(話題17-20)

　　(17)國(guó)家與城市：地理位置;特點(diǎn)

　　Countries: China, Japan, America (the USA), English( the UK), Australia, Russia, Canada, Italy, India, France,

　　Nationalities: Chinese, Japanese, American, Englishman, Australian, Russian, Canadian, Italian, Indian, French,

　　相關(guān)句型: 1) Where’s Japan? It’s to the east of China.

　　2) Where does your friend come from? She comes from English.

　　3) Where are they from? They’re from Russia.

　　4) What country do you from? I come from China.

　　5) What country is he from? He’s from France.

　　6) What language does she speak? She speaks French.

　　7) What language do they speak? They speak Chinese.

　　(18)天氣：氣候特征

　　weather : hot, cold, cool, warm, sun, shine, sunny, rain ,heavy rain, light rain, rainy, wind, strong wind, windy, snow , heavy snow, light snow snowy, cloud, cloudy…

　　temperature: 15 ( fifteen degrees centigrade), 0 (zero degree centigrade), -5 (minus degrees centigrade)…

　　相關(guān)句型: 1) What’s the weather like in spring? It’s warm, rainy and wet.

　　2) What will the weather be like there? It will be sunny.

　　3) Is it snowing? Yes, it is a snowy day.

　　4) Will there be cloudy? Yes, there will.

　　5) The sun is shining.

　　6) I like taking a warm bath.

　　(19)節(jié)日：節(jié)日的特點(diǎn);節(jié)日的活動(dòng)

　　festivals : New Year’s Day, Spring Festival, Women’s Day, April foolish Day, May Day, Mother’s Day, Children’s Day, Father’s Day, Party’s Day, Army’s Day, Mid-autumn Festival, Teachers’ Day , National Day, Thanks Giving Day, Christmas Day.

　　New Year’s Day: 1st January.

　　Spring Festival: It’s the Chinese New Year. It’s the first day of the Chinese year. It’s a very special festival for all Chinese people. It is usually at the end of January or the beginning of February /in late January or early February. The children can get “l(fā)ucky money”.

　　Women’s Day: It’s on 8th March.

　　April Foolish Day: on 1st April, on this day, people can play jokes to their friends.

　　May Day: 1st May, laborers’ day.

　　Mother’s Day: on the second Sunday of May.

　　Children’s Day: on June 1st.

　　Father’s Day: on the third Sunday in June.

　　Party’s birthday: in China, it’s on 1st July.

　　Army’s Day: in China, it’s on 1st August.

　　Mid-autumn Festival: on 15th August of Chinese lunar calendar. In China , people eat special cakes calls moon cakes and watch the full moon.

　　Teachers’ Day: on 10th September.

　　National Day: in China, it’s at the beginning of October.

　　Thanks Giving Day: the last Thursday in November, it’s American festival.

　　Christmas Day: December 25th.

　　(20)方位：人或物的位置;問(wèn)路與應(yīng)答

　　place : in, on ,at, under, near, next to, beside, behind, in front of , in the front of , in the middle (of ), back, on the right/left, the second/…person from the right/left

　　A: Excuse me. Where’s the department store?

　　Can you tell me the way to the Garden Hotel, Please?

　　Can I take this bus to Beijing Road?

　　Is there a hotel near here?

　　B: It’s over there.

　　Turn right /left at the first crossing. The hotel is on the right/left.

　　I’m sorry, I don’t know.