Lesson 48 Supper with the Bradshaws Your ideas about gift-giving When would you like to receive gifts? What gifts would you like to get? Why? How do you react when you receive a gift you dont like? When your family visits another, what do you usually take as a gift? Before reading New words Before readingWhat is Chinese tradition of giving and receiving gifts? 1. We shouldnt open the gift before the guest leaves. We cant give anybody a clock as a gift. We sometimes refuse to accept the gift before accepting it.2. We need to return a gift on some occasion after receiving one from someone. New words What should we react if we receive a gift that you dont like? 1. Should you praise it? 2. Should you accept or refuse it? 3. Should you say you dont like it? Before reading Before reading New words police officerWho would you give a police officer as a gift? Before reading New words toy gunWho would you like to give a toy gun as a gift? Why? Before reading New words dollWho would you like to give a doll as a gift? Why? Practice using the new words Before reading Main ideasWhile readingEmail One: Why did Li Ming get a gift he didnt like?Email Two: Why did Danny give a gift Debbie didnt like? DetailsWhile readingCan you make a true or false statement like this? Read aloud Lesson 48 Supper with the Bradshaws Please write a dialogue according to the two e-mails and make some changes if you like. Extensive reading Sixteen years ago a boy gave me an important gift. It was a smile. It was the early autumn of my first year at a middle school， and my old school was far away. As a result， no one knew who I was. I was very _， and afraid to speak to anyone. Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing， I felt my heart break. I couldnt talk with anyone about my _. Then one day, when my classmates were talking happily with their friends， I was sitting at my desk unhappily as usual. At that moment， a boy entered the classroom. I didnt know who he was. He passed by me and then turned back. He looked at me， with a _. Extensive reading Sixteen years ago a boy gave me an important gift. It was a smile. It was the early autumn of my first year at a middle school， and my old school was far away. As a result， no one knew who I was. I was very _， and afraid to speak to anyone. Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing， I felt my heart break. I couldnt talk with anyone about my _. Then one day, when my classmates were talking happily with their friends, I was sitting at my desk unhappily as usual. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom. I didnt know who he was. He passed by me and then turned back. He looked at me， with a _. Extensive readingSuddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel _ and warm. That smile changed my life. I started to talk with other students and made _. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now. One day I asked him why he had _, but he couldnt remember doing so！ It doesnt matter because all the dark days have _. I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think it is lonely, you might always be _. So smile at the world and it will smile back. Extensive readingSuddenly， I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel _ and warm. That smile changed my life. I started to talk with other students and made _. Day by day， I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now. One day I asked him why he had _， but he couldnt remember doing so！ It doesnt matter because all the dark days have _. I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think it is lonely， you might always be _. So smile at the world and it will smile back. After readingWrite about your experience that you received something as a gift you didnt like. 1. Who gave you the gift? 2. When did you get the gift? 3. Why didnt you like the gift? 4. What was your reaction? HomeworkResearch aboutthe tradition of gift-givingin one country outsideChina.Make a poster about it.And get ready to present itin the next class.