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Section A (3a-4c)
Unit 2
I think that mooncakes are delicious!
Objectives
Grasp the new words and phreses
Learn something about Mid-Autumn Festival
Have the ability to retell story
folk
goddess
whoever
steal
lay
lay out
dessert
garden
tradition
admire
adj. 民间的;民俗的
n. 女神
pron. 无论谁;不管什么人
v. 偷;偷窃
v. 放置;安放;产卵;
摆开;放置
n. (饭后)甜点;甜食
n. 花园;园子
n. 传统
v. 欣赏;仰慕
Words and Expressions
Look at the picture. What festival do you think of? What do you know about the festival?
Warming upWarming up
Lead in
It is a very important Chinese festival. There will be a big family dinner. People who work far away from home will try to come back. At night, people can enjoy the moon while eating mooncakes. They are the special food for this festival.
The Mid-Autumn Festival
How do we celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival?
what to eat: _________
mooncakes
It's a kind of ________.
dessert
It's in the _____of a fullmoon.
shape
[dɪˈzɜːt]
Read the passage about Mid-Autumn Festival and answer the questions.
3a
1. How do people celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival?
They celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival by admiring the
moon and sharing mooncakes with their families.
2. What story is the reading about?
The reading is about the traditional folk story
of Hou Yi and Chang’e.
Full Moon, Full Feelings
Chinese people have been celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries. Mooncakes are in the shape of a full moon on the Mid-Autumn night. They carry people's wishes to the families they love and miss.
passage
There are many traditional folk stories about this festival. However, most people think that the story of Chang'e is the most touching. Chang'e was Hou Yi's beautiful wife. After HouYi shot down the nine suns, a goddess gave him magic medicine to thank him. Whoever took this could live forever , and Hou Yi planned to take it with Chang'e. However, a bad man, Pang Meng, tired to steal the medicine when Hou Yi was not at home. Chang'e refused to give it to him an