Section A (1a-2e)
Unit 8
When is your
birthday?
Listen to the song:
Happy birthday to you!
Lead in
New words:
January February
March
April MAY June
July August September
October November December
月份名称词
January一月February二月,三月March
五月May。
April译四月,August八月份。
June July六七月,September九月份。
October译十月,十一十二紧相随。
November十一月,December年末尾。
课文展现
Presentation
How old are you? I’m nine (years old.)
When is your
birthday?
My birthday is on
January 1st.
January
February
March
April
May
June
Listen and repeat.
July
August
September
October
November
December
1a
Listen and number the conversations
[1-3].
A: When is your birthday, Linda?
B: My birthday is on May 2nd.
A: When is your birthday, Mary?
B: It’s on January 5th.
A: When is your birthday, Mike?
B: My birthday is on June 3rd.
1b
1
2
3
Practice the conversation with your
partner.
When is your birthday...?
1c
My birthday is ...
Practice
1. when是疑问副词,意为“什么时候;何时”
,用来询问时间,既可询问某个时段或时刻,
也可询问具体的日期。如:
—When is the soccer ball match?
足球比赛在什么时候?
—It’s September 15th. 在9月15号。
—When do you watch TV?
你什么时候看电视?
—At eight o’clock. 在八点钟。
Language Points
2. May 2nd(5月2日)是日期的表达法。表达具
体日期通常为“月份+序数词”,月份首字母必
须大写,书写时日期可以是序数词,也可以是基
数词。如:
6月8日 June 8th 或 June 4
英语中表示具体年、月、日的方式通常有两种:
“月+日+年”或“日+月+年”。年份要用逗号隔
开。如:
2017年9月9日可表达为:September 9th, 2017或
9th September, 2017
3. It’s on January 5th. 是1月5日。
1) 月份后有具体的日期时,前面的介词用on;若只有年、月
就用介词in。如:
on May 22nd 在5月22日 in October 在10月
in 2017 在2017年
2) 该句中的it用来代指时间。如:
It’s August 1st today. 今天是8月1日。
It’s six o’clock now. 现在是6点钟。
Listen and repeat.
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th
17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th
25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st
2a
Presentation
Listen and circle the
numbers you hear in 2a.
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th
17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th
25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st
2b
Name Month Date
Alice July 4th
Frank August 22nd
Eric January 5th
Jane September 17th
Listen again. Match the names,
months and dates.
2c
Talk about the children’s birthdays
in 2c. Then ask your partner about
the birthdays in his or her family.
When is Alice’s
birthday?
Her birthday is
on September 5th.
Alice
2d
Bill: Hi, Alan. Happy birthday!
Alan: Thank you, Bill.
Bill: So, how old are you, Alan?
Alan: I’m twelve. How old are you?
Bill: I’m thirteen.
Alan: When is your birthday?
Bill: My birthday is in August.
Role-play the conversation. 2e
Alan: Well, do you want to come to my
birthday party?
Bill: Oh, yes. When is it?
Alan: At three this afternoon.
Bill: OK, great. See you!
1. 询问及回答年龄。
how old意为“多大年纪;几岁”,询问年龄。其句
型结构为“How old + be + 主语?”答语通常为“
主语 + be + 基数词+ years / months old”,其中
years/months old可以省略。如:
—How old is your cousin? 你表姐多大了?
—She's thirteen (years old). 她13岁了。
How old are your grandparents?
你爷爷奶奶多大岁数了?
They’re eighty (years old). 他们八十岁了。
Language Points
2. At 3:00 this afternoon. 今天下午三点。
介词at意为 “在……”,在本句中表示时间,其后
一般跟表示钟点的词。如:
at 6:00 在6点 at 7:15 在7点15分
[辨一辨] 表示时间的介词at, in与on
(1) at常用于时刻前或一些固定的习惯用语中。如:
at 9:00 在9点钟 at noon 在中午
(2) in用在月份、季节、年份等前面,也可以表示“在
早上、在下午、在晚上”。如:
in May 在五月 in 2017 在2017年
in the morning/afternoon/evening
在早上/下午/晚上
(3) on用在日期、星期几、节日前,也可用来表示具
体某一天的上午、下午或晚上。如:
on November 1st 在11月1日
on Children’s Day 在儿童节
on Tuesday evening 在周二晚上
书面作业 (Writing work)
课时训练 Unit 8 Section A第一课时
口头作业 (Oral work)
1.背单词
2.熟读课文1b、2e中的对话
3.找partner运用所学句型自编对话