Unit 38
Memorial Day

海外生活/文化融入
Oversea life /Understanding Culture

BRAIN STORM

Share your ideas with your teacher and try to make sentences.

Have you ever attended a Memorial? What happens during Memorial Day?

VOCABULARY

Repeat  these  sentences  after  your  teacher.

1. plans (n.) 計劃
What are your plans today?
你今天有什麼計劃? 

2. Memorial Day (n.) 陣亡將士紀念日
Memorial Day is usually on a Monday.
陣亡將士紀念日通常在星期一。 

3. weekend (n.) 週末
Have  a nice long weekend ahead!
祝您週末愉快!  

4. Vegas (n.) 維加斯
I want to go back to Vegas!
我想回到維加斯! 

5. stock car races (n.) 賽車
Watching stock car races makes me excited.
看股票賽車使我興奮。 

6. are you into (phr.) 喜歡
Are you into horror movies?
您是否喜歡恐怖電影? 

7. rather (adv.) 寧可
I want to be happy rather than being sad.
我要快樂而不是悲傷。 

8. hope (v.) 希望
I hope we win the tickets.
希望我們能贏得門票。  

Dialogue

Read the dialogue aloud with your teacher.

Dan, do you have any plans for Memorial Day weekend?
丹,你有什麼陣亡將士紀念日週末的計劃嗎?

Yeah, I’m going to Vegas with a bunch of my college buddies.
是的,我要和我的一群大學朋友去拉斯維加斯

Sounds fun! Will you be there all weekend?
聽起來很有趣!你整個周末都會在那裡嗎?

Yes! What are your plans?
是的!你的計劃是什麼?

I’m going to the Indianapolis 500. Stacey’s parents live there and her dad loves going to stock car races.
我要去印第安那波利斯500史黛西的父母住在那裡,她爸爸喜歡參加汽車比賽。

Are you into it?
你喜歡嗎?

Not really. I’d rather go to Vegas with you guys.
沒有。我寧願和你們一起去拉斯維加斯

Sorry. Well, I still hope you have a great time!
對不起。我還是希望你過得愉快!

You too!
你也是!

Let's Practice

Make it right.

A : _________.
B :Yeah, I’m going to Vegas with a bunch of my college buddies.

1. Dan, do you have any plans for Memorial Day weekend?
2.Are you into it?

A :I still hope you have a great time!
B : ________.

1.You too!
2.What are your plans?

Will you be ________ all weekend?

1.there
2.their

 What are _________ plans?

1.your
2.yours

weekend?    Day     Memorial    plans     for    Do   have   you

_________________________________

plans?    What     your     are

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DISCUSSION

Make a conversation with your teacher.

1.Do you have any family tradition  that is practiced during Memorial Days?