Unit 3 Celebrations Lesson 1 Spring Festival 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语北师大版（2019）必修第一册

Unit 3 Celebrations Lesson 1 Warming-up What are they about ? lion dance lucky money have the family reunion dinner pay a new year call character Fu / jiaozi Warming-up 1. What does Spring Festival mean to you? 2. What words immediately come to your mind when you hear Spring Festival? Discuss the following questions with your partner. 文化知识——春节小知识 The Spring Festival Date: The Spring Festival falls on the first day of the Chinese lunar calendar and usually occurs somewhere between January 20th and February 20th. Origin: According to the most acknowledged legend, there once lived a fierce monster named Nian. People covered the doors and windows with red paper, wore red clothes and set off firecrackers to frighten the monster away. 4 Activities: Before the festival People usually follow the practice of thoroughly cleaning the house to sweep away bad luck and embrace the future. On the Spring Festival Eve The whole family gathers around the table to have the most hearty feast of a year, since Chinese consider it a time for family reunion. During the festival During the Spring Festival, friends and relatives will visit each other bearing sincere greetings as well as carefully selected gifts. 文化知识——春节小知识 5 Meaning: Chinese people value the Spring Festival highly as the most momentous occasion in a year. Much like the celebration of the New Year in the western world, the Chinese New Year is all about ringing the old year out and the new year in. It is comparable to Christmas in the western world. 文化知识——春节小知识 6 Warming-up Spring Festival: Chinese New Year Chinese Lunar New Year the most important occasion for family gathering/reunion similar to Christmas in the West people go shopping for necessities — the more, the better Warming-up Words: family gathering decoration spring couplet paper cut do shopping present delicious food/festive feast gift money/lucky money red envelope go sightseeing visit relatives How do you and your family celebrate Spring Festival? Use the phrases to help you. to do a general cleaning of the house to go shopping; to put up decorations to have a family gathering; to get together to prepare snacks; to make dumplings to let off fireworks; to visit relatives and friends to watch Spring Festival gala to play cards / mahjong Warming-up My family celebrates Spring Festival by making dumplings together. My family and I celebrate Spring Festival by watching Spring Festival gala / playing cards / poker, playing mahjong together. We put up decorations to give the rooms a festive atmosphere. Example Warming-up Pre-reading Read the three readers’ accounts and answers to the questions. Notes from the editor: Spring Festival is an important tradition in China. It has unique meanings. However, people may understand it differently ... 1. Where can you find the three passages? 2. What do the three readers share ? 3. Predict how they would understand Spring Festival according to photos. Reading From the editor’s notes, we know the passage is mainly about ____________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________. three people’s accounts from different cultures about Spring Festival based on their personal experiences Why does the editor choose those three readers’ accounts instead of others’? Tom Jenkins a 16-year-old exchange student living in Nanjing Xu Gang a 28-year-old computer engineer working in Shanghai Li Yan a 70-year-old grandmother from Heilongjiang Look at the pictures and make a prediction of the passage. Pre-reading Reading Read the three readers’ accounts again and summarize the meaning of Spring Festival for each account. To Tom, Spring Festival means _________________________. To Xu Gang, Spring Festival means _____________________ ___________________________________________________. To Li Yan, Spring Festival means _____________. excitement and a lot of fun with his entire family, which is the most important part of it family time coming home and being Read and find out each person’s experience of Spring Festival. Tom Xu Gang Li Yan Where and with whom with his host family in Nanjing Preparations before Spring Festival Activities during Spring Festival cleaning the house, attaching Fu upside down to the front door setting off and watching fireworks at parents’ home booking tickets and choosing gifts for parents chatting with his parents and having hotpot at home getting ready for children coming back, buying things and preparing dishes children running, shouting, playing; adults talking and making jiaozi together Reading While-reading Read the first part again and fill in the chart below. Time Activity Meaning to sweep away the house_____________ ____________________ Fireworks_______________________________ a week before the festival first next _______________the dirt of the past year Fu______________________________________ then the night before Spring festival We sat together to___________________ wishing everyone _______ _____________ _________arrives a happy enjoy a big dinner were being let off across the city was attached upside down to our front door was cleaned from top to bottom new year ______________the monster Nian to scare away happiness While-reading Tom’s attitude to Spring Festival’s customs. The character looked really cool. Infer how Tom understands Spring Festival. The greatest excitement began the night before Spring Festival. The fireworks were a lot of fun ! coming home and being with entire family excitement and a lot of fun family gathering While-reading Read the second part and fill in the chart below. Spring Festival rush drinking culture local accent kid — adult Time Activity a week ________ Spring Festival planning my trip ________ to Shanxi choosing _________ for __________ the moment I _________the train I’m _______________by Shanxi accents. When I get _______ My parents will ________________ what’s been happening before home gifts my parents get on surrounded home fill me in on While-reading Read the third part and fill in the chart below. empty-nest elderly grandchildren — adults jiaozi Time Activity weeks ________ Spring Festival start _________________ their homecoming when everyone ______________ our home ______________activities grandchildren run around, _________________ adults _________________the table to ____________the past year When jiaozi ______________ great fun _____________ in the kitchen before getting ready for comes here buzzes with shouting and playing gather around talk about are being made is enjoyed Post-reading Try to introduce Mid-Autumn Festival in your groups. meaning activity food time people of different ages You can introduce Mid-Autumn Festival from the following aspects : family reunion Post-reading Some useful expressions for your introduction. mooncake 月饼 plan one’s trip home 计划归家 appreciate / enjoy the full moon 赏月 release sky lanterns 放孔明灯 family reunion and peace 家庭团聚和安宁 call on relatives 走亲戚 choose gifts for relatives 为亲戚挑选礼物 to have a family gathering 参加家庭聚会 Discussion Throughout history, some of the original customs have changed, but the spirit of festival — the spirit of family — has largely been kept. Most of the important Spring Festival traditions are still being practiced by people across the country. What should be the spirit of festivals besides family reunion? Assignment Organize your group’s opinion about the spirit of Spring Festival into a short passage. You may add some new ideas to your writing. $$