【正文】 t each time you have a test? You don’t have to beif you smart study skills. Remember to notesin class and review them on your own or with friends after class. Thenwhat you learned by doing . Try to study andinformation bit by bit instead of waiting the lastminute to study at once. If you well for a test,then there’s nothing to about!2 Number these sentences in order to make a conversation.What’s the matter? Well, I practice my listening by listening to the tape over and over again until I can understand everything. So you want to practice your listening? Hi, Jake, I need your help. Uhhuh. Do you have any advice? OK, I’ll try that. I have a listening test next week. 3 Give advice to these people. 1. Jane is a very slow reader. She should improve her reading speed 2. Li Ming wants to improve his listening. He could practice his listening 3. Meiping doesn’t know many English words. She could learn more words 8 UNIT 2 I think that mooncakes are delicious!Language Goal:Give a personal reactionab1a Match the pictures with the descriptions.1. The Water Festival in Thailand2. The Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong3. Chinese Spring Festival in Beijing4. The Lantern Festival in JiangxicdWhat a greatday! What did youlike best? I loved the races!But I guess that itwas a little crowded. 1b Listen and circle T for true or F for false.1. Bill thinks that the races were not that interesting to watch. T F2. Mary thinks that the teams were fantastic. T F3. Bill wonders whether they’ll have the sweet rice dumplings again next year. T F 4. Bill and Mary believe that they’ll be back next year to watch the races. T F 1c Talk about the festivals in 1a. A: What do you like best about the Dragon Boat Festival? B: I love the races. I think that they’re fun to watch. 9 UNIT 2 2a Listen to the conversation between Wu Ming and Harry and circle thecorrect words in the sentences.1. Wu Ming and Harry are cousins / strangers / friends. 2. Wu Ming went to Singapore / Hong Kong / Macao for his vacation. 3. He visited his relatives / friends / classmates. 4. He enjoyed eating out / shopping / the Dragon Boat Festival best. 2b Wu Ming did a lot of fun activities, but these also have down sides.Listen again and fill in the chart.Fun activities Down sidesEating out Shopping Dragon Boat Festival in June 2c Roleplay conversations between Wu Ming and Harry. Use the information in 2a and 2b or make up your own conversations. A: What did you do on your vacation? B: I visited my cousins. I think that we ate five meals a day! I’ve put on five pounds! A: I guess the food was delicious, right? 2d Roleplay the conversation. Clara: Guess what? I’m going to Chiang Mai in two weeks. Ben: Wow, sounds like fun! But I believe that April is the hottest month of the year there. Clara: Yes, that’s true. But there’s a Water Festival from April 13th to 15th. Ben: I wonder if it’s similar to the water festival of the Dai people in Yunnan Province. Clara: Yes, I think so. This is the time of the Thai New Year. People go on the streets to throw water at each other. Ben: Cool! But why do they do that? Clara: Because the new year is a time for cleaning and washing away bad things. Then you’ll have good luck in the new year. 10 I think that mooncakes are delicious! UNIT 23a Read the passage about MidAutumn Festival and answer the questions. 1. How do people celebrate MidAutumn Festival? 2. What do mooncakes look like? What meaning do they carry? 3. What story is the reading about? Full Moon, Full Feelings Chinese people have been celebrating MidAutumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries. Mooncakes have the shape of a full moon on midautumn night. They carry people’s wishes to the families they love and miss. There are many traditional folk stories about this festival. However, most people think that the story of Chang’e is the most touching. Chang’e was Hou Yi’s beautiful wife. After Hou Yi shot down the nine suns, a goddess gave him a magic medicine to thank him. Whoever drank this could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to drink it with Chang’e. However, a bad man, Feng Meng, tried to steal the medicine when Hou Yi was not home. Chang’e refused to give it to him and drank it all. She became very light and flew up to the moon. Hou Yi was so sad that he called out her name to the moon every night. One night, he found that the moon was so bright and round that he could see his wife there. He quickly laid out her favorite fruits and desserts in the garden. How he wished that Chang’e could e back! After this, people started the tradition of admiring the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families. 3b Read the passage again. Put the events in the correct order. Feng Meng tried to steal the medicine. A goddess thanked Hou Yi by giving him a magic medicine. Chang’e refused to give Feng Meng the medicine and drank it all. 1 Hou Yi shot down the nine suns and saved the people on the earth. Hou Yi was very sad and watched the moon at night, and wished his wife could e back. As a result, Chang’e became light and flew up to the sky. Hou Yi planned to drink the medicine with his wife. 3c Without looking at the passage, try to plete the sentences with the correct words. 1. People like to a the full moon on MidAutumn night.2. The story of Chang’e is one of many t folk stories.3. Hou Yi got a m medicine for shooting down the nine suns.4. Feng Meng wanted to s the medicine.5. Hou Yi l out fruits and desserts in the garden.11 UNIT 2 Grammar F o c u sI know that the Water Festival is really fun.I wonder if they’ll have the races again next year.I wonder whether June is a good time