内容正文:
Unit 3 Festivals and customs
Extended reading
内容分析:
【What】本板块围绕单元话题,以“珍贵的年夜饭”创设情境。语篇描述了主人公携妻儿回老家与父母欢度春节的一幕幕欢乐场景——现代化的交通工具让年轻人回家看望父母的距离似乎不再那么遥远;剪窗花、贴春联、挂年画,传统的民俗活动把过年喜气洋洋的氛围渲染;看春晚、吃饺子、送祝福,全家三代同堂、团团圆圆,凸显了节日背后“家”的观念;放鞭炮、燃烟花、道心愿,举国同庆中国年。从个人到小家庭再到祖国这个大家庭,语篇很好地诠释了“家是最小国,国是千万家”的理念。
【Why】语篇通过对主人公一家欢度春节的情景描述,形象地展现了新时代中国人的生活、观念、思想、情怀,以及传统与现代的交融。
【How】该语篇是一篇专题文章,通过对一个普通中国家庭回家过年的情景描述,以叙事的方式介绍了中国家庭辞旧迎新的一系列传统活动,表达了作者对春节团圆所承载的文化意义与家国观念的推崇之情,以及对传承中华民族精神根脉的期待。
教学目标:
By the end of this section, students will be able to:
1. grasp the content of the article and write a summary;
2. know more about the customs of the Chinese New Year;
3. understand the deep meaning of the family dinner on the Chinese New Year's Eve.
教学重难点:
1. know more about the customs of the Chinese New Year;
2. understand the deep meaning of the family dinner on the Chinese New Year's Eve.
教学过程:
Step 1 Lead-in
Question: What’s the most important festival in each country?
Watch a video and answer: Where are these people heading? Why are they in such a hurry?
Answer: They are heading back to their hometowns, which are far away from the cities where they live.
With Spring Festival coming, they are eager to be reunited with their family members and millions of people will join the stream of coming home.
Step 2 Fast Reading
Luo Yan and his family also come back home to celebrate the Spring Festival. Let’s learn a precious family dinner in Luo’s family.
Listen and answer the question: How is the article organized?
Step 3 Detailed Reading
Read the feature article again and complete the chart.
Time
on the way back home
during the dinner
after dinner
close to midnight
Place
on the train
in the house
in the house
outside the house
Action
chatted excitedly; thought about their sweet home
Luo Yan lifts the cover of a large bowl to breathe in the rich smell; Bofeng happily takes a bite of the chicken.
stay up late; watch the Spring Festival Gala; eat snacks; chat with each other; make dumplings
set off