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(A SAD LOVE STORY)
To help students read the passage A SAD LOVE STORY
To help students to use the language by reading, listening, speaking and writing
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You have visited America and you have returned home to China. You are phoning your friend in America to thank him for the visit. These expressions might help you.
Could/ Would you please…? | I’d love to… |
It’s very kind of you… | I look forward to… |
Thank you very much/ Thanks a lot. | It was a pleasure… |
You’re most welcome. | Don’t mention it. |
1. Reading and underlining
Next you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage A SAD LOVE STORY. Copy them to your notebook after class as homework.
Collocations from A SAD LOVE STORY |
meet sb. at the coffee shop在咖啡店遇到某人, after work下班后, turn up突然出现；到场；调低（收音机等）, right now, laugh at 嘲笑, keep one’s word守信用；履行诺言, look forward to ~ing期待做某事, all day整天, be alone with sb.与某人在一起, be like a fool像个傻瓜, hold one’s breath屏息；屏气, drown one’s sadness in coffee, it is obvious that…显然……, wait for…to leave等待……离开, wipe the table擦桌子, sit down坐下, turn on the TV打开电视, a weaving girl织女, a herd boy牛郎, fall in love with与……相爱, get married secretly秘密结婚, be married to sb.嫁给/娶了某人, become angry变得生气, return to Heaven, cross the river过河, once a year一年一次, make… of…, on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month每年七月初七, hear about听说, set off for home动身回家, throw… away, remind sb. of…提醒某人想起……, pass… on the corner on one’s way home在回家路上, hear…~do/ ~ing, wave at sb. 向某人挥手, have a gift for sb.给某人一个礼物 a happy Valentine’s Day一个快乐情人节 |
2. Speaking
Turn to page 8 and with a partner, find the answers to the questions:
① Why did Li Fang feel like a fool? →Because he was alone and heart-broken.
② What was Li Fang afraid that Hu Jin was doing? →She could be with her friends laughing at him.
③ How did Li Fang know the manager wanted to shut the coffee shop? →He saw the manager wipe the tables, sit down and turn on the TV.
④ Why do people want the weather to be fine on Qiqiaojie? →Because if it rains Zhinu would weep and the couple wouldn’t be able to meet.
⑤ What is the reason why Li Fang and Hu Jin did not meet on time? →For Li Fang had gone to the wrong place to meet Hu Jin. They should meet at the tea shop.
⑥ Why was Li Fang so worried at the end of the story? →Because he had no gifts for Hu Jin.
3. Acting
Next we are going to put the text A Sad Love Story on stage, that is, to play the story.
1. Writing an imagined and different ending to the story of Li Fang, beginning with:
As he sadly passed the tea shop on the corner on his way…
2. Writing a description
To inform the foreigners of the Chinese culture, you are to write a description of Qiqiaojie in English. You may begin like this:
Love story for this day is about the 7th daughter of Emperor of Heaven and an orphaned cowherd. They were separated by the Emperor. The 7th daughter was forced to move to the star Vega and the cowherd moved to the star Altair. They were allowed to meet only once a year on the day of 7th day of 7th lunar month.
1. Finding information
Go to the library to read or get online to search in order to find more information on festivals and celebrations. Take notes of your findings and report them to your group mates next period.
2. Writing letters
Write a letter either to Zhinu or Niulang, telling about the modern life and the modern love.
TWO SAD LOVE STORIES | |
OF Li Fang and Hu Jin | Of Niulang and Zhinu |
Closing down by describing the stars of Vega and Altair
To end this period, I am going to ask you to write a short passage to describe to the class the two stars of Vega and Altair which are related to Qiqiaojie, the Chinese Valentine’s Day.