Ⅰ.课型：Listening and speaking

Ⅱ.教学目标：

1.Knowledge:

﹡To understand how people in New York celebrate the New Year; to know and use the key words learnt in this unit to complete the short passage; to write New Year’s resolutions.

﹡ Key vocabulary:  celebrate, labour, season , vacation , while, Labour Day ,as soon as

﹡Key structures:  Adverbial clause with while, when, before, after or until

2. Ability:

﹡To know people in US, UK and China celebrate the May Day holiday.

﹡To say something about Independence Day and Chinese festivals

﹡Enjoy ourselves during holidays.

Ⅲ.教学难点：

Phrases，new words and adverbial clauses.

Ⅳ.教学重点：

1．    Listening and speaking