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Unit 2 My mother’s cleaning our house and sweeping away bad luck. Module 10 Spring Festival 外研·七年级上册 What traditions about the Spring Festival do you know? (food and decorations) cleaning the house Before Spring Festival, we clean the house and paint the doors red. We want to bring the good luck. New year decorations Chinese couplets Papercuts Red lanterns New year activities Spring Festival Gala Dragon and Lion dance set off firecrackers put up the lanterns a traditional family dinner on the eve of the Spring Festival. Hong Bao or Red Packet wish a Happy New Year New year food dumplings New Year cake Spring rolls Words and expressions Christmas n.圣诞节 February n.二月 January n.一月 before prep.在……之前 sweep away 扫去 luck n.运气 table n.桌子 celebrate v.庆祝 traditional adj.传统的 dumpling n.饺子;团子 programme n.(电视) 节目 sweater n.厚运动衫; 毛线衣 coat n.外套 mean v.意思是; 意味着 lucky adj.幸运的 merry adj.愉快的, 高兴的 Merry Christmas 圣诞快乐 Reading and vocabulary 1 Work in pairs. Look at the pictures and talk about what’s happening. —What’s Li Shan’s mother doing? —She’s cleaning the house. We are celebrating Spring Festival with a traditional family dinner on the evening before Spring Festival. My parents and I are visiting my uncles and aunts. We are wearing new sweaters and coats. Listen and answer. 1. When does the Spring Festival usually come? 2. What should mother do before Spring Festival? 3. How are the people celebrating on the Spring Festival evening? Usually in February, but sometimes in January. Clean the house, sweep away bad luck and buy lots of food. Having a traditional family dinner and watching a special programme on TV. Read the passage and match the main idea with each paragraph. Paragraph 1 Paragraph A Paragraph B Paragraph C Before the New Year On New Year’s Day Introduce the Spring Festival On New Year’s Eve I’m Li Shan from China. Spring Festival is very important in my country. Like Christmas, it happens every year, but not