A Sad Love Story
Happy Valentine’s Day
Teaching aims:
1.To help students learn something
about QiQiao Festival.
2.To help students learn the structure of
a narrative story.
3.To use some reading skills: predicting
and guessing the words.
4.To help the students develop the
ability to write the ending for the story.
Words review
turn up
keep one’s word
hold one’s breath
apologize
drown
sadness
obvious
出现;到场
守信用,履行诺言
屏息,屏气
道歉,辩白
淹没,溺死,淹死
悲哀,悲伤
明显的,显而易见的
wipe
weep
set off
remind
remind of
forgive
擦,擦去
编织,迂回前进
出发,动身,使爆炸
提醒,使想起
使想起
原谅,饶恕
Pre-reading:
Do you know the history of
Valentine’s Day?
.
公元三世纪时,古罗马有一位暴君叫克劳多斯
(Claudius)。离暴君的宫殿不远,有一座非常漂
亮的神庙。修士瓦沦丁(Valentine)就住在这里。
罗马人非常崇敬他,男女老幼,不论贫富贵贱,
总会群集在他的周围,在祭坛的熊熊圣火前,聆
听瓦沦丁的祈祷。古罗马的战事一直连绵不断,
暴君克劳多斯征召了大批公民前往战场,人们怨
声载道。男人们不愿意离开家庭,小伙子们不忍
与情人分开。克劳多斯暴跳如雷,他传令人们不
许举行婚礼,甚至连所有已订了婚的也马上要解
除婚约。许多年轻人就这样告别爱人,悲愤地走
向战场。年轻的姑娘们也由于失去爱侣,抑郁神
伤。
瓦沦丁对暴君的虐行感到非常难过。当一对情侣
来到神庙请求他的帮助时,瓦沦丁在神圣的祭坛
前为它们悄悄地举行了婚礼。人们一传十,十传
百,很多人来到这里,在瓦沦丁的帮助下结成伴
侣。消息终于传进了宫殿,传到了暴君的耳里。
克劳多斯又一次暴跳如雷,他命令士兵们冲进神
庙,将瓦沦丁从一对正在举行婚礼的新人身旁拖
走,投入地牢。人们苦苦哀求暴君的赦免,但都
徒劳而返。瓦沦丁终于在地牢里受尽折磨而死。
悲伤的朋友们将他安葬于圣普拉教堂。那一天是2
月14日,那一年是公元270年。
Valentine’s Day
• In February 14th
• People send roses
and cards or
chocolates to the
people they love.
1. When is it take
place?
2. What do people do?
Do we have our own Valentine’s Day in
China?
Qiqiaojie (乞巧节)
The seventh day of the seventh lunar
month(七夕)
the Double Seventh Day
Chinese Valentine’s Day
the seventh day of the
seventh lunar month
乞
巧
节
牛郎白天放牛
牛郎织女喜结良缘
牛郎织女终于
在鹊桥上相会了
王母娘娘把他们分开
Well-known poem
Eternal love between us two,
Shall withstand the time apart.
两情若是久长时,
又岂在朝朝暮暮。
Introduction Zhinu, the _______ girl, the most l_____
of the daughters, visited the earth and met
Niulang, the _______ boy.
Development They f___ ___ _____ , married secretly
and were very happy.
Climax
(高潮)
The Goddess of Heaven got so angry that she
forced Zhinu back to ________ . Niulang tried to
f_________ her but was stopped by the Milky Way.
Thus, the c_______ were separated.
Ending The Goddess of Heaven allowed the couple
to meet once a year on the ______ day of
the s_______ l_______ month when magpies
made a _________ of their wings.
weaving
herd
ell in love
Heaven
ollow
ouple
seventh
eventh unar
bridge
ovely
Read Para.3 and fill in the table.
(介绍)
(发展)
fell in love
got married
The Goddess got angry
forced to leave
each other
Cross the Milky Way to meet only once a year
Read Para.3
Li Fang
Hu Jin
A Sad Love Story
another story
about Li Fang and Hu Jin
on Valentine’s Day
Li Fang
Hu Jin
Read the para.1,2,4,5,6,7
Skimming略读
Read the para.1,2,4,5,6,7
and answer the following
questions.
1. Why was the TV story what Li Fang
needed?
2. Why do people want the weather to be
fine on Qiqiao Festival?
3.How did Li Fang know the manager
wanted to shut the coffee shop?
4.What is the reason why Li Fang and Hu
Jin did not meet on time?
Answer these questions
1. Why was the TV story what Li Fang
needed?
The TV story was a sad story about lost
love-the same situation as Li Fang.
2.Why do people want the weather to
be fine on Qiqiao Festival?
People want the weather to be fine so
they can meet the one they love.
3.How did Li Fang know the manager
wanted to shut the coffee ship?
The manager wiped the tables and then
sat down and turned on the TV.
4.What is the reason why Li Fang and Hu
Jin did not meet on time?
Because Li Fang waited in the coffee
shop and Hu Jin waited in the tea shop.
Scanning
Look at the following
sentences and decide
whether they are true or false.
1. The girl Li Fang loved and waited for her boy
friend who didn’t turn up.( )
2. Because the goddess’s most lovely
granddaughter got married to a human secretly,
she got very angry.( )
3. Zhinv was made to return to Heaven without her
husband. They were allowed to meet once a year
on the seventh day of the tenth lunar month.( )
4. Hu Jin had been waiting for Li Fang for a long
time with a gift for him.( )
F
T
F
T
Careful reading
Read the passage again
and fill in the table
Introduction Li Fang was waiting alone at the ________
shop with his roses and chocolates, but
Hu Jin didn’t ______ ______ . He thought she
would keep her w_______. Feeling like a ______,
he would _________ his sadness in coffee.
Development Li Fang watched a TV program about
“Qiqiaojie”. Thinking Hu Jin played a
__________________ on him, he t________ away the
gifts and s_____ off for home.
Climax
(高潮)
/ Ending
As Li Fang passed the _____ shop on the corner,
he heard Hu Jin calling and waving at him, “I’ve been
waiting long. I have a ______ for you! Why are you so
late?”
What would he do? Would she f________ him?
coffee
turn up
ord fool
drown
trick / joke
et
tea
gift
forgive
threw
tea shop
coffee shop
What do you think of the
story? Why?
Summary of the story
Why is the love story sad ?
1. Li Fang was sad that Hu Jin didn’t turn up.
2. The story of Qiqiaojie made him sad.
3. Sadly, he threw away his love gifts.
4. He was sad to have thrown away his love gifts
when he heard Hu Jin calling him.
5. He was sad that this Valentine’s Day
wouldn’t
be a happy Valentine’s Day.
Read the story about Li Fang again.
What do you think is going to happen to
Li Fang and Hu Jin?
Talking about your own ending to the
story. Use the following hints to help
you prepare for writing.
Think of how Li Fang explain that
the flowers and chocolates are gone.
Think of what HU Jin will say when
she hears that news.
Think of an ending to the story that
will solve the problem. Will Li Fang
be happy or sad?
As he sadly passed the tea shop on the corner
on his way, Li Fang heard his name called. It was
Hujin. He didn’t think Hujin would love him any
longer. He was so sad. But to his surprise, Hujin
went to him with a beautiful flower. Li Fang didn’t
know what to say. Would he tell her the truth?
Finally he was honest with her. Hujin know she
has made a mistake about the place to meet. Hujin
forgive him, they look each other, and laugh.
since then, they know each other more better.
Homework
Review the reading passage carefully.
Write an ending to the story of Hu Jin and Li
Fang in the passage.
Thanks for
your
attention!