Unit 1  My family always go somewhere interesting
　　as soon as the holiday begins.
　　Class Type Listening and speaking
　　Objectives 1. To learn about the National Day in China and the US and how people celebrate it;
　　2. To be able to read the date correctly and talt some
　　Chinese festivals.
　　cture While we’re staying with our friends, we’re going to spend one day in Qingdao.
　　My family always go somewhere interesting as soon as the holiday begins.
　　Difficulties To read the date correctly and talt some Chinese festivals.
　　Vocabulary flag, found, until, off, vacation, season, fourth, eighth, ninth, twelfth, twentieth
since then, all kinds of, take a vacation, as soon as, watch sb. do sth.
　　Period 1
　　Procedure
　　Lead-in Let Ss enjoy a song How Do You Do?.
　　Step 1 Talt public holidays and make Ss get familiar with the names of some Chinese festivals.
　　Step 2 Tell Ss to look at the picture in the text and answer the two questions.
　　Ask Ss to talt what they usually do during Labour Day
　　Step 3 Listen and complete the sentences in Activity 2.
　　Step 4 Listen and read
　　Listen to the dialogue and answer the questions.
　　Listen again and complete the table.
　　Fill in the blanks according to the dialogue.