Unit 4 time to celebrate 课件-2025-2026学年初中英语七年级上册（外研版2024）

After completing the unit, you will be able to: use words and expressions in the unit to talk about festivals and holidays. use adverbs of frequency and the simple present tense to talk about ways to celebrate festivals and holidays. introduce different festivals and holidays as well as their culture. Time to celebrate 1 What is the festival in the picture? PART 1 Starting out Contnet An unusual Spring Festival PART 2 Understanding ideas When duty shines PART 3 Developing ideas Make a poster about a festival or holiday. PART 4 Presenting ideas 2 1 Starting out 3 Time to celebrate Let’s watch this short video together.Then, tell me: What festivals did you see? 4 Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Water-splashing Festival Qingming Festival Nadam Fair 1. What are the festivals in the pictures? 5 Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Water-splashing Festival Qingming Festival Nadam Fair 2. What do you know about these festivals? Helpful words and expressions: 泼水: splash water 扫墓：sweep the graves 鲜花：flower 赛马: horse racing 庆祝：celebrate 传统：traditon 文化：culture 6 Time to celebrate```` Father’s Day Christmas Halloween What other festivals or holidays around the world do you know? 7 Work in groups and talk about the following questions： Which festival or holiday do you think is the most special? Why? e.g.: Spring festival is the most speciual. Because it’s vey fun. 2. What do people do to celebrate it? e.g :it’s exactly what it sounds like – they splash water! Everyone goes outside, maybe onto the streets, and they pour water on each other using cups, buckets, or even fun water guns. 3. Why do people do this? e.g :It’s like a big, happy wash! They believe splashing water helps wash away any bad luck from the old year and makes way for good luck and happiness in the new year. 8 2 Understanding ideas 9 Pre-reading Look at the picture and answer the questions below: 1. What are the people doing? 2. Have you ever experienced an unusual Spring Festival? Use the words and expressions to help you spring Festival 春节 unusual 不平常的 dinner 晚饭 dumpling 水饺 family 家人 reunion 重聚 Dish (烹制好的)菜肴 10 Predict-What is this story about? 11 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. 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. While-reading 12 Words and expressions 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. treat sb to sth 请客，款待，招待 I treated myself to a new coat. 我犒劳自己一件新外套。 We treated her to lunch at the hotel. 我们请她在酒店吃午饭。 2. 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. come to sb.'s help 来帮助某人 When I was in trouble, my friends came to my help. 当我遇到麻烦，我的朋友会来帮我。 13 Words and expressions cucumber flowers 这里是用黄瓜切片或雕刻成的装饰性花朵形状，通常用于菜肴的装饰，如下图，并不是真的说是黄花的花。 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! the lion‘s head 狮子头， 一般指“红烧狮子头"，是一道淮扬名菜，因其形状犹如雄狮之首而得名。在中国文化中，圆形象征着圆满、团圆，所以“狮子头”象征着家庭团聚，红火团圆。 14 Words and expressions 4. “Are you joking? Isn't that against the law?” Emilia was shocked go against sth. / be against sth.违反某事 It’s not right to go against your parents’ wishes. 违背父母的意愿是不对的。 Be against sth/doing sth 反对某事/做某事 He is against the idea of building a new park here. 他反对在这里建一个新的公园。 15 Words and expressions Isn't that against the law?那难道不是违法的吗?本句是反问句。 文中Emilia想表达的实际上是一个肯定的观点，她几乎确定那件事是违法的。但为了确认，使用了疑问的口吻。 反问句的结构： 肯定陈述句 + 否定疑问部分 例如： You like apples, don't you? She is here, isn't she? They have finished their homework, haven't they? 否定陈述句 + 肯定疑问部分 例如： You don't like apples, do you? She isn't here, is she? They haven't finished their homework, have they? 16 Words and expressions 特殊情况 陈述句中有否定词（如never, seldom, hardly, few, little等）： 这些词虽然在句子中表示否定，但句子本身仍视为肯定句，因此疑问部分用否定形式。 例如： He never goes to school late, does he? She hardly ever speaks English, does she? There is little time left, is there? 陈述句中有“let's”： 当陈述句以“let's”开头时，疑问部分通常用“shall we”。 例如： Let's go to the park, shall we? 陈述句中有“I am”： 当陈述句是“I am”时，疑问部分通常用“aren't I”。 例如： I am late, aren't I? 17 Words and expressions 回答 肯定陈述句 + 否定疑问部分，yes表示是，No,表示不是 例如： You like apples, don't you?你喜欢苹果，不是吗？ Yes, I do.是的，我喜欢。 No, I don‘t. 不，我不喜欢 否定陈述句 + 肯定疑问部分，yes表示不是，No,表示是 例如： You don‘t like apples, do you? 你不喜欢苹果，对吗？ Yes, I do. 不，我喜欢 No, I don‘t. 是的，我不喜欢 反问句的用法： 表现形式像是一个问题，但实际上是对某个观点的强烈声明或者确认。 Who wouldn't want a clean environment? 谁不想要个干净的环境呢? 反问句还经常用于抱怨。 Can't you see what's happening? 你难道看不出发生了什么吗? 18 Words and expressions Practice 1. ---He does sports every day, doesn’t he? -------_______. He plays basketball every day. A. Yes, he does B. No, he doesn’t C. Yes， he doesn’t D. No, he does 答案：A 解析：由回答他每天都打篮球可知，他每天都运动;该反问句结构是前肯定后否定，所以表示是的是用Yes。所以选择肯定回答A。 2. You don't like chocolate, _____? A. do you B. don't you C. are you D. aren't you 答案：A 解析：陈述句是否定形式（You don't like chocolate），因此疑问部分用肯定形式（do you）。 3. She is watching TV, _____? A. is she B. isn't she C. are you D. aren't you 答案：B 解析：陈述句是肯定形式（She is watching TV），因此疑问部分用否定形式（isn't she）。 19 Words and expressions 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 stand for 代表，表示 What does ATM stand for? ATM是什么意思? WHO stands for World Health Organisation. WHO代表世界卫生组织 20 After-reading Complete the notes with the words from the passage. Spring Festival Chinese dinner the midnight whole family dish shocked back home 21 After-reading Read the sentences from the reading passage and summarise the grammar rules. Sometimes, she cooks for me. I often watched Grandma cook, but I never cooked anything myself. My family always have it at the Spring Festival. 这里的sometimes, often,never 和always，表示频率的词叫做频率副词。 22 After-reading 在句子中，频度副词一般位于系动词、助动词、情态动词之后，或行为动词之前。 1)在系动词之后。 She is usually very busy. 她通常很忙。 2)在助动词之后。 I will never forget this holiday. 我永远不会忘记这个假期。 3) 在情态动词之后。 You should always go to school on time. 你应该总是按时上学。 4)在行为动词之前。 We often go to the cinema. 我们经常去电影院看电影。 23 After-reading sometimes可放在句首、句中或句末，often也可放在句末。 Sometimes she calls me. =She calls me sometimes. 她有时候给我打电话。 She calls me often. 她经常给我打电话。 如果句子中有两个助动词，频度副词通常放在第一个助动词后面。 We have never been given the chance to talk to him. 我们从未得到过与他对话的机会。 频率副词经常与一般现在是连用 24 After-reading Practice Sometimes often always always always never 25 After-reading 一般现在时: 一般现在时表示经常性、习惯性的动作或存在的状态，也可以表示客观事实或普遍真理。 一般现在时的构成 当动词为be动词时 句型 结构 例句 用法说明 肯定句 主语 + am/is/are I am a student. 表示状态或身份。根据主语选择正确的be动词形式。 否定句 主语 + am/is/are + not I am not a student. 在be动词后直接加not，缩写形式为“am not”、“isn't”、“aren't”。 一般疑问句 Am/Is/Are + 主语 + 其他？ Am I a student? 将be动词提到句首，根据主语选择正确的be动词形式。 特殊疑问句 特殊疑问词 + Am/Is/Are + 主语 + 其他？ What am I? 特殊疑问词引导，后接一般疑问句结构。 26 After-reading 当动词为行为动词时 句型 结构 例句 用法说明 肯定句 主语 + 动词（I/you/we/they） I play football every weekend. 表示经常性或习惯性的动作，或客观事实。主语为第三人称单数时，动词需变化。 否定句 主语 + do/does + not + 动词原形 I do not (don't) play football every weekend. 主语为第一人称、第二人称或复数时用“do not”；第三人称单数时用“does not”。 一般疑问句 Do/Does + 主语 + 动词原形 + 其他？ Do you play football every weekend? 主语为第一人称、第二人称或复数时用“Do”；第三人称单数时用“Does”。 特殊疑问句 特殊疑问词 + Do/Does + 主语 + 动词原形 + 其他？ What do you do every weekend? 特殊疑问词引导，根据主语选择“Do”或“Does”。 27 After-reading 第三人称单数动词变化规则： 一般情况下，在动词后加 -s。 play → plays 以 s, x, ch, sh, o 结尾的动词，加 -es。 go → goes wash → washes 以辅音字母 + y 结尾的动词，变 y 为 i，再加 -es。 study → studies 特殊动词（如 have → has）需要单独记忆。 Practice I ______ (be) a student. 答案：am 2. She ______ (be) a teacher. 答案：is 3. We ______ (be) friends. 答案：are 4. I ______ (play) football every weekend. 答案：play 5. He ______ (play) football every weekend. 答案：plays 28 After-reading Work in pairs. Talk about your ways to celebrate a traditional festival. Usethe thinking map to organise your ideas. Use the words and expressionsfrom the reading passage and the Useful expressions to help you. Useful expressions： How do you usually celebrate...? My family always... for.... I often... But I never... My favourite activities include... Sometimes l....... is a must for... 29 3  Developing ideas 30 What Can You See in the Picture? Do you know? In the West, people usually celebrate Christmas with their families. They put up a Christma stree at home, share a large meal together, and give each other gifts. Nowadays, there arealso some creative ways to celebrate Christmas. 31 Work in pairs. Talk about what kind of waste Christmas could bring? paper waste food waste wood waste pollution 32 Listen and complete the poster. 33 Listen to the conversation and complete the ideas. Then match the ideas to the people. 34 Work in pairs. Talk about different ways to celebrate a festival or holiday. Useful expressions: 35 Look at the three pictures below and answer the questions. Use the words and expressions to help you. 1 Who can you see in the pictures? 2 What are they doing? 3 How do you think they spend festivals? The words and expressions: doctor give up nurse work duty stand by patient miss 36 For Chinese people, festivals usually mean a break from work and happy family reunions. But for Leng Wenying, festivals only mean more work. As a doctor in the emergency room, Leng misses many family meals with her loved ones. She is often much busier during festivals. Sometimes she has to work without any breaks for 20 hours. This makes her tired and thirsty. “Festivals are a challenge because our patients are often in a bad situation. We need to stand by every minute,” says Leng. Leng's duty means she has little time to be withher family at festivals. But she never regrets her decision to be an ER doctor. “I make the most of every minute with my family. I'm very thankful for their support," she says. Leng is only one of millions of medical workers in China. They give up their family time to answer the call of duty. In the heart of every patient, their hard work shines brighter than festive fireworks. When duty shines 37 Words and expressions For Chinese people, festivals usually mean a break from work and happy family reunions. But for Leng Wenying, festivals only mean more work. a break from...暂时中断…… 句中break为名词，意为“中断，暂停”。 Let's take a break from the training. 让我们暂停训练，休息一下。 She took a break from her work to go to hospital. 她暂时中断工作，去了趟医院。 We need to stand by every minute,” says Leng. stand by 准备行动.表示需要准备好，并且能随时开始做某事。 We are standing by for your orders. 我们正在等待您的命令。 Doctors need to stand by to save people. 医生需要随时准备救人。 38 Words and expressions Leng's duty means she has little time to be withher family at festivals. But she never regrets her decision to be an ER doctor. “I make the most of every minute with my family. I'm very thankful for their support," she says. regret regret sth / doing sth 后悔(做了某事)，对……感到遗憾。 I regret eating so much at the party last night. 我后悔昨晚在派对上吃得太多了。 I regret taking such a big bag. 我后悔带了这么大的包。 regret to do sth：表示对即将发生的事情表示遗憾。 I regret to inform you that the flight has been cancelled. 我很遗憾地通知您，航班已取消。 make the most of sth 充分利用某事物 We should make the most of this good weather and go tothe beach. 我们应该好好享受这个好天气，去海边玩。 She is making the most of her time by studying. 她正抓紧时间学习。 39 Words and expressions be thankful for...感激(感谢)…… I'm really thankful for the love and support from my friends 我非常感激朋友们对我的关爱和支持。 Leng is only one of millions of medical workers in China. They give up their family time to answer the call of duty. In the heart of every patient, their hard work shines brighter than festive fireworks. give up... 放弃……(尤指经常做的事情) She gave up driving her car and went to work by bikeinstead. 她放弃了开车，而改为骑自行车去上班。 本句中call是名词，意为“召唤，要求"，表示一种请求或命令。这个用法常见于文学作品或正式语境中，是一种具有诗意的表达方式。 He heard the call of the wild and decided to spend aweek in the mountains. 他听到了大自然的召唤，决定在山里过一周。 40 Complete the notes with the words and expressions from the passage break busier standy by little time make the most of thankful 41 1 What does "her loved ones" mean? 3 Why is their work brighter than fireworks? 2 How does Leng feel after working “without any breaks for 20 hours"? 4 What other jobs require people to work during festivals? Answer the questions. 42 Write a short paragraph about a person on duty during festivals. 43 4   Presenting ideas 44 Make a poster about a festival or holiday. Step 1 Work in groups. Search for information about festivals and holidays. They can befrom China or from another country. Take a group vote to decide on the festival or holiday for your poster. •name •time •activities •place •reasons to celebrate Step 2 Organise your ideas with the help of the following outline and make your poster.You may use the following language tips or find useful expressions or sentences from this unit. Make a poster about a festival or holiday. 46 Step 3 Practise and present your poster to the class. Make a poster about a festival or holiday. Step 4 Vote on the best three posters and the best three presentations. 47 Karen Geng Thank You! 2025 48 $$