《A Visit to Chinatown》Culture Shapes Us PPT教学课件

《A Visit to Chinatown》Culture Shapes Us PPT教学课件

第一部分内容：Think about it

What do you usually do to prepare for the Spring Festival?

What Western festivals are celebrated in China?

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A Visit to ChinatownPPT，第二部分内容：New words

1. Chinatown    n. 唐人街；中国城

2. decoration     n. 装饰品

3. bowl              n. 碗

e.g. Never stick your chopsticks upright in the rice bowl. 

不要把筷子直直地插在米饭碗上。

4. chopstick   n. 筷子（一般用复数）

e.g. Where are my chopsticks, Lingling?

玲玲，我的筷子在哪里？

5. spoon   n. 匙勺

e.g. They don’t like using a spoon.

他们不喜欢用勺子。

6. fork  n. 叉子

e.g. For ordinary people, a fork and a spoon are just tools when they eat food. 

对普通人来说，叉子和匙子是吃饭的必须工具。

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A Visit to ChinatownPPT，第三部分内容：Reading

1. Read the dialogue and answer the following questions.

1) What did Jenny and Brian buy?

A Christmas tree, some decorations and gifts.

2) What did Brian have for lunch? What did he use to eat his lunch?

Brian had a bowl of noodles for lunch. He used chopsticks instead of a fork and spoon.

3) What does Jenny say is a problem in Chinatown?

Parking.

4) Where did Jenny’s father park?

He parked in the underground parking lot.

5) According to Brain, do people speak Chinese in Chinatown?

They spoke English to Brian, but they speak Chinese to each other.

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A Visit to ChinatownPPT，第四部分内容：Language points

1. I have no idea. 

我不知道。

have no idea的意思是“毫无所知；

不理解；料想不到”。

e.g. I have no idea why my teacher shouted at me that morning.

现在我还不知道（或不理解）那天上午老师为什么冲我大声喊叫。

He had no idea what was likely to happen next.  

他无法预料接下来会出现什么情况。     

2. Do you believe it’s Santa Claus who brings you gifts, Brian?

布莱恩，你相信是圣诞老人给你带来的礼物吗？

it’s Santa Claus who brings you gifts是believe的宾语从句，这个宾语从句

是以it构成的强调句。这种强调句式中，it无具体意义，基本结构是“It is / 

was+被强调的成分（主语、宾语、状语）+ that / who+其他成分”。

e.g. It was I that / who bought a second–hand computer yesterday.

昨天买二手电脑的人是我。（强调主语）

It was a second–hand computer that I bought yesterday.

昨天我买的是台二手电脑。（强调宾语）

It was yesterday that I bought a second–hand computer.

我的二手电脑是昨天买的。（强调时间状语）

It is on the Internet that they exchange the experience of learning English.

他们是在网上交流学习英语的体会的。（强调地点状语）

It is because of gravity that objects fall to the ground.

正是由于地球的引力物体才下落的。（强调原因状语）

It was by bike that Tom and his classmates went to Beijing.

汤姆和他的同班同学是骑自行车去北京的。（强调方式状语）

3. Of course not. 当然不。

not可用在一些副词或词组如why, 

perhaps, probably, sometimes, 

certainly, of course等之后代替前

面的整个词组或从句。

e.g. –You don’t want to go to the park?    

你不想去公园？

– Why not? 

为什么不呢？

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A Visit to ChinatownPPT，第五部分内容：Homework

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