Unit 8 Holidays and festivals ：B Reading And Critical Thinking课件 2024-2025学年沪外教版（2024）七年级英语上册

英语 七年级 上册 Objectives & Tasks Getting ready Reading and critical thinking Grammaring Listening, viewing and speaking Writing Project Self-assessment Key words & Cool things to know Contents Holidays and festivals 8 Unit Objectives & Tasks Getting ready Reading and critical thinking Grammaring Listening, viewing and speaking Writing Project Self-assessment Key words & Cool things to know Contents Objectives & Tasks Getting ready Reading and critical thinking Grammaring Listening, viewing and speaking Writing Project Self-assessment Key words & Cool things to know Contents can describe holidays and festivals Objectives learn some words about New Year and other festivals practise the pronunciation of /θ/ /ð/ /tʃ/ /dZ/ /ʃ/ /Z/ sounds and word stress learn the use of it Tasks can draw connections between festivals and their traditions read an article about how an overseas Chinese family celebrates Chinese New Year listen to a podcast about the Double Ninth Festival learn about the Wheat Harvest Festival in Italy Objectives & Tasks can talk about reasons and methods of celebrating festivals Objectives share an experience of taking part in a festival make a model of a festival float Tasks can invite friends to celebrate a festival together write an invitation to a celebration party Objectives & Tasks Lisa’s Chinese New Year Chinese New Year is important to all Chinese people. Lisa is a Chinese girl and lives in the UK. Let’s meet her and find out how she spent Chinese New Year with her family. Text Word work Critical thinking Comprehension B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 1 2 3 B It was time to celebrate Chinese New Year! Lisa was excited. She started the holiday by calling her grandparents in the morning. She bowed to them over the video call and wished them good health. Then Mum gave Lisa a red envelope. Inside was a gift of money for the new year. At noon, her family gathered around for dumplings. It is a traditional food for celebrating Chinese New Year. After lunch, the family went to the Chinatown parade. Excited crowds stood along the streets and watched the famous Chinese lion dance and the fireworks. It was almost impossible for Lisa to move. Suddenly, the fireworks made a loud noise—Lisa covered her ears. “The noise can scare off the Monster Nian,” Dad told Lisa. In the evening, Lisa and her parents returned home and had some cookies, her favourite snacks. It was a family tradition to end their Text Word work Critical thinking Comprehension B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 1 2 3 B New Year’s celebration with sweet snacks. For Lisa, Chinese New Year means both the sweet moments of family gathering and the useful knowledge about traditions. That’s why she always looks forward to the coming of a new year. Text Word work Critical thinking Comprehension B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 1 2 3 B Put the events in time order. Subskil: Guessing unknown words 1 3 5 4 2 Lisa greeted her grandparents over a video call. The family ate dumplings together. The family watched the Chinese lion dance. The family had some sweet snacks. Lisa received a red envelope from Mum. Text Word work Critical thinking Comprehension B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 1 2 3 B Find clues to the following statements. An example is given. 1 2 3 4 Lisa and her grandparents probably live in different places. ________________________________________________________________ Lots of people went to watch the parade in Chinatown. ________________________________________________________________ Lisa didn’t enjoy the loud noise from the fireworks. ________________________________________________________________ Lisa’s family has their own way of celebrating the festival. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ She bowed to them over the video call ... (lines 5–6) Excited crowds stood along the street ... (line 14) ... Lisa covered her ears ... (line 19) It was a family tradition to end their New Year’s celebration with sweet snacks. (lines 25–26) Text Word work Critical thinking Comprehension B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 1 2 3 B Fill in the chart with the details from the text to describe the celebration of Chinese New Year. Then add your own details. Sensory Details Chart Details from the text Details to add See Hear Excited crowds stood along the streets and watched the famous Chinese lion dance and the fireworks. People wear red clothes and decorate their homes with red lanterns. (Answers may vary.) ... the fireworks made a loud noise ... New Year’s songs make people feel warm and happy. Text Word work Critical thinking Comprehension B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 1 2 3 B Sensory Details Chart Details from the text Details to add Smell Taste Feel / People go to the flower market during the Spring Festival and enjoy the smell of spring. It was a family tradition to end their New Year’s celebration with sweet snacks. It’s a family tradition to greet our guests with plates of fruits and sweets. / People give warm, big hugs to their family and friends. Text Word work Critical thinking Comprehension B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 1 2 3 B 1 2 3 4 5 i_________ n________ r_________ t_________ m________ not possible a loud and usually not nice sound to go or come back something that has not changed for a long time a very short period of time Write the words from the text. Use the meanings and the first letters to help you. Prefix: im- mpossible oise eturn radition oment Text Word work Critical thinking Comprehension B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 1 2 3 B Nian was a monster, and it came out every New Year’s Eve to eat villagers. It was 1 _________ for people to find very good ways to keep themselves safe. One day an old man came and taught people how to drive away the monster. The villagers took his advice. When Nian came to the village at night, it heard the loud 2 ______ and saw the red colour. It was very afraid and ran away in a 3 ________. All the villagers were excited when they knew this. Nian never 4 ________ to the village after that night. Now Chinese people still keep the 5 ________ like fireworks, red envelopes, and loud lion dances during the Spring Festival. Complete the story about Nian with the words you wrote in B4. impossible noises moment returned traditions Text Word work Critical thinking Comprehension B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 1 2 3 B People celebrate Chinese New Year with great excitement. They clean the house and decorate it with the Spring Festival couplets. In the evening, people set off fireworks to 1 ________ any bad luck. Families 2 ____________ to enjoy a special dinner. They also exchange red envelopes for good luck. In the streets, 3 _____________ watch lion dances and light shows. Everyone enjoys the 4 _____________ Chinese New Year brings. Complete the passage about Chinese New Year traditions with the words in the box. excited crowds gather around scare off sweet moments scare off scare off gather around gather around excited crowds excited crowds sweet moments sweet moments Text Word work Critical thinking Comprehension B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 1 2 3 B Recall. Tick the ways Lisa and her parents celebrated Chinese New Year. having traditional food setting off fireworks dressing up buying flowers shopping having a party T singing and dancing watching the Chinatown parade watching light shows cleaning the house decorating the house watching the Spring Festival gala T Text Word work Critical thinking Comprehension B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 1 2 3 B Analyse. Compare your ways of celebrating Chinese New Year with Lisa’s and complete the chart. buying flowers decorating the house cleaning the house watching the Spring Festival gala watching the Chinatown parade My ways of celebrating Chinese New Year Lisa’s ways of celebrating Chinese New Year having traditional food Text Word work Critical thinking Comprehension B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 1 2 3 B Create. Chinese New Year is coming. List your own ways to make the celebration of this coming New Year more enjoyable and unforgettable. EXAMPLE • setting goals for the new year and sharing them with my family • designing handmade Chinese New Year greeting cards Text Word work Critical thinking Comprehension B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 1 2 3 B 莉萨的春节 春节终于到了！ 莉萨非常兴奋。她的春节从早晨给祖父母打视频电话拜年开始。她在视频里向祖父母鞠躬，祝他们身体健康。然后莉萨的妈妈给了她一个红包，里面装着压岁钱。 中午，一家人齐聚一堂吃饺子。这是庆祝春节的传统食物。午饭过后，一家人去参加了唐人街的游行。人群熙熙攘攘站在街上，观看中国传统舞狮和烟花表演。人太多了，莉萨几乎没办法挪动。突然，烟花爆竹点燃了，发出巨大的声响，莉萨捂住了耳朵。“巨大的噪音可以吓走年兽，”爸爸告诉她。 晚上，莉萨和家人们回到家里，吃她最爱的曲奇饼干。以享用甜食来结束新年第一天是这家人的传统。对于莉萨来说，春节意味着与家人的团聚，还能学到不少有关传统的知识，因此她总是翘首以盼新年的到来。 Translation 春节终于到了！ (Para. 1) Translation 莉萨非常兴奋。她的春节从早晨给祖父母打视频电话拜年开始。她在视频里向祖父母鞠躬，祝他们身体健康。然后莉萨的妈妈给了她一个红包，里面装着压岁钱。 (Para. 2) Translation 中午，一家人齐聚一堂吃饺子。这是庆祝春节的传统食物。午饭过后，一家人去参加了唐人街的游行。人群熙熙攘攘站在街上，观看中国传统舞狮和烟花表演。人太多了，莉萨几乎没办法挪动。突然，烟花爆竹点燃了，发出巨大的声响，莉萨捂住了耳朵。“巨大的噪音可以吓走年兽，”爸爸告诉她。 (Para. 3) Translation 晚上，莉萨和家人们回到家里，吃她最爱的曲奇饼干。以享用甜食来结束新年第一天是这家人的传统。对于莉萨来说，春节意味着与家人的团聚，还能学到不少有关传统的知识，因此她总是翘首以盼新年的到来。 (Para. 4) Translation 感谢您的耐心观看 105328.18 18494.648 35761.758 26906.27 3604.9036 $$