Greeting_and_introduction

Unit 1 Greeting and introduction First Period Ⅰ Teaching aims: 1. Ss should be able to put into practical use some useful expressions about greeting and introduction; 2. Understand the text and grasp the main idea; Ⅱ Teaching important points: 1. How to enable Ss to greet and introduce themselves in English. 2. How to let Ss understand the text and grasp the main idea. Ⅲ Teaching methods: answer-and-question method Ⅳ Teaching time: 2 periods Ⅴ Teaching procedures: [step 1 ] Lead-in Greeting the whole class Teacher: Hello, boys and girls. Long time no see. Do you still remember me? What about your winter vacation? 谈论过年的相关话题： Did you enjoy your Spring Festival? Did you watch Spring Festival Gala Evening? [ɡɑ:lə] What‟s your favorite program? Short act 小品；dancing 舞蹈；singing songs歌曲；Magic Shows 魔术表演；acrobatics 杂技 The Origin of Chinese New Year The Chinese New Year is now popularly known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the Begining of Spring. Its origin is too old to be traced. Several explanations are hanging around. All agree, however, that the word Nian, which in modern Chinese solely means "year", was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a new year. The term "Guo Nian", which may mean "Survive the Nian" becomes today "Celebrate the (New) Year" as the word "guo" in Chinese having both the meaning of "pass-over" and "observe". The custom of putting up red paper and firing fire-crackers to scare away Nian should it have a chance to run loose is still around. However, people today have long forgotten why they are doing all this, except that they feel the color and the sound a...