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Unit 3 Celebratio1 1 Spring Festival Leading in ACTIVATE AND SHARE What does Spring Festival mean to you?What words immediately come to your mind for describing its meaning? uI 8uịpe T i [e !sOH 8uuds areiq [900 op nok ueo 1eVM book tickets to go home make dumplings watch lion and dragon dances do shopping for food and clothes clean the house from bottom to top have a family reunion dinner put up couplets stay up late yisit relatives and friends receive/give lucky money in red envelopes watch the Spring Festival Gala Leading in ACTIVATE AND SHARE How do you and your family celebrate Spring Festival?Use the phrases to help you. to have a family gathering to get together to prepare snacks to make dumplings to put up decorations to let off fireworks Example Myfamily celebrates Spring Festival by making dumplings together. 1.account on no account 决不(置于句首,用部分倒装) on account记账 deposit account存款账户 account for解释 练习:She gave an accurate account of the case. 2.spend spend time/money on sth.在某物上花费时间/金钱 spend time (in)doing sth.花费时间做某事 spend time with sb.和某人一起度过某段时间 练 习 :I spent two hours on this maths problem. 3.retired retire from...从……退休 retire as...从……职位上退休 retirement n.退休,退职;退休生活 take early retirement提前退休 练习:Both my parents are retired now. 4.occasion on occasion(s)偶尔,有时 on this/that occasion这/那次;在这种/那种场合 on the occasion of..在……之时 occasional adj.偶尔的,临时的 occasionally adv.偶尔,有时候 练习:On that Occasion I was not at home. 5.spirit team spirit团队精神 in spirit在心里,在精神上 be in high/low spirits情绪高涨/情绪低落 be in good spirits心情好,精神状态不错 练习:Sometimes you will be astonished by the power of the human spirit to overcome difficulties. 6.tradition by tradition 按照传统风俗 traditional adj.传统的,惯例的 It's traditional (for sb.)to do sth.做某事(对某人来说)是 传统的 traditionally adv.传统地 练习:The company has a long tradition of fine design. 7.practise practise doing sth.练习做某事 practice n.[U,C]练习;[U] 实践;[U,C] 惯例 in practice实际上,事实上 put sth.into practice将某事付诸实践 Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧 练 习 :In order to learn a foreign language well,we must practise speaking it as much as possible. 8.come to an end at an end完毕,终结(通常作表语) in the end最后(=finally,通常作状语) at the end of..在……末端;在……尽头 by the end of到……时为止(通常与完成时连用) bring...to an end使……终止(=put an end to..) make ends meet使收支相抵;勉强维持生计 练习:All good things must come to an end 9.at peace be at peace with..与……和平相处 peaceful adj.和平的,宁静的 peacefully adv.平静地,和平地 peace-loving adj.爱好和平的 in peace和平地,不受打扰地,安宁地 练习:Remember to be at peace with your classmates. Vocabulary 10.put up put up with 忍受,容忍 put down放下;记下;镇压 put forward提出;将……提前 put off推迟 put on穿上;上演 put out 扑灭 put back将……放回 练习:A temple is being put up in the mountain. 11.be up to be up to doing sth.计划做某事 What's sb.up to?某人在忙什么?(一般指做不好的事) It's up to sb.to do sth.由某人决定做某事。 It's up to sb.+whether+句子是否……由某人决定 It's up to you.(交际用语)你决定吧。练习:I a m up to going to the cinema tonight. READ AND EXPLORE Read the three readers'accounts.Use a few words to summarise the meaning of Spring Festival for each account. Give your reasons. For Tom,Spring Festival means excitement and a lot of fun. For Xu Gang,coming home and being with his entirefamily is the most important part of the Spring Festival. For Li Yan,Spring Festival is family time. Tom Where and with whom with his host family in Nanjing Preparations before Spring Festival cleaning the house,attaching Fu upside down to the front door Activities during Spring Festival setting off and watching fireworks,enjoying a big dinner READ AND EXPLORE Read again.Find out each person's experience of Spring Festival in the three accounts.Take notes. Tom Jenkins a 16-year-old exchange student living in Nanjing Xu Gang Where and with whom at parents'home Preparations before Spring Festival booking travel tickets and choosing gifts for parents Activities during Spring Festival chatting with his parents and having hotpot READ AND EXPLORE Read again.Find out each person's experience of Spring Festival in the three accounts.Take notes. Xu Gang a 28-year-old computer engineer working in Shanghai Li Yan Where and with whom at home Preparations before Spring Festival getting ready for children coming back,buying things and preparing dishes Activities during Spring Festival children running/shouting/ playing,adults talking/making jiaozi together READ AND EXPLORE Read again.Find out each person's experience of Spring Festival in the three accounts.Take notes. Li Yan a 70-year-old grandmother from Heilongjiang READ AND EXPLORE Pair Work Find at least three descriptive sentences in the accounts that provide a vivid picture of Spring Festival.Share with your partner. Fireworks were being let off across the city,suddenly lighting up the night sky.When I was a kid,Spring Festival was all about firecrackers,sweets and decorations. As I get older,coming home and being with my entire family is the most important part of it. Our house buzzes with activities when everyone comes home. Group Work Think and share What can you infer from Xu Gang's and Li Yan's accounts? What does it mean in Chinese culture? Family reunion is the central theme of both accounts.This shows the importance of family in Chinese culture. READ AND EXPLORE Complete the information with the words or phrases you have learnt. Tom Jenkins spent his first Spring Festival with his host family.A week before the festival,the host mother Mrs Chen began preparations.She 1. swept away the dirt of the house from top to bottom to make it ready for the new year.She also 2.attached the Chinese 3.character FU4.upside down on the front dor to welcome happiness.Tom also learnt that playing fireworks was to scare away the monster Nian. READ AND EXPLORE Xu Gang usually books the ticket of trains or 5. flights for his trip home weeks before Spring Festival.When he gets on the train,he is 6. surrounded by Shanxi7. accents When he gets home,his parents always 8. fill him in on what happened to the people he knows.Being with his 9. entire family is the most important part of Spring Festival for him. READ AND EXPLORE Li Yan and her husband are 10. retired .They start preparing for their family's return weeks before Spring Festival.When everyone gets home,their house 11. buzzes with activities. One of their favourite family traditions is to makejiaozi. Family being together is one of the 12. spirit of Spring Festival throughout history. EXPRESS YOURSELF Group Work Where and with whom did you spend the last Spring Festival?What preparations did you make?What activities did you do?How do you feel about it? EXPRESS YOURSELF Group Work Compare among group members the different experiences and feelings about the last Spring Festival. Then report to the class. $$