Unit2 Task

Planning a holiday for your family

Period Ｉ

Skills building 1: recognizing dates and names of places

Guidelines of gathering information on travel plans.

1.when listening for dates,you need to pay attention to three pieces of information.

*the day of the month,e.g., the 20th

*the month,e.g., March

*the year,e.g., 2005

Listen to the tape and match the countries and cities to the right people .Write down the dates according to what you hear .

C E A L K Kr R D

c k h j b a p d i

o g c f e l m n

1st July

5th July

5th July

2nd Aug.

9th Aug.

11th Aug.

15th Aug.

20th Aug.

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Country

City

Date

2.When listening for dates,the ending of the number can help you .Most dates end with –th(e.g.,4th/fourth).

However,some have different endings,e.g.,* 1st/first 21st /twenty-first

* 2nd/second 22nd/twenty-second

* 3rd/third 23rd/twenty-third

Step1:reading travel leaflets

A.Read the two leaflets and circle the names of the places mentioned

1.Chritchurch 2.Greymouth 3.Queenstown

* Adventure on South Island,New Zealand

* Explore Shandong Province1.Ji’nan 2.Tai’an 3.Qufu

B.You are drafting travel plans for your family to consider.Read the holiday leaflets on page 33 carefully and fill in as many details as possible.

(1)South (7)Queenstown (8)traditional Maori (9)Christchurch

Travel Plan 1

Travel Plan 2

(12) .Ji’nan (14). Yellow (16). Sunrise (18). Dai (19). Teahouse (20). birthplace

C.Listen carefully as the travel agent gives you more information .complete the travel plans above . Travel Plan 1

Travel Plan 2

(2)¥17,00 (3)five (4)four (5)train (6)Boat (10)weekly (11)Friday

(13)first (15)six (17)bus (21) ¥1,200

Unit2 Task Planning a holiday for your family Period 2

Skills building 2 : forming questions from prompts ask your partner some questions according to the picture .1.where

2.what

3.why

4.when 5.how6.who/whom

Use questions words to complete the questions on page 35 .1.When

2.Why did you

3.What would you like to see in Shanghai ?

4.Where are you from ?

5.How did you come here ?

6.who/whom are you traveling with ?

Step 2:choosing a holiday destinationA .Your mother is away on business .You are phoning her to find out about her holiday plans .Write your questions in the form below ,using what ,where ,when who ,why ,and how .

1 .Type of holiday What type of holiday do you prefer ?

2 . Cost

How much will you spend ?

3 . Places to visit Where do you want to go ?/what do you want to see?

4. Time When do you want to travel ?

5. Duration How long do you want to travel ?

B：Make up a dialogue and work in pairs as son/daughter and mother .

Son/Daughter :Mum, what type of holiday do you prefer ?where do you want to go ?

Mum: Actually I don’t know . I just want to take an active holiday .

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The end ! Thank you!