Unit 4 Time to celebrate Understanding ideas Reading课件- - 2024-2025学年外研版英语七年级上册

Time to celebrate Unit 4 Understanding ideas：Reading Learning Objectives By the end of this lesson, 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. the Spring Festival Tomb-Sweeping Day National Day the Lantern Festival the Dragon Boat Festival May Day Which festival is the biggest traditional festival in China? the Spring Festival Look and say Which festival or holiday is it? 3 When is it? What do people eat? It’s on the first day of the first lunar month. Dumplings, chicken, fish and so on. Thinking 4 1. What are the people doing? Look at the picture on the right and answer the questions. Use the words and expressions to help you. Spring Festival dinner family reunion dish They are celebrating the Spring Festival and having a family reunion dinner. Dishes for the Spring Festival. 2. What’s on the table? Prediction 5 Why is it an unusual Spring Festival? From the title and the picture. What is the passage about? Prediction 6 While-reading Why is it an “unusual festival?” Culture shock 文化休克 Culture shock: Culture shock is when you feel unsure, confused, or worried because you've moved to a new place with different customs and ways of life. It's like feeling a bit lost when everything around you is unfamiliar. 7 204 What is unusual about the writer’s Spring Festival? An unusual Spring Festival Food Culture Ways to celebrate Language Further-thinking 8 What did the writer do during the Spring Festival? While-reading Read and answer. She talked to her family on the phone and cooked a meal to treat her British friend. 9 She talked to her family on the phone and cooked a meal to treat her British friend. While-reading Let’s think. What did the writer want to do? She wanted to treat her friend to a Chinese dinner. Could the writer cook the dinner at first? No, she couldn’t make it. Problem She talked to her family on the phone and cooked a meal to treat her British friend. While-reading Let’s think. Who helped her? Her whole family. Did the writer make it at last? Yes, she became a chef and even made come cucumber flowers. Solution While-reading Let’s think. What did Emilia do in the dinning room? She hung balloons and lanterns. How did Emilia feel about the last dish at first? She was shocked. She thought it was against the law. Result What’s the meaning of the last dish? Its round shape stands for family reunions. How did Emilia feel about the last dish at last? She tasted it and she loved it. 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. Inferring 推断 12 204 3 Choose the writer’s words after the meal. a b c I don’t like having the Spring Festical all by myself. I miss my family so much. It’s really an unusual but happy Spring Festival. After-reading An unusual Spring Festival The smell of the dishes and our laughter filled the room. I felt like I was back home. Laughter filled the room Love filled the room Tears filled my eyes 13 204 4 Complete the chart with the words and expressions from the passage. Spring Festival Chinese dinner midnight whole family Post-reading 14 204 4 Complete the chart with the words and expressions from the passage. dish shocked back home Post-reading 15 Post-reading Think and share. Retell the story. (Problem → Solution → Result) Problem Solution Result couldn’t make it, often watched, never cooked on the phone, became a chef showed the last dish, shocked, loved, smell, laughter, back home It was the writer’s first Spring Festival in the UK. She wanted to… Post-reading Think and share. What is your family’s traditional dish for the Spring Festival? Can you cook it? What other celebrations does your family have? Read and put the following sentences in order . 再读课文，按照事情的发展顺序排列。 1) With family's help, the author learned to cook and made cucumber flowers. 2) Emilia decorated the dining room with balloons and lanterns. 3) The author decided to treat Emilia to a Chinese dinner. 4)The author served the "lion's head" dish, and Emilia was shocked at first. 5) The author faced the challenge of cooking for the first time. 3 4 2 5 1 6) Emilia tasted the dish and loved it. 7) They shared laughter and the room filled with the aroma of the food. The author felt a sense of home and reunion. 6 7 18 Festivals with their best wishes bring people closer together no matter where we are or how we celebrate it. $$