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What were you doing this time yesterday?

Unit 3 Topic 3

Section C

Do you know?

Do you know when we began to have the two-day weekend in China?

Do you know which country first began to have the two-day weekend?

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In 1995

The USA

Skimming （略读）

When did the USA begin the two-day weekend?

Time Events （事件）People spent one day a week at church.

Sunday was the "holy day".

The English made Saturday afternoon a holiday.

Most American offices were closed on Saturday afternoons.

Offices and factories in the U.S.A were closed all day on Saturday, and the two-day weekend began.

Listen and fill in the form.

before 1800

in the early 1800s

in 1874

by 1930

by 1940

Time Events （事件）People spent one day a week at church.

Sunday was the "holy day".

The English made Saturday afternoon a holiday.

Most American offices were closed on Saturday afternoons.

Offices and factories in the U.S.A were closed all day on Saturday, and the two-day weekend began.

A short history of the weekend

before 1800

in the early 1800s

in 1874

by 1930

by 1940

Find some useful expressions.

Useful Expressions 1. spend time

I spent two hours on my homework last night.

2. in the early 1800s 在十九世纪初在十九世纪末在二十世纪九十年代在二十一世纪初

in the late 1800s

in the 1990s

in the early 2000s

Sb. on sth

Sb. spend time (in) doing sth

I spent two hours doing my homework last night.

昨晚我花了两小时做作业。

某人花费时间做某事

Useful Expressions

3. stop doing sth.

stop to do sth.

停止做某事停下来去做某事

--There goes the bell. --It's time for class.Let's stop __. (2007 年福州中考） A.talk B.to talk C.talking D.not talk

C

I am tired . Let’s stop ________(have) a rest . to have

Useful Expressions

4. too…to 太……而不能

The boy is too young to look after himself.

My mother was busy. She couldn’t answer the phone.

too busy to answer the phone

这个男孩太小了不能照看他自己。

=My mother was ____ ______ _____ _______ ______ _______.

Time Events （事件）

one day a week, rest ,pray

Sunday ,play games, too tired to go to work,Monday mornings

English, Saturday afternoon , one, stop working

most American offices, be closed, Saturday afternoons

offices and factories in the U.S.A ,be closed,Saturday, two-day ,begin

A short history of the weekend

before 1800

in the early 1800s

in 1874

by 1930

by 1940

Time Events （事件）

one day a week, rest ,pray

Sunday , games, too…to

English, Saturday afternoon ,stop

Most American offices, Saturday afternoons

offices and factories,Saturday, two-day

A short history of the weekend

before 1800

in the early 1800s

in 1874

by 1930

by 1940

He was listening to the radio

last Saturday

2

at 7 :00

from 9 :00 to 11 :00.He was visiting a museum

at 15:00.

last Saturday

when his mother came back.

He was playing on the computerHe was making a model plane

4

Kangkang had a happy day last Saturday.(Kangkang had a good time last Saturday.)

What a happy day he had!/How happy he was!

at 7 :00 from 9 :00. to 11 :00

at 15:00 when his mother came back

(Kangkang enjoyed himself/ had fun last Saturday.)

Kangkang had a happy day last Sunday.

run do some cleaninglisten to music

at a concert

play soccer

help his mother

in the kitchen watch TV at home

Kangkang had a happy day last Sunday.

At 6:30 , he was running.

At 8:00 , he was doing some cleaning.

Last Sunday

Last Sunday

Kangkang had a happy day last Sunday.

At 9:50 , he was listening to music at a concert.

At 8:00 , he was helping his mother in the kitchen

Last Sunday

Kangkang had a happy day last Sunday.

At 14:20 , he was playing soccer with his friends.

At 20:15 , he was watching TV at home.

How happy he was!

Kangkang had a happy day last Sunday. At 6:30 , he was running. At 8:00 , he was doing some cleaning. At 9:50 , he was listening to music at a concert. At 11:30 , he was helping his mother in the kitchen. At 14:20 , he was playing soccer with his friends. At 20:15 , he was watching TV at home. How happy he was!

Sum up （总结）

1. The history of the weekend

2. Some useful expressions:

Sb. spend time on sth/ (in) doing sth

too…to do sth.

stop doing sth/stop to do sth

3. Talk about one’s weekend

Homework:1. Write What you were doing at…last Sunday(using past continuous tense, at least 10 sentences)2. Make sentences with spend, too…to, stop doing sth/stop to do sth.3. Listen to 1a three times .4. Preview Section D.