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课件网) What were you doing at this time yesterday Lead-in questions: 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 one day a week one and a half days’ holiday ( weekend ) a two-day weekend A Short History of the Weekend 1 Read the passage and complete it with the correct expressions. felt too tired to work were closed all day rested and prayed made Saturday afternoon a holiday The answers : C A D B Read the passage quickly and circle the words below. spent rested prayed played had felt made stopped Pay attention to these words’ pronunciation. one day a week When : Where： Who : What : before 1800 at church many people rest and pray Read Paragraph 1 and fill in the blanks. Retell Paragraph 1 according to the information above. one and a half day’s holiday in the early 1800s the USA in 1874 England in 1930 America blue Mondays workers too…to Saturday afternoon holiday the beginning of the weekend 0ffices were closed on Saturday afternoon Read the rest paragraphs and find out the information about one and a half days’ holiday. the two-day weekend by 1940 in the USA factories and offices were closed all day on Saturdays Look at the information about the two-day weekend and try to retell it and then check . 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 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 in the 1790s in the 1350s in the 1420s in the 1980s in the 1970’s in the 1480’s in the 1670’s in the 1720’s Read 1a again and match the following sentences. Work alone 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 Sundays. 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. c e d b a Read the passage again and find out the phrases. at church in the early 1800s play games have fun solve the problem stop doing sth. the beginning of by 1930 be closed two-day weekend Did you have a good time last Sunday What were you doing at different times Write a passage about it. The following words and phrases may help you. Activity Feeling watch a movie wash one’s clothes play basketball visit friends … happy excited tired … You can write like this : Last Sunday I was very busy. I got up at 7:00 a.m. When Jim called me after breakfast, I was doing my homework. He wanted me to play with him. We played basketball happily from 10:00 to 12:OO. In the afternoon, I was washing my clothes from 2:00 to 2:30. From 3:00 to 4:00 I was reading ... ...
