人教版英语初2下unit8课文解析.ppt

Why dont you get her a scarf?;此讲只是本单元一部分;课文;Everyone likes gifts. Some little kids think they don’t get enough gifts. Some old people think they get too many gifts. Different people like different kinds of gifts. Some presents are never too small. A little child may give his mother a leaf from a tree. It is enough to make her very happy. Gift giving is different in different countries. In Japan, people sometimes give special gifts. But they are not opened. Later, the same gift may be given away to someone else. Many people have enough things and don’t want too many gifts themselves. In Canada, many people will not give big gifts to someone else. They will pay for a park bench or a tree to help remember a person. In the USA, some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buy them gifts. In Sweden, doing something for someone is the best gift. People don’t need to spend too much money. Instead, making a meal is enough. ;知识总结;Section 2;China will be the host for the 2008 Olympics, so many Chinese people want to improve their English in different ways. For example, twenty—four young singers from across China entered a contest by singing popular English songs. Nearly all the singers song very clearly and looked comfortable on stage. Some of these singers were able to sing English songs just as well as native speakers. The singers really came from all age groups and from all over China. The winner of the men’s competition was a 40-year-old man from Xi’an, and the winner of the women’s competition was a 19-year-old girl from Dalian. Both winners were very modest and said that they didn’t think they were better than the other singers. Jiang Mei, the winner of the women’s competition, said studying English helped her win the prize. Six months earlier, she felt her English was not good enough, so she had to study hard. She also said that singing English songs made her more interesting in learning English. ;This kind of contest encourages peop