《What were you doing at this time yesterday?》SectionD PPT

《What were you doing at this time yesterday?》SectionD PPT

第一部分内容：Lead-in  questions:

1. How many days are there in a week?

2. How many days are there in a weekend?

3. Do you know anything about  the weekend?

Background

基督教的《圣经》第一章《创世纪》。 大意是：

上帝the first day 创造了天地，

the second day 创造了水和空气，

the third day 创造了植物，

the fourth day 创造了日月，

the fifth day 创造了鱼、鸟等生物，

the sixth day 牲畜、昆虫、野兽以及管理这一切的人。

the seventh day休息时，人类为了感谢上帝，纷纷向他朝拜。

此后人类制定历法时，seven days a week，

the seventh day 休息，但必须朝拜上帝。 

这就是“Sunday”的来历。

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《What were you doing at this time yesterday?》PPT，第二部分内容：Read the passage quickly and circle the words below.

spent   made   had   felt

called  stopped  rested  prayed  played

Pay attention to these words’ pronunciation.

Read the rest paragraphs and find out the information about one and a half days’ holiday. 

one and a half day’s holiday

in the early 1800s  the USA

blue Mondays

workers  too…to

in 1874   England

Saturday afternoon holiday

the beginning of the weekend

in 1930   America

0ffices were closed 

on Saturday afternoon

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《What were you doing at this time yesterday?》PPT，第三部分内容：Key  points

a two-day weekend   一个两天的周末  

Example:a three-leg table

a seven-day holiday

an eight-year-old girl

a two-floor building

Can you list more ?

Read and Write

in the 1800s    在十九世纪

读作: in the eighteen hundreds

也可以表达为in the 1800’s

in the1920s (1920’s) 在20世纪20年代  

读作: in the nineteen twenties

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《What were you doing at this time yesterday?》PPT，第四部分内容：Work alone

Read 1a again and match the following sentences.

1. Before 1800, people

2. In the early 1800s, many workers

3. In 1874, English workers

4. By 1930, most American workers

5. After 1940, American workers

a. had a two-day weekend.

b. didn’t work on Saturday afternoons.

c. rested and prayed on the “holy day”.

d. stopped working at one o’clock on Saturday afternoons.

e. played games on Sundays, and then they didn’t go to work on Monday mornings because they felt too tired. 

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《What were you doing at this time yesterday?》PPT，第五部分内容：Project

1. Survey your classmates about their activities on Sundays. 

The following questions may help you.

1) What do you usually do on Sundays?

2) What were you doing at 10:00 a.m. last Sunday?

2. Work in groups and play a chain game.

A: What were you doing at that time last Sunday, B ?

B: I was watching TV. What were you doing, C ?

C: I was…

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《What were you doing at this time yesterday?》PPT，第六部分内容：Grammar

Past Continuous

I _____ ______  a shower at this time yesterday.

Many  people ______ _______ together in their warm homes.

________ you playing computer games? 

Yes, I was. / No, I wasn’t.

What  _______ you ________ at this time yesterday? 

I ______ _______ some clothes.

Functions

I agree. / I agree______  you. / I don’t agree.

I think ___. / I don’t think____.

I think it is just ______. 

I think he  _____ ______ brave.

______ the line, please. 

You are quite _______.

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《What were you doing at this time yesterday?》PPT，第七部分内容：Homework

收集我国双休日的历史。

在班里与同学交流。

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