Unit 3 The seasons Section 4 Focusing on culture课件 2025-2026学年沪教版（2024）七年级英语上册

Unit 3 The seasons Key question What do you know about the seasons? Do you know how the ancient Chinese divided up a year? In ancient China, a year was divided into 24 parts. Each part started with a solar term. The 24 solar terms The months of the traditional Chinese calendar follow the moon, but did you know that the calendar also follows the sun? In fact, the year is divided into 24 parts, based on where the sun is in the sky. Each part starts with a solar term, or jieqi in Chinese. These solar terms follow the changes of the seasons and the weather. The “Start of Spring”, “Start of Summer”, “Start of Autumn” and “Start of Winter” divide the year into four seasons. Each of the seasons is then divided into six parts, and each part lasts about 15 days. The solar terms can fall on different dates. They sometimes move a day or two. The 24 solar terms are very useful in daily life. For example, they help farmers decide when to plant their crops. The solar terms also play an important part in traditional Chinese culture. People celebrated these days in different ways in the past, such as eating special local dishes. Many of these traditions continue in our times. For example, people still eat spring rolls and spring pancakes to celebrate the “Start of Spring”. Task 1 Read the article quickly to get an idea of the structure. Match the paragraphs with the key questions. a. Why are solar terms useful? b. How do people use solar terms to divide up the year? c. What are solar terms? Paragraph 1 ____________ Paragraph 2 ____________ Paragraph 3 ____________ c b a Task 2 Read the article again and answer the questions. Think—Pair—Share! (1) Why does the writer say “... the calendar also follows the sun”? Because the year is divided into 24 parts, based on where the sun is in the sky. (2) Why are the 24 solar terms very useful in daily life? Because they help farmers decide when to plant their crops. (3) How do people celebrate the “Start of Spring”? They eat spring rolls and spring pancakes. Task 3 Learn some new words and understand difficult sentences. Circle the new words and guess their meanings from context. Underline some difficult sentences and analyse them with your classmates. for example和such as for example通常用于引入一个具体的例子来说明或支持前一句话的观点，可以缩写为 "e.g."。 There is a similar word in many languages, for example in French and Italian. The report is incomplete; it does not include sales in France, for example. such as用来列举特定的例子，通常是一系列中的几个。暗示还有更多的例子，但只列举部分。 There are many sports that can help improve your health, such as swimming, running, and cycling. Difficult sentence Line 2: In fact, the year is divided into 24 parts, based on where the sun is in the sky. 实际上，一年的时间依据太阳在天空中的位置，被划分为24个部分。 in fact意为“事实上，实际上”；be divided into意为“被划分为”；be based on意为“基于”。 Task 4 Watch a video clip from the documentary Seasons of China, and discuss the following questions. (1) Which solar terms are you familiar with? What do people often eat or do on them? (2) Do you think the 24 solar terms are still important today? Why or why not? 请教师自行搜索新华社英语电视台“中国新华新闻电视网”的纪录片《四季中国》。 Self-assessment 评价内容 1. 我能理解二十四节气的由来、划分方式及重要意义。 1 2 3 4 5 2. 我能理解二十四节气的重要性。 1 2 3 4 5 3. 我能说出与二十四节气相关的食物和传统习俗。 1 2 3 4 5 Homework 基础作业： 观看纪录片《四季中国》,进一步思考二十四节气的文化内涵。 拓展作业： 中国的二十四节气不仅与农业生产密切相关，也与人们的日常生活息息相关，它影响着人们的饮食、健康、节日等方方面面。请两人一组，从以下几个方面介绍一个节气，全班同学可以介绍完整的二十四个节气。 时间(Time)： 气候特征(Weather)： 与农业的关系(Farming activities)： 饮食(Food)： 民俗(Customs)： 节日(Festivals)： solar term 节气 calendar /9kælIndR(r)/ n. 历法 follow /9fBlRW/ v. 按……方式发展 The day followed the usual pattern. in fact 事实上 It was cold. In fact, it was freezing. divide /dI9vaId/ v.（使）分开 The cells began to divide rapidly. be divided into 被划分成…… A sentence can be divided up into meaningful segments. be based on 基于…… The movie is based on a real-life incident. last /lA:st/ v. 持续 The meeting only lasted (for) a few minutes. decide /dI9saId/ v. 对……作出抉择；决定 I can’t decide what to wear. *crop /krBp/ n. 庄稼；作物 Sugar is an important crop on the island. play an important part in 在……上发挥重要作用 Traditional festivals play an important part in Chinese cultural heritage. culture /9kVltSR(r)/ n. 文化；文明 The children are taught to respect different cultures. local /9lRWkl/ adj. 地方的；当地的 Our children go to the local school. tradition /trR9dISn/ n. 传统 This region is steeped in tradition. continue /kRn9tInju:/ v. 持续；继续存在 The exhibition continues until 25 July. spring roll 春卷 spring pancake 春饼 null 3552.6584 null 2272.653 null 2951.8396 null 2481.6335 null 4519.193 null 3657.1487 null 2690.614 null 2168.1628 null 6269.4043 null 2324.8982 null 2403.2659 null 2507.756 null 2664.4915 $$