Unit 4 Understanding ideas Reading 课件 2025-2026学年外研版（2024）七年级英语上册

该初中英语课件围绕“春节传统与跨文化庆祝”展开，核心知识点包括春节习俗、传统菜肴及其文化象征。课堂导入通过“Watch and say”环节，结合图片和关键词（如family reunion, dumplings）引导学生谈论春节庆祝方式，搭建从已知家庭团聚场景到新知海外过春节的学习支架，衔接词汇积累与语篇理解。 其亮点在于以“不寻常的春节”语篇为载体，融合语言能力与文化意识培养。通过任务型阅读（如细节匹配、选择段落结尾）提升学生信息获取与推理能力，借助“狮子头象征团圆”等文化细节渗透跨文化理解。“Think and share”环节鼓励学生分享家庭传统菜肴，将个人经验与文化传承结合，既帮助学生深化语言运用，又为教师提供结构化教学与评估工具。

Time to celebrate 4 Unit Understanding ideas In this class, you will: learn about the traditions of the Spring Festival. talk about your ways to celebrate a traditional festival. read a passage to understand an unusual Spring Festival. ➷➷ ➷ ➷ ➷ ➷ ➷ ➷ ➷ ➷ 1 What are the people doing? 2 What is on the table? Look at the picture and answer the questions. Use the words and expressions to help you. Spring Festival dinner family reunion dish They are having a dinner together and enjoying family reunion in the Spring Festival. There are many dishes like fish and vegetables on the table. 1 P64 What do you know about Spring Festival? How do you and your family celebrate Spring Festival? to get together to make dumplings to put up decorations to set off fireworks to have a family dinner Did you spend the Spring Festival in any unusual way? How? Here is a passage about an unusual Spring Festival. Let’s read it to find out what the writer did during the Spring Festival. An unusual Spring Festival 1 It is my first year of university in the UK. My English friend, Emilia, is a nice girl. Sometimes, she cooks British food for me. Today is the Spring Festival, so I want to treat her to a Chinese dinner. 2 At home, I often watch Grandma cook. I never realised cooking was so difficult. How I wish to have four hands now! 3 It is midnight in China – time for dumplings. My whole family come to help me on the phone. Step by step, they teach me. I even make some cucumber flowers. 这是我在英国过的第一个春节。 请她吃一顿中餐 为我做英国食物 观看我奶奶做饭 正是吃饺子的时间 我的全家人都在手机那头帮助我。 一步步地 我现在多么希望自己有四只手啊！ 4 After Emilia hangs balloons and lanterns in the dining room, I put the last dish on the table. “This is the lion’s head!” 5 “Are you joking? Isn’t that against the law?” Emilia is shocked. 6 I laugh. “It’s a pork meatball. My family always have it at the Spring Festival. Its round shape stands for family reunions. Try it!” 7 Emilia cuts a piece of it with her knife and puts it into her mouth. “I love it!” she says. The smell of the dishes and the sound of our laughing fill the room. 8 I feel like I am back home. __________ 你在开玩笑吧？ 这不犯法吗？ 艾米莉亚震惊了。 猪肉丸子 在过年的时候 丸子圆圆的，寓意合家团圆。 用刀切了一块 菜肴的香味 我感觉就像回到了家。 在餐厅挂好了气球和灯笼 狮子头 What does the writer do during the Spring Festival? She talks to her family on the phone and cooks a Chinese dinner to treat her British friend. Task 1 Skim the passage and answer. P64 Task 2 Read and match the main ideas. The result The writer’s problem and solution The writer’s idea Task 3 Read para. 1 and answer the questions. 1. Where does the writer celebrate the Spring Festival? 2. How does she want to celebrate this festival? In the UK. She wants to treat her British friend, Emilia, to a Chinese dinner. Read para. 2 and choose. 1. What problems does she meet? A. She can’t make dumplings B. She can’t make the dinner. C. She doesn’t become a chef. 2. How does the writer make it at last? A. Her British friend comes to help. B. Her whole family comes to her help on the phone. C. She learns to cook on the Internet. Read paras. 3-5 and finish the tasks. 1. What’s the last dish? A. Some cucumbers flowers. B. The lion’s head. C. Dumplings 2. Why does she make this dish? Because its round shape stands for family reunions. 3. What does Emilia think of it? She is ________ at the name. She ______ the taste. shocked loves 红烧狮子头象征着团团圆圆，年夜饭总少不了。 a I don’t like having the Spring Festival all by myself. b I miss my family so much. c It’s really an unusual but happy Spring Festival. Task 4 Choose the best ending of the passage. P66 Pay attention to the expressions. treat sb to sth 用……招待某人 为……做饭 watch sb do sth 观看某人做某事 我的全家人 来帮我 逐步地；一步一步地 在餐厅 你在开玩笑吗？ 违法的 break the law 犯法 obey the law 守法 在春节 代表，表示 家庭团聚 感觉像是 回家 我多么希望 11. 在春节 12. 逐步地；一步一步地 13. 用……招待某人 14. 你在开玩笑吗？ 15. 观看某人做某事 Translate the following expressions into English. 6. 我多么希望…… 7. 来帮我 8. 家庭团聚 9. 在餐厅 10. 我的全家人 1. 回家 2. 为……做饭 3. 感觉像是 4. 代表，表示 5. 违法的 Task 5 back home cook for sb feel like stand for against the law how I wish to... come to help me family reunions in the dining room my whole family at the Spring Festival step by step treat sb to sth Are you joking? watch sb do sth Task 6 Complete the chart with the words and expressions from the passage. P66 Spring Festival Chinese dinner whole family dish shocked back home Task 7 Retell the story according to the information. cook British food for, treat her to a Chinese dinner, never realised, how I wish to It is the writer’s first Spring Festival in the UK. She wants to... Problem: her whole family, on the phone, step by step Solution: show the last dish, shocked, love, smell, laugh, feel like, back home Result: 1 What is unusual about the writer’s Spring Festival? Task 8 Learning to think for question 1 What’s the common way of celebrating the Spring Festival? How does the writer celebrate the Spring Festival? It is the first time for her to celebrate the Spring Festival in a foreign country. But with the help of her whole family, she learns to cook her family’s traditional dishes to treat her British friend. P66 Steamed fish (清蒸鱼) is a traditional Spring Festival dish of my family. It stands for wealth (财富) and success. It is so easy. I can cook it myself. 2 What is your family’s traditional dish for the Spring Festival? Can you cook it? 1. Today is the Spring Festival, so I want to treat her to a Chinese dinner. 今天是春节，所以我想请她吃一顿中餐。 treat sb to sth 用……招待某人；以……款待某人 ① She treats him to lunch. ② I treat myself to a new coat.   她请他吃午饭。 我犒劳自己一件新外套。 2. My whole family come to help me on the phone. 我的全家人都在手机那头帮助我。 whole 作形容词，意为“全部的、整个的”，通常修饰具有整体意义的单数名词，且限定词 (定冠词the、形容词性物主代词等) 要放在whole之前。 ① Do you read the whole story? ② He sleeps for three whole days. 你把故事全读完了吗？ 他睡了整整三天。 他的整个团队为了赢得比赛而努力奋斗。 all也有“全部的、整个的”之意，可以修饰各类名词，且限定词要放在all之后。 ③ His whole team work hard to win the game. = All his team work hard to win the game. 同义句转换。 1. The man travels all around the city in two days. The man travels _______________ in two days. 2. He likes spending the whole day at home at weekends. He likes spending ______________ at home at weekends. the whole city all the day 3. 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，但为了确认，使用了疑问的口吻。 ① Can’t you see what’s happening? ② Don't you think it's right? 你不觉得这是对的吗？ 你难道看不出发生了什么吗？ 一般反问句都是以动词或是助动词否定结构，如：don’t, can’t, isn’t开头。 反问句还经常有抱怨的语气。 4. Its round shape stands for family reunions. 它圆圆的形状象征着阖家团圆! stand for 代表，表示 ① What does ATM stand for? ② The dove stands for peace. ATM是什么意思？ 鸽子象征着和平。 5. Emilia cuts a piece of it with her knife and puts it into her mouth. 艾米莉亚用刀切了一块，放进嘴里。 piece n. 片；块；段；截 ① Could you give me a piece of advice on learning English? ② He eats a piece of bread for breakfast. ③ The math problem is a piece of cake for him. ④ The vase falls to the ground and was in pieces. 你能给我一条学习英语的建议吗？ 这道数学题对他来说小菜一碟。 花瓶掉在地上摔得粉碎。 a piece of + 不可数名词 一条/片…… a piece of cake 小事一桩；小菜一碟 in pieces 破碎；成碎片 他早餐吃了一片面包。 翻译句子。 1. 请给我一块巧克力。 ________________________________________ 2. 这个玩具被孩子们弄成了碎片。 ________________________________________ 3. 对厨师来说，做这道菜是轻而易举的事。 ________________________________________ Please give me a piece of chocolate. The toy is in pieces by the children. Cooking this dish is a piece of cake for a cook. 6. The smell of the dishes and the sound of our laughing fill the room. 房间里充满了菜肴的香味和我们的笑声。 fill v.（使）充满，装满 ① Smoke (烟雾) fills the room. ② Her eyes fill with tears (泪水). ③ The classroom is filled with students. ④ Do not forget to fill in/out the form. 房间里烟雾弥漫。 她的眼里满是泪水。 教室里挤满了学生。 fill… with… 用……装满…… be filled with… = be full of ……（被）……装满 别忘了填写表格。 fill in/out 填写 根据所给汉语用英语完成句子。 1. 他们用花装满那个篮子了吗？ Do they _____________________ flowers? 2. 箱子里装满了书。 The box is _____________________ books. 3. 请在这张表格里填写你的姓名、年龄和地址。 Please _____________________ this form with your name, age and address. fill the basket with full of / filled with fill in /out When finishing, exchange your papers to grade each other. (Score one point for each correct answer.) Name Score Now 4 minutes to test your spelling. 1. English-Chinese treat joke feel like 2. Chinese-English 感觉像是 代表，表示 一小时内 逐步地；一步一步地 家庭团聚 在春节 我多么希望…… 观看某人做某事 Ⅰ. 根据句意及汉语提示写出正确的单词。 1. Don’t _______ (开玩笑) about such serious matters. 2. The girl spends the _______ (整个的) morning reading. 3. The chef takes the knife and cuts a _______ (块) of pork. 4. Mr Smith _______ (悬挂) the lanterns on the wall this morning. 5. Every morning, I _______ (装满) my cup before going to school. joke whole piece hangs fill Ⅱ. 根据汉语提示完成句子，每空一词。 1. 我爸爸喜欢吃猪肉丸子。 My father likes eating _______ _______. 2. 他们的行为是违法的。 Their actions are _______ _______ _______. 3. 我们在电话中谈论此事。 We talks about it _______ _______ _______. 4. 春节是家庭团聚的日子。 The Spring Festival is a time for _______ _______. 5. 你对春节了解多少？ How much do you know about _______ _______ _______? pork meatballs against the law on the phone family reunions the Spring Festival 1. Can you find out what the writer does during the Spring Festival in the passage? Why is it unusual? 2. What do you do for the Spring festival? How do you feel about the Spring festival and our culture? Try to write about your unusual Spring Festival experience and share it with your classmates. null 110187.43 $