Unit 3 Festivals and Customs Extended reading 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语译林版（2020）必修第二册

Festivals and customs Unit 3 Thank you! 1 Watch the video and tick the activities mentioned in it. spring cleaning dumplings firecrackers lion dance paper-cuts dragon dance staying-up gift/lucky money Spring Festival couplets(春联) New Year paintings riddles written on lanterns exhibition of lanterns give New Year’s greetings offer sacrifices to one’s ancestors (祭祖) Lead-in √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ By the end of this section, students will be able to: analyze the structure of the article according to the main idea of each paragraph; grasp the traditions and customs of the Chinese New Year and their cultural meanings; write an article to introduce Chinese New Year to a foreigner. Learning aims: Skim the passage and match the scenes with each para. Step 2 Dishes Decorations Journey home Entertainment Celebration Festival atmosphere Para 3 Para 4 Para 1 Para 2 Para 6 Para 5 氛围 庆祝 娱乐 1 2 3 4 5 6 Para. 1 Dishes Para. 2 Festival atmosphere Para. 3 Journey home Para. 4 Decorations Para. 5 Entertainment Para. 6 Celebration Before dinner During dinner After dinner flashback ? To draw readers’ attention. 倒叙 Time 6 Read for traditional activities Luo Yan's family did and their cultural meanings on Chinese New Year's Eve. Read for details Step 3 paper-cuttings on the window （窗纸） Spring Festival couplets on the door（春联） New Year paintings on the wall（年画） 1. decorate the house with What do they represent? They represent joy, luck and happiness. before dinner 2. have the New Year's Eve dinner （吃年夜饭） is a must for the Chinese New Year reunion dinner. What does fish mean in the dinner? Fish while dinner nian nian you yu Can you give more examples like this ? Yu (鱼—余) May you get more than you wish for every year. Nian gao means “bu bu gao sheng” in Chinese. An upside-down “Fu” means a good fortune is arriving . dao (倒-到) gao (糕-高) 3. stay up late 熬夜守岁 While watching, what do Chinese often do? eat snacks chat with each other make dumplings 4. watch Spring Festival Gala 看春晚 After dinner Spend time together and enjoy each other’s company. 5. set off firecrakers(放鞭炮） Why? set off fireworks(放烟花） To welcome the coming of spring To create a festival atmosphere To drive away the bad spirits Can you use an adjective to describe your family dinner? Is“precious” used well in the title? Can you find any words, phrases or sentences to support you idea? Read and think Step 4 Facts and evidences L7 don't see each other almost a year; L8 full of joy and excitement worried L12 far away from...; dream of "three generations under the same roof” L32 Luo Yan says, “I hope we won't get separated again, my parents are getting old...” Feelings Before dinner (para1-2) During dinner (para3-4) After dinner (para5-6) L32 “I hope we won't be separated again,” Luo Yan says, looking at his aging parents, “My parents are getting old” Time Sentences L3 Luo Yan lifts the cover...breathe in the rich smell...Bofeng,...takes a bite of... L9 Despite the cold outside, their happy faces fill the air with warmth while merry laughter rings throughout the house. Actions Expressions &voice Expressions &words excited full of joy happy excited worried 感谢您下载包图网平台上提供的PPT作品，为了您和包图网以及原创作者的利益，请勿复制、传播、销售，否则将承担法律责任！包图网将对作品进行维权，按照传播下载次数进行十倍的索取赔偿！ ibaotu.com L9 Despite the cold outside, their happy faces fill the air with warmth while merry laughter rings throughout the house. L37All over the country, people are celebrating their good fortune, celebrating their family's togetherness and celebrating their nation's strength. Beautiful sentences L34 After all, home is where all family members are together. Parallelism排比 proud& confident Appreciation of language There is a song singing family is the smallest country, the country is ten million. With strong country, home is home, so we have a happy little family. values A group of foreign visitors will visit Suqian to experience Spring Festival. Supposing you are the guide, please introduce our Spring Festival to them using at least 3 activities and one of your favorite sentences in the text. Writing Step 5 Hello, friends! Welcome to Suqian! Spring Festival is very ______ for Chinese people and the most ________ part is the New Year's Eve dinner. There are a lot of activities around it. First, before Chuxi, we_____________________. Then, during the dinner, ___ _________________________. ______________________. At last, after the dinner, _____________________________; ________________________________. I hope you can have a good time in China. Chinese Spring Festival Use at least 3 activities and one of your favorite sentences in the text! Hello, friends! Welcome to Suqian! Spring Festival is very important for Chinese people and the most precious part is the New Year's Eve dinner. There are a lot of activities around it. First, before Chuxi, people will decorate their houses, such as putting up paper-cuttings on the windows. Then, on New Year's Eve, we will have a family dinner. The table will be full of all kinds of dishes.Despite the cold outside, their happy faces fill the air with warmth while merry laughter rings throughout the house. After that, the whole family will watch a Spring Festival Gala and set off firecrackers. I hope you can have a good time in China. Chinese Spring Festival Sample: Summary A taste of home & reunion Home is where all family members are together. Home is where you can relax, kick back and just be yourself. Home is the smallest country. Homework What's your understanding of the sentence“Home is where all family members are together.” Write 3 sentences using the sentence pattern “Home is where......” Thank you! Nowadays More and more foreigners like to travel in China ! Write an Email to introduce customs & traditions of Chinese New Year to your friend Mike. Dear Mike: Yours,_______ …is a time to/for… celebrations and activities I hope that… Dear Mike, I feel so happy to hear that you are interested in the Chinese New Year, which is one most important symbol of Chinese culture falling on January or February. There are a variety of activities during this festival, among which at least three deserve your special attention. First, as midnight approaches, adults and children get out to set off crackers and fireworks, filling the air with happy laughters and cheerful voices. Then, on the morning of the New Year's Day, people get up very early to put up couplets, on which all good wishes are presented. Meanwhile, the red color of the couplets adds much to the joy of the festival. In addition, we would visit our friends and relatives until the Lantern Festival, which is supposed to be a conclusion of the whole Spring Festival. Mike, the short letter here surely fails me to give you a complete account of our Spring Festival. I sincerely hope, if possible, that you can come here in China to have a real experience about it. Yours, Luo Yan Read and think Step 4 1. What is the change in Luo’s journey back home? 2. What does this change imply? Not only does it imply the high speed of development in modern transportation of China, but also implies how powerful our country is. It used to be a long and tiring one while now it takes only 5 hours to reach his home. Read para. 3 and answer the questions: What does home mean in Luo Yan’s eyes? Home is where all family members are together. Home is where__________________. Home is where my heart lies. Home is where there is always someone waiting for you to come back. … Read para.5 and answer the questions: Can you make up other sentences to describe what home is for you? 4. What values does this article present to its audience? “Three generations under the same roof” “All over the country, people are celebrating their good fortune, celebrating their family’s togetherness, and celebrating their nation’s strength.” There is a song singing family is the smallest country, the country is ten million. With strong country, home is home, so we have a happy little family. Thank you! 29 $$