《What were you doing at this time yesterday?》SectionD PPT
第一部分内容：Lead-in questions:
1. How many days are there in a week?
2. How many days are there in a weekend?
3. Do you know anything about the weekend?
Background
基督教的《圣经》第一章《创世纪》。 大意是：
上帝the first day 创造了天地，
the second day 创造了水和空气，
the third day 创造了植物，
the fourth day 创造了日月，
the fifth day 创造了鱼、鸟等生物，
the sixth day 牲畜、昆虫、野兽以及管理这一切的人。
the seventh day休息时，人类为了感谢上帝，纷纷向他朝拜。
此后人类制定历法时，seven days a week，
the seventh day 休息，但必须朝拜上帝。
这就是“Sunday”的来历。
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《What were you doing at this time yesterday?》PPT，第二部分内容：Read the passage quickly and circle the words below.
spent made had felt
called stopped rested prayed played
Pay attention to these words’ pronunciation.
Read the rest paragraphs and find out the information about one and a half days’ holiday.
one and a half day’s holiday
in the early 1800s the USA
blue Mondays
workers too…to
in 1874 England
Saturday afternoon holiday
the beginning of the weekend
in 1930 America
0ffices were closed
on Saturday afternoon
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《What were you doing at this time yesterday?》PPT，第三部分内容：Key points
a two-day weekend 一个两天的周末
Example:a three-leg table
a seven-day holiday
an eight-year-old girl
a two-floor building
Can you list more ?
Read and Write
in the 1800s 在十九世纪
读作: in the eighteen hundreds
也可以表达为in the 1800’s
in the1920s (1920’s) 在20世纪20年代
读作: in the nineteen twenties
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《What were you doing at this time yesterday?》PPT，第四部分内容：Work alone
Read 1a again and match the following sentences.
1. Before 1800, people
2. In the early 1800s, many workers
3. In 1874, English workers
4. By 1930, most American workers
5. After 1940, American workers
a. had a two-day weekend.
b. didn’t work on Saturday afternoons.
c. rested and prayed on the “holy day”.
d. stopped working at one o’clock on Saturday afternoons.
e. played games on Sundays, and then they didn’t go to work on Monday mornings because they felt too tired.
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《What were you doing at this time yesterday?》PPT，第五部分内容：Project
1. Survey your classmates about their activities on Sundays.
The following questions may help you.
1) What do you usually do on Sundays?
2) What were you doing at 10:00 a.m. last Sunday?
2. Work in groups and play a chain game.
A: What were you doing at that time last Sunday, B ?
B: I was watching TV. What were you doing, C ?
C: I was…
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《What were you doing at this time yesterday?》PPT，第六部分内容：Grammar
Past Continuous
I _____ ______ a shower at this time yesterday.
Many people ______ _______ together in their warm homes.
________ you playing computer games?
Yes, I was. / No, I wasn’t.
What _______ you ________ at this time yesterday?
I ______ _______ some clothes.
Functions
I agree. / I agree______ you. / I don’t agree.
I think ___. / I don’t think____.
I think it is just ______.
I think he _____ ______ brave.
______ the line, please.
You are quite _______.
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《What were you doing at this time yesterday?》PPT，第七部分内容：Homework
收集我国双休日的历史。
在班里与同学交流。
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