Unit 4 Starting Out +Understanding Ideas 课件- 2025-2026学年外研版（2024）英语七年级上册

Starting Out+Understanding ldeas Unit 4 Time to celebrate Look at the pictures and answer the questions. 1 What are the festivals in the pictures? 2 What do you know about these festivals? The Naadam Festival is a traditional Mongolian (蒙古的 festival.It's a time for people to enjoy various sports,such as wrestling and racing horses. The Water Festival is the Dai people's most important festival in a year. People splash water on each other as a way to express blessings and joy. On the Tomb Sweeping Day, people go to clean their ancestors' ( 祖 先 )tombs and honour ( 纪 念 )the ancestors. b.the Tomb Sweeping Da (清明节) c.the Naadam Festival (那达姆节) a.the Water Festival (泼水节) Look at the picture and answer the questions. Special festivals and holidays around the world. 1 What other festivals or holidays around the world do you know? 2 Which one do you think is the most special?Why? around the world=all over the world 端 午 节 Dragon Boat &Rice Dumpling Festival MERRY CHRISTMAS Carnival ' Festival Name Activities What to Eat Spring Festival(Chinese New Year) Family reunions,setting off fireworks, dragon and lion dances Dumplings,fish Christmas Gift-giving,decorating Christmas trees, attending church services Roast turkey,potatoes, mince pies Carnival(Brazilian) Parades,dancing,music,masquerade balls candies,chololate treats Thanksgiving Parades,football games,family gatherings Roast turkey,stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce Dragon Boat Festival Dragon boat racing,hanging calamus and wormwood Zongzi Look at the picture on the right and answer the questions.Use the words and expressions to help you. 1 What are the people doing? 2 What is on the table? Spring Festival dinner family reunion dish They are having a family reunion (家庭聚会)and are having a big dinner for the Spring Festival. There are many delicious dishes on the table. Spr ng FestivaC 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. n uMusuaC 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. 3 After Emilia hung balloons and lanterns in the Read the passage.What did the writer do during the Spring Festival? Key wordls:verbs ①r verlb plhrases treated Emilia to a Chinese dinner/cook for Emilia made some cucumber flowers prepared the lion's head AnunusuaC Spring Festivac Choose the writer's words after the meal. A.I hate spending the Spring Festival alone. B.I miss my family so much. C.It's really a special and happy Spring Festival. Read the passage.What did the writer do during the Spring Festival? Why was Emilia initially shocked when she saw the “lion's head”dish? A.She thought it was an actual lion's head. B.She was surprised by the writer's cooking skills. C.She believed it was against the law to eat meatballs. D.She didn’t expect to see a meatball during a Chinese dinner. What was the writer's main challenge while trying to celebrate the Spring Festival in the UK? A.They didn't have any ingredients. B.They didn’t know how to cook the traditional dishes. C.Emilia didn't want to have a Chinese dinner. D.It was too early in the morning in the UK. What did the writer's family do to help them during the Spring Festival? A.They sent them a care package with food. B.They flew over to the UK to cook with the writer. C.They guided the writer through cooking on the phone. D.They prepared a meal and delivered it to the writer's location. The result I showed the last⁵ to Emilia.My family always eatit at the Spring Festival.She was⁶ at the name,but she liked the taste.We enjoyed the dinner and laughed.I felt like I was The writer's problem It was my first in the UK.I wanted to cook a² for Emilia.But I couldn't do it. The writer's solution At³_ in China,my⁴ gave me help on the phone.And Ibecame a chef in an hour. What is unusual about the writer's Spring Festival? Complete the chart and learn the structure What's the common way of celebrating the Spring Festival?What is your family's traditional dish for the Spring Festival?Can you cook it? 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. Adverbs of Frequency Always Frequently Usually Often Sometimes From time to time Occasionally Rarely Never respirando.net Make a sentence by using adverbs of frequency and simple present tense. never My parents always stay up during the Spring Festival. always often sometimes 0% 100% 2 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 it² 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 crowded with people. Eating zongzi is a must during the festival.Zongzi in the north of China are 4 sweet.But those in the south are⁵ salty.I⁶ tried a salty one,so this year I'll be sure to try some!Which taste do you prefer? CHINESE CULTURE HOME FEATURES Dragon boats and zongzi Complete the blog post with always,often,sometimes,or never. PRESENT SIMPLE 0% 2 100% never My parents always stay up during the Spring Festival. S+am/is/are +not +predicate... S+don't/doesn't+verb+object... Make a sentence with each sentence structure. S+am/is/are +predicate... S+verb+object.. . Do/Does+S+verb+object? always often sometimes Am/ls/Are +S+predicate? + 一 ? VERBS TO BE Make sentences 1他每天七点上学。 He goes to school at 7:00 every morning. 2每周五下午，他们去游泳。 They go swimming every Friday afternoon. 3她每天都写作业吗? Does she do her homework every day? 4你周日都经常做什么? What do you usually do every Sunday? 5你有词典吗? Do you have a dictionary? Useful expressions >How do you usually celebrate..? >My family always…for.. 》I often…But I never. Sometimes I... >My favourite activities include... ...is a must for... Work in pairs.Talk about your ways to celebrate a traditional festival. $$