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Unit 4
Time to celebrate
Uderstanding ideas
Learning Objectives
After completing the unit, you will be able to:
Learn more about Chinese New Year;
Understand the passage and the cultural meanings behind it;
Give some new ideas about how to follow the traditions and think of a new way to celebrate it.
lantern
dish
joke
shocked
laugh
pork
round
shape
reunion
piece
n.提灯;灯笼
n.(烹制好的)菜肴,一道菜
v.说笑话;开玩笑
adj.震惊的
v.发出笑声,(大)笑
n.猪肉
adj.圆形的,环形的
n.形,形状,外形
n. 团圆,团聚
n.片;块;段;截
New Words
Look and say
the Spring Festival
Tomb-Sweeping Day
National Day
the Lantern Festival
the Dragon Boat Festival
May Day
Which festival or holiday is it?
Which festival is the biggest traditional festival in China?
Thinking
New
Year
What do you know about Chinese New Year?
When is it?
How to celebrate?
How do you feel?
What do people eat?
What do people do?
Thinking
It’s on the first day of the first lunar month.
Dumplings, chicken, fish and so on.
When is it?
What do people eat?
Thinking
get some lucky money
put up couplets
watch the Spring Festival Gala
wear new clothes
have a family
reunion dinner
clean their house
What do people do? How do you feel?
1. What are the people doing?
Spring Festival
dinner
family reunion
celebrate
They are celebrating the Spring Festival and having a family reunion dinner.
Some Chinese dishes.
2. What is on the table?
1.Look at the picture on the right and answer the questions. Use the words and expressions to help you.
1 It was my first Spring Festival in the UK.I wanted to treat my British friend, Emilia, to a Chinese dinner. She is a nice girl. Sometimes,she cooks for me.
2 However, I just couldn’t make it. I often watched Grandma cook, but I never cooked anything myself. It was midnight in China, time for dumplings. But my whole family came to my help on the phone. And I became a chef in one hour! I even made some cucumber flowers.
An Unusual Spring Festival
1.Where did the writer celebrate the Spring Festival?
2.How did she celebrate this festival?
She treated her British friend, Emilia, to a Chinese dinner.
In the UK.
Read para. 1 and answer
1. Did the writer make it?
No. Because she often watched Grandma cook, but she never cooked anything herself.
2. How did she solve the problem?
Her whole family came to her help on the phone.
Read para. 2 and answer
3 After Emilia hung balloons and lanterns in the dining room, I put the last dish on the table.“This is the lion’s head!”
4“Are you joking? Isn’t that against the law?”Emilia was shocked.
5 I laughed. “It’s a pork meatball. My family always have it at the Spring Festival.Its round shape stands for family reunions. Try it!” Emilia cut a piece of it with her knife and put it into her mouth. “I love it!” she said. The smell of the dishes and our laughter filled the room. I felt like I was back home.
Further-thinking
204
1. What is the last dish?
The pork meatball.
3. What did Emilia think of it ?
be _________ at the name
2. Why did she make this dish?
Because it’s round shape stands for family reunions.
_______ the taste
shocked
love/like
She thought it __________the law.
was against
Read para. 3 - 4 and answer
204
204
Did they enjoy their meal? How do you know?
Yes. Because _____________________ and _____________
filled the room. The writer felt like she _________________.
the smell of the dishes
their laughter
was back home
Read para. 5 and answer
a
I hate spending the Spring Festival alone.
I miss my family so much.
It’s really a special and happy Spring Festival.
b
c
3 Choose the writer’s words after the meal.
204
204
Spring Festival
Chinese dish
midnight
whole family
204
204
What is unusual about the writer’s Spring Festival?
dish
shocked
back home
Think and share
1 What is unusual about the writer’s Spring Festival?
2 What is your family's traditional dish for the Spring Festival? Can you cook it?
Learning to think for question 1
What’s the common way of celebrating the Spring Festival? How did the writer celebrate the Spring Festival?
Usually, the writer spends the Spring Festival with her family in China.But then, the writer spent the Spring Festival with her friend Emilia in the UK.And she cooked a Chinese dinner for Emilia.
Chicken/Fish/Tofu is our traditional dish for the Spring Festival.
Yes,I can.(答案不唯一,范例仅供参考)
5 Read the sentences from the reading passage and summarise the
grammar rules.
(a) Sometimes, she cooks for me.
(b) I often watched Grandma cook, but I never cooked anything myself.
(c) My family always have it at the Spring Festival.
6 Complete the diagram with the words in the box. Then make a sentence with each word.
Always often sometimes
My parents always stay up during the Spring Festival.
He always helps us.
We often play basketball after school.
She sometimes goes shopping on Saturday.
always
often
sometimes
7Complete the blog post with always, often, sometimes, or never.
Hi there! Welcome to my blog about Chinese culture! Today, let’s get to know the Dragon Boat Festival! 1 , people call it the Double Fifth Festival in English, because it 2 takes place on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.
The best part of the festival is the dragon boat races. The riversides are
3 full of people. Eating zongzi is a must during the festival. Zongzi in the north of China are4 sweet. But those in the south are 5 salty. I6 ried a salty one, so this year I'll be sure to try some! Which taste do you prefer?
sometimes
sometimes
often
often
always
never
8 Work in pairs. Talk about your ways to celebrate a traditional festival. Use the thinking map to organise your ideas. Use the words and expressions from the reading passage and the Useful expressions to help you.
Useful expressions....
How do you usually celebrate...?
My family always... for...
.l often... But I never...
My favourite activities include...
Sometimes l...
... is a must for...
my family
mid-autumn festival
have mooncakes
happy
watch the moon
sing
dance
play games
一、汉译英
代表
做成功
违反法律
reunion dinner
stand for
be shocked
spring festival
treat sb.to sth.
make it
be against the law
团圆饭
震惊的
春节
款待某人某物
家庭团圆
感觉像
回家
family reunion
feel like
be back home
基础作业
在英语本上抄写本节课的重点单词和短语;大声且正确朗读本节阅读课文。
提升作业
和同学讨论如何传承和创新我们的传统节日。
拓展作业
课后查询更多关于节日的新颖的庆祝方式,并在课前3分钟进行分享。
Homework
Thank you!
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