Unit 4 Time to celebrate (Starting_out&Understanding_ideas1)（课件）- 2024-2025学年外研版七年级英语上册

Unit 4 Time to celebrate Starting out & Understanding ideas (文本解读) What is the festival in the picture? Time to celebrate v. 庆祝 celebration n. 庆祝；庆典活动 National Day Lead-in What do we usually celebrate? graduation victory Time to celebrate festivals & holidays … Lead-in How do we follow traditions? Time to celebrate What are some new ways to celebrate festivals and holidays? festivals & holidays Why can’t some people spend festivals and holidays with their loved ones? Make a poster about a festival or a holiday. 1. What are the festivals in the pictures? Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Water-splashing Festival Tomb-sweeping Day Nadam Fair 2. What do you know about these festivals? Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Answer the questions. What other festivals or holidays around the world do you know? Which one do you think is the most special? Why? Songkran Festival 宋干节 Thailand mid-April having a happy water fight washing away bad luck Place Festival Time Meaning Activities Look at the picture and answer the questions. Spring Festival dinner family reunion dish 1. What are the people doing? They are having a video call during dinner. What is on the table? There are many delicious dishes. What festival is it? It’s the Spring Festival. It’s the time of family reunions. n. 团圆，团聚；聚会 Let’s predict. How to predict (预测)? Try to observe the title and the pictures. Tip unusual (not usual) adj. 不平常的 What did the writer do during the Spring Festival? Read the passage quickly and check. What did the writer do during the Spring Festival? She talked to her family on the phone and cooked a Chinese dinner to treat her British friend. v. 请客，款待，招待 Read the passage again and complete the map. I wanted to tr_e_a_t my British friend to a _Ch_in_e_s_e dinner. At first, I c_o_u_ld_n’t_ make it. My w_h_o_l_e family helped me on the phone. adj. 全部的，整个的 In an hour, I b_e_ca_me a c_h_e_f , who could even make _c_u_c_u_mb_e_r flowers. become v. 成为，变成 At last, Emilia tasted the last d_i_s_h and she loved it! Read the passage for more information. What traditions for the Spring Festival can you find in the passage? People eat dumplings to celebrate the Spring Festival. People hang balloons and lanterns to decorate the rooms. How did Emilia feel about the last dish at first? Why? She was shocked. Because she thought it was against the law. What’s the dish “lion’s head”? What’s the meaning of the dish? It’s a pork meatball. Its round shape stands for family reunions. How did the writer feel at last? Why? She felt like she was back home. Because the smell of the dishes and their laughter filled the room. 5. Choose the writer’s words after the meal. How to infer (推断)? Try to read between the lines. Tip Complete the chart with the words and expressions from the passage. Spring Festival Chinese dinner midnight whole family dish shocked back home Think and share. What is unusual about the writer’s Spring Festival? What’s the common way of celebrating the Spring Festival? How did the writer celebrate the Spring Festival? It’s unusual for the writer because it was the first time for her to celebrate the Spring Festival in a foreign country. But with the help of her whole family, she learnt to cook her family’s traditional dishes to treat her British friend. Work in pairs. We usually... How do your family usually celebrate the Spring Festival? unusual treat dumpling whole family become chef cucumber hang balloon lantern dish shocked reunion fill Homework Must do Write about one of your unusual experiences during a festival or holiday. Choose to do Search for more information about a festival. Share the information with your classmates and ask them to guess what festival it is. Homework What do we usually celebrate? birthday Time to celebrate graduation victory festivals & holidays … Lead-in $$