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

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

3. 牛郎白天放牛
牛郎织女喜结良缘
王母娘娘把他们分开
牛郎织女终于
在鹊桥上相会了

6. A Sad Love Story

7. 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

8. 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?

9. 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.

10. 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

11. 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.

12. 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?

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

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

21. 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.

22. Thank you for your patience and cooperation
Bye-bye
Thank you for your patience and cooperation
Bye-bye