内容正文:
Lesson 1
Spring Festival
Watch a video and answer:
What did people do during Spring Festival?
How do you and your family celebrate Spring Festival?
What are you and your family doing for Spring Festival?
book train tickets or flights
Clean the house from top to bottom
write and put up couplets
prepare snacks
make dumplings
let off fireworks
have a family reunion dinner
give red envelopes (lucky money) to kids
Notes from the editor:
Spring Festival in China is an important tradition in China. It has unique meanings. However, people may understand it differently, including those from other cultures. Here are three readers’ accounts to our magazine, in which the readers shared their experiences and views about it.
mean v. 表示...的意思,意思是,意味着,意欲,打算
I didn’t mean any harm. 我没有恶意。
Festivals are meant to celebrate important times of year.
节日旨在庆祝一年中的重要日子。
adj.卑鄙的,刻薄的,小气的
means n. [单复数同型]手段,方法
a means of transportation交通工具
meaning n. 意义,意思,含义;重要性
meaningful adj.有意义的 meaningless adj.无意义的
VI. Fast reading
The three accounts all follow the order of __________
Can you find any evidence?
Tom:
Preparations began a week before the festival.
First ,……Next…
The greatest excitement began the night before Spring Festival.
Xu Gang
…weeks before Spring Festival …
The moment I get on the train…
When I get home…
Li Yan
…weeks before Spring Festival …
…when everyone comes home.
They all share a similar structure, which is:
time
Fast reading
1.preparations before the Spring Festival
2.activities during the Spring Festival
3.meaning of the Spring Festival
Read Tom’s account, then find out his experience of Spring Festival and his views to fill the table.
Tom Jenkins
a 16-year-old
exchange students
living in Nanjing
Tom
where and with whom
preparations before Spring Festival
activities during Spring Festival
views
Tom
where and with whom
preparations before Spring Festival
activities during Spring Festival
views
with his host family in Nanjing
clean the house from