word 意为 “ 守信用 ”, 其 反义词是 break one’s word, 即 “ 失信 ” 。 He is a man who always keeps his word.

Don’t break your word, otherwise, no one will trust you. 注意： keep one’s word 和 break one’s word 中的名词 word 不能用复数 形式。 相关短语： in a word/in short/to be short 简言之；总之

have a word with sb. 与某人谈话 have words with sb. 与某人发生口角 in other words 换句话说

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 + 表示人的名词或代词 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. 辨析 ： obvious/apparent/clear ① obvious 是三者中程度最强的，含 有 “ 一目了然 ” 之意。 It is obvious that you are wrong.

2) apparent 指具有某些明显的迹象的， 侧重与经历推理才能看出结果。 It was apparent from his face that he was lying. 3) clear 作 “ 明白的，清楚的 ” 讲。指不 模糊含混，易于观察，了解和识别。 He seems clear about his plans.

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

表示 “ 和 结婚 ” ， “ 嫁......” ， “ 娶......” 时， marry 为及物动词，要用 marry sb. ， 而不用 marry with sb. 2) 她和一位律师结婚了 。 she got married with a lawyer. she got married a lawyer. she was married to a lawyer. F F T

表示婚姻状态, 后接宾语时要用介 词 to ， 而不用 with. 3) 他们结婚三年了。 They have married for three years. They have got married for three years. They have been married for three years.

They got married three years ago. It’s three years since they got married. 注意 ： marry 和 get married 都表示短 暂行为，不能和表示一段时间的短语连 用，而 have been married 则表示婚姻 状态，可以与表示婚姻状态持续多久的 时间状语连用。

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 ; 使（地雷、炸弹） 爆炸 ; 使某物更有吸引力

A woman’ beauty is set off by her clothes and jewellery. 相关短语： set about doing sth. 着手（做某事） set in 开始 set up 建立，创立 set down 写下，记下

set somebody to do something. 使某人开始工作 set somebody doing something 使某人处于某种动的状态 6. I don’t want them to remind me of her. remind vi. remind sb. of sth. 提醒，使想起

What you said just now ____ me of that American professor. A. mentioned B. informed C. reminded D. memorized remind sb. to do sth. remind sb. that C

Homework Go over the texts after class and try to preview Speaking Task and Writing Task in Page 46.

As he sadly passed the tea shop on the corner on his way… Write a different ending to the story of Li Fang, beginning with: Writing