Section B 3a-Self Check
To learn to talk about your holiday.
To learn to write a travel diary.
To use the Indefinite Pronouns and the verbs corectly.
Objectives
日记是中考各省市常考的题型。
记叙自己一天
生活中所看到、遇到、想到和做过的事情,
特别是
那些
具有教育意义或值得回忆
、
查阅或参考的事情
,也可以用来
抒发
自己当天对某些事件的
感受
,以及对
将来的打算
等。
日 记
1.
格式
:英文日记和中文日记的写法大致相同。一般是第一行写上日期、星期、天气状况。日期通常顶格写,后面是星期,天气状况写在右上角。表示天气情况的词一般用形容词,如:
fine, cold, rainy, windy, cloudy, sunny, snowy
,
foggy
等。正文部分另起一行。
2.
人称
:日记要用
第一人称
写。
3.
时态:
写日记的时间一般是在下午或晚上,有时也有在第二天补记的。所记叙的事情通常发生在过去,所以
常用一般过去时态
。但如果要记叙天气、描写景色、展望未来、议论某事或对话引语等,可以使用
一般现在时或一般将来时
,以生动再现当时的情景。
4.
日记的写作顺序:
日记一般要按照时间顺序或事情的经过来写。语言要清楚、自然,内容要连贯、完整。
Memory Game
记忆游戏
Did they ...?
went to the beach
stayed at home
went shopping
went to New York City
went to the mountains
went to a park
went fishing
went to
summer camp
visited museums
f
b
a
d
e
c
h
i
g
Complete the diary entry about a trip to one of these places. Use the words and phrases in the box to help you.
3a
hot and sunny tired
Beijing duck delicious
take some photos beautiful
buy something special interesting
learn something important August
Wednesday
, _______ 20th
Today the weather was _____________. I went to ______________. It was ________. We _______________. I liked this place because
__________________________
__
.
hot and sunny
August
beautiful
a Beijing
hutong
took some photos
I learned
something
important
hot and sunny tired
Beijing duck delicious
take some photos beautiful
buy something special interesting
learn something important August
For dinner we had ____________. It was ________.
In the evening, I felt really ______.
Beijing duck
delicious
tired
Answer the questions to make notes about a vacation you took.
Where did you go?
2. Did you go with anyone?
3. How was the weather?
4. What did you do every day?
5. What food did you eat?
6. What did you like best?
7. Did you dislike anything?
8. How did you feel about the trip?
3b
Write a travel diary like Jane’s on page 5. Use your notes in 3b.
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
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3c
Thursday, August 1st
Today I went to
the Palace Museum
. It was cool. Then I
went to visit
the
Great
Wall
.
How great it is! I took many
photos
there
.
In
the afternoon, I went to
Tian’an
m
en
Square
.
The
square is
very large
. Today is
Chinese Army Day
. So
there
were many people
there
and it was very crowded. We
had
great fun playing there!
At
last
, we
traveled
around
a
Beijing
h
utong
on
three-wheelers
.
The
Chinese people are
very
friendly. I felt very happy today,
but
I was really tired.
Sample writing:
Sunday, May 25
th
I arrived in Chengdu
this
morning
with my
parents.
It was sunny and warm,
so we decided to go for a
walk near our hotel. We saw many pretty buildings and lots of good restaurants. For lunch, we had hot pot. It was very spicy but delicious.
I love Sichuan food! In the afternoon, we went to see pandas in the zoo. Pandas are my favorite animals because they’re so cute. I was happy to know people are trying their best to save them. In the evening,
we went shopping along
Chunxi Road and bought
many things. I felt tired
but happy.
Imagine you are all foreigners on vacation in China. You meet each other at the airport on your way home. Talk about what you did on
your
vacation.
4
Make a survey and complete the chart
.
Make questions about vacation.
Ask the questions yourself.
Ask your classmates the questions.
Discuss with your classmates the best place
for a vacation.
5. Write a report on students’ vacations.
Questionnaire
Name:
Mary
age:
12
sex:
female
date:
May 1
Place
Summer Palace
Beijing Stadium
Activities
go boating
go roll-skating
Food
fast food
noodles
Weather
sunny
cool
souvenirs
sun glasses
a cap
Here is an example:
A: Did
go on vacation with you last month?
B: Yes, my family went to the countryside with me.
2. A: Did your family go to the beach with you last weekend?
1 Complete the conversations with the correct words
in
the box.
anything everything nothing anyone everyone no one
anyone
Self Check
B: No. _______ from my family went, but my friend went
with me.
3. A: I did
n’
t bring back anything from Malaysia.
B: ________at all? Why not?
4. A: Did you buy
_________
in the shopping center?
B: No, I did
n’
t.___________was very expensive.
5. A: How was the volleyball game yesterday?
B: Great! __________had a fun time!
No one
Nothing
anything
Everything
Everyone
Last August, our class ______(do) something very special on our school trip. We _______(go) to Mount Tai. We _______ (start) our trip at 12:00 at night. Everyone in our class _______(take) a bag with some food and water.
2. Complete the passage with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
did
went
started
took
After three hours, someone looked at the map and _______ (find) out we _______ (be, not) anywhere near the top. My legs _______(be) so tired that I wanted to stop. My classmates_______(tell) me to keep going, so I
_______
___
(go) on.
found
weren’t
were
told
went
At 5:00 a.m., we got to the top! Everyone __________ (jump) up and down in excitement. Twenty minutes later, the sun _______ (start) to come up. It was so beautiful that we _______ (forget) about the last five hours!
jumped
started
forgot
1. The weather was _______ (
晴朗
) last week.
2. The good news made us _______ (
感到
) very happy.
3. I found a girl ________ (
哭
) in the corner on my way
home yesterday.
4. We had __________ (
美味的
) Sichuan food for dinner
today.
5. Where did you go on your _________ (
假期
)?
sunny
feel
crying
delicious
vacation
I.
填空。
Exercises
6. Her sweater was ______________. (
昂贵的
)
7. She _______ (
学习
) for exams last week.
8. Cathy _________(
听
) to popular music last night.
9. Jim ______ (
去
) to the movies with his friends last
weekend.
10. She ______ (
看
) an interesting talk show yesterday.
expensive
studied
listened
went
saw
II.
补全对话。
A: Hi, Lucy. How _____ you?
B: I _____
fine, thank you. How _____ your vacation?
A: It _____ interesting.
B: Really? Where ______ you go on vacation?
A: I _____ to the mountains.
B: _____ you see the monkey?
A: Yes, I did.
are
am
was
was
did
went
Did
1. I _______ _____(not visit) the Great Wall last summer.
I _______ (go) to Qingdao on vacation.
2. — How _____ (be) the beaches there?
— Beautiful.
didn’t
visit
went
were
III.
用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
3. — ____ Nancy ____ (go) to New York city last weekend?
— Yes. She_____ (go) there with her parents.
4. Mary ________ (stay) at home and _______ (study) for
the exam last Sunday.
5. — What ______you ______(buy) in Beijing?
— I bought nothing.
Did
go
went
stayed
studied
did
buy
Imagine you are on vacation in the
prairie(
草原
). Write a travel diary.
Homework