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Unit 2 Let’s celebrate!
Developing ideas
Time for a Change?
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set off
the fireworks
watch
a lion dance
receive
a red envelope
hang
the red lantern
Warming up
1. clean the house
2. visit relatives and friends
3. watch the Spring Festival Gala
4. have Spring Festival dinner
What other activities do you know?
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Look at the title and the pictures of the passage, and predict what might be changed.
Pre-reading
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Social Insights
Read the passage from the section of “social insights” .
1. What might be changed?
The ways of having Spring Festival family dinner might be changed.
2. What are people’s opinions?
Nowadays, some people choose to have the dinner in a restaurant,but not everyone is keen on the idea.
While-reading:
1. Where does the text probably come from?
A. An advertisement.
B. A newspaper.
C. A guide book.
D. A festival brochure.
What do our readers think?
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2.What’s the main idea of this passage?
A. The same opinions about Spring Festival .
B. Eating out or at home for the Spring Festival.
C. The traditions of Spring Festival.
D. How to celebrate Spring Festival.
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ead the first paragraph of the two letters and make a prediction about the main idea of the two letters.
letter 1
letter 2
Name:
Job:
Opinion:
Name:
Job:
Opinion:
3. Read the passage and Fill in the blank.
LiuYonghui
Wang peng
software engineer
retired teacher
eating out
eating at home
Paragraph 1
4. Read letter 1 and match the main idea of each paragragh.
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
A. Eating out isn’t the loss of traditions.
C. The author enjoyed eating out.
D.The preparations for the dinner are hard work.
Para.4
B. The love between the family members remains the same.
Passage 1 mainly tells us __________ enjoys ___________ for the Spring Festival family dinner and he thinks it _____________________ loss of traditions.
Passage 2 mainly tells us ____________ likes ____________ for the Spring Festival family dinner and he t